Social,
Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : 390
Sex Ratio Rank : 275
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : B (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 145 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 263 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Challenges of the district : Our research with local communities
Municipal schools, hospitals or any government establishments
have various rules and regulations.
In Bhavnagar only about 60% will know about various rules and regulations
of the government. Government should keep the procedure simple so
that common man will be comfortable.
People lack awareness about health and sanitation. They litter the
roads with garbage or spitting around.
Brief About Bhavnagar District
Bhavnagar is a town in the Gujarat state of India.
Bhavnagar is also a district in the state of Gujarat
Bhavnagar city is the administrative headquarters
of this district. The district has a population of over 20 lakhs
and an area of over 9940 km². There are close to 800 villages
in this district. Bhavnagar borders with Bhavnagar and Surendranagar
districts to the North, the Gulf of Cambay to the East and South
and Amreli and Rajkot districts to the West
Other details
The Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute
is located in Bhavnagar. It is considered and believed that Standard,
Grammatically correct and pure Gujarati Language is spoken in
Bhavnagar. Bhavnagar was considered a city of education. Bhavnagar
has produced many poets and writers of Gujarati literature. Kavi
Kant, Prajaram Raval, Dula Kag, Subodh Mehta, Govardhanram Tripathi
are among them. Jhaverchand Meghani belongs to this part ,who
has contributed a lot to the Saurashtra literature and is
remembered for his special style of writing.
Jhaverchand Meghani is unparalleled among all the national poets
of India as reported by Mahatma Gandhi.The visitors can purchase
his writings in the book shop "Lok Milap", a non-profit organization
run by his grand son. The Modern Bhavnagar comprising Takhteshvar
Plots, Krishnanagar etc… was planned by Prabhashankar Pattani.
Bhavnagar was considered most beautiful city and largest city
in Saurashtra till fifties of 20th century. Bhavnagar state is
the first state that established major rail road network and trains
in Saurashtra in 2nd half of the nineteenth century by the Great
King Takhtasinghji. Velavadar National Park is in this district.
The park is noted for blackbucks. Blackbucks can run a speed of
90 km/h, the fastest long-distance runner among animals. The male
bucks are black and white with spiral horns.
