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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Navsari district
| native_name        = 
| native_name_lang   = [[Gujarati]]
| other_name         = 
| nickname           = 
| settlement_type    = [[List of districts of Gujarat|District]] of [[Gujarat]]
| image_skyline      = National Salt Satyagraha Memorial 38.jpg
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = [[National Salt Satyagraha Memorial]] near [[Dandi, Navsari|Dandi]]
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| coordinates        = {{Wikidatacoord|Q1797349|region:IN-GJ|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Gujarat]]
| established_title  = <!-- Established -->
| established_date   = 
| founder            = 
| named_for          = 
| seat_type          = Headquarters
| seat               = [[Navsari]]
| government_type    = 
| governing_body     = 
| leader_title       = District Collectorate
| subdivision_type2  = Collector & DM
| subdivision_name2  = Ms Ardra Agarwal IAS
| blank1_name_sec1   = [[Literacy]]
| blank1_info_sec1   = 84.78 % [http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php census of 2011]
| blank2_name_sec1   = [[Lok Sabha]] constituencies
| blank2_info_sec1   = [[Navsari (Lok Sabha constituency)|Navsari]] <br /> [[Valsad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Valsad for vansda region]]
| unit_pref          = Metric
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_rank          = 31st in [[Gujarat]]
| area_total_km2     = 2,211
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 
| population_total   = 1,329,672
| population_as_of   = 2011 census
| population_rank    = 22nd in [[Gujarat]] and 366th in [[India]]
| population_density_km2 = 602
| population_demonym = 
| population_footnotes = 
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1          = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1        = +5:30
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal Index Number|Pin code]]
| postal_code        = 396 445
| registration_plate = GJ-21
| website            = {{URL|https://navsari.nic.in/}}
| blank3_name_sec1   = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituencies
| blank3_info_sec1   = [[Navsari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Navsari]] <br /> [[Jalalpore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jalalpore]] <br /> [[Gandevi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gandevi]] <br /> [[Vansda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Vansda]]
| footnotes          = 
| image_map1         = Navsari in Gujarat (India).svg
| map_caption1       = Location of district in Gujarat
}}
'''Navsari''' is an administrative [[District (India)|district]] in the state of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]], with its headquarters at the city of [[Navsari]]. The district covers an area of 2,211 square kilometres and was formed in 1997 after [[Valsad district]] was split into Valsad and Navsari districts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://navsari.gujarat.gov.in/about-navsari|title=About Navsari|publisher=Government of Gujarat}}</ref> It is the largest producer of [[Manilkara zapota|chikoos]] in India.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-02-20 |title=Navsari district becomes biggest producer of chikoos in India |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/navsari-district-becomes-biggest-producer-of-chikoos-in-india/articleshow/57240151.cms |access-date=2023-04-02 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=2,93,802|13=1911|14=3,14,205|15=1921|16=3,15,412|17=1931|18=3,46,750|19=1941|20=4,18,321|21=1951|22=4,96,373|23=1961|24=5,88,362|25=1971|26=7,32,616|27=1981|28=9,09,765|29=1991|30=10,85,692|31=2001|32=12,29,463|33=2011|34=13,29,672|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html|title=Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901}}</ref>|align=left}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Navsari district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,329,672,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Navsari |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/416/download/1312/DH_2011_2423_PART_A_DCHB_NAVSARI.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Estonia]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = June 13, 2007 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Estonia 1,319,133 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US states of [[Maine]] or [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php|title=2010 Resident Population Data|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau|access-date=2011-09-30| quote =Maine 1,328,361 and Hawaii 1,360,301
}}</ref>  The census shows that 678,165 (51%) of the population is male and 651,507 (49%) of it is female, this ranks Nasvari district 366th in India, out of a total of [[Districts of India|640 districts]]. 30.77% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 2.07% and 48.11% of the population respectively.<ref name="districtcensus" />

Children below 6 years old account for just 9.73% of the population, the lowest in Gujarat, and is composed of 52% male and 48% female. There are about 295,131 households in the district and each one has an average of 5 members.

Jalalpore being the least populated region with 228,065 people, ranks 86th and is the least populated taluka in Gujarat. Navsari taluka being the most populated region with 311,238 people, ranks 39th as the most populated taluka of Gujarat and Chikhli.<ref name=districtcensus/>

The [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 8.24%, the lowest population growth rate in Gujarat (with 7.86% males and 8.63% females), less than half the growth rate of Gujarat in 1st decade of the 21st century.

Navsari has witnessed sharp decreases in rural population compared to neighbouring districts and is ranked highest in urban population with 64.7% of the population (~201,371 people) with 70,162 households.

The [[sex ratio]] is 961 [[Women in India|females]] every 1000 males, the 5th highest in Gujarat state after [[Dang District, India|Dang]], [[Tapi district|Tapi]], [[Dahod district|Dahod]], [[Amreli district|Amreli]] and ranks 234th in [[India]] among 640 district in 2011. The child sex ratio is 921 females every 1000 males, 7th in Gujarat after Dang, Tapi, Dahod, Narmada, Valsad and Panchmahal).

[[Navsari District]] has a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 84.78%. The urban literacy rate is 89.8% and the rural literacy rate is 82.55%.

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], a total of 991 families lived on footpaths or without any roof cover.

===Religion===

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|title=Religions in Navsari district (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Religion - Gujarat|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW24C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=census.gov.in |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Gujarati Muslims|Islam]]|green|5.92}}
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92.13% of the population is [[Hindu]]. Religious minorities include [[Gujarati Muslims|Muslims]] (5.92%), [[Christians]] (0.43%) and [[Jains]] and [[Sikhs]] (1.01%, 0.18%).<ref name="Religion2">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Population by Religion - Gujarat |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11373/download/14486/DDW24C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

===Language===

{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Navsari district (2011)<ref name="language"/>
|label1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] |value1 = 89.46 |color1 = skyblue
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 4.95 |color2 = orange
|label3 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]] |value3 = 2.69 |color3 = red
|label4 = Others |value4 = 2.90 |color4 = grey
}}

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 89.46% of the total population spoke [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], 4.95% [[Hindi]] and 2.69% [[Marathi language|Marathi]] as their first language.<ref name="language">{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Gujarat |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10212/download/13324/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2700.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

==Politics==
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==Administrative divisions==
Navsari district is divided into 6 talukas (20th out of 33):
# [[Navsari]]
# [[Jalalpore]]
# [[Gandevi]]
# [[Chikhli, Gujarat|Chikhli]]
# [[Khergam]]
# [[Vansda]]

==Tourism==
There are a few big tourist spots in Navsari District. [[Unai, Gujarat|Unai]] hot spring in Vansda taluka is famous for its medical benefit to the body And jankivan [sanskruti van] near vansda. [[Umbharat Beach|Umbharat]], [[Dandi, Navsari|Dandi]] and [[Dandi Beach|Dandi Beaches]] in South Gujarat with [[Tithal Beach]] of Valsad are also popular tourist spots for which the district is well known.

Some notable libraries are Sayaji Vaibhav Public Library in Navsari City, Mehrajirana library, NAU central library and Nila spore library.

Temples are another important part of the local tourism such as Andheshwar temple in [[Amalsad]], Gangeshvar Temple in [[Kachholi]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20110207101404/http://kameshwarmahadev.com/default2.asp Kameshwar Mahadev] near Gadat, Mallikarjun Mahadev near Majigam, Shukleshwar Mahadev near Anaval, Barumal Mahadev near Barumal, Vighneshwar Mahadev near Mahuwa, Kedareshwar Mahadev near Bardoli, Somnath Mahadev Mandir, Shri Jalaram Mandir, Shri Gayatri Mandir, Shri Dwarkadhish Mandir, Swaminarayan Mandir, Ganga Mata Temple, Shri Ramji Mandir (at Talodh) near Bilimora in [[Gandevi]] taluka ([[tehsil]]), Unai Mata Temple in [[Vansda]] taluka (Tehsil) and Ashapuri Temple in [[Navsari]] City and other few temples for religious tourism of Hindu and masjid-e-noor and Bhattai mosque for religious tourism for Muslims and Desai [[Atash Behram]] a fire temple for [[Parsis]] and Chintamani temple for [[Jain]].

This district contains [[Vansda National Park]] near [[Vansda]], known for [[Bengal tiger]]s, [[Indian leopard]]s, [[hyena]]s, [[Pythonidae|pythons]], and [[Gray langur|Indian langurs]]. It is also famous for its Giradhodh waterfall and botanical garden near [[Waghai]] in [[Dang District, India|Dang District]]. [[Purna Wildlife Sanctuary]] in nearby Dang District<ref name="GujaratTourismPurna">{{cite web |title=Mahal Eco Campsite |publisher=Gujarat Tourism |url=http://www.gujarattourism.com/destination/details/5/142 |access-date=2017-01-25}}</ref><ref name=CAP>{{Cite book |author1=Nowell, Kristin |author2=Jackson, Peter |title= Wild Cats: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan |url=http://carnivoractionplans1.free.fr/wildcats.pdf |year=1996 |publisher=IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group |location= Gland, Switzerland |isbn=2-8317-0045-0 |pages= 1–334}}</ref>  is considered as being part of the [[Dangs' Forest]].<ref name="GujaratTourismVansda">{{cite web |title=Vansda National Park |publisher=Gujarat Tourism |url=http://www.gujarattourism.com/destination/details/12/130 |access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref>

Dudhia Talao is a major market area with a shopping centre and the Ashapuri Temple. Part of the Dudhia Talao was given to J.N. Tata Navsari Memorial Trust and it was then used as a ground to build one of the finest auditoriums in Navsari known as J.N. Tata Memorial Hall in which performing arts and meetings take place. {{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

==Transport==

===Air===
[[File:AMD1.jpg|thumb|[[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport]], Ahmedabad|200x200px]]

====International airports====

* [[Surat Airport|Surat International Airport]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://suratinternationalairport.com/|title=Surat International Airport - Connecting the World with Surat, Gujarat - India|website=suratinternationalairport.com}}</ref> at Surat (45.1&nbsp;km) about an hour drive in a car
* [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport]] at Mumbai (237.5&nbsp;km) about a 3–4 hours drive in a car
* [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport]] at Ahmedabad (290.7&nbsp;km) about a 4–5 hours drive in a car

====Domestic airports operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI)====
* [[Vadodara Airport]] at Vadodara (178.7&nbsp;km) about 3 hour Ride

===Rail===
[[File:Surat Railway Station.jpg|thumb|Surat railway station closest busiest station near Navsari|200x200px]]
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Gujarat comes under the [[Western Railway Zone]] of the [[Indian Railways]]. [[Navsari railway station|Navsari Railway Station]] is one of the busiest railway stations in Gujarat. It is situated on the [[Mumbai]] – [[Delhi]] Western Railway Mainline. Other close important railway stations are [[Surat railway station]], [[Bharuch Junction railway station|Bharuch Railway Station]], [[Vadodara Junction railway station|Vadodra Railway Station]] and [[Valsad railway station]]. Indian Railways is planning Delhi–Mumbai dedicated rail freight route passing through the District. National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited is planning to [[Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor]] passing through Navsari District and having station stop at [[Bilimora]].

===Sea===
[[File:Haziraindustry.jpg|thumb|[[Hazira Port]]|300x300px]]Gujarat State has the longest sea coast in India, at 1600&nbsp;km. [[Gujarat Maritime Board]] has identified Vansi – Borsi near [[Umbharat Beach]] as a Greenfield site for the development of a direct berthing deep-water port. The location handles petroleum and liquid chemical cargo. The proposed site is 13&nbsp;km away from a Navsari broad gauge railway link. Other important ports in Gujarat are the [[Port of Navlakhi]], [[Port Pipavav]], [[Jamnagar|Bedi Port]], Port of [[Porbandar]], Port of [[Veraval]], and the privately owned [[Mundra Port]]. [[RORO ferry service, Gujarat|Ro-Ro ferry service]] is available near Navsari at Dahej. Modern fishing harbour (jalalpore) Dhaloi gone develop as Dhaloi Port at the cost of 3.5 million [[United States dollar|US Dollars]].

===Road===
{{Main|List of National Highways in India#Gujarat|l1=List of National Highways in Gujarat|List of state highways in Gujarat}}[[Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation]] (GSRTC) is the primary body responsible for providing the bus services within the state of Gujarat and also with the neighbouring states. It is a public transport corporation providing bus services and public transit within Gujarat and to the other states in India. Apart from this, there are a number of services provided by GSRTC.
* Mofussil Services—It connects major cities, smaller towns and villages within Gujarat.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.discoveredindia.com/gujarat/gujarat-state-road-transport-corporation/services.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105121019/http://www.discoveredindia.com/gujarat/gujarat-state-road-transport-corporation/services.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 5, 2014|title=Services of GSRTC, Facilities Provided by GSRTC|website=www.discoveredindia.com}}</ref>
* Interstate Bus Services—It connects various cities of Gujarat with the neighbouring states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.<ref name=":0" />
* Parcel Services—This service is used for transporting goods.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
* [[Gulf of Khambhat]]
* [[Surat district]]
* [[Valsad district]]
* [[Bharuch district]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commonscat}}
* [https://navsari.nic.in/ Official website]
* {{osmrelation-inline|8260119}} 

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Navsari district
|North     = [[Surat district]]
|Northeast = [[Tapi district]]
|East      = [[Dang District, India|Dang district]]
|Southeast = [[Nashik district]], [[Maharashtra]]
|South     = [[Valsad district]]
|Southwest = ''[[Arabian Sea]]'' and [[Bhavnagar district]] after crossing Arabian Sea
|West      = ''[[Arabian Sea]]'' and [[Amreli district]] after crossing Arabian Sea
|Northwest = ''[[Arabian Sea]]'' and [[Diu district]] after crossing Arabian Sea
}}

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