Botad district
Botad District is a district of the state of Gujarat, India. It was created on 15 August 2013 from the southwestern part of Ahmedabad District and the northwestern part of Bhavnagar District. Botad consist of four talukas: Botad, Gadhada, Barvala, Ranpur. Botad city is the administrative headquarters of the district. This district is surrounded by Bhavnagar District to the southeast, Surendranagar District to the north and northwest, Amreli District to the southwest, Ahmedabad District to the northeast and Rajkot District to the west. Divisions. Botad District consists of four talukas: Demographics. The district had a population of 656,005  according to the 2011 census, with an area of and a population density of 255 per square kilometre. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are 43,270 and 1,298 which is 6.60% and 0.20% of the population respectively. Hindus were 612,159 while Muslims were 37,066 and Jains 5,835. At the time of the 2011 census 99.65% of the population spoke Gujarati as their first language.