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Bipin Patel, local NGO
Acute water shortage is a major crisis people at Valsad face. Due
to this even the agriculture sector is suffering.
Valsad has many chemical industries. This has increased the pollution
levels in the district.
Valsad District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 3034.8 Km2
Population in Valsad (Census 2011)
Total Population : 1,703,068
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 25985
In seeing : 15783
In speech : 1714
In hearing : 1536
In movement : 4887
Mental : 2065
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 36
Sex Ratio Rank : 212
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 365 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 214 (Census 2001
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Brief About Valsad District
Valsad is a city and district in the western Indian
state of Gujarat.
The district covers 5,244 square kilometres, is divided in to eight
talukas,
and has a total population of about 2,175,000.
Its administrative capital is Valsad, but the largest city is the
diamond centre of Navsari.
Valsad is well-known for its production of mangoes, sapodilla, and
teak, and also has a chemical industry centred on Atul. The coastal
village of Dandi is best known for its association with Gandhi's
Salt Satyagraha, and still has a large salt-making industry. |
