| Voice of Kutch : Bimji
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The literacy rate is very low.
People do not find good jobs due to illiteracy.
There are no skilled and technical schools or colleges that will
help people to find good work.
Villages only have schools till higher secondary. For further studies
children go to other places in search of jobs.
Agriculture is the only source of livelihood. Due to reduced rainfall
this year the farmers are facing huge losses.
Kutch District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 45652.0 Km2
Population in Kutch (Census 2011)
Total Population : 2,090,313
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 35139
In seeing : 16224
In speech : 2194
In hearing : 2923
In movement : 10095
Mental : 3703
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 376
Sex Ratio Rank : 304
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 261 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 376 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Earthquake : Bhuj (Kutch) : measuring 6.9 in 2001 & 8.0 in 1989
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Kutch District
Kutch (also Cutch or Kachh) is a district of Gujarat state in
western India. It is the largest district of the state of Gujarat
and the second largest district in India covering an area of 45,612
km2. The name Kutch apparently comes from the shape of the area
which is shaped like a tortoise Kaachbo in Kutchi and Gujarati languages.
History
Kutch was formerly an independent state, founded in 1270. It
was ruled by the Hindu Jadeja dynasty. In 1815, Kutch became a British
protectorate, and ultimately a princely state whose local ruler
acknowledged British sovereignty in return for local autonomy. After
Indian independence in 1947, Kutch became a state of India, and
in 1956 was merged into Bombay state, which in 1960 was split to
form the state of Gujarat. The earliest earthquake recorded in Kutch
dates back to June 16, 1819. After the 1947 partition, Sindh province
and the port of Karachi ended up in Pakistan, and the Indian Government
constructed a modern port at Kandla in Kutch to serve as the main
port for western India in lieu of Karachi. It became an Indian state
in 1950. On November 1, 1956, Kutch became part of Bombay state,
which in 1960 was divided into the new linguistic states of Gujarat
and Maharashtra. The epicenter of 2001 Gujarat Earthquake was in
this state. It was the most severe earthquake (out of more than
90 earthquakes) to hit Kutch in 185 years.
Geography
The administrative headquarters of Kutch district is Bhuj. Kutch
is virtually an island, bounded by the Arabian Sea to the west and
the Gulf of Kutch, which separates Kutch from the Kathiawar peninsula,
to the south and southeast, and by the Rann of Kutch, a huge wetland
that forms the northern and eastern part of the region. Centuries
ago the Rann of Kutch was an extension of the Arabian Sea. A range
of hills runs east-west, parallel to the Gulf of Kutch. The border
with Pakistan follows the northern edge of the Rann of Kutch, and
the northeastern border with Pakistan along Sir creek is the subject
of a border dispute.
Language
The languages spoken predominantly in Kutch are Kutchi and Gujarati.
The main tribe of people living in kutch are known as 'kanbis',
although other tribes exist. A large portion of the kanbis from
kutch migrated to Africa in the early 1960's and therafter to the
United Kingdom.
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