District Profile

General census

Population and Literacy:

As of 2011 India census, Mehsana had a total population of 20,35,064 out of which Males constitute 1056520 and females 978544 of the total population. Mehsana has an average literacy rate of 84.26% with male literacy of 91.88 %, and female literacy of 76.12 %. In Mehsana, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Density of district is 462 sq.km and ranked 10^th among the state India. Sex ratio of the district 926 and position in state is 17.

Details of taluka wise villages and Population details of the district

Sr.No	Talukla	No. of Village	Population (As per the 2011 Census)
			Male	Female	Total	SC	ST	Total Farmer
1	Satalasana	65	46036	43510	89546	8134	243	12094
2	Kheralu	51	68968	64810	133778	11304	385	16687
3	Unjha	31	91093	64446	175539	13948	708	16236
4	Visnagar	59	136329	125917	262246	19109	1370	21519
5	Vadnagar	43	74437	71008	145445	9384	106	19299
6	Vijapur	64	133713	123986	257699	16662	1317	26612
7	Mahesana	115	277094	252722	529816	46211	3964	33139
8	Becharaji	52	51152	48436	99588	8015	181	11378
9	Kadi	120	177698	163709	341407	118710	3144	22920
Total		600	1056520	978544	2035064	162288	9392	179862

 

Details of Literacy rate of district (2011-12)

Sr.No	Taluka	Rural			Urban			Total
		Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	Satalasana	34520	23070	57320	0	0	0	57320
2	Kheralu	42283	29646	71929	8998	6993	15991	87920
3	Unjha	51257	41607	92864	25118	21591	46709	139593
4	Visnagar	78789	62654	141443	34257	28416	62673	204116
5	Vadnagar	47290	35909	83199	11155	8481	19635	102835
6	Vijapur	94023	73803	167823	14677	12094	26771	194597
7	Mahesana	137670	106295	243965	88666	92290	160956	404921
8	Becharaji	33744	23008	56752	5244	3957	9201	65953
9	Kadi	104459	76052	180511	35619	29280	64899	245410
Total		624035	472044	1095809	223734	183102	406836	1502645

 

Educational facility:

Primary, Secondary & Other Educational Institute of the district (2013-14)

Sr. No	Taluka	Primary Institute	Secondary Institute	Colleges
1	Satlasana	85	19	1
2	Kheralu	100	24	2
3	Unjha	59	29	7
4	Visnagar	109	50	24
5	Vadnagar	102	26	3
6	Vijapur	130	47	16
7	Mehsana	183	94	24
8	Bechraji	74	19	2
9	Kadi	148	57	17
	Total	990	365	96

Employment status:

Information regarding working and non-working people in the district:

S.No.	Details of workers	Rural	Urban	Total
1	Main workers	544684	119980	664664
2	Marginal workers	150753	12585	163338
Total		695437	132565	828002
	Non workers	730629	279065	1009694
1	Farmers	188314	6006	194320
2	Agril.labour	198192	4673	202865
3	Gruh Udyog	10148	3556	13704
	Other	298783	118330	417113
Total		695437	132565	828002