Dahegam

Dahegam
—  city  —
Dahegam Location of Dahegam in Gujarat and India
Coordinates	23°10′N 72°49′E / 23.17°N 72.82°E / 23.17; 72.82Coordinates: 23°10′N 72°49′E / 23.17°N 72.82°E / 23.17; 72.82
Country	India
State	Gujarat
District(s)	Gandhinagar
Population	38,083 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 73 metres (240 ft)

Dahegam is a city and a municipality in Gandhinagar district in the state of Gujarat, India.

Geography

Dahegam is located at 23°10′N 72°49′E / 23.17°N 72.82°E / 23.17; 72.82^[1]. It has an average elevation of 73 metres (239 feet). Dahegam is a place of good, innocent people. As compared to other towns of similar population Dahegam is less developed, main reason being Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar in close vicinity. These two big cities have hampered the growth of Dahegam.

People of Dahegam go to Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar for shopping, education and entertainment hence shopping malls, good education institutes and multiplexes have not made a mark in this town.

Beautiful places to visit are Nilkanth Mahadev Mandir, Umiya Mataji Mandir, old Dahegam, Nehru crossroads, and 2 man-made lakes one of which is now cleaned and renovated.

Standards of living and satisfaction ratio is high and people enjoy living there. Nagar palika is quite active and undertake lot of development activities.Pankaj Society is big society.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census^[2], Dahegam had a population of 38,083. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Dahegam has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73% and, female literacy is 58%. In Dahegam, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

There are many community in dahegam but orriganally the Rabari & darbar(bapu) is town maker.then after come all community for business and live here.There is particular caste which has a clear cut majority is RABARI in this town, this makes this town a place worth living, the taluka has different kinds of communities and religious people and all people lives with great harmony. There are two big statues in this town, one of Babasaheb Ambedkar at Bus Depo and other Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Nehru Cross Roads.

Lot of Kachhi Patels have migrated to this place mostly doing farming, timber and other businesses. They have mixed up well with the local community and have made this place their hometown. And BAPS swaminarayan temple is very beautiful place of dahegam. Also, several different kinds of industries like big cold storage industries and cotton processing industries and steel fabricating and making industries.

References

1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Dahegam
2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 

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