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Abdasa Taluka

Abdasa Taluka
Abdasa-Nalia Taluka
Abadasa Taluka, Abrasa Taluka
taluka
Abdasa Taluka is located in Gujarat
Abdasa Taluka
Abdasa Taluka
Location in Gujarat, India
Abdasa Taluka is located in India
Abdasa Taluka
Abdasa Taluka
Abdasa Taluka (India)
Coordinates: 23°15′N 069°00′E / 23.250°N 69.000°E / 23.250; 69.000Coordinates: 23°15′N 069°00′E / 23.250°N 69.000°E / 23.250; 69.000
Country  India
State Gujarat
District Kutch
Population (2001)
 • Total 97,508
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration GJ
Lok Sabha constituency Kachchh
Vidhan Sabha constituency Abdasa
Website gujaratindia.com

Abdasa Taluka is a taluka (administrative subdivision) in Kutch District, Gujarat, India. Its administrative centre is the town of Naliya. The taluka covers 2,398.26 square kilometres (926 sq mi).

In the 2001 India census, Abdasa Taluka had 97,508 inhabitants, 51.0% (49,740) male and 49.0% (47,768) female. This represented a 12.9% increase from 1991. The gender ratio in 2001 was 960 females per thousand males, a significant change from the 1002 value of 1991. The taluka was entirely rural.

The Kutch Bustard Sanctuary, also known as Lala–Parjan Sanctuary, is located in the taluka. With an area of about only 2 square kilometers, it is the smallest sanctuary in the country. There are approximately 30 great Indian bustards here, second in population only to Desert National Park, Rajasthan.

Also Abdasa Taluka is a major pilgrimage center for Jains as it holds their sacred and famous five temples located in five towns of taluka - Jakhau, Naliya, Tera, Kothara and Suthari - which are in group known as Abdasa ni Panchtirthi - meaning five tirthas of Abdasa.

Abdasa Taluka has eighty-five panchayat villages, and a total of 167 villages.

The main crops are cotton, millet, groundnut, sunflower, and wheat.Bentonite is commercially mined.

Abdasa Taluka is drained by three rivers namely - Khari river, Kankavati river and Berachiya river.




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