Dang district

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For district in Nepal, see Dang Deukhuri District.

Districts of South Gujarat

Dang (Nepali: दाङ जिल्ला Listen ,(also known as The Dangs) is a district in the state of Gujarat in India. The administrative headquarters of the district are located in Ahwa. The Dangs have an area of 1764 km² and a population of 186,729 (as of 2001).

As of 2011 it is the least populous district of Gujarat (out of 26).

History

Before Independence several wars were fought between the five tribal kings of Dang and the British. According to the history of Dang, the biggest ever war took place at Lashkaria Amba, in which kings of all five erstwhile states got together to protect Dang from British rule. The British were beaten and decided to discontinue war and resorted to compromise.

As per historic compromise treaty was signed in 1842 according to which the Britishers were allowed to use the forests and their natural products against which they had to pay certain amount around 3,000 silver coins to the five kings of the then monarchy. However, currently the kings are offered monthly political pension by the Government of India, which is the main source of their income. This payment is continued even though all privy purses for the Princely states of India was stopped in 1970 since the agreement was between then monarchy of Dangs and the British.

Every year during the financial end the Kings gather in Ahwa for a traditional royal ceremony in their richly decorated buggies, bands with tribal dancers to receive the payment as per the agreement of 1842. In ancient Indian Scriptures Dang is known as Dand Aranyaka, meaning Bamboo Forest.

State	Population ('000);	Revenue (1881, Rs.)	Ruler's title. Notes
Dang Pimpri	3,6	3106	388 km²
Dang Wadhwan	0,253	147	ca. 12 km². Not to be confuesd with the state whose capital Wadhwan was.
Dang Ketak Kadupada	0,218	155
Dang Amala	5,3	2885; 1891: 5300	Raja. 307 km²
Dang Chinchli	1,67; 1891: ca. 1,4	601	ca. 70 km²
Dang Pimpladevi	0,134	120	ca. 10 km²
Dang Palasbishar (= Palasvihir)	0,223	230	ca. 5 km²
Dang Auchar	ca. 500	201	< 21 km²
Dang Derbhauti	4,891; 1891: ca. 5	3649	Raja. 196 km²
Dang Gadhavi (= Gadhi)	6,309	5125	Raja.
Dang Shivbara	0,346	422	ca. 12 km²
Dang Kirli (= Kirali)	0,167	512	31 km²
Dang Wasurna	6,177	2275
Dang Dhude (= Bilbari)	1,45; 1891: 1418	85	< 5 km²
Dang Surgana	14	11469
Machhali	1.1;	4745	35

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Dang one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the six districts in Gujarat currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Dang district has a population of 226,769 , roughly equal to the nation of Vanuatu. This gives it a ranking of 587th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 129 inhabitants per square kilometre (330 /sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.44 %. The Dangs has a sex ratio of 1007 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 76.8 %.