province to his brother Hardholji, who was later killed in battle, and the throne passed to his eldest son, Jasoji. Jam Rawal conquered parts of Saurashtra and formed his kingdom. Once on a hunting trip on the land of present day Jamnagar, a hare was found to be brave enough to turn on the hunting dogs and putting them to flight. Deeply impressed by this, Jam Rawal thought that if this land can breed such hares, the men born here would be superior than other men, and accordingly made this place his capital. On the 7th day of the bright half of the month of Srawan, VS 1596 (August 1540 AD) on the banks of two rivers Rangmati and Nagmati, he lay the foundation of his new capital and named it Nawanagar (new town). Nawanagar eventually came to be known as Jamnagar meaning the town of the Jams. Talukas (administrative divisions) Jam Jodhpur Jodiya Dhrol Jamnagar Jamnagar Rural Lalpur Kalavad Taluka Demographics According to the 2011 census Jamnagar district has a population of 2,160,119, roughly equal to the nation of Namibia or the US state of New Mexico. This gives it a district population ranking of 212th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.38%. Jamnagar has a sex ratio of 938 females for every 1000 males. It had literacy rate of 66.4% in 2001 which rose impressively in a decade to literacy rate of 74.4% by 2011. The divided district had a population of 1,407,635, of which 729,270 (51.82%) lived in urban areas. The residual district had a sex ratio of 935 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 122,958 (8.74%) and 14,500 (1.03%) of the population respectively. In the residual distrct, Hindus were 1,173,452 (83.36), Muslims were 207,911 (14.77) and Jains 18,104 (1.29%). Language At the time of the 2011 census, 90.66% of the population spoke Gujarati, 3.96% Kachchhi and 2.56% Hindi as their first language. Politics |} See also Halar Jamnagar References External links Official website Jamnagar.org halar.org aapdujamnagar.com historyofjamnagar.in Districts of Gujarat