upon agriculture. Agro-based industries are also well developed in the district. Mainly groundnut, cotton, sesame, bajri, wheat, and grams are grown therein. Fishery is an important sector in Rajula and Jafrabad talukas. The district has 4 industrial estates under the GIDC (Gujarat Industrial Development Centres), two of which are in Babra. District has 4822 Small Scale Industries and 5 Medium Scale Industries in which Rs.4947.35 lakh is invested. 16,640 employments are generated through this industrial centres. Pipavav, Jafrabad and Victor ports are situated in the coastal district. Gems Gem cutting and polishing industries are located in Babra, while Savar Kundla taluka is famous for its Manual weighing Scales-Electronic Weighing machines across the country. Gold plating units in Bagasara city. The diamond trading industry is also well developed. small gem cutting industry located in Dhari Mining Rajula is famous for rajula stones which are famous worldwide. Ginning Babra is famous for Ginning industry with more than 50 ginning and pressing factories. Talukas The district comprises 11 talukas. Amreli Babra Dhari Vadia Lathi Lilia Savar Kundla Khambha Rajula Jafrabad Bagasara Villages Hathigadh Demographics According to the 2011 census Amreli district has a population of 1,514,190, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon or the US state of Hawaii. This gives it a ranking of 329th 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 8.59%. Amreli has a sex ratio of 964 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 74.49%. 386,635 (25.53%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 8.78% and 0.48% of the population respectively. Hindus are 93.15% while Muslims are 6.55% of the population. Gujarati is the predominant language, spoken by 99.01% of the population. Culture The most popular temples in the city of Amreli are Nagnath Temple, Gayatri Temple and Shreenathji Haveli. The other tourist places in Amreli district are Tulshishyam-Una(via dhari), Sarkeshvar Mahadev, Balana (Jafarabad), Delvada, Holi-Dharin Nana Visavadar, Vakuni-Dhar, Hanuman Gada, Satadhar, Galadhara-Khodiyar Temple and Khodiyar dam(Dhari). Kankai-banej and diu.ambardi safari park (Dhari) is most tourist attractions place in amreli district. Notable people Bhoja Bhagat - poet-saint Hanu Dhorajiya - politician. Yogiji Maharaj - Hindu sadhu and guru Jivraj Narayan Mehta - first Chief Minister of Gujarat Ramesh Parekh, famous poet of Gujarat. Kalapi - writer & poet and was also Thakor of Lathi.