Recently the Dangs Kings have urged the government to protect their depleting forest cover due to illegal logging. The five kingdoms are Daher-Amala, Linga, Gadhvi, Vasurna and Pimpri. Rulers Linga - Raja Bhawarsinh Daher-Amala - Raja Tapatrao Anandrao Pawar Gadhvi - Raja Karan Singh Yashwantrao Pawar Vasurna - Raja Dhanrajsinh Chandrasinh Suryavanshi Pimpri - Raja Trikamrao Sahebrao Pawar Demographics According to the 2011 census, Dang district has a population of 228,291, 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 . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.44%. Dang has a sex ratio of 1007 females for every 1000 males, and literacy rate of 76.8%. 10.81% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 0.43% and 94.65% of the population respectively. Language At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 59.59% of the population in the district spoke Dangi, 32.55% Gujarati, 3.18% Gamit, 2.00% Marathi and 1.21% Hindi as their first language. Politics |} Economy In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Dang District as an economically distressed district, one of 250 out of a total of 640 districts. It is one of the six districts in Gujarat currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). Forest Dang District has part of a forest that includes Purna Wildlife Sanctuary, which is shared between the districts of Dang and Tapi in Gujarat and Nandurbar District in Maharashtra, and Vansda National Park in Navsari District, which shares a continuous tract of forest with Valsad district. A rusty-spotted cat was sighted for the time in 1991 in Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary. In Purna and Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuarys, eight bird species are considered locally extinct, including Indian grey hornbill, jungle bush quail, red spurfowl and large woodshrike. Also, Bengal tiger, Indian giant squirrel and gaur are reportedly extinct in Gujarat. Talukas Subir Waghai Ahwa Villages Rivers of district Purna River Ambika River Gira River Khapri River Dhodad River See also Valley and District of Dang in Nepal Dang, Uttar Pradesh Dang, Iran Gulf of Khambhat References External links Official website Dang District Panchayat-Official web Are there tigers in the Dangs? Districts of Gujarat Dang district, India