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Botad is a city and district headquarters of Botad district, Gujarat, India. It is about 92 km from Bhavnagar and 133 km From Ahmedabad by road distance.HistoryBotad is said to have been founded by the Jhalas of Kondh, who are a Bhayad of Halvad-Dhrangadra.GeographyBotad is situated at the confluence of the streams which unite to form the small river Utavali. Botad is surrounded by low hills on the east and west, forming a valley. Utavali Creek flows through the town, and Madhu Creek joins the Utavali near Ten Drains.The town is a gateway to Kathiawad (toward Gadhada, Lathi and Amreli), and a crossroads of Gohilwad (towards Bhavnagar), Zalawad (Limbdi, Surendranagar) and Panchal (towards Paliyad, Vinchiya, Jasadan).DemographicsAccording to the 2011 Indian census the population of the town of Botad was 130,302 . Total literacy was 94,563 . The literacy rate is 83.21 percent. Botad's overall sex ratio is 922 women per 1,000 men, with a child sex ratio of 874 girls to 1,000 boys. There were a total of 16,654 children, 8,889 boys and 7,765 girls .It had a population of 7450 souls according to the census of 1872, which increased to 7755 in 1881.ClimateBotad has a tropical wet-and-dry climate, with a hot, dry summer from mid-March to mid-June and the monsoon season from mid-June to October . From November to February the weather is mild, with an average temperature of about and low humidity. May and June have less rainfall and wind than the post-monsoon period. Thunderstorms are frequent in June and July, and fog is common in winter. Summer temperatures range from 24to, and winter temperatures from 10to.