Change in land use-land cover (LULC) is a worldwide phenomenon. However, in certain places, the rate of change is expeditious, particularly because of increasing population, huge rural to urban migration and urban growth within a limited space. Ahmedabad is experiencing an unprecedented growth mainly around its periphery.

A gene pool is the complete set of unique alleles in a species or a population. A large gene pool indicates extensive genetic diversity, which is associated with robust populations.

Since Independence India’s effort towards sustained fertility decline in all population groups is well documented. However, insufficiency of study on religious differentials of fertility due to political sensitivity proves to be barrier for enumerating programmes.