Narmada district was carved out on October 2, 1997 and situated in the southern part of Gujarat State. The district lies between north latitudes 21°23’ and 22°05’ and east longitudes 73°17’ and 73°59’. The total population of the district is 590297 of which male population constitutes about 301086 (51.01%) and female population is 289211 (48.99 %). Artificial recharge structures like Check dam (317), Percolation tank (156) Defunct Tube wells (42 no) are suggested as 459.05 mcm surplus surface water is available in the district as per the Master plan-2020. To elevate the stage of ground water development to 50% in district 6675 no Dug wells (20 m depth) in Hard rock and 2896 no Tube wells (100m depth) in proposed as feasible extraction structures.