General info

Part of:
India
Entity:
Gujarat
Capital:
Gandhinagar
Population:
50,596,992 (2001-03-01)
Area:
196,024 sq.km.
ISO code:
in-24
Region:
South-central Asia

India : Gujarat

Administrative units

administrative units capital area (sq.km.) population
1991-03-01
census		 population
2001-03-01
census
source: Census of India 2001.
source: Directorate of Census Operation Gujarat, Department of Home Affairs, Govt. of India.
note: 1 - Jamnagar, Kachchh and Rajkot contain estimates for areas damaged by the 2001 earthquake, that coïncided with the census.
Kachchh (1) Bhuj 45,652.0 1,262,507 1,526,321
Banas Kantha Palanpur 10,757.0 1,981,513 2,502,843
Patan Patan 5,730.4 1,036,019 1,181,941
Mahesana Mahesana 4,382.8 1,640,251 1,837,696
Sabar Kantha Himatnagar 7,390.0 1,761,086 2,083,416
Gandhinagar Gandhinagar 2,163.4 1,077,406 1,334,731
Ahmadabad Ahmadabad 8,086.8 4,587,491 5,808,378
Surendranagar Surendranagar 10,489.0 1,208,872 1,515,147
Rajkot (1) Rajkot 11,203.0 2,514,122 3,157,676
Jamnagar (1) Jamnagar 14,125.0 1,563,558 1,913,685
Porbandar Porbandar 2,297.8 469,472 536,854
Junagadh Junagadh 8,846.0 2,091,182 2,448,427
Amreli Amreli 7,397.3 1,308,867 1,393,295
Bhavnagar Bhavnagar 9,980.9 2,069,953 2,469,264
Anand Anand 2,940.8 1,642,615 1,856,712
Kheda Kheda 4,218.8 1,786,794 2,023,354
Panch Mahals Godhara 5,219.9 1,682,333 2,024,883
Dohad Dohad 3,646.1 1,274,123 1,635,374
Vadodara Vadodara 7,549.5 3,038,127 3,639,775
Narmada Rajpipla 2,755.5 449,376 514,083
Bharuch Bharuch 6,527.0 1,148,252 1,370,104
Surat Surat 7,657.0 3,397,900 4,996,391
The Dangs Ahwa 1,764.0 144,091 186,712
Navsari Navsari 2,209.2 1,085,692 1,229,250
Valsad Valsad 3,034.8 1,087,980 1,410,680
total   196,024.0 41,309,582 50,596,992

Main cities

name population
1991-03-01
census		 population
2001-03-01
census
Ahmedabad 2,876,710 3,520,085
Surat 1,498,817 2,433,835
Vadodara 1,031,346 1,306,227
Rajkot 612,458 967,476
Bhavnagar 402,338 511,085
Jamnagar 341,637 443,518
Gandhinagar 123,359 195,985
Nadiad 167,051 192,913
Junagadh 130,484 168,515
Surendranagar Dudhrej 106,110 156,161
Gandhidham 104,585 151,693
Bharuch 133,102 148,140
Morvi 90,357 145,719
Veraval 93,976 141,357
Navsari 126,089 134,017
Porbandar 116,671 133,051
Anand 110,266 130,685
Godhra 96,813 121,879
Vejalpur 92,116 113,445
Patan 96,112 112,219
Palanpur 80,657 110,419
Ghatlodiya 62,248 106,684
Jetpur Navagadh 73,560 104,312
Botad 64,603 100,194
Kalol 82,137 100,008
Mahesana 88,201 99,880
Bhuj 102,176 98,528
Gondal 80,584 96,016
Amreli 67,827 90,230
Ranip 60,537 87,906
Deesa 62,435 83,382
Dhoraji 77,748 80,811
Khambhat 76,746 80,452
source: Census of India 2001.