| Gujarat – At a Glimpse |  |  | On May 1, 1960, Gujarat was created out of 17 northern districts of the former state of Bombay | | Located on the western coast of India, has the longest coastline of 1,600 Km | | Bounded by the Arabian Sea to the west and south west and by Pakistan in the North | | Population of approximately 50.7 million (five per cent of India) and an area of 1,96,024 Sq. Km. (six per cent of India) | | It has States of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh towards the north east and east, Maharashtra and the Union Territories of Daman, Diu and Nagar Haveli, towards the south | | Gandhinagar, the capital city of Gujarat is located close to Amdavad (Ahmedabad), the commercial capital | | Diverse climatic conditions with mild and pleasant winters and hot and dry summers and heavy monsoon | | The state currently has 26 districts (231 talukas, 18,618 villages,242 towns) | | (In the year 2007, Tapi District was formed out of some Talukas separated from erstwhile Surat District. Vyara is head quarter of Tapi District, which comprises five Talukas – Vyara, Songadh, Valod, Uchhal and Nizar.) |
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| | | Socio Economic Profile | | | The population of the Gujarat State was 50,671,017 as per the 2001 census data. Its official and primary language is Gujarati. About 89.1% of the population of Gujarat are Hindu. Muslims account for 9.1%, Jain 1.0% and Sikh 0.1% of the population. About 37.36 per cent population of Gujarat resides in urban areas. |
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