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Area: 1,96,024 sq km. Population: 50,671,017. Capital:
Gandhinagar (गाँधीनगर). Industrial city:
Ahmedabad (अहमदाबाद).
Principal Languages:
Gujarati
Gujarat is the leading industrialized State of India. Gujarat is one
of the most preferred investment destinations of the nation, providing
opportunities in almost all the sectors, particularly information technology
(IT), tourism, textiles and agricultural sector. Doing Business in Gujarat
Business (व्यापार) and Economy (अर्थव्यवस्था). Gujarat houses a number of multinational corporations, private sector
companies, public sector enterprises and a large number of medium and small
scale units. It is a manufacturing powerhouse with world-class production
capabilities in textiles, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and agro-based
products.
Computers and Internet (कंप्यूटर और इंटरनेट)
Industry (उद्योग)
The
industrial (औद्योगिक)
structure in the State has been gradually
diversifying with the development of industries like chemicals,
petrochemicals, fertilizers, engineering, electronics, etc. The number
of registered working factories in the State were 21,536 (Provisional)
at the end of 2004 with the average daily employment to 9.27 lakh. The
number of Small-Scale industrial units in the State was 2.99 lakh at the end of
March 2005. Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) has been assigned
the role of developing industrial estates with infrastructure facilities.
Organizations.
Government (सरकार)
Agriculture
Gujarat is the main producer of tobacco, cotton and groundnut in
the country and provides inputs for important industries like textiles,
oil and soap. Other important cash crops are isabgol , paddy,
wheat and bajra . Forest species available in Gujarat are teak,
khair, sadad, haldariyo and manual bamboos.
Energy. The total installed capacity for the state including central sector
Project (परियोजना) has increased to 8763 MW.
Roads: The total length of road (सड़क)
is around 74,000 km and the length of surfaced
roads is around 70,800 km.
Aviation: The main airport of
Gujarat at Ahmedabad (अहमदाबाद) is connected with Mumbai, Delhi and other cities by
daily services. Ahmedabad (अहमदाबाद) airport has now got the status of an
international (अंतरराष्ट्रीय) Airport. Other airports are
Vadodara, Bhavnagar, Bhuj,
Surat, Jamnagar, Kandla, Keshod,
Porbandar
and
Rajkot.
Ports Transportation (परिवहन): Gujarat has 40 ports of
which Kandla is a major port. The intermediate and minor ports of
Gujarat handled a total cargo of 971.28 lakh tonnes whereas Kandla port
handled cargo of 415.51 lakh tonnes during 2004-05.
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Gujarat (गुजरात)
Districts (जिले)
Amreli Anand
Bharuch Junagadh
Kheda Mehsana
Navsari Panchmahal Sabarkantha
Surendranagar Valsad
Localities (बस्तियों). Ankaleshwar Bhuj Chhatral Dahej Dhansura Dholka Dhoraji Dhuva Gandhidham Gondal Halol Himatnagar Kalol Kherva Mahuva Makarpura Modasa Moraiya Morbi Nadiad Rakanpur Sarigam
Sihor Surendranagar
Thol Udhna
Umbergaon Vallabh
Vidyanagar Vapi Veraval
Veraval
Shapar Wadhawan
Travel and tourism (पर्यटन) (यात्रा पर्यटन)
religious (धार्मिक) spots likeDwarka, Somnath, Palitana, Pavagadh, Ambaji,
Bhadreshwar, Shamlaji, Taranga and Girnar; Porbandar, birth place of
Mahatma Gandhi, places of memorable monuments of architectural and,
archaeological surprises like Patan, Siddhapur
Ghurnli, Dabhoi, Vadnagar,
Modhera, Lothal and Ahmedabad (अहमदाबाद); beautiful beaches like Ahmadpur-Mandvi,
Chorwad, Ubharat and Tithal; the hill station Saputara; lion sanctuary
of Gir Forest and wild ass sanctuary in Kachchh area are major tourist
attractions in the State. Ambaji fair dedicated to Amba, mother
goddess is held in Banaskantha district.
Arts (कला) and Entertainment (मनोरंजन)
Education (शिक्षा)
News (ख़बर) and Media (मीडिया) Environment (विज्ञान और पर्यावरण)
Society and culture (संस्कृति) (समाज और संस्कृति)
Source. India.gov.in
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