North Gujarat

North Gujarat, the Northern part of Indian state of Gujarat includes the districts of Gandhinagar, Banaskantha, Patan, Aravalli, Mehsana Sabarkantha and Vav-Tharad district. Patan city is the administrative headquarters of North Gujarat. There Are Two Municipal Corporations in North Gujarat Mehsana And Gandhinagar

North Gujarat
Region
Map of North Gujarat
Country	India
Region	West India
Largest city	Gandhinagar
Districts	7
Area
• Total	33,734 km2 (13,025 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)

North Gujarat is dominant in the dairy industry.

Currently, the water table of the region is dropping 6 meters every year. ^[1]

The dialects of Gujarati in this region differ from each other and from dialects in other parts with minor differences. All dialects have the common difference from Gujarati in that the word "chhe" is replaced by "she" or "sh".

According to the 2011 Census, this region has a population of 10,319,646 people.

Cities and districts

District map of North Gujarat

Gandhinagar is the largest city and Patan district is the largest district in the region.

Other important cities are Patan, Mehsana, Palanpur, Himmatnagar, Modasa, Sidhpur, Kalol & Visnagar.

The districts in the region are Patan district, Gandhinagar district, Mehsana district, Banaskantha district, Sabarkantha district, Aravalli district and Vav-Tharad district.

City/Town	District	Note
Patan	Patan District
Sidhpur
Radhanpur
Harij
Chanasma
Sami
Santalpur
Shankheshwar
Sarswati/Patan
Gandhinagar	Gandhinagar district
Kalol
Mansa
Dahegam
Mehsana	Mehsana district
Visnagar
Kadi
Unjha
Bechraji
Kheralu
Vadnagar
Satlasana
Vijapur
Palanpur	Banaskantha district
Deesa
Vadgam
Amirgadh
Danta
Ambaji
Shihori
Thara
Himmatnagar	Sabarkantha district
Vijaynagar
Talod
Prantij
Idar
Khedbrahma
Vadali
Modasa	Aravalli district
Bhiloda
Meghraj
Bayad
Dhansura
Malpur
Tharad	Vav-Tharad district
Vav
Suigam
Lakhani
Dhanera
Diyodar

Education

• North Gujarat University, Patan
• Government Engineering College, Patan
• Government Engineering College, Modasa
• Government Engineering College, Gandhinagar
• IIT Gandhinagar
• Gujarat Technological University
• GTU-SET
• Gujarat Power Engineering And Research Institute
• Ganpat University
• Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University

Prehistory

Evidence of prehistoric settlements in North Gujarat were first discovered in 1893 by British geologist Bruce Foote. Archeological expeditions in the 1940s and 1950s that microlithic-using hunter-gatherers, agro-pastoralists, early farmers, and Harappan settlements all coexisted at the Langhnaj site located in the Mehsana district of Gujarat. ^{[2] [3]}

Universities

University	City	District	Note
Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University	Patan	Patan District
Gokul Global University	Sidhpur
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	Gandhinagar	Gandhinagar District
Gujarat Technological University	Gandhinagar
Ganpat University	Mehsana	Mehsana District
Sankalchand Patel University	Visnagar

Rivers

• Saraswati River
• Sabarmati River
• West Banas River

References

1. "Aquifer depletion". Encyclopedia of Earth.
2. Arista, Katherine L. (2012). Mesolithic health and subsistence at Langhnaj and Mahadaha, India (Thesis thesis).
3. Ahluwalia, Disha (20 November 2023). "Hunter-gatherers of Gujarat shared timeline with Harappans. History isn't linear". ThePrint. Retrieved 29 February 2024.