District de Junagadh

Junagadh district is a district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Its administrative headquarters is the city of Junagadh. The district is located on the Kathiawar peninsula in western Gujarat. It is surrounded by Rajkot District (North), Porbandar District (North-West), Amreli District (East). To the South and West is the Arabian Sea. Porbandar, was earlier a part of this district, before the Porbandar district was carved out of Junagadh district. Junagadh has a mountain range called Girnar which is a place of pilgrimage for Hinduism and Jainism. Talukas of Junagadh are: Junagadh City, Bhesan subdistrict, Junagadh Rural, Keshod, Malia, Manavadar, Mangrol, Mendarda, Vanthali, Visavadar. Junagadh is well connected by road and railway networks. It is about 100 km from Rajkot and 350 km from Ahmedabad. National highway 8D connects Junagadh to Rajkot via Jetpur. Junagadh railway station is also well connected with Rajkot, Ahmedabad. It is in the city area. Junagadh also has an airport at Keshod which has limited connectivity with Mumbai. The district has a long shore line and has ports like Veraval, Mangrol, Chorwad etc. But it has limited usages other than fisheries industry. As of October 2011, the government of India has given its approval for a rope way on Mount and in 2021 it got completed and was inaugurated by Prime minister Narendra Modi . In the past helicopter service was available for Mount Girnar but it is now discontinued. According to the 2011 census Junagadh district has a population of 2,743,082, roughly equal to the nation of Jamaica or the US state of Utah. This gives it a ranking of 142nd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 12.01%. Junagadh has a sex ratio of 952 females for every 1000 males. It had a literacy rate of 67.7% in 2001 which increased to a literacy rate of 76.88% in 2011. The divided district has a population of 1,525,605, of which 573,403 (37.59%) lived in urban areas.

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District de Porbandar

Porbandar district is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state in western India. The district covers an area of 2,316 km2. It had a population of 5.85,449 of which 48.77% were urban as of 2011 census This district was carved out of Junagadh District. It lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Porbandar city is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district is surrounded by Jamnagar district and Devboomi Dwarka to the north, Junagadh district and Rajkot district to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west and south.

District de Rajkot

Rajkot district is one of the 33 districts of the Indian state of Gujarat. Located in Saurashtra peninsula, Rajkot city is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is the third-most advanced district in Gujarat and the fourth most populus. This district is surrounded by Morbi district in north, Surendranagar and Botad districts in east, Amreli and Junagadh districts in south and Porbandar Jamnagar district in west. The district occupies an area of 11203 km2. The district is named after its headquarters, Rajkot city.

Rajkot

Rajkot (gujarâtî : રાજકોટ ; hindî : राजकोट) est une ville de l'État du Gujarat en Inde, chef-lieu administratif du district homonyme, et un ancien État princier des Indes. C'est la quatrième ville la plus peuplée du Gujarat après Ahmedabad, Surate et Vadodara. Rajkot est située sur les rives de l'Aji et de la Niari. Rajkot était la capitale d'un État princier fondé par Vibhaji Ajoji, du clan hindou Jadeja, et par le sunnite Raju Sandhi en 1612 au milieu du Saurashtra. Vibhaji Ajoji était le petit-fils de Jam Sataji de Nawanagar.