GUJARAT

Gujarat, state of India, located on the country’s western coast, on the Arabian Sea. It encompasses the entire Kathiawar Peninsula (Saurashtra) as well as the surrounding area on the mainland. The state is bounded primarily by Pakistan to the northwest and by the Indian states of Rajasthan to the north, Madhya Pradesh to the east, and Maharashtra to the southeast. Gujarat also shares a small segment of its southeastern border with the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and, together with the Arabian Sea, it surrounds the territory of Daman and Diu. The coastline of Gujarat is 992 miles (1,596 km) long, and no part of the state is more than 100 miles (160 km) from the sea.

Capital City     Gandhinagar
Districts     33
Government
 • Governor     Kamla Beniwal
 • Chief Minister     Anandiben Patel
 • Legislature     Unicameral (182 seats)
 • Parliamentary constituency     26 (SC-2,ST-4)
 • High Court     Gujarat High Court
Area
 • Total     196,024 km2 (75,685 sq mi)
Area rank     6th
Population (2011)
 • Total     60,439,692
 • Rank     9th
 • Density     310/km2 (800/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Hindi     Gujarati
Time zone     IST (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 code     IN-GJ
HDI     Increase 0.527[1] (medium)
HDI rank     11th (2011)
Literacy     80.18%

 OTHER IMPORTANT FEATURES

Language	Gujarati
Song	Jai Jai Garavi Gujarat
Animal	Asiatic Lion
Bird	Greater Flamingo
Flower	Tagetes
Fruit	Mango
Tree	Banyan (Gujarati: 'વડ')
Sport	Kabaddi