Mehsana district
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Mehsana District is located in Gujarat. Mehsana city is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district has a population of over 18 lakhs and an area of over 4,500 km². There are over 600 villages in this district. It had a population of 1,837,892 of which 22.40% were urban as of 2001. [1]
Mehsana borders with Banaskantha district in the North, Patan and Surendranagar districts in West, Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad districts in South and Sabarkantha district in the East.
Historically parts of this district have been broken off for the formation of new districts.
Vijapur
- Bahucharaji
- Mehsana
- Modhera
- Unjha
- Vadnagar
- Kalol
- KADI
- Visnagar
- Jotana
- Khadalpur
[edit] Economy
[edit] Agriculture
Main Crops:
- Bajra, jowar, jira, cotton and oilseeds mirch.
[edit] Commerce
Big trading centers for:
- Oilseeds, jira[cumin], isabgul [psyllium] and anise
There are some oil fields near Kalol in this district.
Asia's second largest dairy 'Dudh Sagar' is situated in mehsana
ONGC's second number of big unit situated in Mehsana
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