Gujarat by place: its cities and districts, what each is known for.
Open the interactive directory →Ahmedabad is Gujarat's largest city and historic textile hub, home to India's first UNESCO World Heritage City designation and the Sabarmati Ashram of Mahatma Gandhi.
Amreli is an agricultural district of Saurashtra known for cotton and groundnut cultivation and as the birthplace of poet Kalapi.
Anand is known as the Milk Capital of India, headquarters of the Amul dairy cooperative that launched the White Revolution.
Aravalli is a district of North Gujarat carved from Sabarkantha in 2013, with a largely agrarian and tribal population and headquarters at Modasa.
Banaskantha, headquartered at Palanpur, is home to Banas Dairy, one of Asia's largest dairies, and the pilgrimage temple of Ambaji.
Bharuch is one of India's oldest port cities and a major chemical and petrochemical industrial hub on the Narmada estuary.
Bhavnagar, a former princely state, is known for the nearby Alang ship-breaking yard, one of the world's largest, and its diamond and plastics trade.
Botad is a Saurashtra district created in 2013 known for cotton ginning, agriculture, and the Salangpur Hanuman temple.
Chhota Udaipur is an eastern tribal district famed for its Rathwa Pithora folk paintings and its heritage as a former princely state.
Dahod is a tribal-majority district of Central Gujarat, the birthplace of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and home to a major railway manufacturing unit.
Dang is Gujarat's smallest and most forested district, a tribal region home to the state's only hill station, Saputara.
Devbhoomi Dwarka is a coastal Saurashtra district centered on the sacred city of Dwarka and the Dwarkadhish Krishna temple.
Gandhinagar is the planned capital of Gujarat, home to the Swaminarayan Akshardham temple and the GIFT City financial hub.
Gir Somnath is home to the Somnath temple and the Gir Forest, the last natural habitat of the Asiatic lion, with fishing port Veraval as its base.
Jamnagar hosts the world's largest oil refinery complex at Reliance's Jamnagar Refinery and is known for its brass-parts industry and Bandhani tie-dye.
Junagadh is a historic city at the foot of the sacred Girnar hills, known for the Uparkot fort and its heritage as a former princely state.
Kheda, headquartered at Nadiad, is an agricultural district known for tobacco farming and as the site of Gandhi's 1918 Kheda Satyagraha.
Kutch is India's largest district, famed for the white salt desert of the Rann of Kutch, its rich textile and handicraft traditions, and the Rann Utsav festival.
Mahisagar is a Central Gujarat district named after the Mahisagar river, with an agrarian and partly tribal population and headquarters at Lunawada.
Mehsana is a North Gujarat district known for the Dudhsagar dairy, ONGC oil and gas fields, and the medieval Modhera Sun Temple.
Morbi is India's ceramics capital, a leading producer of tiles, sanitaryware, and wall clocks in the Saurashtra region.
Narmada district is home to the Statue of Unity, the world's tallest statue, and the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river.
Navsari is a South Gujarat town with deep Parsi Zoroastrian heritage and the birthplace of Dadabhai Naoroji and the Tata family's ancestors.
Panchmahal, headquartered at Godhra, contains the Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Patan is a former capital of Gujarat known for the UNESCO-listed Rani ki Vav stepwell and its Patola double-ikat silk weaving tradition.
Porbandar is a coastal Saurashtra city best known as the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, with fishing and cement industries.
Rajkot is the largest city of Saurashtra, an industrial hub for engineering, castings, machine tools, and gold jewellery.
Sabarkantha, headquartered at Himmatnagar, is an agrarian district known for the Sabar Dairy and the wooden toys of Idar.
Surat is the diamond-cutting capital of the world and a leading textile hub, processing most of the globe's polished diamonds.
Surendranagar is a Saurashtra district known for cotton ginning, salt production in the Little Rann, and the annual Tarnetar folk fair.
Tapi is a South Gujarat tribal district named after the Tapi river, headquartered at Vyara, with an economy based on agriculture and forestry.
Vadodara, the cultural capital of Gujarat, is known for the Laxmi Vilas Palace, the Maharaja Sayajirao University, and a large petrochemical industry.
Valsad is a South Gujarat district famed for its Hafus (Alphonso) mangoes, chemical industries, and the beaches of Tithal.
Vav-Tharad is Gujarat's newest district, formed in 2025 from parts of Banaskantha, with an agrarian and dairy-based economy headquartered at Tharad.
Bhuj is the historic headquarters of Kutch district, known for the Aina Mahal and Prag Mahal palaces and its embroidery and handicraft traditions.
Gandhidham is a planned Kutch town built for Partition refugees, serving as a commercial center near the Deendayal (Kandla) port.
Nadiad is the headquarters of Kheda district, known for the Santram Mandir temple and its long-standing reputation as an educational center.
Veraval is one of India's largest fishing ports and the headquarters of Gir Somnath district, serving as the gateway to the Somnath temple.
Dwarka is one of the Char Dham pilgrimage sites, revered as the ancient kingdom of Krishna and home to the Dwarkadhish temple.
Somnath is a coastal pilgrimage town home to the Somnath temple, revered as the first among the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva.
Palanpur is the headquarters of Banaskantha district, historically known for its Palanpuri Jain diamond-merchant community.
Ankleshwar in Bharuch district hosts one of Asia's largest industrial estates, a major center for chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and oil.
Vapi is a major industrial town in Valsad district known for its chemical, paper, and manufacturing estates near the Maharashtra border.
Modasa is the headquarters of Aravalli district, an agricultural trade town in North Gujarat.
Godhra is the headquarters of Panchmahal district, a railway junction and trade town in eastern Gujarat.
Himmatnagar is the headquarters of Sabarkantha district, known for its ceramic and tile units and agricultural trade.
Rajpipla is the headquarters of Narmada district and a former princely state known for its royal palaces near the Statue of Unity.
Vyara is the headquarters of Tapi district, a tribal-majority town with a sugar-cooperative and agricultural economy.
Lunawada is the headquarters of Mahisagar district and a former princely state in Central Gujarat.
Khambhaliya is the headquarters of Devbhoomi Dwarka district, a trade town in coastal Saurashtra.
Ahwa is the headquarters of Dang district, a small forested tribal town near the Saputara hill station.
Tharad is the headquarters of the new Vav-Tharad district in North Gujarat, with an agrarian and dairy economy.
Mandvi is a historic Kutch port town known for its centuries-old wooden shipbuilding tradition and coastal beaches.
Saputara is Gujarat's only hill station, a forested tourist retreat in the Dang district of the Western Ghats.
Modhera in Mehsana district is home to the 11th-century Sun Temple and became India's first fully solar-powered village.
Dakor is a pilgrimage town in Kheda district built around the Ranchhodrai temple of Krishna, drawing large crowds on Sharad Purnima.
Shamlaji is a Hindu pilgrimage town in Aravalli district known for its ancient Shamlaji temple of Vishnu on the banks of the Meshwo river.
Dahej is a port town in Bharuch district that hosts a major deep-water port, LNG terminal, and petrochemical special economic zone on the Gulf of Khambhat.
Hazira is an industrial port area near Surat home to large steel, natural gas, and heavy-engineering plants operated by companies such as Reliance, ONGC, and L&T.
Lothal is an archaeological site in Ahmedabad district, one of the southernmost cities of the Indus Valley Civilisation, featuring what is regarded as the world's earliest known dock.
Dholavira is a UNESCO World Heritage archaeological site in Kutch district, one of the largest and most prominent cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation.
Champaner is a historic town in Panchmahal district that served briefly as the capital of Gujarat under Mahmud Begada and forms part of the Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park.
Okha is a coastal port town in Devbhoomi Dwarka district at the western tip of the Saurashtra peninsula, serving as the gateway to the island of Bet Dwarka.
Jetpur is a town in Rajkot district renowned for its cotton textile printing and dyeing industry that exports printed fabrics worldwide.
Gondal is a town in Rajkot district and a former princely state, known for the Naulakha Palace, vintage car collection, and the Bhuvaneshwari temple.
Dhoraji is a town in Rajkot district noted for its old walled town layout, historic gates, and traditional Kathiawadi architecture.
Wankaner is a town in Morbi district and a former princely state, best known for the Ranjit Vilas Palace and its ceramic and mineral-water industries.
Dabhoi is a historic fortified town in Vadodara district celebrated for its medieval fort and the intricately carved Hira Bhagol gateway.
Halol is an industrial town in Panchmahal district that hosts a major GIDC estate with automobile and manufacturing plants near Champaner-Pavagadh.
Kalol is a town in Panchmahal district known for its industrial estates and proximity to the Halol manufacturing belt.
Kapadvanj is a historic trading town in Kheda district known for its ancient stepwell, carved toran archway, and glass and soap-making heritage.
Dholera is a planned greenfield smart city and special investment region in Ahmedabad district being developed as part of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor.
Mahemdavad is a town in Kheda district on the Vatrak river, known for the Bhammariyo stepwell and the Roza-Roji Mughal-era monuments.
Sidhpur is an ancient temple town in Patan district on the Saraswati river, known for the ruined Rudra Mahalaya temple and its Bohra-quarter carved wooden mansions.
Bardoli is a town in Surat district famed as the site of the 1928 Bardoli Satyagraha, the peasant tax revolt led by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Deesa is a town in Banaskantha district known as a major potato-growing and agricultural trading center of North Gujarat.
Unjha is a town in Mehsana district home to one of Asia's largest spice and cumin markets and a spiritual center of the Kadva Patidar community.
Visnagar is a town in Mehsana district known for its brassware and metal-utensil industry and educational institutions.
Vijapur is a taluka town in Mehsana district situated in North Gujarat's oil, gas, and agricultural belt.
Virpur is a town in Rajkot district known for the temple of the 19th-century saint Jalaram Bapa, where free meals are served to all visitors.
Jafrabad is a coastal port and fishing town in Amreli district on the Arabian Sea, near the Pipavav port.
Palitana is a town in Bhavnagar district and a major Jain pilgrimage center, sitting at the foot of the Shatrunjaya hills crowned with hundreds of marble temples.
Mundra is a port town in Kutch district that hosts Mundra Port, India's largest private commercial port and special economic zone.
Anjar is a historic town in Kutch district known for its nutcrackers, knives, and other metal handicrafts and its Jesal-Toral shrine.
Bhachau is a taluka town in Kutch district that was heavily rebuilt after the 2001 Gujarat earthquake and lies on the route to the Rann of Kutch.
Rapar is a taluka town in the northern part of Kutch district, an agrarian center near the Little Rann and Dholavira.
Keshod is a town in Junagadh district known for its groundnut trade and its airport serving the Junagadh-Somnath region.
Una is a taluka town in Gir Somnath district near the coast and the union territory of Diu.
Kodinar is a coastal town in Gir Somnath district known for its cement plant, sugar cooperative, and proximity to the Gir forest.
Chorwad is a coastal town in Junagadh district known as the birthplace of industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani and for its former royal summer palace.
Bagasara is a taluka town in Amreli district in the cotton and groundnut belt of Saurashtra.
Savarkundla is a town in Amreli district historically known for manufacturing weighing scales and balances.
Rajula is a town in Amreli district near the Pipavav port, known for its limestone quarrying and cement industry.
Ranavav is a town in Porbandar district known for its large cement manufacturing plants and limestone mining.
Bhanvad is a taluka town in Devbhoomi Dwarka district in the interior of the Saurashtra peninsula.
Mangrol is a historic coastal town and fishing port in Junagadh district on the Arabian Sea.
Khambhat is a historic port city in Anand district on the Gulf of Cambay, once a leading medieval trading port and still known for its agate and carnelian stonework.
Petlad is a town in Anand district serving as a trading and educational center in the Charotar region.
Borsad is a town in Anand district known for the 1923-24 Borsad Satyagraha against a punitive tax during the freedom struggle.
Umreth is a town in Anand district known historically for its trade in cotton, tobacco, and timber.
Balasinor is a town in Mahisagar district and former princely state, known for the nearby Raiyoli fossil site and dinosaur park.
Dholka is a historic taluka town in Ahmedabad district known for its medieval mosques, tanks, and monuments from the Gujarat Sultanate.
Dhandhuka is a taluka town in Ahmedabad district, traditionally regarded as the birthplace of the Jain scholar-poet Hemachandra.
Bavla is a taluka town in Ahmedabad district with agricultural markets and industrial estates along the Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway.
Viramgam is a taluka town and railway junction in Ahmedabad district known for the historic Munsar lake and its many stepwells and shrines.
Sanand is a town in Ahmedabad district that has become a major automobile manufacturing hub, hosting plants of Tata Motors, Ford, and others.
Chotila is a town in Surendranagar district known for the Chamunda Mataji temple perched atop the Chotila hill.
Thangadh is a town in Surendranagar district known for its ceramic, sanitaryware, and pottery industry.
Dhrangadhra is a town in Surendranagar district and former princely state, a gateway to the Little Rann of Kutch and its Wild Ass Sanctuary.
Halvad is a taluka town in Morbi district on the edge of the Little Rann of Kutch, historically part of the Dhrangadhra state.
Limbdi is a town in Surendranagar district and former princely state on the Bhogavo river in Saurashtra.
Wadhwan is a historic town in Surendranagar district and former princely state, twinned with the modern town of Surendranagar.
Patdi is a taluka town in Surendranagar district known for the salt works of the Little Rann of Kutch.
Radhanpur is a historic town in Patan district that was a former princely state and trading center on the edge of the Rann.
Chanasma is a taluka town in Patan district near the Shankheshwar Jain pilgrimage temple.
Harij is a taluka town in Patan district in the North Gujarat plains.
Adipur is a planned township in Kutch district built for Partition refugees, adjacent to Gandhidham and the Kandla port.
Kandla is a seaport town on the Gulf of Kutch, home to the Deendayal (Kandla) Port, one of India's busiest cargo ports.
Kheralu is a taluka town in Mehsana district in the agricultural belt of North Gujarat.
Becharaji is a town in Mehsana district known for the temple of the goddess Bahuchara Mata and a nearby automobile manufacturing zone.
Vallabh Vidyanagar is a planned education township in Anand district built around Sardar Patel University and numerous colleges.
Karamsad is a town in Anand district best known as the ancestral home of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Sihor is a historic town in Bhavnagar district that served as the former capital of the Gohil Rajput rulers before Bhavnagar.
Mahuva is a coastal town in Bhavnagar district known for its onion and coconut cultivation and its greenery, earning it the nickname Kashmir of Saurashtra.
Gadhada is a town in Botad district and a major Swaminarayan pilgrimage center, home to a temple built during the lifetime of Swaminarayan.
Ghogha is an ancient port town in Bhavnagar district on the Gulf of Khambhat, now linked by a RoRo ferry service to Dahej and Hazira.
Talaja is a town in Bhavnagar district known for its ancient rock-cut Buddhist caves and as the birthplace of the poet Narsinh Mehta.
Manavadar is a town in Junagadh district and a former princely state in the Saurashtra region.
Vanthali is a taluka town in Junagadh district known for its fertile farmland and agricultural trade.
Visavadar is a taluka town in Junagadh district near the Gir forest and its Asiatic lion habitat.
Kadi is a taluka town in Mehsana district with textile and industrial estates in North Gujarat.
Gozaria is a taluka town in Mehsana district in the North Gujarat agricultural belt.