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Surat is a district in the state of Gujarat, city as the administrative headquarters of this district. It is surrounded by Bharuch, Narmada (North), Navsari (South) districts and east Tapi district To the west is the Gulf of Cambay. It is the second-most advanced district in Gujarat. It had a population of 6,081,322 of which 79.68% were urban ...
Surat (Gujarati: ) is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat.The word Surat directly translates to face in Urdu, Gujarati and Hindi.Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its confluence with the Arabian Sea, it used to be a large seaport.
The Surat Municipal Corporation operates under the Provisions of Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949, under the executive power of the municipal commissioner. The Surat Municipal Corporation ranked 7th out of 21 Cities for best administrative practices in India in 2014. It scored 3.5 on 10 compared to the national average of 3.3.
The western Indian state of Gujarat has 34 districts after several splits of the original 17 districts at the formation of the state in 1960. [2] Kutch is the largest district of Gujarat while Dang is the smallest. Ahmedabad is the most populated district while Dang is the least. There are 252 Talukas (subdivisions of districts) in Gujarat. [3] [4]
The Surat district outside the city was by this point completely ruled by Marathas. For the last twenty years of the 18th century trade declined as Bombay emerged as a port city. In 1800, the English government of Bombay stripped administration privileges from the Nawabs and supplied them with a pension. [13]
Variav is an ancient village of some historical importance in the district of Surat, which has been a major port city. As a result, international interaction of people of Surat is common and they traveled for business to far lands and many foreigners came to India via Surat.
The population of Gujarat was 60,439,692 (31,491,260 males and 28,948,432 females) ... Bhavnagar district: GJ-5 Surat city parts of Surat district: GJ-6
Bhestan is a town and locality in Surat city of Surat district in the Indian state of Gujarat. [1] Demographics. As of 2011 India ...