About "GUJARAT"
- Established: May 1, 1960
- First Chief Minister: Dr. Jivraj Mehta
- Present Chief Minister: Mr. Narendra Modi (from October 7, 2001 to present)
- First Capital: Ahmedabad
- Present Capital: Gandhinagar
- Vidhansabha Seats: 182
- Loksabha Seats: 27
- Rajyasabha Seats: 11
- Total Districts: 26
Narendra Modi – Chief Minister of Gujarat
- Total Talukas: 226
- Total Towns: 242
- Total Villages: 18,618
- Municipal Corporations (Mahanagar Palika): Total 8 (Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Vadodara, Junagarh and Gandhinagar)
- Total Area of Gujarat State: 1,96,024 square kilometer
- Total Population of Gujarat State: 60,383,628 (according to 2012 estimates)
- Previous statistics: 5,05,96,992 (according to 2001 estimates)
- Population Density of Gujarat State: 308 per square kilometer
- Population in Cities: 42.6 %
- Literacy in Gujarat State: 57.4%
- Male Literacy: 87.23 %
- Female Lireracy: 70.73 %
- District with highest Literacy: Ahmedabad District (79.89%)
- District with lowest Literacy: Dahod District (45.65%)
- District with highest Population: Ahmedabad District (population: 7.20 million)
- District with lowest population: Dang District (population: 1,86,712)
- District with highest Population Density: Gandhinagar District
- District with lowest Population Density: Kutch District
- Largest District by its Area: Kutch District (Area: 45,652 square kilometer)
- Smallest District by its Area: Dang District (Area: 1,764 square kilometer)
- Position of Gujarat State in India as per its area: Seventh (7th)
- Position of Gujarat State in India as per its population: Tenth (10th)
- Official Language of Gujarat: Gujarati (Gujarati Language Speaking Population is 89.36%)
- Other Languages in Gujarat: Kutchi-1.57%, Urdu-2.17%, Hindi-1.26%, Marathi-0.79%, Sindhi-0.76%, Others-4.09%
- Population of Gujarat by Religion:
- Hindu- 4,51,43,074
- Muslim- 45,92,854
- Jain- 5,25,305
- Christian- 2,84,092
- Shikh- 45,587
- Buddhist- 17,829
- Others- 28,698
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