Gandhinagar District is an administrative division of Gujarat, India

India

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, whose headquarters are at Gandhinagar, the state capital. It has an area of 649 km², and a population of 1,334,455 of which 35.02% were urban (2001 census). The district includes Gandhinagar with three Suburbs - Chandkheda

Chandkheda

Chandkheda is a city and a municipality in Gandhinagar district in the state of Gujarat, India.-Demographics:As of 2001 India census, Chandkheda had a population of 55,477. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Chandkheda has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the...

, Motera

Motera

Motera is a census town in Gandhinagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The Sardar Patel Stadium is located in Motera. This stadium is the venue for international cricket matches. From 19 January 2008 it is the part of Ahmedabad city under Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.-Demographics:...

, Adalaj

Adalaj

Adalaj is a census town in Gandhinagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat.- Geography :Adalaj is located at . It has an average elevation of 68 metres .- Demographics :...

 and three tehsils - Kalol INA

Kalol INA

Kalol INA is a town in Gandhinagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat.-Demographics: India census, Kalol INA had a population of 111700. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Kalol INA has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male...

, Dehgam and Mansa

Mansa, Gujarat

Mansa is a city and a municipality in Gandhinagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat.-----Geography:Mansa is located at . It has an average elevation of 94 metres .Mansa is the historical city.-Demographics:...

 - and 216 villages. Gandhinagar district is bounded by the districts of Sabarkantha to the northeast, Kheda

Kheda

Kheda is a town and a municipality in Kheda district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Kheda, also known as Kaira, is 35 km from Ahmedabad. The National Highway no. 8 connecting Ahmedabad and Mumbai passes through Kheda...

 to the southeast, Ahmedabad to the southwest, and Mehsana

Mehsana

Mahesana is a city and municipality in Mehsana district, in the Indian state of Gujarat.-City and surrounding area:Situated near Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, Mehsana is one of the largest cities in North Gujarat; followed by Patan and Palanpur. A number of primary industries including dairy, oil...

 to the northwest.

Connected to Ahmedabad by the Sartej-Gandhinagar highway, and with Vadodara with the Ahmedabad-Vadodara

Vadodara

Vadodara formerly known as Baroda is the third most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat . It is one of the four cities with the population of over 1 million...

 highway, these three cities form the top population centers and commercial heart of Gujarat and western India.

Gandhinagar city is a well planned city like Chandigarh

Chandigarh

Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...

 (Punjab) which is having 30 sectors which are of 1 KM each in Length and Width. Each sector has a primary school, a secondary school, a higher secondary school, a medical dispensary, a shopping center and a maintenance office.

Gandhinagar has infocity nearby which is housing IT companies. Many big IT companies like TCS

Tata Consultancy Services

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, CYBAGE has presence in infocity whereas PCS is located at GIDC area. Many more companies are planning to come to infocity. Etech, Inc.

Etech, Inc.

Etech, Inc. is a global customer interaction/acquisition and contact center services provider company having its headquarters in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA....

, one of the major BPO

BPO

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 players in Gujarat is also based here along with operations in Vadodara

Vadodara

Vadodara formerly known as Baroda is the third most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat . It is one of the four cities with the population of over 1 million...

 and Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

.

Gandhinagar has famous Akshardham temple in Sector : 20 which is a very beautiful Hindu Temple.

Gandhinagar has many educational institutions like Dhirubhai Ambani

Dhirubhai Ambani

Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani also known as Dhirubhai, was an Indian-Gujarati business magnate and entrepreneur who founded Reliance Industries, a petrochemicals, communications, power, and textiles conglomerate and the only privately owned Indian company in the Fortune 500. Ambani took his company...

 Institute of ICT, EDI

EDI

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, Indian Plasma Research Institute, and Gujarat Law University. Gandhinagar's Education level is highest in Gujarat, 87.11% all over the Gujarat, therefore Gandhinagar is most popular City & Called "THE HEART" Of Gujarat.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census

2011 census of India

The 15th Indian National census was conducted in two phases, houselisting and population enumeration. Houselisting phase began on April 1, 2010 and involved collection of information about all buildings...

 Gandhinagar district has a population

Demographics of India

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 of 1,387,478, roughly equal to the nation of Swaziland

Swaziland

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 or the US state of Hawaii

Hawaii

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. This gives it a ranking of 353rd in India (out of a total of 640

Districts of India

A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. Districts are further subdivided, in some cases into Sub-Divisions, and otherwise directly into tehsils or talukas.District officials include:...

). The district has a population density of 660 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate

Family planning in India

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 over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.15 %. Gandhinagar has a sex ratio

Sex ratio

Sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. The primary sex ratio is the ratio at the time of conception, secondary sex ratio is the ratio at time of birth, and tertiary sex ratio is the ratio of mature organisms....

 of 920 females

Women in India

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 for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate

Literacy in India

Literacy in India is key for socio-economic progress, and the Indian literacy rate grew to 74.04% in 2011 from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947. Although this was a greater than sixfold improvement, the level is well below the world average literacy rate of 84%, and India currently has the...

of 85.78 %.