PATAN DISTRICT


Districts of Northern Gujarat

The 'Patan District' of India is located in northern Gujarat. It is surrounded by Banas Kantha District to its north and northeast, Mehsan to its south and southeast and Kutch District and ''Kutch nu Nanu Ran'' (Little Rann of Kutch). Its eastern areas, Harij and Sami, bordering Kutch quite sensitive as there is no Settled population till the Border of Pakistan even though geographically the border is quite some distance away.
The Districtwas carved out mainly from Mehsana District along with Radhanpur and Santalpur Talukas from Banaskantha District. Its headquarters is the city of Patan, Gujarat. Apart from Patan, Modhera is also an important tourist destination. The district had a population of 1,182,709 of which 20.16% were urban as of 2001. [1]

Contents
See also

See also



★ Patan

This article provided by Wikipedia. To edit the contents of this article, click here for original source.

psst.. try this: add to faves
©2009 TripAtlas.com