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LOCATION
Gujarat
state came into existence as a separate State on 1st May
1960.
The State is situated on the west coast of India between
20-6' N to 24-42' N north latitude and 68-10'E to 74-28'E
east longitude. It is bounded by the Arabian Sea in the
West, by the States of Rajasthan in the North and North-East,
by Madhya Pradesh in the East and by Maharashtra in the
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The State has an international boundary and has a common
border with the Pakistan at the north-western fringe.
The two deserts, one north of Kachchh and the other
between Kachchh and the mainland Gujarat are saline
wastes.
The State has a long coast-line of about 1600 kms. and
is the longest among all States of country. For the
purpose of administration, Gujarat State at present
comprises of 25 districts, sub-divided into 226 talukas,
having 18618 villages and 242 towns. Gujarat has geographical
area of 1.96 lakh sq.kms. and accounts for 6.19 percent
of the total area of the country.
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DEMOGRAPHY
According to the provisional results of Population
Census 2001, the population of Gujarat as on 1st
March 2001, stood at 5.06 crore, including the
estimated population of earthquake affected areas.
The decadal growth rate of the decade 1991-2001
has increased in comparison to 1981-1991 from
21.19 percent to 22.48 percent. |
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density of Gujarat is 258 persons per sq.km. in 2001.
The literacy rate in the State (excluding children in
the age group 0-6 years) has increased from 61.29 per
cent in 1991 to 69.97 per cent in 2001. About 37.67 per
cent population of Gujarat resides in urban areas (Excluding
earthquake affected areas). Out of the total population
of 483.87 lakh in the state (excluding the earthquake
affected areas), 203.7 lakh (42.10 per cent) were workers
and 280.2 lakh (57.90 per cent) were non-workers. According
to the provisional results of population census 2001,
the total number of households were 96.44 lakh. |
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Agriculture 
