Sabarkantha district
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Sabarkantha is a district in Northeast of Gujarat state of India.
The administrative headquarters of the district is Himmatnagar, about 80 km from Ahmedabad. Sabarkantha District has a population of 2,082,531 of which 10.81% were urban as of 2001. [1] It covers an area of 7,390 km².
Sabarkantha District is bounded by Rajasthan state to the northeast, Banaskantha and Mehsana districts to the west, Gandhinagar and Kheda districts to the south and Panchmahal District to the east.
The major towns in Sabarkantha are:
- Akrund
- Himmatnagar
- Idar - ancient fort
- Shamlaji - pilgrim center
- Khedbrahma - pilgrim center
- Modasa
- Dhansura
- Meghraj
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| Capital | Gandhinagar | |
| Major cities | Ahmedabad · Surat · Vadodara · Rajkot · Jamnagar · Bhavnagar | |
| Districts | Ahmedabad · Amreli · Anand · Banaskantha · Bharuch · Bhavnagar · Dahod · Dang · Gandhinagar · Jamnagar · Junagadh · Kheda · Kachchh · Mehsana · Narmada · Navsari · Panchmahal · Patan · Porbandar · Rajkot · Sabarkantha · Surat · Surendranagar · Vadodara · Valsad | |
| Topics | Politics · Governors · Chief Ministers · History · Notable people · Cities and Towns · Education institutes · National parks & Sanctuaries | |