Mehsana district

Mehsana district () is one of the 26 districts of Gujarat state in western India. Mehsana city is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district has a population of over 18 lakhs and an area of over 4,500 km². There are over 600 villages in this district. It had a population of 1,837,892 of which 22.40% were urban as of 2001.

Mehsana district borders with Banaskantha district in the North, Patan and Surendranagar districts in West, Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad districts in South and Sabarkantha district in the East.

Major towns of the district are Vijapur, Bahucharaji, Modhera, Unjha, Vadnagar, Kalol, Kadi, Visnagar, Kherva(), Jotana and Khadalpur, Sanganpur ( સાંગણપુર ).

Motor vehicles registered in the district have their registration numbers starting with GJ-2.

History

Historically parts of this district have been broken off for the formation of new districts.

• 1964 to Gandhinagar district.
• 2000 to Patan district.

Divisions

Mehsana district consists 9 talukas. These are Becharaji, Kadi, Kheralu, Mahesana, Vadnagar, Vijapur, Visnagar, Satlasana and Unjha.

There are 7 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Kheralu,...
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