Gandhinagar District

Gandhinagar District is an administrative division of Gujarat, India, whose headquarters are at Gandhinagar, the state capital. It was organized in 1964.

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, Motera, Adalaj. The four tehsils are - Gandhinagar, Kalol INA, Dehgam and Mansa - and 216 villages. Gandhinagar district is bounded by the districts of Sabarkantha to the northeast, Kheda to the southeast, Ahmedabad to the southwest, and Mehsana to the northwest.

Connected to Ahmedabad by the Sartej-Gandhinagar highway, and with Vadodara with the Ahmedabad-Vadodara 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 (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, Cybage has presence in infocity whereas PCS is located at GIDC area. Many more companies are planning to come to infocity. Etech, Inc., one of the major BPO players in Gujarat is also based here along with operations in Vadodara and Texas.

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

Gandhinagar has many educational institutions like Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of ICT, EDI, 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.