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Mehsana district

Mehsana district

Mehsana district (also spelled Mahesana) is one of the 34 districts of Gujarat state in western India. Mehsana city is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district has a population of over 2 million and an area of over 4,400  km. As per 2011 census 25.27% of total population of the district lived in the urban area while 74.73% lived in the rural area. There are 614 villages in the district.

Mehsana district borders Banaskantha district in the north, Patan and Surendranagar districts in the west, Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad districts in the south and Sabarkantha district in the east.

Major towns of the district include Mehsana, Vijapur, Bahucharaji, Satlasana, Unjha, Vadnagar, Kalol, Kadi, Visnagar, and Kheralu.