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Facts of Gujarat
| Area | 1,96,000 sq. kms. (6.10% of the total area of India) |
| Districts | 25 |
| Talukas | 223 |
| Villages | 18114 |
| State Capital | Gandhinagar |
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Cities with a population of over 100,000 |
11 |
| Principal language | Gujarati |
| Literacy | 61% |
| Major Languages | Gujarati, Hindi, Sindhi, Marathi |
| Crops | cotton, oilseeds, sugarcane, tobacco, rice, millets, wheat |
| Minerals | fluorite, lignite, limestone, bauxite, gypsum, oil &natural gas |
| Industries | textile, cement, chemicals, petroleum, dairy products, sugar, oilseeds, pharmaceuticals,salt, electronics,engineering |
| Roads | surfaced- 63,322 kms, unsurfaced- 5656 kms. |
| Railways | 5,500 kms |
| Airports | Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Keshod, Surat, Kandla, Porbandar, Rajkot, Bhuj |
| Climate | 27º C to 42º C in summer, 14º C to 29º C in winter, monsoon is from June to Sept. |
| Coastline | 1,600 kms. |
| Universities | 10 |