# North Gujarat

North Gujarat, the Northern part of Indian state of Gujarat includes the districts of Gandhinagar, Banaskantha, Patan, Aravalli, Mehsana Sabarkantha and Vav-Tharad district. Patan city is the administrative headquarters of North Gujarat. There Are Two Municipal Corporations in North Gujarat Mehsana And Gandhinagar. North Gujarat is dominant in the dairy industry.
Currently, the water table of the region is dropping 6 meters every year.
The dialects of Gujarati in this region differ from each other and from dialects in other parts with minor differences. All dialects have the common difference from Gujarati in that the word "chhe" is replaced by "she" or "sh".
According to the 2011 Census, this region has a population of 10,319,646 people.

## Cities and districts

Gandhinagar is the largest city and Patan district is the largest district in the region.
Other important cities are Patan, Mehsana, Palanpur, Himmatnagar, Modasa, Sidhpur, Kalol & Visnagar.
The districts in the region are Patan district, Gandhinagar district, Mehsana district, Banaskantha district, Sabarkantha district, Aravalli district and Vav-Tharad district.
| City/Town | District |
| Patan | Patan District |
| Sidhpur | Patan District |
| Radhanpur | Patan District |
| Harij | Patan District |
| Chanasma | Patan District |
| Sami | Patan District |
| Santalpur | Patan District |
| Shankheshwar | Patan District |
| Sarswati/Patan | Patan District |
| Gandhinagar | Gandhinagar district |
| Kalol | Gandhinagar district |
| Mansa | Gandhinagar district |
| Dahegam | Gandhinagar district |
| Mehsana | Mehsana district |
| Visnagar | Mehsana district |
| Kadi | Mehsana district |
| Unjha | Mehsana district |
| Bechraji | Mehsana district |
| Kheralu | Mehsana district |
| Vadnagar | Mehsana district |
| Satlasana | Mehsana district |
| Vijapur | Mehsana district |
| Palanpur | Banaskantha district |
| Deesa | Banaskantha district |
| Vadgam | Banaskantha district |
| Amirgadh | Banaskantha district |
| Danta | Banaskantha district |
| Ambaji | Banaskantha district |
| Shihori | Banaskantha district |
| Thara | Banaskantha district |
| Himmatnagar | Sabarkantha district |
| Vijaynagar | Sabarkantha district |
| Talod | Sabarkantha district |
| Prantij | Sabarkantha district |
| Idar | Sabarkantha district |
| Khedbrahma | Sabarkantha district |
| Vadali | Sabarkantha district |
| Modasa | Aravalli district |
| Bhiloda | Aravalli district |
| Meghraj | Aravalli district |
| Bayad | Aravalli district |
| Dhansura | Aravalli district |
| Malpur | Aravalli district |
| Tharad | Vav-Tharad district |
| Vav | Vav-Tharad district |
| Suigam | Vav-Tharad district |
| Lakhani | Vav-Tharad district |
| Dhanera | Vav-Tharad district |
| Diyodar | Vav-Tharad district |

## Education

* North Gujarat University, Patan
* Government Engineering College, Patan
* Government Engineering College, Modasa
* Government Engineering College, Gandhinagar
* IIT Gandhinagar
* Gujarat Technological University
* GTU-SET
* Gujarat Power Engineering And Research Institute
* Ganpat University
* Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University

## Prehistory

Evidence of prehistoric settlements in North Gujarat were first discovered in 1893 by British geologist Bruce Foote. Archeological expeditions in the 1940s and 1950s that microlithic-using hunter-gatherers, agro-pastoralists, early farmers, and Harappan settlements all coexisted at the Langhnaj site located in the Mehsana district of Gujarat.

## Universities

| University | City | District |
| Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University | Patan | Patan District |
| Gokul Global University | Sidhpur | Patan District |
| Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar | Gandhinagar | Gandhinagar District |
| Gujarat Technological University | Gandhinagar | Gandhinagar District |
| Ganpat University | Mehsana | Mehsana District |
| Sankalchand Patel University | Visnagar | Mehsana District |

## Rivers

* Saraswati River
* Sabarmati River
* West Banas River