Mehsana district
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Mehsana District is a district 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. [1]
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, Jotana and Khadalpur.
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[edit] History
Historically parts of this district have been broken off for the formation of new districts.
[edit] Divisions
Mehsana district consists 9 talukas. These are Becharaji, Kadi, Kheralu, Mahesana, Vadnagar, Vijapur, Visnagar, Satlasana and Unjha.
[edit] Economy
[edit] Agriculture
The main crops are Bajra, jowar, jira, cotton and oilseeds mirch.
[edit] Commerce
The major trading centres in the district are oilseeds, jira (cumin), isabgul (psyllium) and anise.
There are some oil fields near Kalol in this district. Asia's second largest dairy 'Dudh Sagar' is situated in Mehsana.
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