About Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad city

Leading Industrial and Commercial city of Gujarat.

Seventh Largest City of India.

On the Bank of River Sabarmati.

Connected with other Mega cities by Railways , Roads and Air Transportation It was Capital of Gujarat State till June 5, 1970.

Location of City

Ahmedabad, the biggest City of Gujarat, lies on 230 1' North Latitude and 720 37' East Longitude on the bank of River of Sabarmati. The city is well connected by rail, roads and airways with all the important cities of the country. It is the Seventh largest city of the country with an area of 190.84 Kms. and a population of 2.877 Millions according to 1991 Census. After the bifurcation of ex-billingual Bombay State in May 1960, Ahmedabad was a capital of Gujarat, till it was shifted to Gandhinagar; a newly constructed capital town at a distance of 24 kms. in the year 1970 . Ahmedabad is now a district headquarter and many state-level and district-level offices are located in the city. The city is agglomerated with the surrounding towns of Dani Limda, Naroda, Odhav, Ranip, Sahijpur Bogha and Sardarnagar. The geographical position of the city would be clear from the following details.

City lies in a region of North Gujarat which is a Plain, dry and sandy area. The city covers an area of 47,156 acres. Except small hills of Thaltej-Jodhpur Tekra, entire surroundings of the city is a plain area. There are no woods or forests nearby. The sea is at a distance of 80.65 kms. at the gulf of Cambay. Sabarmati, one of the longest rivers of Gujarat, bifurcates the city into eastern and western parts, connected by five bridges, two of which are constructed after independence. Though the river is perennial, it gets practically dried up in the summer, leaving only small stream of water flowing fleebly. The following figures of minimum and maximum Altitude of the city would show only marginal variations indicating a flat surface.

Features

The city of Ahmedabad is at present having an important Railway junction on: The Bombay-Viramgam Broad gauge The Ahmedabad-Khedbrahma meter gauge The Ahmedabad-Bhavnagar meter gauge sections of the Western Railway Besides the broad and meter gauge railway stations of the city, it has five other stations viz. Maninagar, Vatva, Asarwa, Gandhigram and Sabarmati. Apart form its central position in the heart of Gujarat, Ahmedabad enjoyed in the past a strategic importance in view of its location on the main highway to Rajputana and Malwa regions on the one hand to Saurashtra Peninsula on the other.