Banaskantha district
Banaskantha is one among the twenty-six districts of the Gujarat state of India. The administrative headquarters of the district is at Palanpur which is also its largest city. The district is located in the Northeast of Gujarat and is presumably named after the West Banas River which runs through the valley between Mount Abu and Aravalli Range, entering into the plains of Gujarat in this region and flowing towards the Rann of Kutch. The district is famous for the Ambaji temple and the Balaram temple which draw many tourists.
Geography
Banaskantha has a population of 2,504,244 of which 11.00% were urban as of 2001. It covers an area of 10,751 km2 and is the third largest district in the state. Banaskantha shares its borders with Rajasthan state in the North, Sabarkantha district in East, Kutch district in West and Patan district and Mehsana district in the South. The district is divided into eleven talukas. In the year 2000 parts of this district were broken off for the formation of Patan district.
Towns
The major towns in Banaskantha are:
Commerce and Agriculture
Banaskantha is rich in Marble quarries and Copper deposits. India's diamond industry has its origins in Palanpur.
It has very big co-operative sector. It also have one of the bigest milk dairy called Banas dairy which was founded by Late Galbabhai Nanjibhai Patel. It has Banaskantha District Central Co-operative Bank one of the bigest District Cooperative Bank of Gujarat chaired by Shri Shankar Chaudhary.
It has got prestigious State Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar[1]. The main agriculture is of Bajra crops.
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