Porbandar district

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Porbandar district is in the state of Gujarat, India. Porbandar is also the name of a town within the district. It had a population of 536,835 of which 48.69% were urban as of 2001 census. [link]

This district was carved out of Junagadh District. It lies in the Kathiawar peninsula. Porbandar city is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district is surrounded by Jamnagar (North) and Junagadh (South) districts. To the west is the Arabian Sea.

Rivers

• Ozat River
• Meghal River
• Bhadar River

Economy

Agriculture

Crops

• Cotton, Groundnut, Bajra, Gram, Wheat, Tal and Jowar

Industry

• Cement, Cement Pipes

One cement factory is at Ranavav, outskirts of Porbandar and another oldest one in the city itself.

• Soda Ash

This factory is just outside the city and has its own Thermal Power Station and salt making area.

• Coal making
• Limestone

State of Gujarat Governors | Chief Ministers | Districts
List of Indian state and union territory capitals>Capital: Gandhinagar  • Major cities: Ahmedabad > Surat | Vadodara | Rajkot | Jamnagar | Bhavnagar Districts of Gujarat>Districts: Ahmedabad | Amreli | Anand | Banaskantha | Bharuch | Bhavnagar | Dahod | Dang | Gandhinagar | Jamnagar | Junagadh | Kheda | Kutch | Mehsana | Narmada | Navsari | Panchmahal | Patan | Porbandar | Rajkot | Sabarkantha | Surat | Surendranagar | Vadodara | Valsad
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