banaskantha

Banaskantha is a district in Northeast of Gujarat state of India.

Geography and Political Facts

The administrative headquarters of this district is Palanpur. Banaskantha has a population of near 20 lakhs in its 10,751 sq. km. area. Banaskantha borders with Rajasthan state in the North, Sabarkantha district in East, Kutch district in South and Patan and Mehsana district in the South. In the year 2000 parts of this district were broken off for the formation of Patan district.

Towns

The major towns in Sabarkantha are:

Palanpur
Ambaji - A Hindu pilgrimage place.
Disa
Dantiwada

Commerce and Agriculture

Banaskantha is rich in Marble quarries and Copper deposits. Palanpur has a big diamond industry. The main agriculture is of Bajra crops.

Other details

Famous Ambaji temple in Ambaji, is at the foot of Aravalli mountains near the mouth of Saraswati river.

<< Previous

Word Browser

Next >>

anthem of kirghiz ssr
helen maria williams
mendip tv mast
walsh matrix
2001 in rail transport
communities of fthiotida
rugby league ireland
homoserine lactone
lawrence farwell
sylvania electric products explosion
pico duarte

boleslaw lesmian
making fiends
bee bread
george washington's farewell address
vanity fair (2004 movie)
tenebrism
porky's badtime story
fantasmic!
list of best selling music artists
deontology as consequentialism
hollywood hills amphitheater

simoleon
patrick ireland
verne
princess shruti
matthew turner
lanyon quoit
nineteen63
emilie schindler
cazin
monkey hornby
polypodiales

edward winter
center for responsive politics
charles bronson (band)
optical autocorrelation
barmy fotheringay phipps
juan pablo duarte
nelson a. miles
theosophical glossary
semitish
african civet
hlucinsko