Porbandar district
District of Gujarat in India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Porbandar.
Porbandar district is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state in western India. The district covers an area of 2,316 km2. It had a population of 5.85,449 of which 48.77% were urban as of the 2011 census.[1] This district was carved out of Junagadh district. It lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Porbandar city is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district is surrounded by Jamnagar district and Devboomi Dwarka to the north, Junagadh district and Rajkot district to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west and south.
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Porbandar District | |
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Nickname: PBR | |
Coordinates: 21°37′48″N 69°36′0″E | |
Country | India |
State | Gujarat |
Region | Saurashtra |
Headquarters | Porbandar |
Government | |
• District Collector | Mr. Mukesh A Pandya |
Area | |
• Total | 2,316 km2 (894 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 585,449 |
• Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Gujarati , Hindi , Sindhi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | GJ-25 |
Website | porbandar |
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As of 2011 it is the second least-populous district of Gujarat (out of 33), after Dang.[2]