Established: May 1, 1960
First Chief Minister: Dr. Jivraj Mehta
Present Chief Minister: Mr. Narendra Modi (from October 7, 2001 to present)
First Capital: Ahmedabad
Present Capital: Gandhinagar
Vidhansabha Seats: 182
Loksabha Seats: 27
Rajyasabha Seats: 11
Total Districts: 26
Narendra Modi – Chief Minister of Gujarat
Total Talukas: 226
Total Towns: 242
Total Villages: 18,618
Municipal Corporations (Mahanagar Palika): Total 8 (Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Vadodara, Junagarh and Gandhinagar)
Total Area of Gujarat State: 1,96,024 square kilometer
Total Population of Gujarat State: 60,383,628 (according to 2012 estimates)
Previous statistics: 5,05,96,992 (according to 2001 estimates)
Population Density of Gujarat State: 308 per square kilometer
Population in Cities: 42.6 %
Literacy in Gujarat State: 57.4%
Male Literacy: 87.23 %
Female Lireracy: 70.73 %
District with highest Literacy: Ahmedabad District (79.89%)
District with lowest Literacy: Dahod District (45.65%)
District with highest Population: Ahmedabad District (population: 7.20 million)
District with lowest population: Dang District (population: 1,86,712)
District with highest Population Density: Gandhinagar District
District with lowest Population Density: Kutch District
Largest District by its Area: Kutch District (Area: 45,652 square kilometer)
Smallest District by its Area: Dang District (Area: 1,764 square kilometer)
Position of Gujarat State in India as per its area: Seventh (7th)
Position of Gujarat State in India as per its population: Tenth (10th)
Official Language of Gujarat: Gujarati (Gujarati Language Speaking Population is 89.36%)
Other Languages in Gujarat: Kutchi-1.57%, Urdu-2.17%, Hindi-1.26%, Marathi-0.79%, Sindhi-0.76%, Others-4.09%
Population of Gujarat by Religion:
Hindu– 4,51,43,074
Muslim– 45,92,854
Jain– 5,25,305
Christian– 2,84,092
Shikh– 45,587
Buddhist– 17,829
Others– 28,698
