Bhavnagar District
| Bhavnagar district | |
|---|---|
| district | |
 Location of district in Gujarat |
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| Country |
 India
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| State | Gujarat |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Gujarati, Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Vehicle registration | GJ 4 |
| Website | gujaratindia |
Bhavnagar District is a district of southeastern Gujarat, India, on the Saurashtra peninsula. It is also known as Gohilwar as major portion of Bhavnagar district, in very old times, was ruled by Gohil Rajputs, after whom the entire Gohelwad prant was still named during the British Raj. The administrative headquarters is in the town of Bhavnagar.
Bhavnagar District covers an area of over 8334 km². The coastal area is mostly alluvium.
Bhavnagar borders with Ahmedabad District to the northeast, Botad District to the northwest, the Gulf of Cambay to the east and south and Amreli District to the west.
Bhavnagar State was a salute state during the Raj, ruled by the Gohil Rajputs, .
Bhavnagar lost two talukas, Botad and Gadhada, to the creation in August 2013 of the new district of Botad.
Bhavnagar District is divided into nine talukas : Bhavnagar, Sihor, Umarala, Gariyadhar, Palitana, Mahuva, Talaja, Ghogha and Vallbhipur. There are close to 800 villages in this district.
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