Rajkot is the fourth-largest city in the western Indian state of Gujarat, after Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara, at the center of the Saurashtra region. A historically important princely state capital where Mahatma Gandhi spent part of his childhood, Rajkot has become a major hub for small-scale engineering, automobile parts and jewelry manufacturing, ranking among India's larger metropolitan economies.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m)Source gives 134.42 m; rounded to the nearest whole metre to fit the Int column. Sources
1. Rajkot (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Population (Indian lakh notation)
20,00,000
Infobox, Population as of
2021
Infobox, Area total km2
170
Infobox, Founded (start date and age template)
{{start date and age|1612}}
Infobox, Elevation m
134.42
Infobox, coordinates
{{coord|22.3000|70.7833|region:IN-GJ|display=inline,title}}
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