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_total
20,00,000
Infobox, Population as of
2021
Infobox, Area total km2
170
Infobox, Founded (start date and age template)
1612
Infobox, Elevation m
134.42
Infobox, coordinates
22.3000, 70.7833
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in India
View the Source Wikidata: Rajkot
- Wikidata Q11854, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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