Facts about Gujarat

Facts about Gujarat

1. Gujarat is one of the most prosperous states of the country,
having a per-capita GDP 3.2 times India's average.

2. If it was a nation it would have been 67th richest nation in the
world above many European and Asian economies like China and
Ukraine .

3. Gujarat holds many records in India for economic development:

· 20% of India's Industrial Output
· 9% of India's Mineral Production
· 22% of India's exports
· 24% of India's textile production
· 35% of India's pharmaceutical products
· 51% of India's petrochemical production

4. The world's largest ship breaking yard is in Gujarat near
Bhavnagar at Alang.

5. Reliance Petroleum Limited, one of the group companies of Reliance
Industries Limited founded by Dhirubhai Ambani operates the oil
refinery at Jamnagar which is the world's largest grass roots
refineries .

6. Gujarat ranks first nationwide in gas-based thermal electricity
generation with national market share of over 8% and second
nationwide in nuclear electricity generation with national market
share of over 1%.

7. Over 20% of the S&P CNX 500 conglomerates have corporate offices
in Gujarat.

8. Over 35% of the stock market wealth of India is with Gujarati
People.

9. Over 60% of Indian Population in North America is Gujarati.

10. An average income of a Gujarati family in North America is three
times more than the average income of an American family.

11. Gujarat is having the longest sea shore compared to any other
Indian state

12. Gujarat is having the highest no. of operating airports in India
(Total 12).

13. India's 16% of Investment are from Gujarat.


14. Gujarat is having highest no. of vegetarian people compared to
any other state in India.

15. The first ALL VEG PIZZA-HUT was opened in Ahmedabad

16. Ahmedabad – the commercial capital of Gujarat is the seventh
largest city in India.

17. Surat is the fastest growing city in the world.

18. Gandhinagar is the Greenest Capital City in whole Asia.

19. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad(IIMA) is Asia's 1 st
and world's 45th ranked management college located in Ahmedabad,
Gujarat.

20. Gujarat is the safest state as the Crime rate of it is 8.2 which
is the least in India even after considering 2002 communal riots,
stated by India Today 2005 report.

21. Gujarat is having least crime against women among all Indian
states (excluding Goa) where AP is 1st, Delhi is 2nd , Bihar is
3rd ,Zarakhand is 4th and UP is 5th.

22. Ahmedabad which is the seventh largest city in India is the
lowest in crime rate among all Tier-I and Tier-II cities of India as
per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report.

23. Ahmedabad is ranked 2nd in Real Estate - Ahead of
Bangalore,Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai & Delhi. 3rd in Policy
Initiatives - Ahead of Bangalore, Chennai, Calcutta, Mumbai & Delhi.
4th in Manpower - Ahead of Bangalore,Chennai, Mumbai & Delhi.

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