North Gujarat, the Northern part of Indian state of Gujarat includes the districts of Gandhinagar, Banaskantha, Patan, Aravalli, Mehsana, and Sabarkantha .
North Gujarat is dominant in the dairy industry.
Currently, the water table of the region is dropping 6 meters every year.[1]
The dialects of Gujarati in this region differ from each other and from dialects in other parts with minor differences. All dialects have the common difference from Gujarati in that the word "chhe" is replaced by "she" or "sh".
According to the 2011 Census, this region has a population of 10,319,646 people.
Prehistory
Evidence of prehistoric settlements in North Gujarat were first discovered in 1893 by British geologist Bruce Foote. Archeological expeditions in the 1940s and 1950s that microlithic-using hunter-gatherers, agro-pastoralists, early farmers, and Harappan settlements all coexisted at the Langhnaj site located in the Mehsana district of Gujarat.[2][3]
Universities
| University | City | District | Note |
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| Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University | Patan | Patan District | |
| Gokul Global University | Sidhpur |
Tourism
References
- ^ "Aquifer depletion". Encyclopedia of Earth.
- ^ Arista, Katherine L. (2012). Mesolithic health and subsistence at Langhnaj and Mahadaha, India (Thesis thesis).
- ^ Ahluwalia, Disha (20 November 2023). "Hunter-gatherers of Gujarat shared timeline with Harappans. History isn't linear". ThePrint. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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