Central Gujarat

Central Gujarat is in India.

Cities

 * &mdash; Manchester of the East, commercial capital of Gujarat, home of Mahatma Gandhi’s Ashram.


 * (The Milk City) &mdash; the administrative centre of Anand District.


 * &mdash; site of major Jain pilgrimage


 * &mdash; home of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who was popularly known as Iron Man of India.


 * (Cambay) &mdash; former port town at the bay of Khambhat.


 * (Kaira) &mdash; town located on the banks of the rivers "Vatrak" and "Shedhi". From here Gandhi launched a campaign against British taxes.


 * &mdash; a city where the Santaram Mandir (Hindu temple) is located.


 * &mdash; a village in Prantij Taluka in Sabar Kantha District of Gujarat State


 * (Baroda) &mdash; Cultured City, Oxford of Gujarat.

Understand
Central Gujarat is the home of the industrial cities like Ahmedabad and Vadodara (Baroda). Ahmedabad is known as the Manchester of the East, while Vadodara is known as the Oxford of Gujarat.

By plane

 * Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) airport is in the North Zone of Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad is the only international airport in Gujarat with regular flights to and from London, New York, Chicago, Singapore, Muscat, Kuwait, Doha (Qatar), Sharjah and Dubai. Domestic flights connect to Mumbai (Bombay), Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Indore and Kolkata (Calcutta).
 * Vadodara Airport is a major airport in Gujarat with daily flights to Delhi and Mumbai; and hopping flights to Bangalore (Bengaluru), Hyderabad, and Kolkata.

By road
Most of the highways that connect Gujarat with the rest of India goes through this region.
 * From Delhi, Agra and other places in the Plains: Take the National Highway 48 (NH 48).
 * From Mumbai, Jaipur, Jodhpur and other places in Western India: Take the National Highway 48 (NH 48).
 * From Indore, Bhopal and other places in Central India: Take the National Highway 47 (NH 47).

By train
There are trains from and to Mumbai (500 km) and New Delhi (1000 km) and other big cities of India several times a day going to Ahmedabad and Vadodara.

Get around
As in the rest of Gujarat, most people in this region travel by private buses or by taxi, although getting around by train is possible. Ahmedabad and Vadodara are big stations in the Indian Railways Network.

Go next

 * Daman &mdash; famous for the beaches, although most people arrive in this region for drinking alcohol.