Porbandar district

Porbandar District
District of Gujarat
Kirti Mandir, birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi
Nickname:  PBR
Interactive map outlining Porbandar district
Location of Porbandar district in Gujarat
Coordinates: 21°37′48″N 69°36′0″E / 21.63000°N 69.60000°E / 21.63000; 69.60000
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Region	Saurashtra
Headquarters	Porbandar
Government
• District Collector	Mr. Mukesh A Pandya
Area
• Total	2,316 km2 (894 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	585,449
• Density	250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Gujarati, Hindi, Sindhi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	GJ-25
Website	porbandar.gujarat.gov.in

Porbandar district is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state in western India. The district covers an area of 2,316 km². It had a population of 5.85,449 of which 48.77% were urban as of the 2011 census.^[1] This district was carved out of Junagadh district. It lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Porbandar city is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district is surrounded by Jamnagar district and Devboomi Dwarka to the north, Junagadh district and Rajkot district to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west and south.

As of 2011 it is the second least-populous district of Gujarat (out of 33), after Dang.^[2]