Patan district

Patan district
District of Gujarat
Top: Rani ki vav in Patan Bottom: Ruins of Rudra Mahalaya Temple in Siddhpur
Interactive Map Outlining Patan District
Location of district in Gujarat
Coordinates: 23°49′48″N 72°7′12″E / 23.83000°N 72.12000°E / 23.83000; 72.12000
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Founded by	Vanaraja Chavda
Named for	Anhilpur Patan
Headquarters	Patan
Taluks	Patan City Siddhpur Chanasma Harij Radhanpur Santalpur Saraswati Shankheshwar Sami Unjha (Until 2011)
Government
• District Collector	Shri Arvind V., IAS
• MP	Bharatsinhji Dabhi
Area
• Total	5,792 km2 (2,236 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,343,734
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Gujarati, Hindi, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	GJ-24
Website	gujaratindia.com
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Rani ki vav
Type	Cultural
Criteria	Cultural: (i), (iv)
Designated	2014 (38th session)
Reference no.	922
Region	Southern Asia

Patan district is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state in western India. Its main city is Patan. This district is located in northern Gujarat and bounded by Banaskantha district in the north and northeast, Mehsana district in the east and southeast, Surendranagar district in the south and Kutch District and the Kutch nu Nanu Ran (Little Rann of Kutch) in the west. The district occupies an area of 5792 km².

Some of its areas, Harij and Sami, bordering Kutch are quite sensitive ^{[citation needed]} as there is no settled population between there and the border of Pakistan even though geographically the border is quite some distance away.