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Surat AI Report

Date: September 6, 2025

Surat city, Gujarat, has 9.2% of the state's population. It produces 3.5% of Gujarat's Wheat production, 16.2% of State's Cotton production(3.2% of India's production), 0.01% of State's Potatoes production, and 3.9% of State's Onion production. Some famous historical and cultural landmarks include Surat Castle and Saraswati Mandir. Known for it's spiritual landmarks Masjid-e-Moazzam are some of the religious sites. The city has an airport named Surat Airport, located 7 Km away.

Surat is the 3^rd ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of Surat District in Gujarat State. Surat District is 5^th highest ranked in population and 262^nd ranked in area, in India.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Surat is the 2^nd highest ranked in # of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021) . This indicates that this district is more urbanized and/or has a better-developed educational infrastructure compared to other districts.

Surat is the 2^nd highest ranked in Gujarati Script out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates a high pool of literate gujarati population compared to other cities.

The average City (DHQ) Pop 2025 of Indian city (district capitals)/districts is 354775. Surat is the 3^rd highest ranked city out of 768 city/districts.This implies that this city has a higher birth rate and/or higher attractiveness for migrants.

# of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)

# of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)

Gujarati Script

Gujarati Script

City (DHQ) Pop 2025

City (DHQ) Pop 2025

Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)

Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)

Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)

Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)

# of Uninhabited Villages

# of Uninhabited Villages

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Surat is the 597^th worst ranked in Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024) . This implies that financial activities in this district are less compared to other districts.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Surat is the 421^st worst ranked in Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011) . This indicates that this district has less decentralized governance as compare to other districts.

The Average # of Uninhabited Villages of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is 64. Surat is the 413^th worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This indicates poor development in this district compared to other districts.

Surat City/District Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Surat Nature Highlights

	Nature Metrics	% of India	Rank Out of 768	City / Districts Data
Ab. Prod (Mn Bales)Cotton Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Bales)Cotton Production	3.23%	6^th	6980
Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	0.31%	71^st	2843
Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	0.33%	75^th	4956
Number of Camel (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Camel (20th Cattle Census)	0.01%	112^th	4632
Number of Horse (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Horse (20th Cattle Census)	0.24%	130^th	1539
Number of Bufflo (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Bufflo (20th Cattle Census)	0.26%	141^st	2889
Ab. Prod (Mn tonn) Wheat Production	Ab. Prod (Mn tonn) Wheat Production	0.12%	144^th	5005
Number of Donkey (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Donkey (20th Cattle Census)	0.10%	160^th	1671
Number of Pony (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Pony (20th Cattle Census)	0.06%	181^st	2973
Number of Cattle (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Cattle (20th Cattle Census)	0.17%	242^nd	2034
Ab. Prod (000' tonnes ) Potatoes Production	Ab. Prod (000' tonnes ) Potatoes Production	0.00%	316^th	10756
Number of Sheep (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Sheep (20th Cattle Census)	0.01%	347^th	1205
Number of Total Poultry (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Total Poultry (20th Cattle Census)	0.02%	428^th	10989
Number of Goat (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Goat (20th Cattle Census)	0.05%	430^th	8563
Number of Pig (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Pig (20th Cattle Census)	0.00%	548^th	10961

Surat Culture Highlights

Sr.No	Culture Metrics	Counts	Name
Princely State	Princely State	1	Sachin
Famous Forts	Famous Forts	1	Surat Castle
Famous Jain Temples	Famous Jain Temples	1	Chintamani Jain Temple
Famous Mosques	Famous Mosques	1	Masjid-e-Moazzam
Famous Museum Name	Famous Museum Name	2	Saraswati Mandir
Zoo	Zoo	1	Sarthana Zoo

Airports

	Name	City	IATA Code	Distance
Airport Name	Surat Airport	Surat	STV	7 Km

Population: 4,501,610 | Population Rank: 3^rd

Area (KM²): 4,418 | Area Rank: 262^nd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of District Hospital	1	52^nd	1575
2	No of Hospital Beds	1470	14^th	6837
3	No of Doctors	1795	26^th	9994
4	No of Primary Health Centers	48	9^th	2032
5	No of Total Hospitals	61	9^th	2684
6	No of Sub Divisional Hospital	2	80^th	9158
7	No of Community Health Centers	9	9^th	5930
8	No of Nurses	3392	21^st	8980

Population: 4,501,610 | Population Rank: 3^rd

Area (KM²): 4,418 | Area Rank: 262^nd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	118	129^th	7946
2	Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011)	37627	6^th	4400
3	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	27789	24^th	9187
4	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011)	57099	55^th	7403
5	% of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011)	4	110^th	5190
6	Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	23154	24^th	2738
7	% of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011)	51	131^st	9725
8	Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	28688	33^rd	2386
9	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011)	69577	5^th	4857
10	Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011)	20983	19^th	10718
11	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011)	15680	18^th	1717
12	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	11	94^th	8327
13	Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011)	174173	8^th	9073
14	No. of Banks/1000 Household (in 1000, RBI SCB 2024)	1	101^st	5517
15	Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011)	10634	27^th	6570
16	Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)	280805	32^nd	8475
17	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011)	15572	17^th	8399
18	Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	183	17^th	6506
19	Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011)	157504	16^th	5851

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2024)	5533	9^th	8113
2	House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)	86	52^nd	5313
3	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2024)	23	84^th	9524
4	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	14	597^th	3901

Population: 4,501,610 | Population Rank: 3^rd

Area (KM²): 4,418 | Area Rank: 262^nd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1023	56^th	3121
2	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	35^th	6220

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	6^th	3886

Population: 4,501,610 | Population Rank: 3^rd

Area (KM²): 4,418 | Area Rank: 262^nd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2023)	2	69^th	4584
2	# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	3322	9^th	2313
3	# of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2023)	1915	35^th	9741
4	# of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	193	9^th	3826
5	# of Population (0-18) (No, Census 2011)	136937	5^th	2721
6	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	11775	7^th	4860
7	# of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	49523	16^th	5548
8	# of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	6151	2^nd	1575
9	# of Diploma (No, AISHE 2021)	3658	7^th	2156
10	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	39460	17^th	5879
11	# of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	258	17^th	10016
12	# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	684	8^th	9237
13	# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2021)	4319	12^th	9609
14	# of PG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	1085	2^nd	4090
15	# of UG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	5042	5^th	3020
16	# of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	6788	15^th	9827
17	# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2021)	593	10^th	11020
18	# of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	334	36^th	7025
19	# of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2021)	1920	7^th	7868
20	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	12^th	10742
21	# of Universities (No, AISHE 2021)	1	7^th	9983
22	# of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	759	8^th	10554
23	# of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	1484	7^th	8223
24	# of Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	57	12^th	3619
25	# of PG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	442	5^th	5146
26	# of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	44296	17^th	3715
27	# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2021)	416	9^th	8999

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021)	29	195^th	4412

Population: 4,501,610 | Population Rank: 3^rd

Area (KM²): 4,418 | Area Rank: 262^nd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020)	22	21^st	5415

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)	745	421^st	1433

Population: 4,501,610 | Population Rank: 3^rd

Area (KM²): 4,418 | Area Rank: 262^nd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No, May 2025)	172612	9^th	5319
2	English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)	162759	668^th	8028
3	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in May, 2025)	135164	18^th	1480
4	Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI 2024)	411790	5^th	11114

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI December 2024)	122	61^st	6422
2	City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)	106	214^th	4944

Population: 4,501,610 | Population Rank: 3^rd

Area (KM²): 4,418 | Area Rank: 262^nd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	66^th	5017
2	Malayalam Script	6112	33^rd	9209
3	Odia Script	5442	3^rd	4461
4	Gujarati Script	25953	2^nd	5660
5	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	14^th	3290
6	Script Pools # < 30, 000	1	6^th	1850
7	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	6^th	8617
8	English Multilingual Population	50193	8^th	10009
9	Bengali Script	13153	45^th	9753
10	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	9^th	1639
11	Telugu Script	39429	54^th	10887
12	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	75^th	9541
13	Marathi Script	27903	7^th	11002

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Latin Script (English)	2647	675^th	1849
2	Assamese Script	3229	693^rd	3627
3	Tamil Script	23886	699^th	10180
4	Kannada Script	23603	719^th	8096

Population: 4,501,610 | Population Rank: 3^rd

Area (KM²): 4,418 | Area Rank: 262^nd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)	22	9^th	2378
2	Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2022)	656764	14^th	5971
3	Number of Dailies or Magazines (No, RNI 2022)	240	13^th	2773

Population: 4,501,610 | Population Rank: 3^rd

Area (KM²): 4,418 | Area Rank: 262^nd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Urban Population (Number , Census 2011)	531234	8^th	10534
2	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	156908	8^th	5131
3	# of Households with 1 married couple	228663	19^th	9732
4	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	154278	8^th	6706
5	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	222703	9^th	3579
6	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	96340	8^th	1500
7	Urbanization (% , Census 2011)	26	37^th	4614
8	Number of households (Number , Census 2011)	326286	12^th	7067
9	Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)	10	76^th	7284

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Uninhabited Villages	64	413^th	10840
2	# of Inhabited Villages	777	420^th	1170

Population: 4,501,610 | Population Rank: 3^rd

Area (KM²): 4,418 | Area Rank: 262^nd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Companies,2023	1876	12^th	10606
2	Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023	626770	15^th	7016
3	Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023	25014	12^th	5957
4	State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023	14249	15^th	1941
5	Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023	56813	6^th	9222
6	Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023	37084	11^th	9128
7	State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023	23664	11^th	9020
8	Private Jobs(Formal),2023	15104	7^th	5065

languages
City (district capitals)/DHQ

1. Gujarati : 2,463,376
2. Hindi : 1,188,384
3. English Multilingual Population : 839,386

Number Of Languages spoken by more then 30K Population : 7

Basic Details

City (District Capitals)/DHQ Population :	:	4,501,610
City(District Capitals)/DHQ Population (Rank)	:	3^rd
District Area (km²)	:	4,418
District Area (Rank)	:	262^nd
No.of Towns in District	:	22
No. of Villages in District	:	713

Q - Why is all Prarang India comparative analysis being done for 768 Districts & their respective D.H.Q. (District Head Quarter) towns?
A - The Indian geography has historically been measured by " Districts". Today, it is politically managed by States & U.T.s ( Union Territories) but the unit of measurement ( Census baseline) continues to focus on the District, for over 150 years now. " All India" thus is a sum of the district parts i.e. sum of 768 districts currently ( which were 640 districts only, when the last Census took place in 2011). Contrary to popular perception, most data being reported at a State & U.T. level, is not being aggregated from underlying data at an urban (towns) & rural(villages) level. India has approx. 9000 towns & 600000 villages, segregated into 768 districts, each with its respective DHQ (District Head Quarter) town. Except for the largest 20 towns ( Metropolitan agglomerations) where some detailed data is gathered by the Central Government census, only basic demographic details are available for India's cities. Detailed survey results of the District are the most important data points, used to model & estimate the City & State level information in India. The 768 DHQ ( District Head Quarter) towns & 8 Union Territories, are the important Urban metrics available in India, for comparative analysis. Big data of a big & diverse country.

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Q - What is the frequency of data update on various data-fields of Prarang analytics ?
A - We are continuously on the lookout for market announcements of new surveys & new data. You can expect important government survey results to be live on our website, within 30 to 45 days after appearing in press/media. We model on spreadsheets & update our SQL databases, after data validation. Many government sources are following a regular frequency (Eg. RBI (Reserve Bank of India) data, TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) etc) however, many other data-fields including GDP by State & Crime Rates by State, are not being reported at a regular frequency.