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Ahmedabad district

Ahmedabad (Amdavad) district is a district comprises the city of Ahmedabad, in the central part of the state of Gujarat in western India.

Ahmedabad district
Ahmedabad district · Tarun802 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The place

Ahmedabad (Amdavad) district is a district comprises the city of Ahmedabad, in the central part of the state of Gujarat in western India. It is the seventh most populous district in India. Ahmedabad District Surrounded By Kheda district in the east, Mehsana district in the north, Anand district in the south and Surendranagar district in the west.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Ahmedabad district

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Sidi Saiyyed Mosque

    The Sidi Saiyyed Mosque, popularly known locally as Sidi Saiyyed ni Jali, is a Sunni mosque located in Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, India. The mosque was built by Sidi Sayyad, a Habshi nobleman, in 980 AH.

    400 m · mosque in Gujarat, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Historic City of Ahmadabad

    The Historic City of Ahmadabad or Old Ahmedabad, the walled city of Ahmedabad in India, was founded by Ahmad Shah I of the Gujarat Sultanate in 1411. It remained the capital of the state of Gujarat for six centuries and later became the important political and commercial centre of Gujarat.

    900 m · Old fort city of Ahmedabad, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Sidi Bashir Mosque

    The Sidi Bashir Mosque is a former Sufi mosque, now in partial ruins in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Only the central gateway and two minarets survive; they are known as the Jhulta Minar or Shaking Minarets.

    2.2 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Jama Masjid, Ahmedabad

    The Jama Masjid, also known as Jumah Mosque or Jami' Masjid, is a Friday mosque located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was built in 1424 during the reign of Ahmad Shah I. The inscription on the central mihrab commemorates the inauguration of the mosque in 827 AH, on the 1st Sarar, or January 4, by Sultan Ahmad Shah I. The mosque lies in the old walled city, and it is situated outside Bhadra Fort area.

    1 km · mosque of Gujarat, India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Kankaria Lake

    Kankaria Lake is the largest lake in Ahmedabad in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is located in the southeastern part of the Ahmedabad, in the Maninagar area.

    3.4 km · tourist place and lake in Ahmedabad, India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Gujarat University

    The Gujarat University is a public state university located at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The university is an affiliating university at the under-graduate level and a teaching university at the post graduate level.

    3.5 km · state public university in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Gujarat Vidyapith

    Gujarat Vidyapith is a deemed university in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. This institute was founded in 1920 by Mahatma Gandhi, India's "Father of the Nation" and the leader of the Indian independence movement.

    2.1 km · major university in Ahmedabad, Gujarat · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Bhadra Fort

    Bhadra Fort is situated in the walled city area of Ahmedabad, India. It was built by Ahmad Shah I in 1411.

    700 m · fort in Ahmedabad, India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Sanskar Kendra

    Sanskar Kendra is a museum at Ahmedabad, India, designed by the architect Le Corbusier. It is a city museum depicting history, art, culture and architecture of Ahmedabad.

    2.2 km · museum and architectural site at Ahmedabad, India · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Law garden

    Law Garden, officially Sheth Motilal Hirabhai Park, is an urban park in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was redeveloped in 1997.

    2 km · public garden in Ahmedabad, India · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Ahmedabad district

Airports
Sardar Vallabh Patel (AMD), 8 km · Vadodara (BDQ), 102 km · Rajkot (HSR), 174 km
Stations
Ahmedabad Junction railway station, 2.3 km · Asarva Junction railway station, 3.7 km
  • Vadodara → Ahmedabad district
    1029 km · quickest by road, 24h 35m · ₹10,350–12,900
  • Rajkot → Ahmedabad district
    1031 km · quickest by air, 10h 40m · ₹21,600–33,100
  • Surat → Ahmedabad district
    1148 km · quickest by road, 26h 34m · ₹11,200–14,000
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ahmedabad district

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ahmedabad district. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inAn auto rickshaw or a taxi should cost roughly ₹ 200 or 300 respectively.
  • Get aroundOne can also travel using a combination of BRTS, AMTS and/or auto rickshaw.
  • Get aroundShouting 'auto' or 'rickshaw' at a passing rickshaw should be enough to catch the drivers attention.
  • Get aroundSince auto rickshaws are the dominant travel mode apart from BRTS and AMTS, there are few taxis in Ahmedabad.

From Wikivoyage: Ahmedabad, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    HampiIN

    8 ways of moving, 18 sources

    948 km
  2. 02
    GokarnaIN

    7 ways of moving, 14 sources

    960 km
  3. 03
    Tirthan ValleyIN

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    1,070 km
  4. 04
    ChitkulIN

    7 ways of moving, 20 sources

    1,091 km
  5. 05
    MunsiyariIN

    8 ways of moving, 25 sources

    1,091 km

If you know how people move in Ahmedabad district – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

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