Planning Guide

Overview

• •Surat, a bustling commercial city in South Gujarat, is a major gemstone centre with over 92% of the world's diamonds being cut here.
• •On the banks of the Tapi River, Surat was a major port in medieval India as well as the early British colonial times till the formation of the city of Bombay (present-day Mumbai).
• •It is the second-largest city in Gujarat with a population of nearly seven million (2025), and an example of both the boom in Gujarat's development and a continuation of the state's historical role as a cent