Local businesses in Surat
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- IT and company offices: 4
- WeeTech Solution Pvt Ltd; Bigscal Technologies Pvt. Ltd.; CODIGO INFOTECH LLP; JAGZ
- Government offices: 6
- Surat Municipal Corporation Main Office; SMC Pumping Station
- Colleges and universities: 4
- Shri O.H. Nazar Ayurved College; Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology; Lords Institute of Management
- Hospitals: 352
- Government Medical College and New Civil Hospital, Surat; SIDS Hospital & Research Centre; New Civil Hospital; Adventist Wockhardt Heart Hospital; Arpan Public Charitable Trust; Atmadeep Eye Hospital; Aum Orthopaedic and Maternity Hospital; Chinmaya Hospital; Krupa Orthopaedic Hospital; Shivjoti Multispeciality Hopsital
- Banks: 4
- Gandhichowk, near pani ni bhint, surat; IDBI Bank ATM; Axis Bank; State Bank of India
Surat facts
- Population, 2011 Census
- 44,67,797
- Area
- about 327 sq km, about 13 m above sea level
- PIN codes
- 395003 (Surat RS), 395002 (Surat Textile Market)
- Places nearby
- Saraswati Mandir (writer's house museum, historic site, 2 km), Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Indoor Stadium (Indoor stadium, 5 km), Cable Bridge (Surat (bridge, 5 km), CB Patel International Cricket Stadium (cricket stadium, 8 km)
- Getting there
- Surat railway station was built in 1860 and is under the Western Railway zone.
- Culture and food
- Surat is known for its food and street food, with a Gujarati saying that you should eat in Surat. Local dishes include locho, ghari, undhiyu, ponk, dhokla and khaman.
- Geography
- Surat is a port city on the Tapi river; the nearest port is now in the Magdalla and Hazira area.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.