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
- Banks: 4
- Gandhichowk, near pani ni bhint, surat; IDBI Bank ATM; Axis Bank; State Bank of India
- Hospitals: 352
- 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; Shree Sai Ashish Hospital; Vatsalya Children Hospital
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)
- History
- By tradition Surat was built around 1500 by a wealthy Hindu merchant called Gopi, who named it Suraj, the city of the sun.
- Local economy
- Surat is a major hub of diamond cutting and polishing, with the first diamond workshops in Gujarat appearing in Surat and Navsari in the late 1950s. It ranked ninth in India by GDP in 2016.
- 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.