Major towns of the district are Mehsana, Vijapur, Bahucharaji, Satlasana, Modhera, Unjha, Vadnagar, Kalol, Kadi, Visnagar, Kherva, Jotana and Kheralu.

They expanded their rule in north Gujarat and established Patan as its administrative headquarters.

Sayajirao Gaekwad III built a palace known as Rajmahal in Vikram Samvat 1956 for his son Fatehsinhrao.

[6][4] There are 7 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Kheralu, Unjha, Visnagar, Bechraji, Kadi, Mahesana and Vijapur.

According to the 2011 census, Mehsana district has a population of 2,035,064,[8] roughly equal to the nation of Slovenia[9] or the US state of New Mexico.

[11] Mehsana district consists 10 talukas: Becharaji, Kadi, Kheralu, Mahesana, Vadnagar, Vijapur, Visnagar, Satlasana, Jotana, and Unjha.

Populations as of 2011 were as follows:[citation needed] GMERS Medical College, Vadnagar Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar