Located in Saurashtra peninsula, Rajkot city is the administrative headquarters of the district.

The name of the city of Rajkot (literally means the city of princes) was probably derived from Raju Sandhi, the co-founder of the erstwhile princely state of Rajkot in 1620.

These are Paddhari, Lodhika, Dhoraji, Rajkot, Jam Kandorna, Upleta, Jetpur, Kotda Sangani, Jasdan, Vinchhiya and Gondal.

Gondal, Jetpur and Dhoraji are part of Porbandar Lok Sabha constituency.

According to the 2011 census Rajkot district has a population of 3,804,558,[1] roughly equal to the nation of Liberia[4] or the US state of Oregon.

[1] The district has a population density of 339 inhabitants per square kilometre (880/sq mi) .

[1] Rajkot has a sex ratio of 924 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 82.2%.