Surendranagar is an administrative district of Gujarat with its head quarters located at the same city of Surendranagar. The district occupies an area of 10,489 sq. km with total population of 14, 10,680 according to 2001 census.

Surendranagar is famous for its cotton production and salt supply. A group of big companies have their industries at Surendranagar city. There are some worth visiting sites situated in and around the district – Tarnetar, Chotila Hill, Wild Ass Sanctuary, Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary and Zharia Mahadev. Tarnetar is famous for its fair popularly known as Tarnetar Mela (Fair) held near the Trinetreshwar Mahadev temple.