Geography of Daman

The district of Daman is situated on the west coast of India between the parallels 20o27′58″ and 20o22′00″ of latitude north and between the meridians 72o49′42″ and 72o54′43″ of longitude east of Greenwich. Its length from the extreme north to south measures 11Km and width from east to west measures 8Kms. The altitude is 12 m above sea level.

The district is bounded on the north by the Bhagwan river, on the east by the Valsad district of Gujarat state, on the south by the Kalem river and on the west by the Arabian Sea. The total are of the district is 72sq.km

The district is divided by the Damanganga river into two parts. Three west flowing rivers pass through the terrain viz. the Bhagwan river running along the northern boundary, the Kalem river forming the southern boundary and the Damanganga river lying in between.

In the district of Daman, the important field and garden crops grown are paddy, Ragi, groundnut, pulses and beans, wheat, banana, sapota and mango. The net sown area is about 3727 hectares which forms about 67% of the districts geographical area.