Anand District is an administrative district of Gujarat state in western India and is popularly known as Charotar.  It was carved out of the Kheda district in 1997.  Anand is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is bounded by Kheda District to the north, Vadodara District to the east, Ahmedabad District to the west, and the Gulf of Khambhat to the south. Major towns are Khambhat, Tarapur, Petlad and Sojitra.