ANNALs, NAGI VOLUME 40 (NO. 2), DECEMBER 2020, Page 220–233 AN INVESTIGATION INTO SPATIAL ACCESSIBILITY OF PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES IN AHMEDABAD DISTRICT, GUJARAT, INDIA SHWETA KHANDELWAL 1 , ROLEE KANCHAN 2 ABSTRACT Health is the basic need for the human being and it also influences one’s lifestyle. In India, Primary Health Centres play a crucial role in determining the health of rural people as they cater to the basic health facilities to them. Hence, the present paper envisages to study the accessibility of Primary Health Centres in the Ahmedabad District of Gujarat which is the most populous district of the state. The present paper analyses the current pattern of the accessibility of these centres and also proposes new centres where required. The entire study is put on Geographical Information System platform. Keywords: Primary Health Centres, Accessibility, Thessien Polygons, Allocation. INTRODUCTION Health is the basic need for the human being and it also influences one’s lifestyle. In 1986, World Health Organisation defined it as “a resource for everyday life and not the objective of living”. Amongst the eighteen goals of sustainable development, health comes as the third. Understanding the importance of health, Government of India introduced many facilities and programmes and is dispersed to the people ignoring the class, creed and 1. Trainee, Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad. 2. Prof. Rolee Kanchan, Department of Geography. Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. Email: roleekanchan@gmail.com Recieved on 25-04-2020 Accepted on 17-08-2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/ATNAGI.2020.40.02.2