List of districts of Gujarat explained

See also: Cities of Gujarat, Talukas of Gujarat and Metropolitan areas of Gujarat.

Districts of Gujarat
Map:	Administrative map of Gujarat.png
Category:	Districts
Territory:	Gujarat
Current Number:	33 districts^[1]
Population Range:	Dang – 228,291 (lowest); Ahmedabad – 7,214,225 (highest)
Area Range:	Dang – 1764km2 (smallest); Kutch – 45674km2 (largest)
Government:	Government of Gujarat
Subdivision:	Talukas of Gujarat Cities of Gujarat Metropolitan areas of Gujarat
Caption:	Districts of Gujarat
Website:	www.gujarat.s3waas.gov.in/

The western Indian state of Gujarat has 33 districts after several splits of the original 17 districts at the formation of the state in 1960.^[2] Kutch is the largest district of Gujarat while Dang is the smallest. Ahmedabad is the most populated district while Dang is the least.There are 252 Talukas (subdivisions of districts) in Gujarat.^{[3] [4]}

History

1960

Gujarat state was created on 1 May 1960, out of the 17 northern districts of Bombay State when that was split on a linguistic basis (also creating Marathi speaking Maharashtra).

They are as follow : Ahmedabad, Amreli, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Dang, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Kachchh, Mehsana, Panchmahal, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar and Vadodara.

1964

In 1964, Gandhinagar was formed from parts of Ahmedabad and Mehsana.

1966

In 1966, Valsad was split from Surat.

1997

On 2 October 1997, five new districts were created:

• Anand was split from Kheda.
• Dahod was split from Panchmahal.
• Narmada was split from Bharuch.
• Navsari was split from Valsad.
• Porbandar was split from Junagadh.

2000

In 2000, Patan District was formed from parts of Banaskantha and Mehsana.

2007

On 2 October 2007, Tapi was split from Surat, as the state's 26th district.

2013

On 15 August 2013, seven new districts were created:^[5]

• Aravalli was split from Sabarkantha.
• Botad was created from parts of Ahmedabad and Bhavanagar districts.
• Chhota Udaipur was split from Vadodara District.
• Devbhoomi Dwarka was split from Jamnagar.
• Mahisagar was created from parts of Kheda and Panchmahal.
• Morbi was created from parts of Rajkot and Surendranagar districts.
• Gir Somnath was split from Junagadh.

List of districts

See main article: Demographics of districts of Gujarat.

S.No.	District	Headquarters	Year of Formation	Area (km^2)	Population		Populationdensity (/km^2) 2011	Taluks	Total Villages	Map
					2001 Census^[6]	2011 Census^[7]
1	Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad City	1960	8087	5,673,090	7,045,313	890	No. Talukas 1 Ahmedabad 2 Bavla 3 Daskroi 4 Detroj-Rampura 5 Dhandhuka 6 Dholera 7 Dholka 8 Mandal 9 Sanand 10 Viramgam	558^[8]
2	Amreli	Amreli	1960		1,393,880	1,513,614		No. Talukas 1 Amreli 2 Babra 3 Bagasara 4 Dhari 5 Jafrabad 6 Khambha 7 Kunkavav vadia 8 Lathi 9 Lilia 10 Rajula 11 Savarkundla	598
3	Anand	Anand	1997		1,856,712	2,090,276		No. Talukas 1 Anand 2 Anklav 3 Borsad 4 Khambhat 5 Petlad 6 Sojitra 7 Tarapur 8 Umreth	365
4	Aravalli	Modasa	2013		908,797	1,039,918		No. Talukas 1 Bayad 2 Bhiloda 3 Dhansura 4 Malpur 5 Meghraj 6 Modasa	682
5	Banaskantha	Palanpur	1960		2,502,843	3,116,045		No. Talukas 1 Amirgadh 2 Bhabhar 3 Danta 4 Dantiwada 5 Deesa 6 Deodar 7 Dhanera 8 Kankrej 9 Lakhani 10 Palanpur 11 Suigam 12 Tharad 13 Vadgam 14 Vav	1250
6	Bharuch	Bharuch	1960		1,370,104	1,550,822		No. Talukas 1 Bharuch 2 Amod 3 Ankleshwar 4 Hansot 5 Jambusar 6 Jhagadia 7 Netrang 8 Vagra 9 Valia	647
7	Bhavnagar	Bhavnagar	1960		2,065,492	2,393,272		No. Talukas 1 Bhavnagar 2 Gariadhar 3 Ghogha 4 Jesar 5 Mahuva 6 Palitana 7 Sihor 8 Talaja 9 Umrala 10 Vallabhipur	800
8	Botad	Botad	2013		547,567	656,005		No. Talukas 1 Botad 2 Barwala 3 Gadhada 4 Ranpur	53
9	Chhota Udaipur	Chhota Udaipur	2013		909,799	1,071,831		No. Talukas 1 Chhota Udaipur 2 Bodeli 3 Jetpur pavi 4 Kavant 5 Nasvadi 6 Sankheda	894
10	Dahod	Dahod	1997		1,635,374	2,126,558		No. Talukas 1 Dahod 2 Devgadh baria 3 Dhanpur 4 Fatepura 5 Garbada 6 Limkheda 7 Sanjeli 8 Jhalod 9 Singvad	696
11	Dang	Ahwa	1960		186,712	226,769		No. Talukas 1 Ahwa 2 Subir 3 Waghai	311
12	Devbhoomi Dwarka	Khambhalia	2013		623,091	752,484		No. Talukas 1 Bhanvad 2 Kalyanpur 3 Khambhalia 4 Okhamandal	249
13	Gandhinagar	Gandhinagar	1964		1,334,731	1,387,478		No. Talukas 1 Gandhinagar 2 Dehgam 3 Kalol 4 Mansa	302
14	Gir Somnath	Veraval	2013		1,059,675	1,217,477		No. Talukas 1 Gir-Gadhada 2 Kodinar 3 Sutrapada 4 Talala 5 Una 6 Veraval	345
15	Jamnagar	Jamnagar	1960		1,281,187	1,407,635		No. Talukas 1 Jamnagar 2 Dhrol 3 Jamjodhpur 4 Jodiya 5 Kalavad 6 Lalpur	113
16	Junagadh	Junagadh	1960		1,388,498	1,525,605		No. Talukas 1 Junagadh City 2 Bhesana 3 Junagadh Rural 4 Keshod 5 Malia 6 Manavadar 7 Mangrol 8 Mendarda 9 Vanthali 10 Visavadar	547
17	Kutch	Bhuj	1960		1,526,321	2,090,313		No. Talukas 1 Abdasa 2 Anjar 3 Bhachau 4 Bhuj 5 Gandhidham 6 Lakhpat 7 Mandvi 8 Mundra 9 Nakhatrana 10 Rapar	1389
18	Kheda	Nadiad	1960		1,806,929	2,053,769		No. Talukas 1 Kheda 2 Galteshwar 3 Kapadvanj 4 Kathlal 5 Mahudha 6 Matar 7 Mehmedabad 8 Nadiad 9 Thasra 10 Vaso	620
19	Mahisagar	Lunavada	2013		861,562	994,624		No. Talukas 1 Balasinor 2 Kadana 3 Khanpur 4 Lunawada 5 Santrampur 6 Virpur	941
20	Mehsana	Mehsana	1960		1,837,696	2,027,727		No. Talukas 1 Mehsana 2 Becharaji 3 Jotana 4 Kadi 5 Kheralu 6 Satlasana 7 Unjha 8 Vadnagar 9 Vijapur 10 Visnagar	614
21	Morbi	Morbi	2013		825,301	960,329		No. Talukas 1 Halvad 2 Maliya 3 Morbi 4 Tankara 5 Wankaner	78
22	Narmada	Rajpipla	1997		514,083	590,379		No. Talukas 1 Dediapada 2 Garudeshwar 3 Nandod 4 Sagbara 5 Tilakwada	527
23	Navsari	Navsari	1997		1,229,250	1,330,711		No. Talukas 1 Navsari 2 Vansda 3 Chikhli 4 Gandevi 5 Jalalpore 6 Khergam	389
24	Panchmahal	Godhra	1960		1,381,002	1,642,268		No. Talukas 1 Ghoghamba 2 Godhra 3 Halol 4 Jambughoda 5 Kalol 6 Morwa Hadaf 7 Shehera	604
25	Patan	Patan	2000		1,181,941	1,342,746		No. Talukas 1 Patan 2 Chanasma 3 Harij 4 Radhanpur 5 Sami 6 Sankheswar 7 Santalpur 8 Sarasvati 9 Sidhpur	521
26	Porbandar	Porbandar	1997		536,854	586,062		No. Talukas 1 Porbandar 2 Kutiyana 3 Ranavav	149
27	Rajkot	Rajkot	1960		2,488,885	3,015,229		No. Talukas 1 Rajkot 2 Dhoraji 3 Gondal 4 Jamkandorna 5 Jasdan 6 Jetpur 7 Kotada Sangani 8 Lodhika 9 Paddhari 10 Upleta 11 Vinchchiya	856
28	Sabarkantha	Himmatnagar	1960		1,173,734	1,388,671		No. Talukas 1 Himatnagar 2 Idar 3 Khedbrahma 4 Poshina 5 Prantij 6 Talod 7 Vadali 8 Vijaynagar	702
29	Surat	Surat City	1960		4,996,391	6,079,231		No. Talukas 1 Surat 2 Bardoli 3 Choryasi 4 Kamrej 5 Mahuva 6 Mandvi 7 Mangrol 8 Olpad 9 Palsana 10 Umarpada	729
30	Surendranagar	Surendranagar	1960		1,370,843	1,585,268		No. Talukas 1 Chotila 2 Chuda 3 Dasada 4 Dhrangadhra 5 Lakhtar 6 Limbdi 7 Muli 8 Sayla 9 Thangadh 10 Wadhwan	654
31	Tapi	Vyara	2007		719,634	806,489		No. Talukas 1 Nizar 2 Songadh 3 Uchhal 4 Valod 5 Vyara 6 Kukarmunda 7 Dolvan	523
32	Vadodara	Vadodara City	1960		2,732,003	3,093,795		No. Talukas 1 Vadodara 2 Dabhoi 3 Desar 4 Karjan 5 Padra 6 Savli 7 Sinor 8 Waghodia	694
33	Valsad	Valsad	1966		1,410,680	1,703,068		No. Talukas 1 Valsad 2 Dharampur 3 Kaprada 4 Pardi 5 Umbergaon 6 Vapi	460
Total								Talukas: 251

Proposed districts

!Proposed district !Current district

Ahmedabad city	Ahmedabad
Dholera
Anart or Vadnagar	Gandhinagar Mehsana
East Kutch	Kutch
West Kutch
Radhanpur	Banaskantha Patan
Dhanera	Banaskantha
Viramgam	Ahmedabad Surendranagar
Umreth	Anand Kheda Mahisagar

See also

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Districts	33
Cities and towns	140
Blocks (Taluks)	252
Villages	18000
Panchayats	14,273
Police Districts	?
Police Stations	?

• India
• Gujarat
• Government of Gujarat
• List of cities in Gujarat by population
• List of metropolitan areas in Gujarat
• List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India
• List of states and union territories of India by population

External links

• Districts of Gujarat: At a Glance
• Govt Of India site shows Districts of Gujarat
• Govt of Gujarat site shows profile of each districts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gujarat District Portal . 2023-03-02 . gujarat.s3waas.gov.in.
2. News: Dave. Kapil. Next Republic Day, Gujarat will be bigger.... 13 October 2012. The Indian Express. 7 October 2012.
3. Web site: Village Map - Revenue Department . Internet Archive . 25 March 2016 . 9 April 2016 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20160325222236/https://revenuedepartment.gujarat.gov.in/village-map . 25 March 2016 .
4. Web site: State Govt Announces 23 New Talukas . 10 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160206082747/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3066956611.html . dead . 6 February 2016 . 5 January 2016.
5. Web site: Gujarat Govt made major announcement Dholera SIR at Dholera district. Dholera SIR. Government of India. 6 January 2009.
6. Web site: Ranking of Districts by Population Size, 2001 and 2011. 2011 census of India. Government of India. 3 May 2012.
7. Web site: Ranking of Districts by Population Size, 2001 and 2011 . 3 May 2012 . . Government of India.
8. Web site: Village & Panchayats Ahmedabad District, Government Of Gujarat India . 2023-02-09 . en-US.