List of districts of Gujarat

Administrative Division in Details
Divisions	5
Districts	33
Cities and towns	140
Blocks (Taluks)	252
Villages	18000
Panchayats	14,273
Police Districts	?
Police Stations	?

Districts of Gujarat
Districts of Gujarat
	Districts of Gujarat
Category	Districts
Location	Gujarat
Number	33 districts
Populations	Dang – 228,291 (lowest); Ahmedabad – 7,214,225 (highest)
Areas	Dang – 1,764 km2 (681 sq mi) (smallest); Kutch – 45,674 km2 (17,635 sq mi) (largest)
Government	Government of Gujarat;
Subdivisions	Talukas of Gujarat; Cities of Gujarat; Metropolitan areas of Gujarat; ;

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

S.No.

District

Headquarters

Year of Formation

Area (km²)

Population

density (/km²)

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

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

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

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

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

2013

547,567

656,005

No.	Talukas
1	Botad
2	Barwala
3	Gadhada
4	Ranpur

53

9

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

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

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

1960

1,281,187

1,407,635

No.	Talukas
1	Jamnagar
2	Dhrol
3	Jamjodhpur
4	Jodiya
5	Kalavad
6	Lalpur

113

16

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

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

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

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

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

1997

536,854

586,062

No.	Talukas
1	Porbandar
2	Kutiyana
3	Ranavav

149

27

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

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

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^[9]	Current district
Ahmedabad city	Ahmedabad
Dholera	Ahmedabad
Anart or Vadnagar	Gandhinagar Mehsana
East Kutch	Kutch
West Kutch	Kutch
Radhanpur	Banaskantha Patan
Dhanera	Banaskantha
Viramgam	Ahmedabad Surendranagar
Umreth	Anand Kheda Mahisagar

References

^ "Gujarat | District Portal". gujarat.s3waas.gov.in. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ Dave, Kapil (7 October 2012). "Next Republic Day, Gujarat will be bigger..." The Indian Express. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
^ "Village Map - Revenue Department". Internet Archive. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
^ "State Govt Announces 23 New Talukas". 10 September 2013. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
^ "Gujarat Govt made major announcement Dholera SIR at Dholera district". Dholera SIR. Government of India. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
^ "Ranking of Districts by Population Size, 2001 and 2011". 2011 census of India. Government of India. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
^ "Ranking of Districts by Population Size, 2001 and 2011". 2011 census of India. Government of India. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
^ "Village & Panchayats | Ahmedabad District, Government Of Gujarat | India". Retrieved 9 February 2023.
^ "Gujarat government planning to carve out new districts before panchayat elections", Times of India, 24 September 2024

External links

[1] "Gujarat | District Portal". gujarat.s3waas.gov.in. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[IE_gujarat_new_districts-2] Dave, Kapil (7 October 2012). "Next Republic Day, Gujarat will be bigger..." The Indian Express. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

[Internetof-7-new-districts-and-22_Archive_2016-3] "Village Map - Revenue Department". Internet Archive. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.

[HighBeam_Research_2013-4] "State Govt Announces 23 New Talukas". 10 September 2013. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

[dholerametrocity-5] "Gujarat Govt made major announcement Dholera SIR at Dholera district". Dholera SIR. Government of India. Retrieved 6 January 2009.

[6] "Ranking of Districts by Population Size, 2001 and 2011". 2011 census of India. Government of India. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

[census11-7] "Ranking of Districts by Population Size, 2001 and 2011". 2011 census of India. Government of India. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

[8] "Village & Panchayats | Ahmedabad District, Government Of Gujarat | India". Retrieved 9 February 2023.

[9] "Gujarat government planning to carve out new districts before panchayat elections", Times of India, 24 September 2024

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