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List of districts of Gujarat

{{Short description|Districts of Gujarat}}

{{see also|Cities of Gujarat|Talukas of Gujarat|Metropolitan areas of Gujarat}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox subdivision type

| name = Districts of Gujarat

| map = Administrative map of Gujarat.png

| category = Districts

| territory = Gujarat

| start_date =

| current_number = 34 districts{{Cite web |title=Gujarat {{!}} District Portal |url=https://gujarat.s3waas.gov.in/ |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=gujarat.s3waas.gov.in}}

| number_date =

| population_range = Dang – 228,291 (lowest); Ahmedabad – 7,214,225 (highest)

| area_range = Dang – {{Convert|1,764|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} (smallest); Kutch – {{Convert|45,674|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} (largest)

| government = Government of Gujarat

| subdivision = {{plainlist|

}}

| caption = Districts of Gujarat

| website = www.gujarat.s3waas.gov.in/

}}

The western Indian state of Gujarat has 34 districts after several splits of the original 17 districts at the formation of the state in 1960.{{cite news|last=Dave|first=Kapil|title=Next Republic Day, Gujarat will be bigger...|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/next-republic-day-gujarat-will-be-bigger.../1013137/1|access-date=13 October 2012|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=7 October 2012}} 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.{{cite web|title=Village Map - Revenue Department |website=Internet Archive |date=25 March 2016 |url=https://revenuedepartment.gujarat.gov.in/village-map |access-date=9 April 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325222236/https://revenuedepartment.gujarat.gov.in/village-map |archive-date=25 March 2016 }}{{cite web | title=State Govt Announces 23 New Talukas | date=10 September 2013 | url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3066956611.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206082747/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3066956611.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 February 2016 | access-date=5 January 2016}}

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:

= 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:{{cite web|title=Gujarat Govt made major announcement Dholera SIR at Dholera district|url=http://www.dholerametrocity.com/Dholera-SIR.php|work=Dholera SIR|publisher=Government of India|access-date=6 January 2009}}

= 2025 =

In 2025, Vav-Tharad was formed from parts of Banaskantha

The newly formed Vav-Tharad district will include a total of 8 talukas namely Vav, Bhabhar, Tharad, Dhanera, Suigam, Lakhni, Deodar and Kankrej and four municipalities namely Bhabhar, Tharad, Thara and Dhanera. The remaining 6 talukas of Banaskantha district will include a total of 6 talukas namely Palanpur, Danta, Amirgarh, Dantiwada, Vadgam and Deesa and two municipalities namely Palanpur and Deesa. (Source: [https://www.gujaratijagran.com/gujarat/vav-tharad-declared-new-district-tharad-to-be-headquarters-453854 Gujarati Jagran])

List of districts

{{main|Demographics of districts of Gujarat}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px solid black" width="100%"

|+

rowspan="2" |S.No.

! rowspan="2" |District

! rowspan="2" |Headquarters

! rowspan="2" |Year of Formation

! rowspan="2" |Area (km2)

! colspan="2" |Population

! rowspan="2" |Population

density (/km2)

2011

! rowspan="2" |Taluks

! rowspan="2" |Total Villages

! rowspan="2" |Map

2001 Census{{cite web|title=Ranking of Districts by Population Size, 2001 and 2011|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/gujarat/statement-1.xls|work=2011 census of India|publisher=Government of India|access-date=3 May 2012}}

!2011 Census{{cite web |title=Ranking of Districts by Population Size, 2001 and 2011 |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/gujarat/statement-1.xls |access-date=3 May 2012 |work=2011 census of India |publisher=Government of India}}

1

|Ahmedabad

|Ahmedabad City

|

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|8087

|5,673,090

|7,045,313

|890

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Ahmedabad

2

|Bavla

3

|Daskroi

4

|Detroj-Rampura

5

|Dhandhuka

6

|Dholera

7

|Dholka

8

|Mandal

9

|Sanand

10

|Viramgam

|558{{Cite web |title=Village & Panchayats {{!}} Ahmedabad District, Government Of Gujarat {{!}} India |url=https://ahmedabad.nic.in/village-panchayats/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |language=en-US}}

|150px

|-

|2

|Amreli

|Amreli

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|

|1,393,880

|1,513,614

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!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

|150px

|-

|3

|Anand

|Anand

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1997

|

|1,856,712

|2,090,276

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Anand

2

|Anklav

3

|Borsad

4

|Khambhat

5

|Petlad

6

|Sojitra

7

|Tarapur

8

|Umreth

|365

|150px

|-

|4

|Aravalli

|Modasa

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|2013

|

|908,797

|1,039,918

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Bayad

2

|Bhiloda

3

|Dhansura

4

|Malpur

5

|Meghraj

6

|Modasa

|682

|150px

|-

|5

|Banaskantha

|Palanpur

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|4,486

|2,502,843

|3,116,045

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Amirgadh

2

|Danta

3

|Dantiwada

4

|Deesa

5

|Palanpur

6

|Vadgam

|1250

|150px

|-

|6

|Bharuch

|Bharuch

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|

|1,370,104

|1,550,822

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Bharuch

2

|Amod

3

|Ankleshwar

4

|Hansot

5

|Jambusar

6

|Jhagadia

7

|Netrang

8

|Vagra

9

|Valia

|647

|150px

|-

|7

|Bhavnagar

|Bhavnagar

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|

|2,065,492

|2,393,272

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Bhavnagar

2

|Gariadhar

3

|Ghogha

4

|Jesar

5

|Mahuva

6

|Palitana

7

|Sihor

8

|Talaja

9

|Umrala

10

|Vallabhipur

|800

|150px

|-

|8

|Botad

|Botad

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|2013

|

|547,567

|656,005

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Botad

2

|Barwala

3

|Gadhada

4

|Ranpur

|53

|150px

|-

|9

|Chhota Udaipur

|Chhota Udaipur

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|2013

|

|909,799

|1,071,831

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Chhota Udaipur

2

|Bodeli

3

|Jetpur pavi

4

|Kavant

5

|Nasvadi

6

|Sankheda

|894

|150px

|-

|10

|Dahod

|Dahod

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1997

|

|1,635,374

|2,126,558

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Dahod

2

|Devgadh baria

3

|Dhanpur

4

|Fatepura

5

|Garbada

6

|Limkheda

7

|Sanjeli

8

|Jhalod

9

|Singvad

|696

|150px

|-

|11

|Dang

|Ahwa

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|

|186,712

|226,769

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Ahwa

2

|Subir

3

|Waghai

|311

|150px

|-

|12

|Devbhoomi Dwarka

|Khambhalia

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|2013

|

|623,091

|752,484

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Bhanvad

2

|Kalyanpur

3

|Khambhalia

4

|Okhamandal

|249

|150px

|-

|13

|Gandhinagar

|Gandhinagar

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1964

|

|1,334,731

|1,387,478

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Gandhinagar

2

|Dehgam

3

|Kalol

4

|Mansa

|302

|150px

|-

|14

|Gir Somnath

|Veraval

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|2013

|

|1,059,675

|1,217,477

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Gir-Gadhada

2

|Kodinar

3

|Sutrapada

4

|Talala

5

|Una

6

|Veraval

|345

|150px

|-

|15

|Jamnagar

|Jamnagar

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|

|1,281,187

|1,407,635

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Jamnagar

2

|Dhrol

3

|Jamjodhpur

4

|Jodiya

5

|Kalavad

6

|Lalpur

|113

|150px

|-

|16

|Junagadh

|Junagadh

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|

|1,388,498

|1,525,605

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!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

|150px

|-

|17

|Kutch

|Bhuj

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|

|1,526,321

|2,090,313

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Abdasa

2

|Anjar

3

|Bhachau

4

|Bhuj

5

|Gandhidham

6

|Lakhpat

7

|Mandvi

8

|Mundra

9

|Nakhatrana

10

|Rapar

|1389

|150px

|-

|18

|Kheda

|Nadiad

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|

|1,806,929

|2,053,769

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Kheda

2

|Galteshwar

3

|Kapadvanj

4

|Kathlal

5

|Mahudha

6

|Matar

7

|Mehmedabad

8

|Nadiad

9

|Thasra

10

|Vaso

|620

|150px

|-

|19

|Mahisagar

|Lunavada

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|2013

|

|861,562

|994,624

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Balasinor

2

|Kadana

3

|Khanpur

4

|Lunawada

5

|Santrampur

6

|Virpur

|941

|150px

|-

|20

|Mehsana

|Mehsana

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|

|1,837,696

|2,027,727

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Mehsana

2

|Becharaji

3

|Jotana

4

|Kadi

5

|Kheralu

6

|Satlasana

7

|Unjha

8

|Vadnagar

9

|Vijapur

10

|Visnagar

|614

|150px

|-

|21

|Morbi

|Morbi

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|2013

|

|825,301

|960,329

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Halvad

2

|Maliya

3

|Morbi

4

|Tankara

5

|Wankaner

|78

|150px

|-

|22

|Narmada

|Rajpipla

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1997

|

|514,083

|590,379

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Dediapada

2

|Garudeshwar

3

|Nandod

4

|Sagbara

5

|Tilakwada

|527

|150px

|-

|23

|Navsari

|Navsari

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1997

|

|1,229,250

|1,330,711

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Navsari

2

|Vansda

3

|Chikhli

4

|Gandevi

5

|Jalalpore

6

|Khergam

|389

|150px

|-

|24

|Panchmahal

|Godhra

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|

|1,381,002

|1,642,268

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Ghoghamba

2

|Godhra

3

|Halol

4

|Jambughoda

5

|Kalol

6

|Morwa Hadaf

7

|Shehera

|604

|150px

|-

|25

|Patan

|Patan

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|2000

|

|1,181,941

|1,342,746

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Patan

2

|Chanasma

3

|Harij

4

|Radhanpur

5

|Sami

6

|Sankheswar

7

|Santalpur

8

|Sarasvati

9

|Sidhpur

|521

|150px

|-

|26

|Porbandar

|Porbandar

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1997

|

|536,854

|586,062

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Porbandar

2

|Kutiyana

3

|Ranavav

|149

|150px

|-

|27

|Rajkot

|Rajkot

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|

|2,488,885

|3,015,229

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!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

|150px

|-

|28

|Sabarkantha

|Himmatnagar

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|

|1,173,734

|1,388,671

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Himatnagar

2

|Idar

3

|Khedbrahma

4

|Poshina

5

|Prantij

6

|Talod

7

|Vadali

8

|Vijaynagar

|702

|150px

|-

|29

|Surat

|Surat City

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|

|4,996,391

|6,079,231

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Surat

2

|Bardoli

3

|Choryasi

4

|Kamrej

5

|Mahuva

6

|Mandvi

7

|Mangrol

8

|Olpad

9

|Palsana

10

|Umarpada

|729

|150px

|-

|30

|Surendranagar

|Surendranagar

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|

|1,370,843

|1,585,268

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Chotila

2

|Chuda

3

|Dasada

4

|Dhrangadhra

5

|Lakhtar

6

|Limbdi

7

|Muli

8

|Sayla

9

|Thangadh

10

|Wadhwan

|654

|150px

|-

|31

|Tapi

|Vyara

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|2007

|

|719,634

|806,489

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Nizar

2

|Songadh

3

|Uchhal

4

|Valod

5

|Vyara

6

|Kukarmunda

7

|Dolvan

|523

|150px

|-

|32

|Vadodara

|Vadodara City

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1960

|

|2,732,003

|3,093,795

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Vadodara

2

|Dabhoi

3

|Desar

4

|Karjan

5

|Padra

6

|Savli

7

|Sinor

8

|Waghodia

|694

|150px

|-

|33

|Valsad

|Valsad

|

class="wikitable sortable"

|1966

|

|1,410,680

|1,703,068

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Valsad

2

|Dharampur

3

|Kaprada

4

|Pardi

5

|Umbergaon

6

|Vapi

|460

|150px

|-

|34

|Vav-Tharad

|Tharad

|2025

|6,257

|

|

|

|

class="wikitable sortable"

!No.

!Talukas

1

|Vav

2

|Tharad

3

|Bhabhar

4

|Dhanera

5

|Suigam

6

|Lakhani

7

|Deodar

8

|Kankrej

|

|

|-

|Total

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|Talukas: 251

|

|

|}

Proposed districts

class="wikitable sortable"

|+

!Proposed district{{citation|url=http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/govt-plans-to-carve-out-4-5-new-districts/amp_articleshow/113638682.cms|title=Gujarat government planning to carve out new districts before panchayat elections|website=Times of India|date=2024-09-24}}

!Current district

Ahmedabad city

| rowspan="2" |Ahmedabad

Dholera
Vadnagar

|Mehsana

East Kutch

| rowspan="2" |Kutch

West Kutch
Viramgam

|Ahmedabad

Mahuva

|Bhavnagar

Regions

The five regions of Gujarat are as follows (clockwise from north):[https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/gujarat/regions.html Five regions of Gujarat], Maps Of India, accessed 26 Feb 2025.

  • North Gujarat: comprises districts of Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, etc.
  • Central Gujarat (central-east side of Gujarat): comprises districts of Ahamdabad, Gandhinagar, Kheda, Panch Mahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Bharuch, Narmada, etc.
  • South Gujarat (southeastern part of Gujarat): comprises districts of Surat, Tapi, Dangs, Navsari, Valsad, etc.
  • Saurashtra (southwestern part of Gujarat): comprises districts of Surendernagar, Bhavnagar, Amreli, Jungad, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Rajkot, etc.
  • Kutch (western part of Gujarat): comprises district of Kutch.

See also

class="infobox" style="width:22em; float:RIGHT"

|+Administrative Division in Details

!Divisions

|4

Districts

|34

Cities and towns

|140

Blocks (Taluks)

|252

Villages

|18000

Panchayats

|14,273

Police Districts

|?

Police Stations

|?

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{commons category|Maps of Gujarat }}

  • [http://gujarathistory.googlepages.com/districts.htm Districts of Gujarat: At a Glance]
  • [https://gujarat.s3waas.gov.in/ Govt Of India site shows Districts of Gujarat]
  • [https://igod.gov.in/sg/GJ/E042/organizations Govt of Gujarat site shows profile of each districts]

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