List of districts of Gujarat

The western Indian state 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

Demographics of districts

Former districts

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "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.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maps of Gujarat.

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