# List of districts of Gujarat

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. 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.

## 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:
* 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.

### 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: Gujarati Jagran)

## List of districts

| S.No. | District | Headquarters | Year of Formation | Area (km$^2$) | Population | Population | Population density (/km$^2$) 2011 | Taluks | Total Villages | Map |
| S.No. | District | Headquarters | Year of Formation | Area (km$^2$) | 2001 Census | 2011 Census | Population density (/km$^2$) 2011 | Taluks | Total Villages | Map |
| 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 | |
| 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 | 4,486 | 2,502,843 | 3,116,045 | | No. Talukas 1 Amirgadh 2 Danta 3 Dantiwada 4 Deesa 5 Palanpur 6 Vadgam | 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 | |
| 34 | Vav-Tharad | Tharad | 2025 | 6,257 | | | | No. Talukas 1 Vav 2 Tharad 3 Bhabhar 4 Dhanera 5 Suigam 6 Lakhani 7 Deodar 8 Kankrej | | |
| Total | | | | | | | | Talukas: 251 | | |

## Proposed districts

| Proposed district | Current district |
| Ahmedabad city | Ahmedabad |
| Dholera | Ahmedabad |
| Vadnagar | Mehsana |
| East Kutch | Kutch |
| West Kutch | Kutch |
| Viramgam | Ahmedabad |
| Mahuva | Bhavnagar |

## Regions

The five regions of Gujarat are as follows (clockwise from north):
* 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.