List of districts of Gujarat

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The Indian state of Gujarat has 33 districts.[1] Kutch is the largest district of Gujarat while Dang is the smallest.

There are 248 Talukas (subdivisions of districts) in Gujarat.[2]

Districts of Gujarat (ગુજરાત)

History

1960

Gujarat state was created on 1 May 1960 out of the 17 northern districts of Bombay State.

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:[3]

List

No. District District Headquarters Population
2001 Census[4]		 Population
2011 Census[4]		 Area (km²) Density ( per km²)
2011		 Formation year
1 Ahmedabad Ahmedabad 5,673,090 7,045,313 7,170 983 1960
2 Amreli Amreli 1,393,880 1,513,614 6,760 224 1960
3 Anand Anand 1,856,712 2,090,276 4,690 446 1997
4 Aravalli Modasa 908,797 1,039,918 3,217 323 2013
5 Banaskantha Palanpur 2,502,843 3,116,045 12,703 245 1960
6 Bharuch Bharuch 1,370,104 1,550,822 6,524 238 1960
7 Bhavnagar Bhavnagar 2,065,492 2,393,272 8,334 287 1960
8 Botad Botad 547,567 656,005 2,564 256 2013
9 Chhota Udaipur Chhota Udaipur 909,799 1,071,831 3,237 331 2013
10 Dahod Dahod 1,635,374 2,126,558 3,642 583 1997
11 Dang Ahwa 186,712 226,769 1,764 129 1960
12 Devbhoomi Dwarka Khambhalia 623,091 752,484 5,684 132 2013
13 Gandhinagar Gandhinagar 1,334,731 1,387,478 2163 641 1964
14 Gir Somnath Veraval 1,059,675 1,217,477 3,754 324 2013
15 Jamnagar Jamnagar 1,281,187 1,407,635 8,441 167 1960
16 Junagadh Junagadh 1,388,498 1,525,605 5,092 300 1960
17 Kutch Bhuj 1,526,321 2,090,313 45,652 46 1960
18 Kheda Nadiad 1,806,929 2,053,769 3,667 560 1960
19 Mahisagar Lunavada 861,562 994,624 2,500 398 2013
20 Mehsana Mehsana 1,837,696 2,027,727 4,386 419 1960
21 Morbi Morbi 825,301 960,329 4,871 197 2013
22 Narmada Rajpipla 514,083 590,379 2,749 215 1997
23 Navsari Navsari 1,229,250 1,330,711 2,211 602 1997
24 Panchmahal Godhra 1,381,002 1,642,268 3,272 502 1960
25 Patan Patan 1,181,941 1,342,746 5,738 234 2000
26 Porbandar Porbandar 536,854 586,062 2,294 255 1997
27 Rajkot Rajkot 2,488,885 3,015,229 7,550 399 1960
28 Sabarkantha Himmatnagar 1,173,734 1,388,671 4,173 333 1960
29 Surat Surat 4,996,391 6,079,231 4,418 1,337 1960
30 Surendranagar Surendranagar 1,370,843 1,585,268 9,271 171 1960
31 Tapi Vyara 719,634 806,489 3,249 248 2007
32 Vadodara Vadodara 2,732,003 3,093,795 4,312 718 1960
33 Valsad Valsad 1,410,680 1,703,068 3,034 561 1966

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References

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  3. ↑ http://www.narendramodi.in/promises-delivered-gujarat-cabinet-approves-creation- of-7-new-districts-and-22-new-talukas/
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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