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 251 Talukas in Gujarat.
The district administration is headed by the District Collector, an Indian Administrative Service officer appointed by the government. The Collector is assisted by Additional Collectors and Deputy Collectors at the district level, Prant Officers at the subdivision level, and Mamlatdars at the taluka level.

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.
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:

2025

On 2nd October 2025, Vav-Tharad was formed from parts of Banaskantha

List of districts

DistrictCodeHeadquartersEstablishedArea
Population
Population Density
Location Map
BanaskanthaBKPalanpur1 May 19606,1762,141,666290
AravalliARModasa15 August 20133,2171,051,746327
PatanPAPatan2 October 20005,7381,342,746234
GandhinagarGAGandhinagar1 May 19642,1631,387,478660
MehsanaMAMehsana1 May 19604,3862,027,727462
SabarkanthaSKHimmatnagar1 May 19607,3902,458,589328
Vav-TharadTharad2 October 20256,527978,840220
AhmedabadAHAhmedabad1 May 19607,1707,208,200890
AnandANAnand2 October 19972,9422,090,276711
Chhota UdaipurCUChhota Udaipur15 August 20133,2371,071,831331
DahodDADahod2 October 19973,6422,126,558582
KhedaKHNadiad1 May 19603,6672,298,934541
MahisagarMHLunawada15 August 20132,500994,624440
PanchmahalPMGodhra1 May 19605,2192,388,267458
VadodaraVDVadodara1 May 19604,3123,639,775467
SuratSTSurat1 May 19604,4186,081,322953
BharuchBRBharuch1 May 19606,5241,550,822238
DangDGAhwa1 May 19601,764226,769129
NarmadaNRRajpipla2 October 19972,749590,379214
NavsariNVNavsari2 October 19972,2111,330,711602
TapiTAVyara2 October 20073,435806,489249
ValsadVLValsad1 June 19663,0341,703,068561
RajkotRARajkot1 May 196011,2033,157,676282
AmreliAMAmreli1 May 19606,7601,513,614205
BhavnagarBVBhavnagar1 May 196011,1552,877,961288
BotadBTBotad15 August 20132,564656,005256
Devbhoomi DwarkaDDKhambhaliya15 August 20135,684752,484132
Gir SomnathGSVeraval15 August 20133,7541,217,477324
JamnagarJAJamnagar1 May 196014,1252,159,130153
JunagadhJUJunagadh1 May 19608,8392,742,291310
KutchKABhuj1 May 196045,6522,090,31346
MorbiMBMorbi15 August 20134,871960,329197
PorbandarPOPorbandar2 October 19972,294586,062255
SurendranagarSNSurendranagar1 May 196010,4891,755,873167

Regions

The five regions of Gujarat are as follows :North Gujarat :comprises districts of Banaskantha, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Patan, Aravalli and Vav-TharadCentral Gujarat : comprises districts of Ahmedabad, Kheda, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Anand, Dahod, Chhota Udaipur and MahisagarSouth Gujarat : comprises districts of Bharuch, Dang, Surat, Valsad, Narmada, Navsari and TapiSaurashtra : comprises districts of Amreli, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Rajkot, Surendranagar, Porbandar, Botad, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Gir Somnath and MorbiKutch : comprises district of Kutch.