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Category | Districts |
Location | Gujarat |
Number | 33 districts[1] |
Populations | Dang – 228,291 (lowest); Ahmedabad – 7,214,225 (highest) |
Areas | Dang – 1,764 km2 (681 sq mi) (smallest); Kutch – 45,674 km2 (17,635 sq mi) (largest) |
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Subdivisions |
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
Code | District | Headquarters | Population | Area (km²) |
Density (per km²) |
Locator Map | |
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2001 | 2011 | ||||||
AH | Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad | 5,808,378 | 7,045,313 | 8,707 | 667 | ![]() |
AM | Amreli | Amreli | 1,393,295 | 1,513,614 | 6,760 | 206 | ![]() |
AN | Anand | Anand | 1,856,712 | 2,090,276 | 2,942 | 631 | ![]() |
AR | Aravalli | Modasa | 908,797 | 1,039,918 | 3,217 | 327 | ![]() |
BK | Banaskantha | Palanpur | 2,502,843 | 3,116,045 | 12,703 | 197 | ![]() |
BR | Bharuch | Bharuch | 1,370,104 | 1,550,822 | 6,524 | 210 | ![]() |
BV | Bhavnagar | Bhavnagar | 2,469,264 | 2,393,272 | 11,155 | 221 | ![]() |
BT | Botad | Botad | 547,567 | 656,005 | 2,564 | 256 | ![]() |
CU | Chhota Udaipur | Chhota Udaipur | 909,799 | 1,071,831 | 3,237 | 331 | ![]() |
DA | Dahod | Dahod | 1,635,374 | 2,126,558 | 3,642 | 582 | ![]() |
DG | Dang | Ahwa | 186,712 | 226,769 | 1,764 | 106 | ![]() |
DD | Devbhumi Dwarka | Khambhalia | 623,091 | 752,484 | 5,684 | 132 | ![]() |
GA | Gandhinagar | Gandhinagar | 1,334,731 | 1,387,478 | 2,140 | 650 | ![]() |
GS | Gir Somnath | Veraval | 1,059,675 | 1,217,477 | 3,754 | 324 | ![]() |
JA | Jamnagar | Jamnagar | 1,281,187 | 1,407,635 | 14,125 | 135 | ![]() |
JU | Junagadh | Junagadh | 1,388,498 | 1,525,605 | 8,839 | 277 | ![]() |
KH | Kheda | Nadiad | 1,526,321 | 2,090,313 | 4,215 | 480 | ![]() |
KA | Kutch | Bhuj | 1,806,929 | 2,053,769 | 45,652 | 33 | ![]() |
MH | Mahisagar | Lunawada | 861,562 | 994,624 | 2,500 | 440 | ![]() |
MA | Mehsana | Mehsana | 1,837,696 | 2,027,727 | 4,386 | 419 | ![]() |
MB | Morbi | Morbi | 825,301 | 960,329 | 4,871 | 197 | ![]() |
NR | Narmada | Rajpipla | 514,083 | 590,379 | 2,749 | 187 | ![]() |
NV | Navsari | Navsari | 1,229,250 | 1,330,711 | 2,211 | 556 | ![]() |
PM | Panchmahal | Godhra | 1,381,002 | 1,642,268 | 5,219 | 388 | ![]() |
PA | Patan | Patan | 1,181,941 | 1,342,746 | 5,738 | 206 | ![]() |
PO | Porbandar | Porbandar | 536,854 | 586,062 | 2,294 | 234 | ![]() |
RA | Rajkot | Rajkot | 2,488,885 | 3,015,229 | 11,203 | 282 | ![]() |
SK | Sabarkantha | Himmatnagar | 1,173,734 | 1,388,671 | 7,390 | 282 | ![]() |
ST | Surat | Surat | 4,996,391 | 6,079,231 | 7,657 | 653 | ![]() |
SN | Surendranagar | Surendranagar | 1,370,843 | 1,585,268 | 10,489 | 144 | ![]() |
TA | Tapi | Vyara | 719,634 | 806,489 | 3,435 | 249 | ![]() |
VD | Vadodara | Vadodara | 2,732,003 | 4,193,795 | 7,794 | 467 | ![]() |
VL | Valsad | Valsad | 1,410,553 | 1,705,678 | 3,034 | 465 | ![]() |