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 (subdivisions of districts) in Gujarat.

Districts of Gujarat
Districts of Gujarat
Category	Districts
Location	Gujarat
Number	34 districts
Populations	Dang – 228,291 (lowest); Ahmedabad – 7,214,225 (highest)
Areas	Dang – 1,764 km^2 (681 sq mi) (smallest); Kutch – 45,674 km^2 (17,635 sq mi) (largest)
Government	Government of Gujarat
Subdivisions	Talukas of Gujarat Cities of Gujarat Metropolitan areas of Gujarat

The district administration is headed by the District Collector, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer appointed by the government. The Collector is assisted by Additional Collectors and Deputy Collectors at the district (collectorate) level, Prant Officers (Sub-Divisional Magistrates) at the subdivision (prant) 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 (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

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

List of districts

District	Code	Headquarters	Established	Area (km^2)	Population (2011)	Population Density (/km^2)	Location Map
Banaskantha	BK	Palanpur	1 May 1960	6,176	2,141,666	290
Aravalli	AR	Modasa	15 August 2013	3,217	1,051,746	327
Patan	PA	Patan	2 October 2000	5,738	1,342,746	234
Gandhinagar	GA	Gandhinagar	1 May 1964	2,163	1,387,478	660
Mehsana	MA	Mehsana	1 May 1960	4,386	2,027,727	462
Sabarkantha	SK	Himmatnagar	1 May 1960	7,390	2,458,589	328
Vav-Tharad		Tharad	2 October 2025	6,527	978,840	220
Ahmedabad	AH	Ahmedabad	1 May 1960	7,170	7,208,200	890
Anand	AN	Anand	2 October 1997	2,942	2,090,276	711
Chhota Udaipur	CU	Chhota Udaipur	15 August 2013	3,237	1,071,831	331
Dahod	DA	Dahod	2 October 1997	3,642	2,126,558	582
Kheda	KH	Nadiad	1 May 1960	3,667	2,298,934	541
Mahisagar	MH	Lunawada	15 August 2013	2,500	994,624	440
Panchmahal	PM	Godhra	1 May 1960	5,219	2,388,267	458
Vadodara	VD	Vadodara	1 May 1960	4,312	3,639,775	467
Surat	ST	Surat	1 May 1960	4,418	6,081,322	953
Bharuch	BR	Bharuch	1 May 1960	6,524	1,550,822	238
Dang	DG	Ahwa	1 May 1960	1,764	226,769	129
Narmada	NR	Rajpipla	2 October 1997	2,749	590,379	214
Navsari	NV	Navsari	2 October 1997	2,211	1,330,711	602
Tapi	TA	Vyara	2 October 2007	3,435	806,489	249
Valsad	VL	Valsad	1 June 1966	3,034	1,703,068	561
Rajkot	RA	Rajkot	1 May 1960	11,203	3,157,676	282
Amreli	AM	Amreli	1 May 1960	6,760	1,513,614	205
Bhavnagar	BV	Bhavnagar	1 May 1960	11,155	2,877,961	288
Botad	BT	Botad	15 August 2013	2,564	656,005	256
Devbhoomi Dwarka	DD	Khambhaliya	15 August 2013	5,684	752,484	132
Gir Somnath	GS	Veraval	15 August 2013	3,754	1,217,477	324
Jamnagar	JA	Jamnagar	1 May 1960	14,125	2,159,130	153
Junagadh	JU	Junagadh	1 May 1960	8,839	2,742,291	310
Kutch	KA	Bhuj	1 May 1960	45,652	2,090,313	46
Morbi	MB	Morbi	15 August 2013	4,871	960,329	197
Porbandar	PO	Porbandar	2 October 1997	2,294	586,062	255
Surendranagar	SN	Surendranagar	1 May 1960	10,489	1,755,873	167

Proposed districts

Proposed district	Current district	Comment
Ahmedabad City	Ahmedabad
Dholera
Viramgam
Mahuva	Bhavnagar
East Kutch	Kutch	Since 2009, Kutch already has 2 police districts East Kutch (Gandhidham) and West Kutch (Bhuj). Demand for dividing existing Bhuj district into 3 districts include West Kutch (HQ: Mandvi or Nakhatrana), Bhuj (HQ: Bhuj city), East Kutch (HQ: Gandhidham).
West Kutch
Vadnagar	Mehsana
Radhanpur	Patan

Regions

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

• North Gujarat (Northern part of Gujarat):comprises districts of Banaskantha, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Patan, Aravalli and Vav-Tharad
• Central Gujarat (central-east side of Gujarat): comprises districts of Ahmedabad, Kheda, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Anand, Dahod, Chhota Udaipur and Mahisagar
• South Gujarat (southeastern part of Gujarat): comprises districts of Bharuch, Dang, Surat, Valsad, Narmada, Navsari and Tapi
• Saurashtra (southwestern part of Gujarat): comprises districts of Amreli, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Rajkot, Surendranagar, Porbandar, Botad, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Gir Somnath and Morbi
• Kutch (western part of Gujarat): comprises district of Kutch.

See also

• India
• Gujarat
• Government of Gujarat
• List of cities in Gujarat by population
• List of metropolitan areas in Gujarat
• List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India
• List of states and union territories of India by population

External links

• Complete list of Gujarat PIN codes by city and region – Comprehensive pincode directory categorized by district, city, and region.