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] Talukas (subdivisions of districts) in Gujarat.[3] [4]
Districts of Gujarat Districts of Gujarat
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)Government Subdivisions
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 .
In 1964, Gandhinagar was formed from parts of Ahmedabad and Mehsana .
In 1966, Valsad was split from Surat .
On 2 October 1997, five new districts were created:
In 2000, Patan District was formed from parts of Banaskantha and Mehsana .
On 2 October 2007, Tapi was split from Surat , as the state's 26th district.
On 15 August 2013, seven new districts were created:[5]
Districts of Gujarat Code District Headquarters Population Area Density Locator 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
Demographics of districts edit
S.No. District Headquarters Year of Formation Area (km2 ) Population Populationdensity (/km2 )
2011
Taluks Total Villages Map 2001 Census[6] 2011 Census[7] 1 Ahmedabad Ahmedabad City 8087 5,673,090 7,045,313 890 558[8] 2 Amreli Amreli 1,393,880 1,513,614 598 3 Anand Anand 1,856,712 2,090,276 365 4 Aravalli Modasa 908,797 1,039,918 682 5 Banaskantha Palanpur 2,502,843 3,116,045 1250 6 Bharuch Bharuch 1,370,104 1,550,822 647 7 Bhavnagar Bhavnagar 2,065,492 2,393,272 800 8 Botad Botad 547,567 656,005 53 9 Chhota Udaipur Chhota Udaipur 909,799 1,071,831 894 10 Dahod Dahod 1,635,374 2,126,558 696 11 Dang Ahwa 186,712 226,769 311 12 Devbhoomi Dwarka Khambhalia 623,091 752,484 249 13 Gandhinagar Gandhinagar 1,334,731 1,387,478 302 14 Gir Somnath Veraval 1,059,675 1,217,477 345 15 Jamnagar Jamnagar 1,281,187 1,407,635 No. Talukas 1 Jamnagar 2 Dhrol 3 Jamjodhpur 4 Jodiya 5 Kalavad 6 Lalpur
113 16 Junagadh Junagadh 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 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 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 861,562 994,624 No. Talukas 1 Balasinor 2 Kadana 3 Khanpur 4 Lunawada 5 Santrampur 6 Virpur
941 20 Mehsana Mehsana 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 825,301 960,329 No. Talukas 1 Halvad 2 Maliya 3 Morbi 4 Tankara 5 Wankaner
78 22 Narmada Rajpipla 514,083 590,379 No. Talukas 1 Dediapada 2 Garudeshwar 3 Nandod 4 Sagbara 5 Tilakwada
527 23 Navsari Navsari 1,229,250 1,330,711 No. Talukas 1 Navsari 2 Vansda 3 Chikhli 4 Gandevi 5 Jalalpore 6 Khergam
389 24 Panchmahal Godhra 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 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 536,854 586,062 No. Talukas 1 Porbandar 2 Kutiyana 3 Ranavav
149 27 Rajkot Rajkot 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 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 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 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 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 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 1,410,680 1,703,068 No. Talukas 1 Valsad 2 Dharampur 3 Kaprada 4 Pardi 5 Umbergaon 6 Vapi
460 Total Talukas : 251
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