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.
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.<!---HIDDEN AS BETTER SOURCES NEEDED: By area, Bhuj is the largest Taluka of Gujarat while Junagadh City is the smallest. Vaso Taluka of Kheda district has only 22 villages under its jurisdiction, the least in the state.--->
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
{| class="wikitable sortable style="text-align: center;"
|-
! District
! Code
! Headquarters
! Established
! Area <br />(km<sup>2</sup>)
! Population <br />(2011)
! Population Density <br />(/km<sup>2</sup>)
! class="unsortable"| Location Map
|-
! Banaskantha
| BK
| Palanpur
| 1 May 1960
| 6,176
| 2,141,666
| 290
| 150px
|-
! Aravalli
| AR
| Modasa
| 15 August 2013
| 3,217
| 1,051,746
| 327
| 150px
|-
! Patan
| PA
| Patan
| 2 October 2000
| 5,738
| 1,342,746
| 234
| 150px
|-
! Gandhinagar
| GA
| Gandhinagar
| 1 May 1964
| 2,163
| 1,387,478
| 660
| 150px
|-
! Mehsana
| MA
| Mehsana
| 1 May 1960
| 4,386
| 2,027,727
| 462
| 150px
|-
! Sabarkantha
| SK
| Himmatnagar
| 1 May 1960
| 7,390
| 2,458,589
| 328
| 150px
|-
! Vav-Tharad
|
| Tharad
| 2 October 2025
| 6,527
| 978,840
| 220
| 150px
|-
! Ahmedabad
| AH
| Ahmedabad
| 1 May 1960
| 7,170
| 7,208,200
| 890
| 150px
|-
! Anand
| AN
| Anand
| 2 October 1997
| 2,942
| 2,090,276
| 711
| 150px
|-
! Chhota Udaipur
| CU
| Chhota Udaipur
| 15 August 2013
| 3,237
| 1,071,831
| 331
| 150px
|-
! Dahod
| DA
| Dahod
| 2 October 1997
| 3,642
| 2,126,558
| 582
| 150px
|-
! Kheda
| KH
| Nadiad
| 1 May 1960
| 3,667
| 2,298,934
| 541
| 150px
|-
! Mahisagar
| MH
| Lunawada
| 15 August 2013
| 2,500
| 994,624
| 440
| 150px
|-
! Panchmahal
| PM
| Godhra
| 1 May 1960
| 5,219
| 2,388,267
| 458
| 150px
|-
! Vadodara
| VD
| Vadodara
| 1 May 1960
| 4,312
| 3,639,775
| 467
| 150px
|-
! Surat
| ST
| Surat
| 1 May 1960
| 4,418
| 6,081,322
| 953
| 150px
|-
! Bharuch
| BR
| Bharuch
| 1 May 1960
| 6,524
| 1,550,822
| 238
| 150px
|-
! Dang
| DG
| Ahwa
| 1 May 1960
| 1,764
| 226,769
| 129
| 150px
|-
! Narmada
| NR
| Rajpipla
| 2 October 1997
| 2,749
| 590,379
| 214
| 150px
|-
! Navsari
| NV
| Navsari
| 2 October 1997
| 2,211
| 1,330,711
| 602
| 150px
|-
! Tapi
| TA
| Vyara
| 2 October 2007
| 3,435
| 806,489
| 249
| 150px
|-
! Valsad
| VL
| Valsad
| 1 June 1966
| 3,034
| 1,703,068
| 561
| 150px
|-
! Rajkot
| RA
| Rajkot
| 1 May 1960
| 11,203
| 3,157,676
| 282
| 150px
|-
! Amreli
| AM
| Amreli
| 1 May 1960
| 6,760
| 1,513,614
| 205
| 150px
|-
! Bhavnagar
| BV
| Bhavnagar
| 1 May 1960
| 11,155
| 2,877,961
| 288
| 150px
|-
! Botad
| BT
| Botad
| 15 August 2013
| 2,564
| 656,005
| 256
| 150px
|-
! Devbhoomi Dwarka
| DD
| Khambhaliya
| 15 August 2013
| 5,684
| 752,484
| 132
| 150px
|-
! Gir Somnath
| GS
| Veraval
| 15 August 2013
| 3,754
| 1,217,477
| 324
| 150px
|-
! Jamnagar
| JA
| Jamnagar
| 1 May 1960
| 14,125
| 2,159,130
| 153
| 150px
|-
! Junagadh
| JU
| Junagadh
| 1 May 1960
| 8,839
| 2,742,291
| 310
| 150px
|-
! Kutch
| KA
| Bhuj
| 1 May 1960
| 45,652
| 2,090,313
| 46
| 150px
|-
! Morbi
| MB
| Morbi
| 15 August 2013
| 4,871
| 960,329
| 197
| 150px
|-
! Porbandar
| PO
| Porbandar
| 2 October 1997
| 2,294
| 586,062
| 255
| 150px
|-
! Surendranagar
| SN
| Surendranagar
| 1 May 1960
| 10,489
| 1,755,873
| 167
| 150px
|}
Proposed districts
Listed west to east"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Proposed district
!Current district
! Comment
|-
|East Kutch
| rowspan="2" |Kutch
| rowspan="2" |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 <br>- West Kutch (HQ: Nakhatrana - 50 km west of Bhuj city or Mandvi - 60 km south of Bhuj city), <br>- Bhuj (HQ: Bhuj city), <br>- East Kutch (HQ: Gandhidham - 55 km southeast of Bhuj city).
|-
|West Kutch
|-
|Radhanpur
|Patan
| In the northwestern Gujarat, 60 km west of Patan city.
|-
|Vadnagar
|Mehsana
| In the northwestern Gujarat, 60 km east of Patan and 40 km northeast of Mehsana city.
|-
| Ahmedabad City
| rowspan="3"| Ahmedabad
| rowspan="3" | In the Central Gujarat region. Ahmedabad city is 60 km east of Viramgam and 100 km north of Dholera cities.
|-
|Viramgam
|-
|Dholera
|-
|Mahuva
|Bhavnagar
| In the eastern Saurashtra region, 95 km south of Bhavnagar city.
|}
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