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.[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).
The newly formed Vav-Tharad district will include a total of 8 talukas namely Vav, Bhabhar, Tharad, Dhanera, Suigam, Lakhni, Deodar and Kankrej and four municipalities namely Bhabhar, Tharad, Thara and Dhanera. The remaining 6 talukas of Banaskantha district will include a total of 6 talukas namely Palanpur, Danta, Amirgarh, Dantiwada, Vadgam and Deesa and two municipalities namely Palanpur and Deesa. (Source: Gujarati Jagran)
The five regions of Gujarat are as follows (clockwise from north):[10]
North Gujarat: comprises districts of Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, etc.[10]
Central Gujarat (central-east side of Gujarat): comprises districts of Ahamdabad, Gandhinagar, Kheda, Panch Mahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Bharuch, Narmada, etc.[10]
South Gujarat (southeastern part of Gujarat): comprises districts of Surat, Tapi, Dangs, Navsari, Valsad, etc.[10]
Saurashtra (southwestern part of Gujarat): comprises districts of Surendernagar, Bhavnagar, Amreli, Jungad, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Rajkot, etc.[10]
Kutch (western part of Gujarat): comprises district of Kutch.[10]