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The western Indian state of Gujarat has 33 districts after several splits of the original 17 at its 1960 creation.
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Kutch is the largest district of Gujarat while Dang is the smallest. Ahmedabad district has the highest population while Dang has the lowest. Surat is the most densely populated district while Kutch is the least.
There are 249 Talukas (subdivisions of districts) in Gujarat.
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 Marthi-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:
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:
List of districts by division
Here is the list of districts, organized by division: