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 251 Talukas (subdivisions of districts) in Gujarat.[3][4]
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 Tharad, Bhabhar, Dhanera, Diyodar, Kankrej, Lakhani, Suigam and Vav and four municipalities namely Tharad, Bhabhar, Dhanera and Thara. The remaining 6 talukas of Banaskantha district will include a total of 6 talukas namely Palanpur, Amirgadh, Danta, Dantiwada, Deesa and Vadgam 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, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Patan, Aravalli and Vav-Tharad[10]
Central Gujarat (central-east side of Gujarat): comprises districts of Ahmedabad, Kheda, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Anand, Dahod, Chhota Udaipur and Mahisagar [10]
South Gujarat (southeastern part of Gujarat): comprises districts of Bharuch, Dang, Surat, Valsad, Narmada, Navsari and Tapi[10]
Saurashtra (southwestern part of Gujarat): comprises districts of Amreli, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Rajkot, Surendranagar, Porbandar, Botad, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Gir Somnath and Morbi [10]
Kutch (western part of Gujarat): comprises district of Kutch.[10]