The total number of districts in Gujarat is 25. A district of Gujarat is headed by a Deputy Commissioner who is in-charge of the administration of that particular district. The Deputy Commissioner also performs the role of a district Magistrate and a Collector.
As a Deputy Commissioner he is the executive head of the district with multifarious responsibilities. As the District Magistrate he is responsible for maintaining the law and order situation in the district while as the Collector he is the Chief Revenue Officer of the district, responsible for revenue collection and recovery. The Police administration in the district is under the control of Superintendent of Police (SP).
To decentralize the authority in administrative set up a district is divided into one or more subdivisions, further divided into tehsils and blocks.
Click on the respective districts to get more information.List of Districts
