On 2/10/97 Gujarat Government formed 6 new districts including Narmada district. Nandod, Dediyapada and Sagbara talukas of Bharuch district and Tilakwada Taluka of Vadodara district formed Narmada District. New Taluka Garudeshwar was formed on 18/02/2014. The District is situated in the eastern corner of Gujarat state. The district now has 6 Talukas and 1 Municipality. Nandod Taluka has 112 villages, Dediyapada Taluka has 153 villages, Sagbara Taluka has 98 villages, Chikda Taluka has 61 villages, Tilakwada Taluka has 97 villages and Garudeshwar Taluka has 93 villages. Narmada District thus has a total of 614 villages and 238 village panchayat. District has total population of 5, 90,279 according to 2011 census.
In Narmada District total 689 Primary School, 53 Secondary School, 23 Higher Secondary School. District has total 4 colleges in that arts, commerce and Science College. District is having another PTC College, B.ed. College, C.P.ed. College, BPE and Women polytechnic college. Total Literacy rate of District is 73.29 %. District has two rivers Karjan and Narmada. Sardar Sarovar Project, Karajan Irrigation project Kakadi Amba and Chopadvav irrigation schemes are some of the important projects in the District. Statue of Unity, which is the world’s tallest statue is situated at Kevadia, approximately 3.5 kms south of Sardar Sarovar Dam. It has been built as a tribute to Shri. Sardar Vallabhai Patel. Narmada district is an important tourist destination of Gujarat.