Sec 12 of Gujarat Cooperative Society Act, 1961

The Registrar may classify all societies in such manners, and into such classes, as he think fit; and the classification of a society under any head of classification by the Registrar shall be final.

Rule 4.3 of The Gujarat Cooperative Societies Rules, 1965

The Registrar shall assign for each district and each class of Sub-class of societies, a Code of Symbol, for giving registration number to the societies and the societies shall be registered from the dates specified by him.

Earlier there were 14 classification of cooperative societies. For proper classification of societies, process was further modified on 23-March-2018.

In this article, we will share details of revised class and sub-class of cooperative society as per the above circular.

Know your Registration Number

Sample Society Registration No : REG/AHD/SA(HAA) 00000/2020

• AHD: Stands for District of Registration: In this case it is Ahmedabad
• SA(HAA): Stands for Classification and Sub-Class: In this case it is Housing Service Society
• 00000 : Is the registration Number
• 2020: Year of Registration

Below is the list of all the districts code and class and sub-class of cooperative society in Gujarat

District Code

Sr.No.	District Name	District Short Name
1	Ahmedabad (City)	AHD (C)
2	Ahmedabad (Rural)	AHD (R)
3	Amreli	AMR
4	Anand	AND
5	Aravalli	ARA
6	Banaskantha (Palanpur)	BAN
7	Bharuch	BHA
8	Bhavnagar	BAV
9	Botad	BOT
10	Chhota Udepur	CHH
11	Dahod	DAN
12	Devbhumi Dwarka	DBD
13	Gandhinagar	GNR
14	Gir somnath	GIR
15	Jamnagar	JAM
16	Junagadh	JUN
17	Kachchh-Bhuj	KUT
18	Kheda(Nadiad)	KHE
19	Mahisagar	MAH
20	Mehsana	MEH
21	Morbi	MOR
22	Narmada	NAR
23	Navsari	NAV
24	Panchmahal(godhara)	PAN
25	Patan	PAT
26	Porbandar	POR
27	Rajkot	RAJ
28	Sabarkantha(Himmatnagar)	SAB
29	Surat	SUR
30	Surendranagar	SRN
31	Tapi	TAP
32	Vadodaraa(Baroda)	VAD
33	Valasad	VAL
34	Dang	DAN

Class of Cooperative Society

Cooperative Society has been divided into 7 Class

Sr. No	Code	Class
1	SE	Service / Primary Service Type Cooperative Society
2	U	Producers / Labourer’s
3	BH	Consumer Stores / Consumer Cooperative Society
4	GH	Housing Cooperative Societies
5	SA	General or Other Types of Cooperative Societies
6	KHE	Agriculture / Irrigation Type Cooperative Society
7	SAN	Cooperative Union

Sub-Class of Cooperative Society

1. SE: Service / Primary Service Type Cooperative Society

Sr. No	Type of Cooperative Society	Class and Sub-Class (As per Cooperative Society Rule 4.3)
1	Primary Service Cooperative Society	SE
2	Primary Education Working Cooperative Society	SE(VI)
3	Salaried Employees Credit Cooperative Society	SE(P)
4	Women Saving / Credit Society	SE(M)
5	Other Saving Society	SE(B)
6	Nagarik Sahakari Bank (Including Gujarat Industrial Cooperative Bank)	SE(NA)
7	Credit Cooperative Society	SE(SH)
8	Milk Producers Cooperative Society	SE(MILK)
9	State Cooperative Milk Federation	SE(FE)
10	District Cooperative Milk Producers Union (Including Cowherd / Gopalak Cooperative Society)	SE(SANGH)
11	Primary Milk Producers Cooperative Society (Including Gopalak Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society)	SE(MILK)
12	District / Taluka Cooperative Purchase and Sale Union	SE(JI)
13	Primary Marketing Cooperative Society	SE(MA)
14	Top Cooperative Federation	SE(FE)
15	Large Sized Multi Purpose Cooperative Societies	SE(VI)
16	State Cooperative Bank	SE(Bank)
17	Central Cooperative Bank	SE(Bank)
18	Taluka Cooperative Bank	SE(Bank)
19	State Cooperative Land Development Bank	SE(J)
20	Primary Agriculture Credit Societies	SE(KRU)
21	Employee Credit Cooperative	SE(P)

2. U : Producers / Labourers

Sr. No	Type of Cooperative Society	Class and Sub-Class (As per Cooperative Society Rule 4.3)
1	Primary Labourer Cooperative Society	U(M)
2	Farm Labourer Cooperative Society	U(KHE)
3	Forest Labourers Cooperative Society	U(JAN)
4	Production Cooperative Society	U(SE)
5	Livestock Cooperative Society (Poultry Breeding)	U(B)
6	Fisheries Cooperative Society	U(FI)
7	Fruits and Vegetable Growers Cooperative Society	U(F)
8	Tobacco Growers Cooperative Society	U(T)
9	Labour Development Cooperative Society	U(SHRA)
10	Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative Societies / Union	U(SHE)
11	Tobacco Products Cooperative Societies / Union	U(T)
12	Cotton Products Cooperative Societies / Union	U(K)
13	Oil Seed Products Cooperative Societies / Union	U(TE)
14	Cotton Ginning and Pressing Cooperative Societies / Union	U(PRO)
15	Oil Mills	U(PRO)
16	Rice Processing Mills	U(PRO)
17	Rice Mills	U(PRO)
18	State Labourers Cooperative Society	U(RA)
19	District Labourer Cooperative Society	U(JI)

3. BH : Consumer Stores / Consumer Cooperative Society

Sr. No	Type of Cooperative Society	Class and Sub-Class (As per Cooperative Society Rule 4.3)
1	Consumers Federation	BH(FE)
2	Bulk / Central Cooperative Consumer Stores	BH(A)
3	Primary Cooperative (Student) Consumer Store	BH(VI)
4	Railway Employee Store	BH(RE)
5	Mill Employee Store (Including Cooperative Canteen)	BH(MI)
6	State Cooperative Consumers Federation	BH(RA)

4. GH : Housing Cooperative Societies

Sr. No	Type of Cooperative Society	Class and Sub-Class (As per Cooperative Society Rule 4.3)
1	Housing Development Cooperative Society	GH
2	Housing Mortgage Cooperative Society (State Level Federation)	GH(FE)
3	Tenant Co-Partnership Society	GH(BHA)
4	State Level Housing Union	GH(FE)

5. SA : General or Other Types of Cooperative Societies

Sr. No	Type of Cooperative Society	Class and Sub-Class (As per Cooperative Society Rule 4.3)
1	Educational Activity Related Cooperative Society	SA(SAI)
2	Sahakari Hospital	SA(HO)
3	Non Conventional Cooperative Society	SA
4	Clean Staff Development Related Cooperative Society	SA(S)
5	Insurance Cooperative Society, Electricity Supply Cooperative Society	SA(I)
6	Motor Transport Cooperative Societies	SA(MO)
7	Transportation Cooperative Societies	SA(VA)
8	Rickshaw Pullers	SA(PU)
9	Tourism Cooperative Societies	SA(PRA)
10	Resorts Cooperative Societies	SA(RI)
11	Waste Land Development Cooperative Society	SA(VE)
12	Book Publishers Cooperative Societies	SA(PR)
13	Forest Protection Cooperative Societies	SA(V)
14	Development Work Cooperative Societies	SA(SE)
15	Housing Cooperative Service Society	SA(HAA)
16	Commercial Cooperative Service Society	SA(CO)
17	Land Conservation Farming Development Non Credit Cooperative Society	SA(J)
18	Better Living Cooperative Society	SA(BE)
19	Women Non Agriculture Non Credit Cooperative Society	SA(MA)
20	Health Care Providing Cooperative Society	SA(AA)
21	Courier Service Providing Cooperative Society	SA(SE)
22	Tiffin Service Cooperative Society	SA(SE)
23	Societies running Old Age Homes	SA(SE)
24	Tourist Guide Cooperative Society	SA(SE)
25	Gardening Services Cooperative Societies	SA(SE)
26	Electricity Societies	SA(VI)
27	Domestic Servant Service Cooperative Society	SA(SE)
28	Societies giving services related to Computer	SA(SE)
29	Veterinary Services Providing Cooperative Societies	SA(SE)
30	Domestic Service Related Cooperative Societies	SA(SE)
31	Security Service Providing Cooperative Society	SA(SE)

6. KHE : Agriculture / Irrigation Type Cooperative Society

Sr. No	Type of Cooperative Society	Class and Sub-Class (As per Cooperative Society Rule 4.3)
1	Agricultural Cooperative Society	KHE
2	Lift Irrigation Cooperative Society	KHE(PI)
3	Irrigation Society	KHE(SIN)
4	Tree Planting Cooperative Society	KHE(VRU)
5	Water Supply Cooperative Society	KHE(PA)
6	Community Farming Society	KHE(SA)
7	Joint Farming Society	KHE(SAN)
8	Gopalak Farming Cooperative Society	KHE(GO)
9	Gopalak Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society	KHE(GO)
10	Agricultural Societies operated by Milk Producers	KHE(DU)

7. SAN : Cooperative Union

Sr. No	Type of Cooperative Society	Class and Sub Class (As per Cooperative Society Rule 4.3)
1	State Cooperative Union	SAN(RA)
2	District Cooperative Unions	SAN(GI)

Typewise number of Co-operative Societies in Gujarat State As on 31st March-2020

Sr. No.	Type of Co-op Societies	No. of Societies
1	State Co-op.Bank	1
2	Central Co-op.Bank	18
3	State Co-op Land Devp. Bank	1
4	Primary Agri. Credit Societies	9999
5	Nagrik Banks	225
6	Primary Non-agri. Credit Societies	6257
7	Marketing Societies	2362
8	Processing Societies	1276
9	Milk & livestock	16760
10	Farming	907
11	Fisheries	701
12	Consumers	2026
13	Housing	17642
14	Labour Contract	3764
15	Forest labour	135
16	Irrigation	4780
17	Transport	121
18	Electricity	7
19	Other Non-credit	9639
20	Union & institute	50
21	Sugar	30
22	Industrial (p)	4767
	Total	81468

Reference

1. How to Register Cooperative Society
2. Type wise number of Co-operative Societies in Gujarat State As on 31st March-2020
3. Districtwise and typewise number of Co-operative Societies in Gujarat State as on 31st March-2020
4. Typewise number of Co-operative Societies in Gujarat State by year : As on 31-Mar-20
5. Registrar Circular on Classification: SKK/037/K/251/18 Dt 23-Mar-2018
6. Gujarat Co operative Societies Act, 1961