List of districts in India

Regional divisions in India

A district (zila), also known as revenue district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. In some cases, districts are further subdivided into sub-divisions, and in others directly into tehsils or talukas. As of 21 June 2024^[update], there are a total of 788 districts in India.

District Administration

The District officials include

• District & Sessions Judge (Principal & additional), an officer belonging to the Indian Judicial Service (state), responsible for justice and passing orders of imprisonment, including the death penalty and also have limited administrative power. Also have appellate jurisdiction over all subordinate courts in the district for both civil and criminal matters.^[1][2][3]
• District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner or District Collector, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, in charge of administration and revenue collection^[4]
• Superintendent of Police or Senior Superintendent of Police or Deputy Commissioner of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service, responsible for maintaining law and order.^[5] Superintendent of Police is incharge of the police administration of the respective police district. The police district is either coterminous with the revenue district or divided into two within the revenue district.
• Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service, entrusted with the management of the forests, environment and wildlife of the district^[6]
• Other district-level officials of respective state government departments, such as the District Educational Officer, District Medical Officer, District Supply Officer, District Fire Officer, District Development Commissioner, etc.

Each of these officials is aided by officers from the appropriate branch of the state government. Most districts have a distinct headquarters; but the districts of Mumbai City in Maharashtra,^[7] Kolkata in West Bengal, Hyderabad in Telangana, and Chennai in Tamil Nadu are examples where there are no distinct district headquarters, although there are district collectors.

Overview

Naming

The majority of districts are named after their administrative centre. Some are referred to by two names, a traditional one and one that uses the name of the town that is the headquarters. Since most of the districts are named after a town, the word "district" is appended to distinguish between the town and the district.

Similar names

Districts sharing their name with another district in India

• Aurangabad district, Bihar and Aurangabad district, Maharashtra
• Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh and Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh
• Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh and Bijapur district, Karnataka^[a]
• Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh and Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh
• Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh and Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh
• Pratapgarh district, Rajasthan and Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh
• Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh and Raigad district, Maharashtra

Districts sharing their name with a district in a neighbouring country in South Asia

• Bhojpur district, Bihar shares a name with Bhojpur District, Nepal
• Daman district, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu shares a name with Daman District, Afghanistan
• Dang district, Gujarat shares a name with Dang District, Nepal
• Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh shares a name with Ghaziabad District, Afghanistan
• Gopalganj district, Bihar shares a name with Gopalganj District, Bangladesh
• Hyderabad district, Telangana shares a name with Hyderabad District, Pakistan
• Lalitpur district, Uttar Pradesh shares a name with Lalitpur District, Nepal
• Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, shares a name with Poonch District, Pakistan (the two were, prior to Partition, one district – which got split by the Line of Control, since then the two parts have been administered separately)

Districts sharing names with those outside of South Asia entirely

• Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, with Dhar District, Yemen
• Banda district, Uttar Pradesh with Banda District, Republic of the Congo and Banda District, Ghana
• Mansa district, Punjab, with Mansa District, Zambia.
• Salem district, Tamil Nadu with Salem, Massachusetts, United States and Salem, Oregon, United States
• Indore district, Madhya Pradesh with Indore, West Virginia

States

The following tables list the population details of various states. The columns include the hierarchical administrative subdivision codes,^[8] the district name, district headquarters, 2011 census population,^[9] area in square kilometres, and the population density per square kilometre.^[9]

Andhra Pradesh (AP)

Arunachal Pradesh (AR)

1. on November 1, 2014 the name was changed to Vijayapura
2. Kamle district was created in 2017 after bifurcation from Lower Subansiri district.^[10]
3. Kra Daadi district was created in 2015 after bifurcation from Kurung Kumey district.^[11]
4. Lepa Rada district was created in 2018 after bifurcation from Lower Siang district.^[12]
5. Lower Siang district was created in 2017 after bifurcation from West Siang & East Siang district.^{[citation needed]}
6. Namsai district was created in 2014.^{[citation needed]}
7. Pakke-Kessang district was created in 2018 after bifurcation from East Kameng district.^[12]
8. Shi Yomi district was created in 2018 after bifurcation from West Siang district.^[12]
9. Siang district was created in 2015.^{[citation needed]}

Assam (AS)

1. Charaideo district was created in 2015 after bifurcation from Sivasagar district.^[13]
2. Majuli district was created in 2016 after bifurcation from Jorhat district.^[14][15]
3. South Salmara district was created in 2015 after bifurcation from Dhubri district.^[13]
4. West Karbi Anglong district was created in 2015 after bifurcation from Karbi Anglong district.^[13]

Bihar (BR)

Chhattisgarh (CG)

1. Balod district was created in 2012 after trifurcation of Durg district.
2. Baloda Bazar district was created in 2012 after trifurcation of Raipur district.
3. Balrampur district was created in 2012 after trifurcation of Surguja district.
4. Bemetara district was created in 2012 after the trifurcation of Durg district.
5. Gariaband district was created in 2012 after trifurcation of Raipur district.
6. Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi district was created in 2020 after bifurcation of Bilaspur district.
7. Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai district was announced on 16 April 2022.
8. Kondagaon district was created in 2012 after bifurcation of Bastar district.
9. Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Shakti, and Sarangarh-Bilaigarh districts were announced on 15 August 2021.
10. Mungeli district was created in 2012 after bifurcation of Bilaspur district.
11. Sukma district was created in 2012 after bifurcation of Dantewada district.
12. Surajpur district was created in 2012 after trifurcation of Surguja district.

Goa (GA)

Gujarat (GJ)

Haryana (HR)

Himachal Pradesh (HP)

Jharkhand (JH)

Karnataka (KA)

Kerala (KL)

Madhya Pradesh (MP)

Maharashtra (MH)

Manipur (MN)

Meghalaya (ML)

Mizoram (MZ)

Nagaland (NL)

Odisha (OD)

Punjab (PB)

1. Fazilka district was formed in 2011, no data in census 2011 on this district.

Rajasthan (RJ)

Sikkim (SK)

Tamil Nadu (TN)

Telangana (TG)

Tripura (TR)

1. Khowai district of Tripura did not exist during census 2011.
2. Sepahijala district of Tripura did not exist during census 2011.
3. Unakoti district of Tripura did not exist during census 2011.

Uttar Pradesh (UP)

Uttarakhand (UK)

West Bengal (WB)

Union territories

Andaman and Nicobar (AN)

Chandigarh (CH)

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (DD)

Jammu and Kashmir (JK)

Ladakh (LA)

Lakshadweep (LD)

National Capital Territory of Delhi (DL)

Puducherry (PY)

See also

• Administrative divisions of India
• Municipalities of India
• Districts of British India

Footnotes

1. Jain, Inder. "District Judge Does Not Have Power Of Superintendence Over Judicial Officers Subordinate To Him In The District Court". legalserviceindia.com. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
2. "Court of Session". India Code (official). Retrieved 27 January 2024.
3. "Jurisdiction of District Court in India". District Courts. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
4. Sarma, Reshmitha (19 January 2020). "Who is a collector? What are his powers?". Law Times Journal. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
5. "The Police Act, 1861" (PDF). mha.gov.in. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
6. "Handbook of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Forest Conservation Rules, 2003 (Guidelines & Clarifications)" (PDF). dgms.net. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. 2019. p. 7. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
7. Official site of Mumbai City Collectorate (A district)
8. "NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address: Appendix (2): Districts Abbreviations as per ISO 3166–2" (PDF). Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India. 12 February 2018. pp. 5–10. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
9. "Indian Districts by Population, Growth Rate, Sex Ratio 2011 Census". 2011 census of India. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
10. "Arunachal Assembly approves Kamle as 23rd district". India Today. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
11. "Kra Daadi, New Arunachal District Inaugurated". North East Today. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
12. "Arunachal Assembly Passes Bill For Creation Of 3 New Districts". NDTV. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
13. Karmakar, Sumir (16 August 2015). "Celebrations tempered with caution". Telegraph India. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
14. "World's largest river island, Majuli, becomes India's first island district". FP India. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
15. "Assam: Majuli to become India's first river island district". Hindustan Times. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
16. "Part I: state" (PDF). Government of India Census portal. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
17. Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh was formerly named Prabudh Nagar district, which did not exist during census 2011.
18. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 2011, pp. 62, 63.
19. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 2011, p. 28.
20. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 2011, p. 65.
21. Chandigarh 2011, p. 36.
22. Chandigarh 2011, p. 20.
23. Chandigarh 2011, p. 21.
24. Daman 2011, p. 47.
25. Daman 2011, p. 20.
26. Diu 2011, p. 45.
27. Diu 2011, p. 20.
28. Lakshadweep 2011, p. 42.
29. Lakshadweep 2011, p. 15.
30. Lakshadweep 2011, p. 43.
31. Delhi 2011, p. 57.
32. Delhi 2011, p. 58.
33. Karaikal 2011, p. 65.
34. Karaikal 2011, p. 26.
35. Karaikal 2011, p. 66.
36. Mahe 2011, p. 52.
37. Mahe 2011, p. 23.
38. Puducherry 2011, p. 70.
39. Puducherry 2011, p. 29.
40. Puducherry 2011, p. 71.
41. Yanam 2011, p. 54.
42. Yanam 2011, p. 22.

References

Union Territories

• District Census Handbook – Andaman & Nicobar Islands (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations – GoI. 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
• District Census Handbook – Chandigarh (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations – GoI. 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
• District Census Handbook – Dadra and Nagar Haveli (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations – GoI. 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
• District Census Handbook – Daman (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations – GoI. 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
• District Census Handbook – Diu (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations – GoI. 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
• District Census Handbook – Lakshadweep (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations – GoI. 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
• District Census Handbook – N.C.T. of Delhi (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations – GoI. 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
• District Census Handbook – Puducherry – Karaikal (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations – GoI. 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
• District Census Handbook – Puducherry – Mahe (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations – GoI. 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
• District Census Handbook – Puducherry – Puducherry (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations – GoI. 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
• District Census Handbook – Puducherry – Yanam (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations – GoI. 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2019.

External links

• Districts of India, Indian Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology website