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List of districts in India

List of districts in India

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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 30 March 2024, there are a total of 806 districts.

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District officials include:

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

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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.

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Districts sharing their name with another district in India

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

Districts sharing names with those outside of South Asia entirely

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)

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Arunachal Pradesh (AR)

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  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)

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  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)

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Chhattisgarh (CG)

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  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)

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Gujarat (GJ)

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Haryana (HR)

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Himachal Pradesh (HP)

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Jharkhand (JH)

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Karnataka (KA)

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Kerala (KL)

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Madhya Pradesh (MP)

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Maharashtra (MH)

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Manipur (MN)

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Meghalaya (ML)

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Mizoram (MZ)

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Nagaland (NL)

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Odisha (OD)

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Punjab (PB)

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

Rajasthan (RJ)

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Sikkim (SK)

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Tamil Nadu (TN)

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Telangana (TS)

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Tripura (TR)

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  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)

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Uttarakhand (UK)

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West Bengal (WB)

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Union territories

Andaman and Nicobar (AN)

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Chandigarh (CH)

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Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (DD)

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Jammu and Kashmir (JK)

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Ladakh (LA)

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Lakshadweep (LD)

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National Capital Territory of Delhi (DL)

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Puducherry (PY)

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See also


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. "Arunachal Assembly approves Kamle as 23rd district". India Today. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  7. "Kra Daadi, New Arunachal District Inaugurated". North East Today. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  8. "Arunachal Assembly Passes Bill For Creation Of 3 New Districts". NDTV. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  9. Karmakar, Sumir (16 August 2015). "Celebrations tempered with caution". Telegraph India. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  10. "World's largest river island, Majuli, becomes India's first island district". FP India. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  11. "Assam: Majuli to become India's first river island district". Hindustan Times. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  12. "Part I: state" (PDF). Government of India Census portal. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  13. Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh was formerly named Prabudh Nagar district, which did not exist during census 2011.
  14. Diu 2011, p. 45.
  15. Diu 2011, p. 20.
  16. Mahe 2011, p. 52.
  17. Mahe 2011, p. 23.

References

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