How many districts in India

How Many Districts in India?

Do you know how many districts in India? India comprises a total of 806 districts as per the latest data of 2024, From language to food, there’s a wide range of diversity in the districts of India. Well, each district is an administrative unit of India because of the country’s large area and population. Districts are divisions of the State and are supervised by magistrates. They are important for the governance of the country. From the implementation of policies to control of law and order, everything on the ground level is controlled through district structure. Diversity is one of the most interesting parts of Indian districts. Each district is different from the others in terms of area, population, language, culture, food, and much more. Also, Dist. is the district short form.

What is a District?

Before going any further, let us know what is a district. The districts in India are territorial divisions. These divisions ensure the proper functioning of administrative and judicial features.

Administrative Functions of a District

The most important functions of districts are:

• To help launch central schemes and policies on the grassroots level.
• To function as an intermediary between state and central governments.
• Disaster management on a local level is also the responsibility of districts.

Comparative Analysis of Districts Worldwide

India is not the only country to have districts. But countries like the US and China also have district-level governance.

• The US districts are called counties. There are 3006 counties in the US.
• Similarly, China has a total of 1355 counties.

Sources to data: Census.gov

States, Their District Count, and Names

STATES	DISTRICTS	NAME OF DISTRICTS
ANDHRA PRADESH	13	Allurisitharamaraju, Ananthapuramu, Annamayya, Anakapalli, Baptla, Chittoor, East Godavari, Eluru, Guntur, Kakinada, Konaseema, Krishna, Kurnool, Nandyal, N.T.R, Palnadu, Parvathipurammanyam, Prakasam, Srisathyasai, SPS Nellore, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, West Godavari, and YSR Kadapa
ARUNACHAL PRADESH	26	Anjaw, Changlang, Dibang Valley, East Kameng, East Siang, Itanagar, Kra Daadi, Kurung Kumey, Lohit, Longding, Lower Dibang Valley, Lower Subansiri, Namsai, Papumpare, Shiyomi, Siang, Tawang, Tirap, Upper Siang, Upper Subansiri, West Kameng, and West Siang.
ASSAM	33	Baksa, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Charaideo, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Jorhat, Kamrup Metropolitan, Kamrup, Karbi Anglong, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, South Salmara- Mankachar, Tinsukia, Udalguri, and West Karbi Anglong.
BIHAR	38	Araria, Arwal, Aurangabad, Banka, Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Bhojpur, Buxar, Darbhanga, East Champaran, Gaya, Gopalganj, Jamui, Jehanabad, Kaimur, Katihar, Khagaria, Kishanganj, Lakhisarai, Madhepura, Madhubani, Munger, Muzaffarpur, Nalanda, Nawada, Patna, Purnea, Rohtas, Saharsa, Samastipur, Saran, Sheikhpura, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Siwan, Supaul, Vaishali, and West Champaran.
CHATTISGARH	27	Balod, Balodabazar Bhatapara, Balrampur, Bastar, Bemetara, Bijapur, Bilaspur, Dantewada, Dhamtari, Durg, Gariaband, Gaurela Pendra Marwahi, Jangir Champa, Jashpur, Kanker, Kawardha, Kondagaon, Korba, Korea, Mahasamund, Mungeli, Narayanpur, Raigarh, Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Sukma, Surajpur, and Surguja.
GOA	2	North Goa and South Goa
GUJARAT	33	Ahmedabad, Amreli, Anand, Arvalli, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Botad, Chhotaudepur, Dahod, Devbhumi Dwarka, Gandhinagar, Gir Somnath, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kachchh, Kheda, Mahesana, Mahisagar, Morbi, Narmada, Navsari, Panchmahals, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar, Tapi, Dang, Vadodara, and Valsad.
HARYANA	22	Ambala, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Faridabad, Fathehabad, Gurugram, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Mahendragarh, Nuh, Palwal, Panchkula, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat, and Yamunanagar.
HIMACHAL PRADESH	12	Bilaspur, Chamba, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kinnaur, Kullu, Lahaul and Spiti, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmapur, Solan, and Una.
JHARKHAND	24	Bokaro, Chaibasa, Chatra, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, Garhwa, Giridih, Godda, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Jamtara, Khunti, Koderma, Latehar, Lohardaga, Pakur, Palamu, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Sahibganj, Seraikela, and Simdega.
KARNATAKA	30	Bidar, Kalaburagi, Vijaypura, Yadagiri, Belagavi, Bagalkot, Raichur, Uttar Kannada, Dharwad, Gadag, Koppal, Ballari, Vijayanagar, Haveri, Davangere, Shivamogga, Udupi, Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga, Dakshin Kannada, Kodagu, Hassan, Tumakuru, Mysuru, Mandya, Chamrajnagar, Ramanagara, Bengluru, Bengaluru Rural, Kolar, and Chikkaballapura.
KERALA	14	Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Mallapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Trivandrum, and Wayanad.
MADHYA PRADESH	52	Agar Malwa, Alirajpur, Anuppur, Ashokanagar, Balaghat, Barwani, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Dhar, Dindori, Guna, Gwalior, Harda, Indore, Jabalpur, Jhabua, Katni, Khandwa, Khargone, Mandla, Mandsaur, Mauganj, Morena, Narmadapurm, Narsinghpur, Neemuch, Niwari, Panna, Raisen, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Shehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur, Sheopur, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Singrouli, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Umaria, and Vidisha.
MAHARASHTRA	36	Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Need, Bhandara, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Hingoli, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nashik, Osmanabad, Palghar, Parbhani, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindudurg, Solapur, Thane, Wardha, Washim, and Yavatmal.
MANIPUR	16	Bishnupur, Chandel, Churachandpur, Pherzawl, Tengnoupal, Kakching, Noney, Imphal East and West, Jiribam, Kamjong, Kangpokpi, Senapati, Tamenglong, Thoubal, and Ukhrul.
MEGHALAYA	11	South West Garo Hills, West Garo Hills, North Garo Hills, East Garo Hills, South Garo Hills, West Khasi Hills, South West Khasi Hills, Easter West Khasi Hills, East Khasi Hills, Ri Bhoi, West Jaintia Hills, and East Jaintia Hills.
MIZORAM	8	Aizawl, Lunglei, Champhai, Mamit, Serchhip, Kolasib, Lawngtlai, Saiha, and Khawzawl.
NAGALAND	11	Dimapur, Kiphire, Kohima, Longleng, Mokokchung, Mon, Paren, Phek, Tuensang, Wokha, Zunheboto, Chumukedima, Niuland, Noklal, Shamator, and Tseminyu.
ORISSA	30	Angul, Balangir, Baleshwar, Bargarh, Bhadrak, Boudh, Cuttack, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Kendrapara, Kendujhar, Khorda, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Puri, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Subarnapur, and Sundargarh.
PUNJAB	22	Amritsar, Barnala, Bathinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Malerkotla, Mansa, Moga, Sas nagar, Sri Muktar Sahib, SBS Nagar, Pathankot, Patiala, Rupnagar, Sangrur, and Tarn Taran.
RAJASTHAN	33	Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dausa, Dholpur, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Jaipur, Jalor, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar, Tonk, Udaipur.
SIKKIM	4	Gangtok, Mangan, Gyalshinh, Namchi, Pakyong, and Soreng.
TAMIL NADU	37	Ariyalur, Chengalpattu, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kallakurichi, Kancheepuram, Kanniyakumari, Karur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Namakkal, Nilgiris, Perambalur, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Ranipet, Salem, Sivaganga, Tenkasi, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupathur, Tiruvannamalai, Tiruvarur, Vellore, Viluppuram, and Virudhunagar.
TELANGANA	33	Adilabad, Hyderabad, Jagtial, Jangaon, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Jogulamba Gadwal, Kamareddy, Karimnagar, Khammam, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Mahabubnagar, Mahabubabad, Mancherial, Medak, Medchal Malkajgiri, Mulugu, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Narayanpet, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Pedapalli, Rajanna Sircilla, Rangareddy, Sangareddy, Siddipet, Suryapet, Vikarabad, Wanaparthy, Hanumakonda, Warangal, and Yadadri Bhuvanagari.
TRIPURA	8	Dhalai, Gomati, Khowai, North Tripura, Sepahijala, South Tripura, Unakoti, and West Tripura.
UTTAR PRADESH	75	Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Ahmednagar, Amroha, Auraiya, Azamgarh, Badaun, Bahraich, Ballia, Balrampur, Banda, Barabanki, Bareilly, and more.
UTTARAKHAND	13	Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat, Dehradun, Haridwar, Nainital, Pauri Garhwal, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar, and Uttarkashi.
WEST BENGAL	23	North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Bankura, Birbhum, CoochBihar, Dakshin Dinajpur, Darjeeling, Hooghly, Howrah, Jalpaiguri, jhargram, Kalimpong, Kolkata, Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, Paschim Burdwan, Purba Burdwan, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur, Purulia, Uttar Dinajpur, and Alipurduar.

Do you know how many districts are there in India? There are 766 total districts in India.

First District of India

Salem district holds a special place in India’s history as it was the very first district established on April 4, 1792. (Now the total districts in India is 806). Back then, it covered a massive area of 7,530 square kilometers, which included what are now the districts of Namakkal, Dharmapuri, and Krishnagiri. In the initial years, Alexander Reed served as the collector from 1792 to 1799, playing a crucial role in shaping the early administrative landscape. This historical significance showcases Salem’s importance as one of India’s earliest administrative units, contributing to the area’s rich historical legacy.

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Smallest District in India

Do you know the smallest district in India? Mahe is the smallest district in India with an area of 9 sq. Km and a total population of 41, 934.

• Mahe has a smaller area but it attracts tourists from all over the world. Its major attractions include Hillock and St. Theresa Shrine.
• Despite the low population and area, the district faces some major challenges in the field of agriculture. Additionally, the fisherman’s health in the area has also reduced.

Largest District in India

The largest district in India is not determined by just area. Factors that define the District size are:

• Population
• Geographical area
• Political area
• Economic and historical factors

Kachchh is the largest district in India. Let us know a bit about its economy.

• As mentioned, economic factors are also important in determining the size of the district. The major economic activity in the area is agriculture. New industries have also been set up now.
• The biggest District in India is also famous for trade. Kachchh is also a popular tourist spot.
• The largest district, Kutch, has an area of 45,652 km2 and a population of about 2,092,371. 

Most Populated and Least Populated Districts in India

Most Populated District:

The most populated district in India is North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, with a population of 10,082,852.

State	District	Population
Maharashtra	Thane	180.50
West Bengal	North 24 Parangas	160.9
Karnataka	Bangalore	126.7
Delhi	Delhi East	120.12
Delhi	Delhi North	118.34
Maharashtra	Mumbai Suburban	115.06
West Bengal	Kolkata	112.09
Telangana	Hyderabad	95.7
Maharashtra	Pune	94.27
Gujarat	Ahmedabad	87.79

Least Populated District:

The least populated district in India is Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, with a population of 8,004.

State	District	Population
Arunachal Pradesh	Dibang Valley	7,948
Arunachal Pradesh	Anjaw	21,089
Himachal Pradesh	Lahul and Spiti	31,528
Andaman & Nicobar	Nicobar	36,842
Arunachal Pradesh	Upper Siang	35,320
Arunachal Pradesh	Dibang Valley	42,855
Himachal Pradesh	Kinnaur	84,298
Arunachal Pradesh	Kurung Kumey	89,717
Arunachal Pradesh	Longding	56,953
Nagaland	Kiphire	74,004

How Many Districts in India in 2024?

In 2024, India has a total of 766 districts, which are administrative divisions of states or territories. These districts play a crucial role in policy implementation and can be further divided into tehsils or talukas and sometimes into sub-divisions. This number has seen an increase from 640 districts in the 2011 India Census and 593 districts in the 2001 India Census, reflecting the evolving administrative landscape of the country. 806 total districts in India as of now.

Why Kachchh is a Cultural and Historical Destination?

• Kachchh is home to diverse cultures.
• Great Rann of Kachchh is an important landmark of the area.
• The district also has some ancient archaeological sites like Dholavira.
• The native handicrafts and leatherwork of the region are also popular.

India District Map: Uses and Functions

●       Using Maps for District Exploration

The India district map can be used for the exploration of towns, villages, rivers, tourist spots, and cultural locations.

●       Online Resources

Some of the most popular online resources for India district maps are Google Maps, maps of India, Open Street Map, etc.  They can give you a detailed view of the district structure.

Administration of Districts in India:

The district administration in India is handled by key officials, including:

District Magistrate, Deputy Commissioner, or District Collector: An officer from the Indian Administrative Service responsible for administration and tax collection.

Superintendent of Police, Senior Superintendent of Police, or Deputy Commissioner of Police: A member of the Indian Police Service tasked with maintaining law and order.

Deputy Conservator of Forests: An employee from the Indian Forest Service overseeing the district’s forests, environment, and wildlife.

These officials receive support from officers within the state government. While most districts have a unique headquarters, some, like Mumbai City in Maharashtra, Kolkata in West Bengal, Hyderabad in Telangana, and Chennai in Tamil Nadu, operate without district collectors.

Conclusion

The district of India showcases a wide range of diversity in several aspects, from language to food. For example, in the districts of the Northern states of Bengal and Bihar, the most popular attire for women is a Saree while in Punjab districts, it is a Suit. The diversity of these districts makes it more important to uplift districts to ensure people of all kinds see development. The district distribution of resources ensures they reach the most needy and thus, are responsible for a nation’s growth. This is why the government is implementing several programs for the upliftment of districts.  For example, government schemes like Make in India and Digital India ensure that Indian Districts have a bright and vibrant future.

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