Districts of India

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The divisions of a district. Goa is a state divided into two districts. Each district is further divided into several talukas.

A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. Districts are further subdivided, in some cases into Sub-Divisions, and otherwise directly into tehsils or talukas.

District officials include:

• the Deputy Commissioner or District Magistrate or District Collector, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, in charge of administration and revenue collection
• the Superintendent of Police or Deputy Commissioner of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service, responsible for maintaining law and order
• the 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

Each of these officials is aided by officers of the appropriate branches of state government.

Most districts have a distinct headquarters; Mumbai is an example of a city which, despite coming under a district, does not have a district headquarters, though it does have a Collector.

[edit] Overview

No. of districts in each state or UT States # State Dist. # State Dist. 1 Andhra Pradesh 23 15 Maharashtra 35 2 Arunachal Pradesh 16 16 Manipur   9 3 Assam 23 17 Meghalaya   7 4 Bihar 37 18 Mizoram   8 5 Chhattisgarh 18 19 Nagaland   8 6 Goa   2 20 Orissa 30 7 Gujarat 25 21 Punjab 20 8 Haryana 20 22 Rajasthan 32 9 Himachal Pradesh 12 23 Sikkim   4 10 Jammu and Kashmir 14 24 Tamil Nadu 30 11 Jharkhand 22 25 Tripura   4 12 Karnataka 27 26 Uttarakhand 13 13 Kerala 14 27 Uttar Pradesh 70 14 Madhya Pradesh 48 28 West Bengal 18 Union territories # UT Dist. # UT Dist. A Andaman and Nicobar Islands   2 E Lakshadweep   1 B Chandigarh   1 F Pondicherry   4 C Dadra and Nagar Haveli   1 G Delhi   9 D Daman and Diu   1       Total:   610

States and territories of India, numbered as per the table

[edit] Naming

The majority of districts are named after their administrative center. 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" or "District" is appended to distinguish between the town and the district. Official websites very often use District with a capital D in this context.

[edit] City districts

• Ahmedabad District
• Calcutta District
• Chandigarh
• Mumbai City District
• Kanpur (city)
• Pondicherry (city)

Note, Chandigarh is the capital of two states and 1 Union territory.

[edit] See also

• List of districts of India
• Subdivisions of India
• Local Governance in India