Districts

As of 2025, there are 785 districts in India up from 741 in 2020.

There were 640 districts in the 2011 Census of India and 593 recorded in the 2001 Census of India.

Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Tamil Nadu are the top 5 States having the highest number of districts.

Kutch is the by largest district by land area while Central Delhi is the largest by population.

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.

The District officials include:

  • District & Sessions Judge (Principal & additional)
  • District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner or District Collector
  • Superintendent of Police or Senior Superintendent of Police or Deputy Commissioner of Police
  • Deputy Conservator of Forests
  • District Educational Officer 
  • District Medical Officer
  • District Supply Officer
  • District Fire Officer
  • District Development Commissioner

The Survey of India is the country's National Survey and Mapping agency under the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. It offers a variety of maps for free download 

There are datasets [PDF] released by the Government at the district level related to various sectors.

The complete list of districts by State:

Andhra Pradesh
  1. Alluri Sitharama Raju
  2. Anakapalli
  3. Ananthapuramu
  4. Annamayya
  5. Bapatla
  6. Chittoor
  7. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema
  8. East Godavari
  9. Eluru
  10. Guntur
  11. Kakinada
  12. Krishna
  13. Kurnool
  14. Nandyal
  15. Nellore
  16. NTR
  17. Palnadu
  18. Parvathipuram Manyam
  19. Prakasam
  20. Srikakulam
  21. Sri Sathya Sai
  22. Tirupati
  23. Visakhapatnam
  24. Vizianagaram
  25. West Godavari
  26. YSR Kadapa
Arunachal Pradesh
  1. Anjaw
  2. Changlang
  3. East Kameng
  4. East Siang
  5. Kamle
  6. Kra Daadi
  7. Kurung Kumey
  8. Lepa Rada
  9. Lohit
  10. Longding
  11. Lower Dibang Valley
  12. Lower Siang
  13. Lower Subansiri
  14. Namsai
  15. Pakke-Kessang
  16. Papum Pare
  17. Shi Yomi
  18. Siang
  19. Tawang
  20. Tirap
  21. Upper Dibang Valley
  22. Upper Siang
  23. Upper Subansiri
  24. West Kameng
  25. West Siang
  26. Keyi Panyor
  27. Bichom
Assam
  1. Baksa
  2. Bajali
  3. Barpeta
  4. Biswanath
  5. Bongaigaon
  6. Cachar
  7. Charaideo
  8. Chirang
  9. Darrang
  10. Dhemaji
  11. Dhubri
  12. Dibrugarh
  13. Dima Hasao
  14. Goalpara
  15. Golaghat
  16. Hailakandi
  17. Hojai
  18. Jorhat
  19. Kamrup
  20. Kamrup Metropolitan
  21. Karbi Anglong
  22. Karimganj
  23. Kokrajhar
  24. Lakhimpur
  25. Majuli
  26. Morigaon
  27. Nagaon
  28. Nalbari
  29. Sivasagar
  30. Sonitpur
  31. South Salmara-Mankachar
  32. Tamulpur
  33. Tinsukia
  34. Udalguri
  35. West Karbi Anglong
Bihar
  1. Araria
  2. Arwal
  3. Aurangabad
  4. Banka
  5. Begusarai
  6. Bhagalpur
  7. Bhojpur
  8. Buxar
  9. Darbhanga
  10. East Champaran
  11. Gaya
  12. Gopalganj
  13. Jamui
  14. Jehanabad
  15. Kaimur
  16. Katihar
  17. Khagaria
  18. Kishanganj
  19. Lakhisarai
  20. Madhepura
  21. Madhubani
  22. Munger
  23. Muzaffarpur
  24. Nalanda
  25. Nawada
  26. Patna
  27. Purnia
  28. Rohtas
  29. Saharsa
  30. Samastipur
  31. Saran
  32. Sheikhpura
  33. Sheohar
  34. Sitamarhi
  35. Siwan
  36. Supaul
  37. Vaishali
  38. West Champaran
Chhattisgarh (CG)
  1. Balod
  2. Baloda Bazar
  3. Balrampur-Ramanujganj
  4. Bastar
  5. Bemetara
  6. Bijapur
  7. Bilaspur
  8. Dantewada
  9. Dhamtari
  10. Durg
  11. Gariaband
  12. Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi
  13. Janjgir-Champa
  14. Jashpur
  15. Kabirdham
  16. Kanker
  17. Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai
  18. Kondagaon
  19. Korba
  20. Korea
  21. Mahasamund
  22. Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur
  23. Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki
  24. Mungeli
  25. Narayanpur
  26. Raigarh
  27. Raipur
  28. Rajnandgaon
  29. Sarangarh-Bilaigarh
  30. Sakti
  31. Sukma
  32. Surajpur
  33. Surguja
Goa (GA)
  1. North Goa
  2. South Goa
Gujarat (GJ)
  1. Ahmedabad
  2. Amreli
  3. Anand
  4. Aravalli
  5. Banaskantha
  6. Bharuch
  7. Bhavnagar
  8. Botad
  9. Chhota Udaipur
  10. Dahod
  11. Dang
  12. Devbhumi Dwarka
  13. Gandhinagar
  14. Gir Somnath
  15. Jamnagar
  16. Junagadh
  17. Kheda
  18. Kutch
  19. Mahisagar
  20. Mehsana
  21. Morbi
  22. Narmada
  23. Navsari
  24. Panchmahal
  25. Patan
  26. Porbandar
  27. Rajkot
  28. Sabarkantha
  29. Surat
  30. Surendranagar
  31. Tapi
  32. Vadodara
  33. Valsad
  34. Vav-Tharad
Haryana (HR)
  1. Ambala
  2. Bhiwani
  3. Charkhi Dadri
  4. Faridabad
  5. Fatehabad
  6. Gurugram
  7. Hisar
  8. Jhajjar
  9. Jind
  10. Kaithal
  11. Karnal
  12. Kurukshetra
  13. Mahendragarh
  14. Nuh
  15. Palwal
  16. Panchkula
  17. Panipat
  18. Rewari
  19. Rohtak
  20. Sirsa
  21. Sonipat
  22. Yamunanagar
Himachal Pradesh (HP)
  1. Bilaspur
  2. Chamba
  3. Hamirpur
  4. Kangra
  5. Kinnaur
  6. Kullu
  7. Lahaul and Spiti
  8. Mandi
  9. Shimla
  10. Sirmaur
  11. Solan
  12. Una
Jharkhand (JH)
  1. Bokaro
  2. Chatra
  3. Deoghar
  4. Dhanbad
  5. Dumka
  6. East Singhbhum
  7. Garhwa
  8. Giridih
  9. Godda
  10. Gumla
  11. Hazaribag
  12. Jamtara
  13. Khunti
  14. Koderma
  15. Latehar
  16. Lohardaga
  17. Pakur
  18. Palamu
  19. Ramgarh
  20. Ranchi
  21. Sahibganj
  22. Seraikela-Kharsawan
  23. Simdega
  24. West Singhbhum
Karnataka (KA)
  1. Bagalkot
  2. Ballari
  3. Belagavi
  4. Bangalore Rural
  5. Bangalore Urban
  6. Bidar
  7. Chamarajanagar
  8. Chikkaballapur
  9. Chikmagalur
  10. Chitradurga
  11. Dakshina Kannada
  12. Davanagere
  13. Dharwad
  14. Gadaga
  15. Kalaburagi
  16. Hassan
  17. Haveri
  18. Kodagu
  19. Kolar
  20. Koppal
  21. Mandya
  22. Mysore
  23. Raichur
  24. Ramanagara
  25. Shimoga
  26. Tumakuru
  27. Udupi
  28. Uttara Kannada
  29. Vijayanagara
  30. Bijapur
  31. Yadgir
Kerala (KL)
  1. Alappuzha
  2. Ernakulam
  3. Idukki
  4. Kannur
  5. Kasaragod
  6. Kollam
  7. Kottayam
  8. Kozhikode
  9. Malappuram
  10. Palakkad
  11. Pathanamthitta
  12. Thiruvananthapuram
  13. Thrissur
  14. Wayanad
Madhya Pradesh (MP)
  1. Agar Malwa
  2. Alirajpur
  3. Anuppur
  4. Ashoknagar
  5. Balaghat
  6. Barwani
  7. Betul
  8. Bhind
  9. Bhopal
  10. Burhanpur
  11. Chhatarpur
  12. Chhindwara
  13. Damoh
  14. Datia
  15. Dewas
  16. Dhar
  17. Dindori
  18. Guna
  19. Gwalior
  20. Harda
  21. Hoshangabad
  22. Indore
  23. Jabalpur
  24. Jhabua
  25. Katni
  26. Khandwa
  27. Khargone
  28. Maihar
  29. Mandla
  30. Mandsaur
  31. Mauganj
  32. Morena
  33. Narsinghpur
  34. Neemuch
  35. Niwari
  36. Panna
  37. Pandhurna
  38. Raisen
  39. Rajgarh
  40. Ratlam
  41. Rewa
  42. Sagar
  43. Satna
  44. Sehore
  45. Seoni
  46. Shahdol
  47. Shajapur
  48. Sheopur
  49. Shivpuri
  50. Sidhi
  51. Singrauli
  52. Tikamgarh
  53. Ujjain
  54. Umaria
  55. Vidisha
Maharashtra (MH)
  1. Ahmednagar
  2. Akola
  3. Amravati
  4. Aurangabad
  5. Beed
  6. Bhandara
  7. Buldhana
  8. Chandrapur
  9. Osmanabad
  10. Dhule
  11. Gadchiroli
  12. Gondia
  13. Hingoli
  14. Jalgaon
  15. Jalna
  16. Kolhapur
  17. Latur
  18. Mumbai City
  19. Mumbai Suburban
  20. Nanded
  21. Nandurbar
  22. Nagpur
  23. Nashik
  24. Palghar
  25. Parbhani
  26. Pune
  27. Raigad
  28. Ratnagiri
  29. Sangli
  30. Satara
  31. Sindhudurg
  32. Solapur
  33. Thane
  34. Wardha
  35. Washim
  36. Yavatmal
Manipur (MN)
  1. Bishnupur
  2. Chandel
  3. Churachandpur
  4. Imphal East
  5. Imphal West
  6. Jiribam
  7. Kakching
  8. Kamjong
  9. Kangpokpi
  10. Noney
  11. Pherzawl
  12. Senapati
  13. Tamenglong
  14. Tengnoupal
  15. Thoubal
  16. Ukhrul
Meghalaya (ML)
  1. East Garo Hills
  2. East Jaintia Hills
  3. East Khasi Hills
  4. Eastern West Khasi Hills
  5. North Garo Hills
  6. Ri Bhoi
  7. South Garo Hills
  8. South West Garo Hills
  9. South West Khasi Hills
  10. West Garo Hills
  11. West Jaintia Hills
  12. West Khasi Hills
Mizoram (MZ)
  1. Aizawl
  2. Champhai
  3. Hnahthial
  4. Khawzawl
  5. Kolasib
  6. Lawngtlai
  7. Lunglei
  8. Mamit
  9. Saiha
  10. Saitual
  11. Serchhip
Nagaland (NL)
  1. Chümoukedima
  2. Dimapur
  3. Kiphire
  4. Kohima
  5. Longleng
  6. Mokokchung
  7. Mon
  8. Niuland
  9. Noklak
  10. Peren
  11. Phek
  12. Shamator
  13. Tseminyü
  14. Tuensang
  15. Wokha
  16. Zunheboto
Odisha (OD)
  1. Angul
  2. Boudh
  3. Bhadrak
  4. Balangir
  5. Bargarh
  6. Balasore
  7. Cuttack
  8. Debagarh
  9. Dhenkanal
  10. Ganjam
  11. Gajapati
  12. Jharsuguda
  13. Jajpur
  14. Jagatsinghpur
  15. Khordha
  16. Kendujhar
  17. Kalahandi
  18. Kandhamal
  19. Koraput
  20. Kendrapara
  21. Malkangiri
  22. Mayurbhanj
  23. Nabarangpur
  24. Nuapada
  25. Nayagarh
  26. Puri
  27. Rayagada
  28. Sambalpur
  29. Subarnapur
  30. Sundargarh
Punjab (PB)
  1. Amritsar
  2. Barnala
  3. Bathinda
  4. Faridkot
  5. Fatehgarh Sahib
  6. Fazilka
  7. Firozpur
  8. Gurdaspur
  9. Hoshiarpur
  10. Jalandhar
  11. Kapurthala
  12. Ludhiana
  13. Malerkotla
  14. Mansa
  15. Moga
  16. Pathankot
  17. Patiala
  18. Rupnagar
  19. Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
  20. Sangrur
  21. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
  22. Sri Muktsar Sahib
  23. Tarn Taran
Rajasthan (RJ)
  1. Ajmer
  2. Alwar
  3. Balotra
  4. Banswara
  5. Baran
  6. Barmer
  7. Beawar
  8. Bharatpur
  9. Bhilwara
  10. Bikaner
  11. Bundi
  12. Chittorgarh
  13. Churu
  14. Dausa
  15. Deeg
  16. Dholpur
  17. Didwana Kuchaman
  18. Dungarpur
  19. Hanumangarh
  20. Jaipur
  21. Jaisalmer
  22. Jalore
  23. Jhalawar
  24. Jhunjhunu
  25. Jodhpur
  26. Karauli
  27. Khairthal-Tijara
  28. Kota
  29. Kotputli-Behror
  30. Nagaur
  31. Pali
  32. Phalodi
  33. Pratapgarh
  34. Rajsamand
  35. Salumbar
  36. Sawai Madhopur
  37. Sikar
  38. Sirohi
  39. Sri Ganganagar
  40. Tonk
  41. Udaipur
Sikkim (SK)
  1. Gangtok
  2. Gyalshing
  3. Mangan
  4. Namchi
  5. Pakyong
  6. Soreng
Tamil Nadu (TN)
  1. Ariyalur
  2. Chengalpattu
  3. Chennai
  4. Coimbatore
  5. Cuddalore
  6. Dharmapuri
  7. Dindigul
  8. Erode
  9. Kallakurichi
  10. Kanchipuram
  11. Kanyakumari
  12. Karur
  13. Krishnagiri
  14. Madurai
  15. Mayiladuthurai
  16. Nagapattinam
  17. Nilgiris
  18. Namakkal
  19. Perambalur
  20. Pudukkottai
  21. Ramanathapuram
  22. Ranipet
  23. Salem
  24. Sivaganga
  25. Tenkasi
  26. Tiruppur
  27. Tiruchirappalli
  28. Theni
  29. Tirunelveli
  30. Thanjavur
  31. Thoothukudi
  32. Tirupattur
  33. Tiruvallur
  34. Tiruvarur
  35. Tiruvannamalai
  36. Vellore
  37. Viluppuram
  38. Virudhunagar
Telangana (TG)

  1. Adilabad
  2. Bhadradri Kothagudem
  3. Hanamkonda
  4. Hyderabad
  5. Jagtial
  6. Jangaon
  7. Jayashankar Bhupalpally
  8. Jogulamba Gadwal
  9. Kamareddy
  10. Karimnagar
  11. Khammam
  12. Kumuram Bheem Asifabad
  13. Mahabubabad
  14. Mahbubnagar
  15. Mancherial
  16. Medak
  17. Medchal–Malkajgiri
  18. Mulugu
  19. Nalgonda
  20. Nagarkurnool
  21. Narayanpet
  22. Nirmal
  23. Nizamabad
  24. Peddapalli
  25. Rajanna Sircilla
  26. Ranga Reddy
  27. Sangareddy
  28. Siddipet
  29. Suryapet
  30. Vikarabad
  31. Wanaparthy
  32. Warangal
  33. Yadadri Bhuvanagiri
Tripura (TR)
  1. Dhalai
  2. Gomati
  3. Khowai
  4. North Tripura
  5. Sepahijala
  6. South Tripura
  7. Unakoti
  8. West Tripura
Uttar Pradesh (UP)
  1. Agra
  2. Aligarh
  3. Ambedkar Nagar
  4. Amethi
  5. Amroha
  6. Auraiya
  7. Ayodhya
  8. Azamgarh
  9. Bagpat
  10. Bahraich
  11. Ballia
  12. Balrampur
  13. Banda
  14. Barabanki
  15. Bareilly
  16. Basti
  17. Bhadohi
  18. Bijnor
  19. Budaun
  20. Bulandshahr
  21. Chandauli
  22. Chitrakoot
  23. Deoria
  24. Etah
  25. Etawah
  26. Farrukhabad
  27. Fatehpur
  28. Firozabad
  29. Gautam Buddha Nagar
  30. Ghaziabad
  31. Ghazipur
  32. Gonda
  33. Gorakhpur
  34. Hamirpur
  35. Hapur
  36. Hardoi
  37. Hathras
  38. Jalaun
  39. Jaunpur
  40. Jhansi
  41. Kannauj
  42. Kanpur Dehat
  43. Kanpur Nagar
  44. Kasganj
  45. Kaushambi
  46. Kushinagar
  47. Lakhimpur Kheri
  48. Lalitpur
  49. Lucknow
  50. Maharajganj
  51. Mahoba
  52. Mainpuri
  53. Mathura
  54. Mau
  55. Meerut
  56. Mirzapur
  57. Moradabad
  58. Muzaffarnagar
  59. Pilibhit
  60. Pratapgarh
  61. Prayagraj
  62. Raebareli
  63. Rampur
  64. Saharanpur
  65. Sambhal
  66. Sant Kabir Nagar
  67. Shahjahanpur
  68. Shamli
  69. Shravasti
  70. Siddharthnagar
  71. Sitapur
  72. Sonbhadra
  73. Sultanpur
  74. Unnao
  75. Varanasi
Uttarakhand (UK)
  1. Almora
  2. Bageshwar
  3. Chamoli
  4. Champawat
  5. Dehradun
  6. Haridwar
  7. Nainital
  8. Pauri Garhwal
  9. Pithoragarh
  10. Rudraprayag
  11. Tehri Garhwal
  12. Udham Singh Nagar
  13. Uttarkashi
West Bengal (WB)
  1. Alipurduar
  2. Bankura
  3. Birbhum
  4. Cooch Behar
  5. Dakshin Dinajpur
  6. Darjeeling
  7. Hooghly
  8. Howrah
  9. Jalpaiguri
  10. Jhargram
  11. Kalimpong
  12. Kolkata
  13. Maldah
  14. Murshidabad
  15. Nadia
  16. North 24 Parganas
  17. Paschim Bardhaman
  18. Paschim Medinipur
  19. Purba Bardhaman
  20. Purba Medinipur
  21. Purulia
  22. South 24 Parganas
  23. Uttar Dinajpur
Andaman and Nicobar (AN)
  1. Nicobar
  2. North and Middle Andaman
  3. South Andaman
Chandigarh (CH)
  1. Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (DD)
  1. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
  2. Daman
  3. Diu
Jammu and Kashmir (JK)
  1. Anantnag
  2. Budgam
  3. Bandipore
  4. Baramulla
  5. Doda
  6. Ganderbal
  7. Jammu
  8. Kathua
  9. Kishtwar
  10. Kulgam
  11. Kupwara
  12. Poonch
  13. Pulwama
  14. Rajouri
  15. Ramban
  16. Reasi
  17. Samba
  18. Shopian
  19. Srinagar
  20. Udhampur
Ladakh (LA)
  1. Kargil
  2. Leh
Lakshadweep (LD)
  1. Lakshadweep
National Capital Territory of Delhi (DL)
  1. Central Delhi
  2. East Delhi
  3. New Delhi
  4. North Delhi
  5. North East Delhi
  6. North West Delhi
  7. Shahdara
  8. South Delhi
  9. South East Delhi
  10. South West Delhi
  11. West Delhi
Puducherry (PY)
  1. Karaikal
  2. Mahé - Census district not Administrative district
  3. Puducherry
  4. Yanam Census district
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