Complete List of Districts in India 2024: State-wise List, Largest, Smallest, and Union Territories | Population Breakdown




Complete List of Districts in India 2024: State-wise List, Largest, Smallest, and Union Territories | Population Breakdown

List of Districts in India 2024




India is a big country in terms of area and population. By population we are second largest nation in the world and by area India is seventh largest nation in the world. To administer and govern this big of a nation states and union territories. Then further these states and UTs are divided into different districts and disctricts are further divided into cities, blocks and panchayats. We have yus decentralised structure due to the presence of Federalism and three level government. Today in this article we’ll discuss the districts of India. Districts are an important component of the state and are usually governed by District Collector or Commissioner.

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How Many District in India 2024?

Districts are an administrative units of Indian states and UTs. They are further divided into tehsils and talukas wherever needed. Currently there are 766 districts in India. These districts serve as a primary point for policy implementation.  The number of district keeps changing from time to time as per the administrative convenience.

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Administration of Districts in India

Every district is governed and administered by group of government officials who’s duty is to maintain law and order in the district while ensuring smooth operation of government services and implementation of schemes in their districts. These officers include, Indian Administrative Service Officers, Indian Police Service Officers and  Indian Forest Service officers.

District representatives include:

Districts Magistrate / District Collector: He or she is an IAS officer who oversees the administration and tax collection of the district. The DM is assisted by various IAS officer such as ADM and SDMs.

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Commisioner of Police/ Superintendent of Police : He or she is an officer of Indian Police Service and their duty is to maintain the law and order in the district.

Deputy Conservator of Forests: He or she an Indian Forest Service employee in charge of overseeing the district’s forests, environment, and wildlife




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Largest States in India by Area and Population 2024 | Comprehensive Rankings and Insights

 

 

Largest and Smallest District in India:-

Below we have discussed the smallest and the largest states in India:-

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Smallest District in India: Mahe district in the Puducherry union territory is the smallest district in terms of the area

Largest District in India :Kachchh in Gujarat is the is the largest district in India. The district’s overall area is 45,674 square kilometres, or 23.27% of Gujarat’s entire geographic area. Moreover kachh sahares boundary with Pakistan.

Most populated district: North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, with a population of 10,082,852

Least populated district: Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, with a population of 8,004

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How Many District in India Total States and Union Territories Wise

Below is the number of districts in States and union territories in India along with their population.



State or Union Territory Number of Districts Population of State
West Bengal 23 91,276,115
Uttarakhand 13 10,086,292
Uttar Pradesh 75 199,812,341
Tripura 8 3,673,917
Telangana 33 35,003,674
Tamil Nadu 38 72,147,030
Sikkim 6 610,577
Rajasthan 33 68,548,437
Punjab 23 27,743,338
Puducherry 4 1,247,953
Odisha 30 41,974,218
Nagaland 16 1,978,502
Mizoram 11 1,097,206
Meghalaya 12 2,966,889
Manipur 16 2,570,390
Maharashtra 36 112,374,333
Madhya Pradesh 52 72,626,809
Lakshadweep 1 64,473
Ladakh 2 290,492
Kerala 14 33,406,061
Karnataka 31 61,095,297
Jharkhand 24 32,988,134
Jammu and Kashmir 20 12,258,093
Himachal Pradesh 12 6,864,602
Haryana 22 25,351,462
Gujarat 33 60,439,692
Goa 2 1,458,545
Delhi 11 16,787,941
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 3 586,956
Chhattisgarh 33 25,545,198
Chandigarh 1 1,055,450
Bihar 38 104,099,452
Assam 35 31,205,576
Arunachal Pradesh 26 1,383,727
Andhra Pradesh 26 49,577,103
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 3 380,581
Total 766 1,210,576,856




 

Most Populated Districts in India ( According to  Census 2011)

S.No. District State Population (in lakhs)
1 Thane Maharashtra 180.55
2 North 24 Parganas West Bengal 160.9
3 Bangalore Karnataka 126.7
4 Delhi East Delhi 120.12
5 Delhi North Delhi 118.34
6 Mumbai Suburban Maharashtra 115.06
7 Kolkata West Bengal 112.09
8 Hyderabad Telangana 95.7
9 Pune Maharashtra 94.27
10 Ahmedabad Gujarat 87.79

 



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How many Districts in India State wise

Check out all district lists in India state wise:-

State Districts
Andhra Pradesh Alluri Sitharama Raju, Anakapalli, Ananthapuramu, Annamayya, Bapatla, Chittoor, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema, East Godavari, Eluru, Guntur, Kakinada, Krishna, Kurnool, Nandyal, NTR, Palnadu, Parvathipuram Manyam, Prakasam, Srikakulam, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore, Sri Sathya Sai, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, West Godavari, YSR
Arunachal Pradesh Anjaw, Changlang, East Kameng, East Siang, Itanagar capital complex, Kamle, Kra Daadi, Kurung Kumey, Lepa Rada, Lohit, Longding, Lower Dibang Valley, Lower Siang, Lower Subansiri, Namsai, Pakke-Kessang, Papum Pare, Shi Yomi, Siang, Tawang, Tirap, Upper Dibang Valley, Upper Siang, Upper Subansiri, West Kameng, West Siang
Assam Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Charaideo, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Hojai, Jorhat, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karbi Anglong, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, South Salmara Mankachar, Sonitpur, Tamulpur, Tinsukia, Udalguri, West Karbi Anglong
Bihar 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, Purnia, Rohtas, Saharsa, Samastipur, Saran, Sheikhpura, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Siwan, Supaul, Vaishali, West Champaran
Chhattisgarh Balod, Baloda Bazar, Balrampur-Ramanujganj, Bastar, Bemetara, Bijapur, Bilaspur, Dantewada, Dhamtari, Durg, Gariaband, Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, Janjgir-Champa, Jashpur, Kabirdham, Kanker, Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai, Kondagaon, Korba, Korea, Mahasamund, Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Mungeli, Narayanpur, Raigarh, Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Sarangarh-Bilaigarh, Shakti, Sukma, Surajpur, Surguja
Goa North Goa, South Goa
Gujarat Ahmedabad, Amreli, Anand, Aravalli, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Botad, Chhota Udaipur, Dahod, Dang, Devbhumi Dwarka, Gandhinagar, Gir Somnath, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Kutch, Mahisagar, Mehsana, Morbi, Narmada, Navsari, Panchmahal, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar, Tapi, Vadodara, Valsad
Haryana Ambala, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurugram, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Mahendragarh, Nuh, Palwal, Panchkula, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat, Yamunanagar
Jharkhand Bokaro, Chatra, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Giridih, Godda, Gumla, Hazaribag, Jamtara, Khunti, Koderma, Latehar, Lohardaga, Pakur, Palamu, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Sahibganj, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Simdega, West Singhbhum
Karnataka Bagalakote, Ballari, Belagavi, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban, Bidar, Chamarajanagara, Chikkaballapura, Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwada, Gadaga, Kalaburagi, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppala, Mandya, Mysuru, Raichuru, Ramanagara, Shivamogga, Tumakuru, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Vijayanagara, Vijayapura, Yadgiri
Kerela Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
Madhya Pradesh Agar Malwa, Alirajpu, Anuppur, Ashoknagar, Balaghat, Barwani, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Dhar, Dindori, Guna, Gwalior, Harda, Narmadapuram, Indore, Jabalpur, Jhabua, Katni, Khandwa (East Nimar), Khargone (West Nimar), Mandla, Mandsaur, Morena, Narsinghpur, Neemuch, Niwari, Panna, Raisen, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur, Sheopur, Shivpuri, Sidhi Sidhi, Singrauli, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Umaria, Vidisha
Maharashtra Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Beed, 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, Sindhudurg, Solapur, Thane, Wardha, Washim, Yavatmal
Manipur Bishnupur, Chandel, Churachandpur, Imphal East, Imphal West, Jiribam, Kakching, Kamjong, Kangpokpi, Noney, Pherzawl, Senapati, Tamenglong, Tengnoupal, Thoubal, Ukhrul
Meghalaya East Garo Hills, East Jaintia Hills, East Khasi Hills, North Garo Hills, Ribhoi, South Garo Hills, South West Garo Hills, South West Khasi Hills, West Garo Hills, West Jaintia Hills, West Khasi Hills
Mizoram Aizawl East, Aizawl West, Champhai, Mamit, Kolasib, Lawngtlai, Lunglei, Saiha, Serchhip
Nagaland Dimapur, Kiphire, Kohima, Longleng, Mokokchung, Mon, Peren, Phek, Tuensang, Wokha, Zunheboto
Odisha Angul, Balangir, Balasore, Bargarh, Bhadrak, Boudh, Cuttack, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jagatsinghapur, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Kendrapara, Kendujhar, Khordha, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Puri, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Subarnapur, Sundargarh
Punjab Amritsar, Barnala, Bathinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Firozpur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga, Muktsar, Pathankot, Patiala, Rupnagar, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Sangrur, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Tarn Taran
Rajasthan Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dausa, Dholpur, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar, Tonk, Udaipur
Sikkim East Sikkim, North Sikkim, South Sikkim, West Sikkim
Tamil Nadu Ariyalur, Chengalpattu, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kallakurichi, Kanchipuram, Kanniyakumari, Karur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Namakkal, Nilgiris, Perambalur, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Ranipet, Salem, Sivaganga, Tenkasi, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupathur, Tiruppur, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Tiruvarur, Vellore, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar
Telangana Adilabad, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Hyderabad, Jagtial, Jangaon, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Jogulamba Gadwal, Kamareddy, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kumuram Bheem Asifabad, Mahabubabad, Mahabubnagar, Mancherial, Medak, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Mulugu, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Narayanpet, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Peddapalli, Rajanna Sircilla, Rangareddy, Sangareddy, Siddipet, Suryapet, Vikarabad, Wanaparthy, Warangal Rural, Warangal Urban, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri
Tripura Dhalai, Gomati, Khowai, North Tripura, Sepahijala, South Tripura, Unakoti, West Tripura
Uttar Pradesh Agra, Aligarh, Ambedkar Nagar, Amethi, Amroha, Auraiya, Ayodhya, Azamgarh, Baghpat, Bahraich, Ballia, Balrampur, Banda, Barabanki, Bareilly, Basti, Bhadohi, Bijnor, Budaun, Bulandshahr, Chandauli, Chitrakoot, Deoria, Etah, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Fatehpur, Firozabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Hamirpur, Hapur, Hardoi, Hathras, Jalaun, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Kannauj, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Kasganj, Kaushambi, Kushinagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lalitpur, Lucknow, Maharajganj, Mahoba, Mainpuri, Mathura, Mau, Meerut, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Pilibhit, Pratapgarh, Prayagraj, Raebareli, Rampur, Saharanpur, Sambhal, Sant Kabir Nagar, Shahjahanpur, Shamli, Shravasti, Siddharthnagar, Sitapur, Sonbhadra, Sultanpur, Unnao, Varanasi
Uttarakhand Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat, Dehradun, Haridwar, Nainital, Pauri Garhwal, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarkashi
West Bengal Alipurduar, Bankura, Birbhum, Cooch Behar, Dakshin Dinajpur, Darjeeling, Hooghly, Howrah, Jalpaiguri, Jhargram, Kalimpong, Kolkata, Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, Paschim Bardhaman, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Bardhaman, Purba Medinipur, Purulia, South 24 Parganas, Uttar Dinajpur, West Bardhaman

 

 

 

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Districts in India in Indian Union Territories

Check out the List of all districts of Union Territories:-

State Total Districts Districts
Andaman and Nicobar 3 Nicobar, North and Middle Andaman, South Andaman
Chandigarh 1 Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 3 Daman, Diu, Dadar and Nagar Haveli
Jammu and Kashmir 20 Anantnag, Budgam, Bandipore, Baramulla, Doda, Ganderbal, Jammu, Kathua, Kishtwar, Kulgam, Kupwara, Poonch, Pulwama, Rajouri, Ramban, Reasi, Samba, Shopian, Srinagar, Udhampur
Ladakh 2 Kargil, Leh
Lakshadweep 1 Lakshadweep
Delhi 11 Central Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, North Delhi, North East Delhi, North West Delhi, Shahdara district, South Delhi, South East Delhi, South West Delhi, West Delhi
Puducherry 4 Karaikal, Mahe, Puducherry, Yanam

 

 

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So this was the complete list of all the districts in States and union territories in India. Till now you must have understood the importance of states in India. For more information like this stay tuned!

 

 

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