List of districts in India explained

Districts of India
Category:	second/third-level administrative division
Territory:	States and union territories of India
Current Number:	788
Number Date:	21 June 2024
Population Range:	Greatest: Thane, Maharashtra—11,060,148 (2011 census) Least: Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh—8,004 (2011 census)
Area Range:	Largest: Kutch, Gujarat—45652km2 Smallest: Mahé, Puducherry—8.69km2
Density Range:	Largest: Central Delhi, Delhi Smallest: Lower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh
Government:	District Administration
Subdivision:	Revenue division (Sub-division) and,
Subdivision1:	Tehsil (Taluka, Mandal), and Blocks

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., there are a total of 788 districts in India.

District Administration

The District officials include:

• District & Sessions Judge (Principal & additional), an officer belonging to the Indian Judicial Service (state), responsible for justice and passing orders of imprisonment, including the death penalty and also have limited administrative power. Also have appellate jurisdiction over all subordinate courts in the district for both civil and criminal matters.^{[1] [2] [3]}
• District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner or District Collector, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, in charge of administration and revenue collection^[4]
• Superintendent of Police or Senior Superintendent of Police or Deputy Commissioner of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service, responsible for maintaining law and order.^[5] Superintendent of Police is incharge of the police administration of the respective police district. The police district is either coterminous with the revenue district or divided into two within the revenue district.
• 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^[6]
• Other district-level officials of respective state government departments, such as the District Educational Officer, District Medical Officer, District Supply Officer, District Fire Officer, District Development Commissioner, etc.

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

Number of districts & population (as per 2011) in administrative divisions

Administrative divisions	No. of districts	Total population	Population per district
States
Andhra Pradesh	26
Arunachal Pradesh	28
Assam	35
Bihar	38
Chhattisgarh	33
Goa	2
Gujarat	33
Haryana	22
Himachal Pradesh	12
Jharkhand	24
Karnataka	31
Kerala	14
Madhya Pradesh	55
Maharashtra	36
Manipur	16
Meghalaya	12
Mizoram	11
Nagaland	16
Odisha	30
Punjab	23
Rajasthan	50
Sikkim	6
Tamil Nadu	38
Telangana	33
Tripura	8
Uttar Pradesh	75
Uttarakhand	13
West Bengal	23
Union Territory
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	3
Chandigarh	1
Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu	3
Jammu and Kashmir	20
Ladakh	2
Lakshadweep	1
Delhi	11
Puducherry	4
Total	788

Largest and Smallest Districts in India!!Largest District!Smallest District

By Land Area	Kutch district	Mahe district
By Population	North 24 Parganas district	Dibang Valley district

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.

Similar names

Districts sharing their name with another district in India

• Aurangabad district, Bihar and Aurangabad district, Maharashtra
• Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh and Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh
• Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh and Bijapur district, Karnataka
• Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh and Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh
• Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh and Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh
• Pratapgarh district, Rajasthan and Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh
• Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh and Raigad district, Maharashtra

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

• Bhojpur district, Bihar shares a name with Bhojpur District, Nepal
• Daman district, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu shares a name with Daman District, Afghanistan
• Dang district, Gujarat shares a name with Dang District, Nepal
• Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh shares a name with Ghaziabad District, Afghanistan
• Gopalganj district, Bihar shares a name with Gopalganj District, Bangladesh
• Hyderabad district, Telangana shares a name with Hyderabad District, Pakistan
• Lalitpur district, Uttar Pradesh shares a name with Lalitpur District, Nepal
• Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, shares a name with Poonch District, Pakistan (the two were, prior to Partition, one district – which got split by the Line of Control, since then the two parts have been administered separately)

Districts sharing names with those outside of South Asia entirely

• Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, with Dhar District, Yemen
• Banda district, Uttar Pradesh with Banda District, Republic of the Congo and Banda District, Ghana
• Mansa district, Punjab, with Mansa District, Zambia.
• Salem district, Tamil Nadu with Salem, Massachusetts, United States and Salem, Oregon, United States
• Indore district, Madhya Pradesh with Indore, West Virginia

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.

Andhra Pradesh (AP)

See also: Districts of Andhra Pradesh.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2021)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AS	Alluri Sitharama Raju		954,000	12,251	77.87
2	AK	Anakapalli		1,727,000	4,292	402.38
3	AN	Ananthapuramu	Ananthapuramu	2,241,100	10,205	219.608
4	AM	Annamayya		1,697,300	7,954	213.389
5	BP	Bapatla	Bapatla	1,587,000	3,829	414.47
6	CH	Chittoor		1,873,000	6,855	273.23
7	KN	Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema		1,719,100	2,083	825.30
8	EG	East Godavari	Rajamahendravaram	1,832,300	2,561	715.46
9	EL	Eluru	Eluru	2,071,700	6,679	310.181
10	GU	Guntur	Guntur	2,091,000	2,443	855.9
11	KK	Kakinada		2,092,300	3,019	693.04
12	KR	Krishna	Machilipatnam	1,735,000	3,775	459.602
13	KU	Kurnool	Kurnool	2,271,700	7,980	284.67
14	NN	Nandyal	Nandyal	1,781,800	9,682	184.032
15	NE	Nellore		2,469,700	10,441	236
16	NT	NTR		2,218,000	3,316	668.88
17	PL	Palnadu		2,042,000	7,298	279.80
18	PM	Parvathipuram Manyam		925,300	3,659	252.88
19	PR	Prakasam	Ongole	2,288,000	14,322	160
20	SR	Srikakulam	Srikakulam	2,191,471	4,591	477.34
21	SS	Sri Sathya Sai		1,840,000	8,925	206.2
22	TR	Tirupati		2,197,000	8,231	241.72
23	VS	Visakhapatnam	Visakhapatnam	1,959,500	1,048	1869.8
24	VZ	Vizianagaram	Vizianagaram	1,930,800	4,122	468.41
25	WG	West Godavari	Bhimavaram	1,780,000	2,178	817.3
26	CU	YSR Kadapa	Kadapa	2,060,700	11,228	183.532

Arunachal Pradesh (AR)

See also: Districts of Arunachal Pradesh.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AJ	Anjaw	Hawai	21,089	6,190	3
2	CH	Changlang	Changlang	147,951	4,662	32
3	EK	East Kameng	Seppa	78,413	4,134	19
4	ES	East Siang	Pasighat	99,019	3,603	27
5		Itanagar Capital Complex	Itanagar	122,930	200	614.65
6		Kamle		22,256	200	111
7		Kra Daadi	Palin	22,290	2202	10
8	KK	Kurung Kumey	Koloriang	89,717	6,040	15
9
10	EL	Lohit	Tezu	145,538	2,402	61
11	LD	Longding	Longding	60,000	1,200	50
12	DV	Lower Dibang Valley	Roing	53,986	3,900	14
13				22,630
14	LB	Lower Subansiri	Ziro	82,839	3,508	24
15		Namsai	Namsai	95,950	1,587	60
16				15,358	1,932	7.9
17	PA	Papum Pare	Yupia	176,385	2,875	61
18			Tato	13,310	2,875	5
19		Siang	Boleng	31,920	2,919	11
20	TA	Tawang	Tawang	49,950	2,085	24
21	TI	Tirap	Khonsa	111,997	2,362	47
22	UD	Upper Dibang Valley	Anini	8,004	9,129	1
23	US	Upper Siang	Yingkiong	35,289	6,188	6
24	UB	Upper Subansiri	Daporijo	83,205	7,032	12
25	WK	West Kameng	Bomdila	87,013	7,422	12
26	WS	West Siang	Aalo	112,272	8,325	13
27		Keyi Panyor		30,000
28		Bichom	Napangphung	9,710

Assam (AS)

See also: Districts of Assam.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	BK		Mushalpur	953,773	2,008	475
2	BJ	Bajali	Pathsala	253,816	418	610
3	BP	Barpeta	Barpeta	1,693,622	3,245	520
4	BN	Biswanath	Biswanath Chariali	612,491	1415	430
5	BO	Bongaigaon	Bongaigaon	732,639	1,724	425
6	CA	Cachar	Silchar	1,736,319	3,786	459
7	CD			471,418	1,069	440
8	CH		Kajalgaon	481,818	1,975	244
9	DR	Darrang	Mangaldoi	908,090	1,849	491
10	DM	Dhemaji	Dhemaji	688,077	3,237	213
11	DU	Dhubri	Dhubri	1,948,632	2,838	687
12	DI	Dibrugarh	Dibrugarh	1,327,748	3,381	393
13	NC	Dima Hasao	Haflong	213,529	4,888	44
14	GP	Goalpara	Goalpara	1,008,959	1,824	553
15	GG	Golaghat	Golaghat	1,058,674	3,502	302
16	HA	Hailakandi	Hailakandi	659,260	1,327	497
17	HJ	Hojai	Sankardev Nagar	931,218	1686	550
18	JO	Jorhat	Jorhat	1,091,295	2,851	383
19	KU	Kamrup	Amingaon	1,517,202	3,480	436
20	KM	Kamrup Metropolitan	Guwahati	1,260,419	627	2,010
21	KG	Karbi Anglong	Diphu	965,280	10,434	93
22	KR	Karimganj	Karimganj	1,217,002	1,809	673
23	KJ		Kokrajhar	886,999	3,129	283
24	LA	Lakhimpur	North Lakhimpur	1,040,644	2,277	457
25	MJ			167,304	880	300
26	MA	Morigaon	Marigaon	957,853	1,704	562
27	NN	Nagaon	Nagaon	2,826,006	3,831	738
28	NB	Nalbari	Nalbari	769,919	1,009	763
29	ST	Sivasagar	Sibsagar	1,150,253	2,668	431
30	SO	Sonitpur	Tezpur	1,925,975	5,324	362
31	SM			555,114	568	980
32	TP	Tamulpur	Tamulpur	389,150	884	440
33	TI	Tinsukia	Tinsukia	1,316,948	3,790	347
34	UD	Udalguri	Udalguri	832,769	1,676	497
35	WK			300,320	3,035	99

Bihar (BR)

See also: Districts of Bihar.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AR	Araria	Araria	2,806,200	2,829	992
2	AW	Arwal	Arwal	700,843	638	1,098
3	AU	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	2,511,243	3,303	760
4	BA	Banka	Banka	2,029,339	3,018	672
5	BE	Begusarai	Begusarai	2,954,367	1,917	1,540
6	BG	Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	3,032,226	2,569	1,180
7	BJ	Bhojpur	Arrah	2,720,155	2,473	1,136
8	BU	Buxar	Buxar	1,707,643	1,624	1,003
9	DA	Darbhanga	Darbhanga	3,921,971	2,278	1,721
10	EC	East Champaran	Motihari	5,082,868	3,969	1,281
11	GA	Gaya	Gaya	4,379,383	4,978	880
12	GO	Gopalganj	Gopalganj	2,558,037	2,033	1,258
13	JA	Jamui	Jamui	1,756,078	3,099	567
14	JE	Jehanabad	Jehanabad	1,124,176	1,569	1,206
15	KM	Kaimur	Bhabua	1,626,900	3,363	488
16	KT	Katihar	Katihar	3,068,149	3,056	1,004
17	KH	Khagaria	Khagaria	1,657,599	1,486	1,115
18	KI	Kishanganj	Kishanganj	1,690,948	1,884	898
19	LA	Lakhisarai	Lakhisarai	1,000,717	1,229	815
20	MP	Madhepura	Madhepura	1,994,618	1,787	1,116
21	MB	Madhubani	Madhubani	4,476,044	3,501	1,279
22	MG	Munger	Munger	1,359,054	1,419	958
23	MZ	Muzaffarpur	Muzaffarpur	4,778,610	3,173	1,506
24	NL	Nalanda	Bihar Sharif	2,872,523	2,354	1,220
25	NW	Nawada	Nawada	2,216,653	2,492	889
26	PA	Patna	Patna	5,772,804	3,202	1,803
27	PU	Purnia	Purnia	3,273,127	3,228	1,014
28	RO	Rohtas	Sasaram	2,962,593	3,850	763
29	SH	Saharsa	Saharsa	1,897,102	1,702	1,125
30	SM	Samastipur	Samastipur	4,254,782	2,905	1,465
31	SR	Saran	Chhapra	3,943,098	2,641	1,493
32	SP	Sheikhpura	Sheikhpura	634,927	689	922
33	SO	Sheohar	Sheohar	656,916	443	1,882
34	ST	Sitamarhi	Sitamarhi	3,419,622	2,199	1,491
35	SW	Siwan	Siwan	3,318,176	2,219	1,495
36	SU	Supaul	Supaul	2,228,397	2,410	919
37	VA	Vaishali	Hajipur	3,495,021	2,036	1,717
38	WC	West Champaran	Bettiah	3,935,042	5,229	753

Chhattisgarh (CG)

See also: Districts of Chhattisgarh.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1		Balod	Balod	826,165	3,527	234
2		Baloda Bazar	Baloda Bazar	1,305,343	4,748	275
3		Balrampur-Ramanujganj		730,491	3,806	190
4	BA	Bastar	Jagdalpur	834,873	4,030	210
5		Bemetara	Bemetara	795,759	2,855	270
6	BJ	Bijapur	Bijapur	229,832	6,562	35
7	BI	Bilaspur	Bilaspur	1,961,922	3,508	460
8	DA	Dantewada	Dantewada	533,638	3,411	59
9	DH	Dhamtari	Dhamtari	799,199	2,029	394
10	DU	Durg	Durg	1,721,726	2,238	770
11		Gariaband	Gariaband	597,653	5,823	103
12		Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi	Gaurela	336,420	2,307	150
13	JC	Janjgir-Champa	Janjgir	1,620,632	3,848	421
14	JA	Jashpur	Jashpur Nagar	852,043	5,825	146
15	KW		Kawardha	584,667	4,237	195
16	KK	Kanker	Kanker	748,593	6,513	115
17				368,444	-
18		Kondagaon	Kondagaon	578,326	7,768	74
19	KB	Korba	Korba	1,206,563	6,615	183
20	KJ	Korea	Baikunthpur	659,039	6,578	100
21	MA	Mahasamund	Mahasamund	1,032,275	4,779	216
22	MG		Manendragarh	422,248	1,726.39
23	MM	Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki		283,947	-
24		Mungeli	Mungeli	701,707	2,750	255
25	NR	Narayanpur	Narayanpur	140,206	6,640	20
26	RG	Raigarh	Raigarh	1,493,627	7,068	211
27	RP	Raipur	Raipur	2,160,876	2,892	750
28	RN	Rajnandgaon	Rajnandgaon	1,537,520	8,062	191
29	SB			607,434	-
30	ST			653,036	-
31	SK	Sukma	Sukma	250,159	5,897	42
32		Surajpur		789,043	2,787	280
33	SJ	Surguja		839,661	3,265	150

Goa (GA)

See also: Districts of Goa.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	NG	North Goa	Panaji	817,761	1,736	471
2	SG	South Goa	Margao	639,962	1,966	326

Gujarat (GJ)

See also: Districts of Gujarat.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AH			7,208,200	7170	890
2	AM			1,513,614	6,760	205
3	AN			2,090,276	2,942	711
4	AR			1,051,746	3,217	327
5	BK			3,116,045	12,703	290
6	BR			1,550,822	6,524	238
7	BV			2,877,961	11,155	288
8	BT			656,005	2,564	256
9	CU			1,071,831	3,237	331
10	DA			2,126,558	3,642	582
11	DG			226,769	1,764	129
12	DD			752,484	5,684	132
13	GA			1,387,478	2163	660
14	GS			1,217,477	3,754	324
15	JA			2,159,130	14,125	153
16	JU			2,742,291	8,839	310
17	KH			2,298,934	4,215	541
18	KA			2,090,313	45,652	46
19	MH			994,624	2,500	440
20	MA			2,027,727	4,386	462
21	MB			960,329	4,871	197
22	NR			590,379	2,749	214
23	NV			1,330,711	2,211	602
24	PM			2,388,267	5,219	458
25	PA			1,342,746	5,738	234
26	PO			586,062	2,294	255
27	RA			3,157,676	11,203	282
28	SK			2,427,346	7,390	328
29	ST			6,081,322	4,418	953
30	SN			1,755,873	10,489	167
31	TA			806,489	3,435	249
32	VD			3,639,775	4312	467
33	VL			1,703,068	3,034	561

Haryana (HR)

See also: Districts of Haryana.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AM	Ambala	Ambala	1,136,784	1,569	722
2	BH	Bhiwani	Bhiwani	1,629,109	5,140	341
3	CD	Charkhi Dadri	Charkhi Dadri	502,276	1370	367
4	HR	Faridabad	Faridabad	1,798,954	783	2,298
5	FT	Fatehabad	Fatehabad	941,522	2,538	371
6	GU	Gurugram	Gurugram	1,514,085	1,258	1,241
7	HI	Hisar	Hisar	1,742,815	3,788	438
8	JH	Jhajjar	Jhajjar	956,907	1,868	522
9	JI	Jind	Jind	1,332,042	2,702	493
10	KT	Kaithal	Kaithal	1,072,861	2,799	467
11	KR	Karnal	Karnal	1,506,323	2,471	598
12	KU	Kurukshetra	Kurukshetra	964,231	1,530	630
13	MA	Mahendragarh	Narnaul	921,680	1,900	485
14	MW	Nuh	Nuh	1,089,406	1,765	729
15	PW	Palwal	Palwal	1,040,493	1,367	761
16	PK	Panchkula	Panchkula	558,890	816	622
17	PP	Panipat	Panipat	1,202,811	1,250	949
18	RE	Rewari	Rewari	896,129	1,559	562
19	RO	Rohtak	Rohtak	1,058,683	1,668	607
20	SI	Sirsa	Sirsa	1,295,114	4,276	303
21	SNP	Sonipat	Sonipat	1,480,080	2,260	697
22	YN	Yamunanagar	Yamunanagar	1,214,162	1,756	687

Himachal Pradesh (HP)

See also: Districts of Himachal Pradesh.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	BI	Bilaspur	Bilaspur	382,056	1,167	327
2	CH	Chamba	Chamba	518,844	6,528	80
3	HA	Hamirpur	Hamirpur	454,293	1,118	406
4	KA	Kangra	Dharamshala	1,507,223	5,739	263
5	KI	Kinnaur	Reckong Peo	84,298	6,401	13
6	KU	Kullu	Kullu	437,474	5,503	79
7	LH	Lahaul and Spiti	Keylong	18,528	7,835	2.3
8	MA	Mandi	Mandi	999,518	3,950	253
9	SH	Shimla	Shimla	813,384	5,131	159
10	SI	Sirmaur	Nahan	530,164	2,825	188
11	SO	Solan	Solan	576,670	1,936	298
12	UN	Una	Una	521,057	1,540	328

Jharkhand (JH)

See also: Districts of Jharkhand.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	BO	Bokaro	Bokaro	2,061,918	2,883	716
2	CH	Chatra	Chatra	1,042,304	3,700	275
3	DE	Deoghar	Deoghar	1,491,879	2,479	602
4	DH	Dhanbad	Dhanbad	2,682,662	2,040	1,316
5	DU	Dumka	Dumka	1,321,096	4,404	300
6	ES	East Singhbhum	Jamshedpur	2,291,032	3,562	648
7	GA	Garhwa	Garhwa	1,322,387	4,064	327
8	GI	Giridih	Giridih	2,445,203	4,887	497
9	GO	Godda	Godda	1,311,382	2,110	622
10	GU	Gumla	Gumla	1,025,656	5,360	191
11	HA	Hazaribag	Hazaribag	1,734,495	3,555	488
12	JA	Jamtara	Jamtara	790,207	1,802	439
13	KH	Khunti	Khunti	530,299	2,535	210
14	KO	Koderma	Koderma	716,259	2,540	282
15	LA	Latehar	Latehar	725,673	3,630	200
16	LO	Lohardaga	Lohardaga	461,738	1,502	307
17	PK	Pakur	Pakur	899,200	1,805	498
18	PL	Palamu	Daltonganj	1,936,319	4,393	442
19	RM	Ramgarh	Ramgarh	949,159	1,341	708
20	RA	Ranchi	Ranchi	2,912,022	5,097	572
21	SA	Sahibganj	Sahebganj	1,150,038	2,063	558
22	SK	Seraikela-Kharsawan		1,063,458	2,657	401
23	SI	Simdega	Simdega	599,813	3,750	160
24	WS	West Singhbhum	Chaibasa	1,501,619	7,224	209

Karnataka (KA)

See also: Districts of Karnataka.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	BK	Bagalkot	Bagalkote	1,890,826	6,583	288
2	BL	Ballari	Ballari	1,400,970	4,252	330
3	BG	Belagavi	Belgaum	4,778,439	13,415	356
4	BR	Bangalore Rural	Bangalore	987,257	2,239	441
5	BN	Bangalore Urban	Bangalore	9,588,910	2,190	4,378
6	BD	Bidar	Bidar	1,700,018	5,448	312
7	CJ	Chamarajanagar	Chamarajanagar	1,020,962	5,102	200
8	CK			1,254,377	4,208	298
9	CK	Chikmagalur	Chikmagalur	1,137,753	7,201	158
10	CT	Chitradurga	Chitradurga	1,660,378	8,437	197
11	DK	Dakshina Kannada	Mangalore	2,083,625	4,559	457
12	DA	Davanagere	Davangere	1,643,494	4,460	370
13	DH	Dharwad		1,846,993	4,265	434
14	GA	Gadaga	Gadag-Betageri	1,065,235	4,651	229
15	GU	Kalaburagi	Kalaburagi	2,564,892	10,990	233
16	HS	Hassan	Hassan	1,776,221	6,814	261
17	HV	Haveri	Haveri	1,598,506	4,825	331
18	KD	Kodagu	Madikeri	554,762	4,102	135
19	KL	Kolar	Kolar	1,540,231	4,012	384
20	KP	Koppal	Koppal	1,391,292	5,565	250
21	MA	Mandya	Mandya	1,808,680	4,961	365
22	MY	Mysore	Mysore	2,994,744	6,854	437
23	RA	Raichur	Raichur	1,924,773	6,839	228
24	RM			1,082,739	3,573	303
25	SH	Shimoga	Shimoga	1,755,512	8,495	207
26	TU	Tumakuru	Tumakuru	2,681,449	10,598	253
27	UD	Udupi	Udupi	1,177,908	3,879	304
28	UK	Uttara Kannada	Karwar	1,353,299	10,291	132
29		Vijayanagara	Hospete	1,353,628	5,644	240
30	BJ	Bijapur	Bijapur	2,175,102	10,517	207
31	YG			1,172,985	5,225	224

Kerala (KL)

See also: Districts of Kerala.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)^[10]	Density (/km^2)
1	AL	Alappuzha	Alappuzha	2,121,943	1,415	1,501
2	ER	Ernakulam	Kakkanad	3,279,860	3,063	1,069
3	ID	Idukki	Painavu	1,107,453	4,356	254
4	KN	Kannur	Kannur	2,525,637	2,961	852
5	KS	Kasaragod	Kasaragod	1,302,600	1,989	654
6	KL	Kollam	Kollam	2,629,703	2,483	1,056
7	KT	Kottayam	Kottayam	1,979,384	2,206	896
8	KZ	Kozhikode	Kozhikode	3,089,543	2,345	1,318
9	MA	Malappuram	Malappuram	4,110,956	3,554	1,058
10	PL	Palakkad	Palakkad	2,810,892	4,482	627
11	PT	Pathanamthitta	Pathanamthitta	1,195,537	2,652	453
13	TV	Thiruvananthapuram	Thiruvananthapuram	3,307,284	2,189	1,509
12	TS	Thrissur	Thrissur	3,110,327	3,027	1,026
14	WA	Wayanad	Kalpetta	816,558	2,130	383

Madhya Pradesh (MP)

See also: Districts of Madhya Pradesh.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AG	Agar Malwa	Agar	571,275	2,785	205
2	AL	Alirajpur	Alirajpur	728,677	3,182	229
3	AP	Anuppur	Anuppur	749,521	3,747	200
4	AS	Ashoknagar	Ashoknagar	844,979	4,674	181
5	BL	Balaghat	Balaghat	1,701,156	9,229	184
6	BR	Barwani	Barwani	1,385,659	5,432	256
7	BE	Betul	Betul	1,575,247	10,043	157
8	BD	Bhind	Bhind	1,703,562	4,459	382
9	BP	Bhopal	Bhopal	2,368,145	2,772	854
10	BU	Burhanpur	Burhanpur	756,993	3,427	221
11	CT	Chhatarpur	Chhatarpur	1,762,857	8,687	203
12	CN	Chhindwara	Chhindwara	2,090,306	11,815	177
13	DM	Damoh	Damoh	1,263,703	7,306	173
14	DT	Datia	Datia	786,375	2,694	292
15	DE	Dewas	Dewas	1,563,107	7,020	223
16	DH	Dhar	Dhar	2,184,672	8,153	268
17	DI	Dindori	Dindori	704,218	7,427	94
18	GU	Guna	Guna	1,240,938	6,485	194
19	GW	Gwalior	Gwalior	2,030,543	5,465	445
20	HA	Harda	Harda	570,302	3,339	171
21	NA	Hoshangabad	Hoshangabad	1,240,975	6,698	185
22	IN	Indore	Indore	3,272,335	3,898	839
23	JA	Jabalpur	Jabalpur	2,460,714	5,210	472
24	JH	Jhabua	Jhabua	1,024,091	6,782	285
25	KA	Katni	Katni	1,291,684	4,947	261
26	EN	Khandwa	Khandwa	1,309,443	7,349	178
27	WN	Khargone	Khargone	1,872,413	8,010	233
28	MH	Maihar	Maihar	-	-	-
29	ML	Mandla	Mandla	1,053,522	5,805	182
30	MS	Mandsaur	Mandsaur	1,339,832	5,530	242
31	MG	Mauganj	Mauganj	-	-	-
32	MO	Morena	Morena	1,965,137	4,991	394
33	NA	Narsinghpur	Narsinghpur	1,092,141	5,133	213
34	NE	Neemuch	Neemuch	825,958	4,267	194
35		Niwari	Niwari	404,807	1,170	345
36	PA	Panna	Panna	1,016,028	7,135	142
37	PD	Pandhurna	Pandhurna	-	-	-
38	RS	Raisen	Raisen	1,331,699	8,466	157
39	RG	Rajgarh	Rajgarh	1,546,541	6,143	251
40	RL	Ratlam	Ratlam	1,454,483	4,861	299
41	RE	Rewa	Rewa	2,363,744	6,314	374
42	SG	Sagar	Sagar	2,378,295	10,252	272
43	ST	Satna	Satna	2,228,619	7,502	297
44	SR	Sehore	Sehore	1,311,008	6,578	199
45	SO	Seoni	Seoni	1,378,876	8,758	157
46	SH	Shahdol	Shahdol	1,064,989	6,205	172
47	SJ	Shajapur	Shajapur	1,512,353	6,196	244
48	SP	Sheopur	Sheopur	687,952	6,585	104
49	SV	Shivpuri	Shivpuri	1,725,818	10,290	168
50	SI	Sidhi	Sidhi	1,126,515	10,520	232
51	SN	Singrauli	Waidhan	1,178,132	5,672	208
52	TI	Tikamgarh	Tikamgarh	1,444,920	5,055	286
53	UJ	Ujjain	Ujjain	1,986,864	6,091	356
54	UM	Umaria	Umaria	643,579	4,062	158
55	VI	Vidisha	Vidisha	1,458,212	7,362	198

Maharashtra (MH)

See also: Districts of Maharashtra.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AH	Ahmednagar	Ahmednagar	4,543,083	17,048	266
2	AK	Akola	Akola	1,818,617	5,429	321
3	AM	Amravati	Amravati	2,887,826	12,235	237
4	AU	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	3,695,928	10,107	365
5	BI	Beed	Beed	2,585,962	10,693	242
6	BH	Bhandara	Bhandara	1,198,810	3,890	293
7	BU	Buldhana	Buldhana	2,588,039	9,661	268
8	CH	Chandrapur	Chandrapur	2,194,262	11,443	192
9	OS	Osmanabad	Osmanabad	1,660,311	7,569	219
10	DH	Dhule	Dhule	2,048,781	8,095	285
11	GA	Gadchiroli	Gadchiroli	1,071,795	14,412	74
12	GO	Gondia	Gondia	1,322,331	5,431	253
13	HI	Hingoli	Hingoli	1,178,973	4,526	244
14	JG	Jalgaon	Jalgaon	4,224,442	11,765	359
15	JN	Jalna	Jalna	1,958,483	7,718	255
16	KO	Kolhapur	Kolhapur	3,874,015	7,685	504
17	LA	Latur	Latur	2,455,543	7,157	343
18	MC	Mumbai City	Mumbai	3,145,966	157	20,036
19	MU	Mumbai Suburban	Bandra (East)	9,332,481	446	21,000
20	ND	Nanded	Nanded	3,356,566	10,528	319
21	NB	Nandurbar	Nandurbar	1,646,177	5,055	276
22	NG	Nagpur	Nagpur	4,653,171	9,892	470
23	NS	Nashik	Nashik	6,109,052	15,539	393
24	PL	Palghar	Palghar	2,990,116	5,344	560
25	PA	Parbhani	Parbhani	1,835,982	6,511	295
26	PU	Pune	Pune	9,426,959	15,643	603
27	RG	Raigad	Alibag	2,635,394	7,152	368
28	RT	Ratnagiri	Ratnagiri	1,612,672	8,208	196
29	SN	Sangli	Sangli	2,820,575	8,572	329
30	ST	Satara	Satara	3,003,922	10,475	287
31	SI	Sindhudurg	Oros	848,868	5,207	163
32	SO	Solapur	Solapur	4,315,527	14,895	290
33	TH	Thane	Thane	8,070,032	4,214	1,915
34	WR	Wardha	Wardha	1,296,157	6,309	205
35	WS	Washim	Washim	1,196,714	5,155	244
36	YA	Yavatmal	Yavatmal	2,775,457	13,582	204

Manipur (MN)

See also: Districts of Manipur.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	BPR	Bishnupur	Bishnupur	240,363	496	415
2	CDL	Chandel	Chandel	144,028	3,317	37
3	CCpr	Churachandpur	Churachandpur	271,274	4,574	50
4	IE	Imphal East	Porompat	452,661	710	555
5	IW	Imphal West	Lamphelpat	514,683	519	847
6	JBM	Jiribam	Jiribam	43,818	232	190
7	KAK	Kakching	Kakching	135,481	190	710
8	KJ	Kamjong	Kamjong	45,616	2,000	23
9	KPI	Kangpokpi	Kangpokpi	193,744	1,698	110
10	NL	Noney	Noney (Longmai)
11	PZ	Pherzawl	Pherzawl	47,250	2,285	21
12	SE	Senapati	Senapati	354,772	3,269	116
13	TML	Tamenglong	Tamenglong	140,143	4,391	25
14	TNL	Tengnoupal	Tengnoupal	59,110	1,213	49
15	TBL	Thoubal	Thoubal	420,517	514	713
16	UKR	Ukhrul	Ukhrul	183,115	4,547	31

Meghalaya (ML)

See also: Districts of Meghalaya.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	EG	East Garo Hills	Williamnagar	317,618	2,603	121
2	EK	East Khasi Hills	Shillong	824,059	2,752	292
3			Khliehriat	122,436	2,115	58
4			Mairang	131,451	1,356	97
5			Resubelpara	118,325	1,113	106
6	RB	Ri Bhoi	Nongpoh	258,380	2,378	109
7	SG	South Garo Hills	Baghmara	142,574	1,850	77
8		South West Garo Hills	Ampati	172,495	822	210
9		South West Khasi Hills	Mawkyrwat	110,152	1,341	82
10	WG	West Garo Hills	Tura	642,923	3,714	173
11	WJ	West Jaintia Hills	Jowai	270,352	1,693	160
12	WK	West Khasi Hills	Nongstoin	385,601	5,247	73

Mizoram (MZ)

See also: Districts of Mizoram.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AI	Aizawl	Aizawl	404,054	3,577	113
2	CH	Champhai	Champhai	125,370	3,168	39
3	-	Hnahthial	Hnahthial	28,468	–	–
4	-	Khawzawl	Khawzawl	–	–	–
5	KO	Kolasib	Kolasib	83,054	1,386	60
6	LA	Lawngtlai	Lawngtlai	117,444	2,519	46
7	LU	Lunglei	Lunglei	154,094	4,572	34
8	MA	Mamit	Mamit	85,757	2,967	28
9	SA	Saiha	Saiha	56,366	1,414	40
10	-	Saitual	Saitual	–	–	–
11	SE	Serchhip	Serchhip	64,875	1,424	46

Nagaland (NL)

See also: Districts of Nagaland.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1				125,400	570	220
2	DI	Dimapur	Dimapur	379,769	926	410
3	KI	Kiphire	Kiphire	74,033	1,255	66
4	KO	Kohima	Kohima	270,063	1,041	213
5	LO	Longleng	Longleng	50,593	885	89
6	MK	Mokokchung	Mokokchung	193,171	1,615	120
7	MN	Mon	Mon	259,604	1,786	145
8				42,287	483.63	87
9		Noklak	Noklak	59,300	1,152	51
10	PE	Peren	Peren	163,294	2,300	55
11	PH	Phek	Phek	163,294	2,026	81
12		Shamator	Shamator	34,223	469	73
13				63,629	256	249
14	TU	Tuensang	Tuensang	414,801	4,228	98
15	WO	Wokha	Wokha	166,239	1,628	120
16	ZU	Zunheboto	Zunheboto	141,014	1,255	112

Odisha (OD)

See also: Districts of Odisha.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AN	Angul	Angul	1,271,703	6,232	199
2	BD	Boudh	Boudh	439,917	3,098	142
3	BH	Bhadrak	Bhadrak	1,506,522	2,505	601
4	BL		Balangir	1,648,574	6,575	251
5	BR	Bargarh	Bargarh	1,478,833	5,837	253
6	BW		Balasore	2,317,419	3,634	609
7	CU	Cuttack	Cuttack	2,618,708	3,932	666
8	DE	Debagarh	Debagarh	312,164	2,781	106
9	DH	Dhenkanal	Dhenkanal	1,192,948	4,452	268
10	GN	Ganjam	Chhatrapur	3,529,031	8,206	430
11	GP	Gajapati	Paralakhemundi	575,880	3,850	133
12	JH	Jharsuguda	Jharsuguda	579,499	2,081	274
13	JP		Jajpur	1,826,275	2,888	630
14	JS	Jagatsinghpur	Jagatsinghpur	1,136,604	1,759	681
15	KH	Khordha	Khordha	2,251,673	2,813	800
16	KJ	Kendujhar	Kendujhar	1,802,777	8,240	217
17	KL	Kalahandi	Bhawanipatna	1,573,054	7,920	199
18	KN	Kandhamal	Phulbani	731,952	8,021	91
19	KO	Koraput	Koraput	1,376,934	8,807	156
20	KP	Kendrapara	Kendrapara	1,439,891	2,644	545
21	ML	Malkangiri	Malkangiri	612,727	5,791	106
22	MY	Mayurbhanj	Baripada	2,513,895	10,418	241
23	NB	Nabarangpur	Nabarangpur	1,218,762	5,294	230
24	NU	Nuapada	Nuapada	606,490	3,408	157
25	NY	Nayagarh	Nayagarh	962,215	3,890	247
26	PU	Puri	Puri	1,697,983	3,051	488
27	RA	Rayagada	Rayagada	961,959	7,584.7	136
28	SA	Sambalpur	Sambalpur	1,044,410	6,702	158
29	SO	Subarnapur	Subarnapur	652,107	2,284	279
30	SU		Sundergarh	2,080,664	9,712	214

Punjab (PB)

See also: Districts of Punjab (India).

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AM	Amritsar	Amritsar	2,490,891	2,673	932
2	BNL	Barnala	Barnala	596,294	1,423	419
3	BA	Bathinda	Bathinda	1,388,859	3,355	414
4	FI	Firozpur	Firozpur	2,026,831	5,334	380
5	FR	Faridkot	Faridkot	618,008	1,472	424
6	FT	Fatehgarh Sahib	Fatehgarh Sahib	599,814	1,180	508
7	FA	Fazilka	Fazilka	1,180,483	3113	379
8	GU	Gurdaspur	Gurdaspur	2,299,026	3,542	649
9	HO	Hoshiarpur	Hoshiarpur	1,582,793	3,397	466
10	JA	Jalandhar	Jalandhar	2,181,753	2,625	831
11	KA	Kapurthala	Kapurthala	817,668	1,646	501
12	LU	Ludhiana	Ludhiana	3,487,882	3,744	975
13	ML			429,754	684	629
14	MA	Mansa	Mansa	768,808	2,174	350
15	MO	Moga	Moga	992,289	2,235	444
16	MU	Sri Muktsar Sahib	Sri Muktsar Sahib	902,702	2,596	348
17	PA	Pathankot	Pathankot	626,154	929	674
18	PA	Patiala	Patiala	2,892,282	3,175	596
19	RU	Rupnagar	Rupnagar	683,349	1,400	488
20	SAS	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	986,147	1,188	830
21	SA	Sangrur	Sangrur	1,654,408	3,685	449
22	PB	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	Nawanshahr	614,362	1,283	479
23	TT	Tarn Taran	Tarn Taran Sahib	1,120,070	2,414	464

Rajasthan (RJ)

See also: Districts of Rajasthan.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AN			869,696	8,872	98
2	AJ	Ajmer	Ajmer	2,584,913	8,481	305
3	AL	Alwar	Alwar	3,671,999	8,380	438
4	BA			970,760	19,000	51
5	BE			NA	NA	NA
6	BI	Bikaner	Bikaner	2,367,745	27,244	78
7	BM	Barmer	Barmer	2,604,453	28,387	92
8	BN	Banswara	Banswara	1,798,194	5,037	399
9	BP	Bharatpur	Bharatpur	2,549,121	5,066	503
10	BR	Baran	Baran	1,223,921	6,955	175
11	BU	Bundi	Bundi	1,113,725	5,550	193
12	BW	Bhilwara	Bhilwara	2,410,459	10,455	230
13	CR	Churu	Churu	2,041,172	16,830	148
14	CT	Chittorgarh	Chittorgarh	1,544,392	10,856	193
15	DA	Dausa	Dausa	1,637,226	3,429	476
16	-			1,072,755	NA	NA
17	DK			1,625,837	NA	239
18	DH	Dholpur	Dholpur	1,207,293	3,084	398
19	-	Dudu		3,12,857	NA	NA
20	DU	Dungarpur	Dungarpur	1,388,906	3,771	368
21	GC			NA	NA	NA
22	GA	Sri Ganganagar	Sri Ganganagar	1,969,520	10,990	179
23	HA	Hanumangarh	Hanumangarh	1,779,650	9,670	184
24	-			NA	NA	NA
25	JJ	Jhunjhunu	Jhunjhunu	2,139,658	5,928	361
26	JL	Jalore	Jalore	1,830,151	10,640	172
27	JO	Jodhpur	Jodhpur	3,685,681	22,850	161
28	-	Jodhpur Gramin		NA	NA	NA
29	JP	Jaipur	Jaipur	6,626,178	11,143	595
30	JS	Jaisalmer	Jaisalmer	672,008	38,401	17
31	JW	Jhalawar	Jhalawar	1,411,327	6,219	227
32	KA	Karauli	Karauli	1,458,459	5,530	264
33	KE			NA	NA	NA
34	KT			966,821	NA	NA
35	KP			NA	NA	NA
36	KO	Kota	Kota	1,950,491	5,446	374
37	TO	Tonk	Tonk	1,421,711	7,194	198
38	UD	Udaipur	Udaipur	3,067,549	13,430	242
39	NA	Nagaur	Nagaur	3,309,234	17,718	187
40	NT			NA	NA	NA
41	PA	Pali	Pali	2,038,533	12,387	165
42	PH			NA	NA	NA
43	PG	Pratapgarh	Pratapgarh	867,848	4,112	211
44	RA	Rajsamand	Rajsamand	1,158,283	3,853	302
45	SA			8,45,457	181	4,865.41
46	-			NA	NA	NA
47	SK	Sikar	Sikar	2,677,737	7,732	346
48	-			NA	NA	NA
49	SM	Sawai Madhopur	Sawai Madhopur	1,338,114	4,500	257
50	SR	Sirohi	Sirohi	1,037,185	5,136	202

Sikkim (SK)

See also: Districts of Sikkim.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	ES	Gangtok	Gangtok	281,293	954	295
2	NS	Mangan	Mangan	43,354	4,226	10
3	PS	Pakyong	Pakyong	74,583	404	180
4		Soreng		64,760	293	221
5	SS	Namchi	Namchi	146,742	750	196
6	WS	Gyalshing	Gyalshing	136,299	1,166	117

Tamil Nadu (TN)

See also: Districts of Tamil Nadu.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AY	Ariyalur	Ariyalur	752,481	3,208	387
2	CGL	Chengalpattu	Chengalpattu	2,556,244	2,945	868
3	CH	Chennai		7,139,882	426	17,000
4	CO	Coimbatore	Coimbatore	3,472,578	4,723	748
5	CU	Cuddalore	Cuddalore	2,600,880	3,999	702
6	DH	Dharmapuri	Dharmapuri	1,502,900	4,532	332
7	DGL	Dindigul	Dindigul	2,161,367	6,058	357
8	ER	Erode	Erode	2,259,608	5,714	397
9	KL	Kallakurichi	Kallakurichi	1,682,687	3,520	478
10	KC	Kanchipuram	Kanchipuram	1,166,401	1,656	704
11	KK	Kanyakumari	Nagercoil	1,863,178	1,685	1,106
12	KA	Karur	Karur	1,076,588	2,901	371
13	KR	Krishnagiri	Krishnagiri	1,883,731	5,086	370
14	MDU	Madurai	Madurai	3,191,038	3,676	823
15	MLD	Mayiladuthurai	Mayiladuthurai	918,356	1,172	784
16	NG	Nagapattinam	Nagapattinam	1,614,069	2,716	668
17	NI	Nilgiris	Ooty	735,071	2,549	288
18	NM	Namakkal	Namakkal	1,721,179	3,429	506
19	PE	Perambalur	Perambalur	564,511	1,752	323
20	PU	Pudukkottai	Pudukkottai	1,918,725	4,651	348
21	RA	Ramanathapuram	Ramanathapuram	1,337,560	4,123	320
22	RN	Ranipet	Ranipettai	1,210,277	2,234	524
23	SA	Salem	Salem	3,480,008	5,245	663
24	SVG	Sivaganga	Sivagangai	1,341,250	4,086	324
25	TS	Tenkasi	Tenkasi	14,07,627	2916	483
26	TP	Tiruppur	Tiruppur	2,471,222	5,106	476
27	TC	Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli	2,713,858	4,407	602
28	TH	Theni	Theni	1,243,684	3,066	433
29	TI	Tirunelveli	Tirunelveli	1,665,253	3,842	433
30	TJ	Thanjavur	Thanjavur	2,402,781	3,397	691
31	TK	Thoothukudi		1,738,376	4,594	378
32	TP	Tirupattur		1,111,812	1,798	618
33	TL	Tiruvallur	Tiruvallur	3,725,697	3,424	1,049
34	TR	Tiruvarur	Thiruvarur	1,268,094	2,377	533
35	TV	Tiruvannamalai	Tiruvannaamalai	2,468,965	6,191	399
36	VE	Vellore	Vellore	1,614,242	2,080	776
37	VL	Viluppuram	Viluppuram	2,093,003	3,725	562
38	VNR	Virudhunagar	Virudhunagar	1,943,309	3,446	454

Telangana (TG)

See also: Districts of Telangana.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AD			708,952	4,185.97	171
2	BK			1,304,811	8,951.00	143
3		Hanamkonda	Hanamkonda	1,135,707	1,304.50	826
4	HY			3,943,323	217	18,172
5				983,414	3,043.23	407
6				582,457	2,187.50	259
7				712,257	6,361.70	115
8				664,971	2,928.00	208
9				972,625	3,651.00	266
10	KA	Karimnagar	Karimnagar	1,016,063	2,379.07	473
11	KH		Khammam	1,401,639	4,453.00	321
12				515,835	4,300.16	106
13				770,170	2,876.70	269
14	MA	Mahbubnagar	Mahbubnagar	1,318,110	4,037.00	281
15				807,037	4,056.36	201
16	ME			767,428	2,740.89	275
17				2,542,203	5,005.98	2,251
18				2,94,671	3,881	124
19	NA	Nalgonda	Nalgonda	1,631,399	2,449.79	227
20				5,66,874	2336.44	243
21		Nagarkurnool	Nagarkurnool	893,308	6,545.00	124
22		Nirmal	Nirmal	709,415	3,562.51	185
23	NI	Nizamabad	Nizamabad	1,534,428	4,153.00	366
24		Peddapalli	Peddapalli	795,332	4,614.74	356
25		Rajanna Sircilla	Sircilla	546,121	2,030.89	273
26	RA	Ranga Reddy	Hyderabad	2,551,731	5,031.00	486
27		Sangareddy	Sangareddy	1,527,628	4,464.87	347
28		Siddipet	Siddipet	993,376	3,425.19	279
29		Suryapet	Suryapet	1,099,560	3,374.47	305
30		Vikarabad	Vikarabad	881,250	3,385.00	274
31		Wanaparthy	Wanaparthy	751,553	2,938.00	268
32	WL	Warangal	Warangal	716,457	2,175.50	330
33		Yadadri Bhuvanagiri	Bhongir	726,465	3,091.48	239

Tripura (TR)

See also: Districts of Tripura.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	DH	Dhalai	Ambassa	377,988	2,400	157
2	GM	Gomati	Udaipur	436,868	1522.8	287
3	KH	Khowai	Khowai	327,391	1005.67	326
4	NT	North Tripura	Dharmanagar	415,946	1444.5	288
5	SP	Sepahijala	Bishramganj	484,233	1044.78	463
6	ST	South Tripura	Belonia	433,737	1534.2	283
7	UK	Unakoti	Kailashahar	277,335	591.93	469
8	WT	West Tripura	Agartala	917,534	942.55	973

Uttar Pradesh (UP)

See also: Districts of Uttar Pradesh.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AG	Agra	Agra	4,380,793	4,027	1,084
2	AL	Aligarh	Aligarh	3,673,849	3,747	1,007
3	AN	Ambedkar Nagar	Akbarpur	2,398,709	2,372	1,021
4	AM	Amethi	Gauriganj	2,549,935	3,063	830
5	JP	Amroha	Amroha	1,838,771	2,321	818
6	AU	Auraiya	Auraiya	1,372,287	2,051	681
7	FZ	Ayodhya	Ayodhya	2,468,371	2,765	1,054
8	AZ	Azamgarh	Azamgarh	4,616,509	4,053	1,139
9	BG	Bagpat	Baghpat	1,302,156	1,345	986
10	BH	Bahraich	Bahraich	2,384,239	4,926	415
11	BL	Ballia	Ballia	3,223,642	2,981	1,081
12	BP	Balrampur	Balrampur	2,149,066	3,349	642
13	BN	Banda	Banda	1,799,541	4,413	404
14	BB	Barabanki	Barabanki	3,257,983	3,825	739
15	BR	Bareilly	Bareilly	4,465,344	4,120	1,084
16	BS	Basti	Basti	2,461,056	2,687	916
17	BH	Bhadohi	Gyanpur	1,554,203	960	1,531
18	BI	Bijnor	Bijnor	3,683,896	4,561	808
19	BD	Budaun	Budaun	3,712,738	5,168	718
20	BU	Bulandshahr	Bulandshahr	3,498,507	3,719	788
21	CD	Chandauli	Chandauli	1,952,713	2,554	768
22	CT	Chitrakoot	Karwi	990,626	3,202	315
23	DE	Deoria	Deoria	3,098,637	2,535	1,220
24	ET	Etah	Etah	1,761,152	2,456	717
25	EW	Etawah	Etawah	1,579,160	2,287	683
26	FR	Farrukhabad	Fatehgarh	1,887,577	2,279	865
27	FT	Fatehpur		2,632,684	4,152	634
28	FI	Firozabad	Firozabad	2,496,761	2,361	1,044
29	GB	Gautam Buddha Nagar	Noida	1,674,714	1,269	1,252
30	GZ	Ghaziabad	Ghaziabad	4,661,452	1,175	3,967
31	GP	Ghazipur		3,622,727	3,377	1,072
32	GN	Gonda	Gonda	3,431,386	4,425	857
33	GR	Gorakhpur	Gorakhpur	4,436,275	3,325	1,336
34	HM	Hamirpur	Hamirpur	1,104,021	4,325	268
35	PN	Hapur	Hapur	1,338,211	660	2,028
36	HR	Hardoi	Hardoi	4,091,380	5,986	683
37	HT	Hathras	Hathras	1,565,678	1,752	851
38	JL	Jalaun	Orai	1,670,718	4,565	366
39	JU	Jaunpur	Jaunpur	4,476,072	4,038	1,108
40	JH	Jhansi	Jhansi	2,000,755	5,024	398
41	KJ	Kannauj	Kannauj	1,658,005	1,993	792
42	KD	Kanpur Dehat	Akbarpur	1,795,092	3,021	594
43	KN	Kanpur Nagar	Kanpur	4,572,951	3,156	1,415
44	KR	Kasganj	Kasganj	1,438,156	1,955	736
45	KS	Kaushambi	Manjhanpur	1,596,909	1,837	897
46	KU	Kushinagar	Padrauna	3,560,830	2,909	1,226
47	LK	Lakhimpur Kheri	Lakhimpur	4,013,634	7,674	523
48	LA	Lalitpur	Lalitpur	1,218,002	5,039	242
49	LU	Lucknow	Lucknow	4,588,455	2,528	1,815
50	MG	Maharajganj	Maharajganj	2,665,292	2,953	903
51	MH	Mahoba	Mahoba	876,055	2,847	288
52	MP	Mainpuri	Mainpuri	1,847,194	2,760	670
53	MT	Mathura	Mathura	2,541,894	3,333	761
54	MB	Mau	Mau	2,205,170	1,713	1,287
55	ME	Meerut	Meerut	3,447,405	2,522	1,342
56	MI	Mirzapur	Mirzapur	2,494,533	4,522	561
57	MO	Moradabad	Moradabad	4,773,138	3,718	1,284
58	MU	Muzaffarnagar	Muzaffarnagar	4,138,605	4,008	1,033
59	PI	Pilibhit	Pilibhit	2,037,225	3,499	567
60	PR	Pratapgarh	Pratapgarh	3,173,752	3,717	854
61	AH	Prayagraj	Prayagraj	5,959,798	5,481	1,087
62	RB	Raebareli	Raebareli	3,404,004	4,609	739
63	RA	Rampur	Rampur	2,335,398	2,367	987
64	SA	Saharanpur	Saharanpur	3,464,228	3,689	939
65	SM	Sambhal	Sambhal	2,217,020	2453	890
66	SK	Sant Kabir Nagar	Khalilabad	1,714,300	1,442	1,014
67	SJ	Shahjahanpur	Shahjahanpur	3,002,376	4,575	673
68	SH	Shamli^[11]	Shamli	1,274,815	1,063	1,200
69	SV	Shravasti	Shravasti	1,114,615	1,948	572
70	SN	Siddharthnagar	Naugarh	2,553,526	2,751	882
71	SI	Sitapur	Sitapur	4,474,446	5,743	779
72	SO	Sonbhadra	Robertsganj	1,862,612	6,788	274
73	SU	Sultanpur	Sultanpur	3,790,922	4,436	855
74	UN	Unnao	Unnao	3,110,595	4,561	682
75	VA	Varanasi	Varanasi	3,682,194	1,535	2,399

Uttarakhand (UK)

See also: Districts of Uttarakhand.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AL	Almora		621,927	3,090	198
2	BA	Bageshwar	Bageshwar	259,840	2,310	116
3	CL	Chamoli	Gopeshwar	391,114	7,692	49
4	CP	Champawat	Champawat	259,315	1,781	147
5	DD	Dehradun	Dehradun	1,698,560	3,088	550
6	HA	Haridwar	Haridwar	1,927,029	2,360	817
7	NA	Nainital	Nainital	955,128	3,853	225
8	PG	Pauri Garhwal	Pauri	686,527	5,438	129
9	PI	Pithoragarh	Pithoragarh	485,993	7,110	69
10	RP	Rudraprayag	Rudraprayag	236,857	1,896	119
11	TG	Tehri Garhwal	New Tehri	616,409	4,085	169
12	US	Udham Singh Nagar	Rudrapur	1,648,367	2,912	648
13	UT	Uttarkashi	Uttarkashi	329,686	7,951	41

West Bengal (WB)

See also: Districts of West Bengal.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AD	Alipurduar	Alipurduar	1,501,983	3,136	479
2	BN	Bankura	Bankura	3,596,292	6,882	523
3	BI	Birbhum	Suri	3,502,387	4,545	771
4	KB	Cooch Behar	Cooch Behar	2,822,780	3,387	833
5	DD	Dakshin Dinajpur	Balurghat	1,670,931	2,183	753
6	DA	Darjeeling	Darjeeling	1,595,181	2,093	762
7	HG	Hooghly	Chinsurah	5,520,389	3,149	1,753
8	HR	Howrah	Howrah	4,841,638	1,467	3,300
9	JA	Jalpaiguri	Jalpaiguri	3,869,675	6,227	621
10	JH	Jhargram	Jhargram	1,136,548	3,038	374
11	KA	Kalimpong	Kalimpong	251,642	1,054	239
12	KO	Kolkata	Kolkata	4,486,679	206.08	24,252
13	MA	Maldah	English Bazar	3,997,970	3,733	1,071
14	MSD	Murshidabad	Baharampur	7,102,430	5,324	1,334
15	NA	Nadia	Krishnanagar	5,168,488	3,927	1,316
16	PN	North 24 Parganas	Barasat	10,082,852	4,094	2,463
17	BR	Paschim Bardhaman	Asansol	2,882,031	1,603	1,798
18	PM	Paschim Medinipur	Midnapore	4,776,909	6,308	757
19	BR	Purba Bardhaman	Bardhaman	4,835,532	5,433	890
20	PR	Purba Medinipur	Tamluk	5,095,875	4,736	1,076
21	PU	Purulia	Purulia	2,927,965	6,259	468
22	PS	South 24 Parganas	Alipore	8,161,961	9,960	819
23	UD	Uttar Dinajpur	Raiganj	3,000,849	3,180	956

Union territories

Andaman and Nicobar (AN)

See also: Districts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	NI	Nicobar	Car Nicobar			20
2	NA	North and Middle Andaman	Mayabunder			28
3	SA	South Andaman	Port Blair			89

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (DD)

See also: Districts of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	DA	Daman	Daman
2	DI	Diu	Diu
3	DN	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Silvassa

Jammu and Kashmir (JK)

See also: Districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	AN	Anantnag	Anantnag	1,070,144	2853	375
2	BD	Budgam	Budgam	735,753	1406	537
3	BPR	Bandipore	Bandipore	385,099	3,010	128
4	BR	Baramulla	Baramulla	1,015,503	3329	305
5	DO	Doda	Doda	409,576	2,625	79
6	GB			297,003	1979	1,151
7	JA	Jammu	Jammu	1,526,406	3,097	596
8	KT	Kathua	Kathua	615,711	2,651	232
9	KW		Kishtwar	230,696	7,737	30
10	KG	Kulgam		422,786	457	925
11	KU	Kupwara		875,564	2,379	368
12	PO	Poonch	Poonch	476,820	1,674	285
13	PU	Pulwama	Pulwama	570,060	1,398	598
14	RA	Rajouri	Rajouri	619,266	2,630	235
15	RB	Ramban	Ramban	283,313	1,330	213
16	RS			314,714	1710	184
17	SB	Samba	Samba	318,611	913	318
18	SH			265,960	312	852
19	SR	Srinagar	Srinagar	1,269,751	2,228	703
20	UD	Udhampur	Udhampur	555,357	4,550	211

Ladakh (LA)

See also: Districts of Ladakh.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	KR		Kargil	143,388	14,036	10
2	LE	Leh	Leh	133,487	45,110	3

National Capital Territory of Delhi (DL)

See also: Districts of Delhi.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	CD				25
2	ED				440
3	ND				22
4	NO				59
5	NE				52
6	NW				130
7	SH				59.75
8	SD				250
9	SE				102
10	SW				395
11	WD				112

Puducherry (PY)

See also: Districts of Puducherry.

	Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
1	KA	Karaikal
2	MA	Mahé
3	PO	Puducherry
4	YA	Yanam

See also

• Administrative divisions of India
• Municipalities of India
• Districts of British India

Footnotes

References

• Book: District Census Handbook – Andaman & Nicobar Islands . Directorate of Census Operations – GoI . 2011. 22 April 2019 . .
• Book: District Census Handbook – Chandigarh . Directorate of Census Operations – GoI . 2011. 23 April 2019 . .
• Book: District Census Handbook – Dadra and Nagar Haveli . Directorate of Census Operations – GoI . 2011. 30 April 2019 . .
• Book: District Census Handbook – Daman . Directorate of Census Operations – GoI . 2011. 7 May 2019 . .
• Book: District Census Handbook – Diu . Directorate of Census Operations – GoI . 2011. 7 May 2019 . .
• Book: District Census Handbook – Lakshadweep . Directorate of Census Operations – GoI . 2011. 7 May 2019 . .
• Book: District Census Handbook – N.C.T. of Delhi . Directorate of Census Operations – GoI . 2011. 7 May 2019 . .
• Book: District Census Handbook – Puducherry – Karaikal . Directorate of Census Operations – GoI . 2011. 22 May 2019 . .
• Book: District Census Handbook – Puducherry – Mahe . Directorate of Census Operations – GoI . 2011. 22 May 2019 . .
• Book: District Census Handbook – Puducherry – Puducherry . Directorate of Census Operations – GoI . 2011. 22 May 2019 . .
• Book: District Census Handbook – Puducherry – Yanam . Directorate of Census Operations – GoI . 2011. 22 May 2019 . .

External links

• Districts of India, Indian Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jain . Inder . District Judge Does Not Have Power Of Superintendence Over Judicial Officers Subordinate To Him In The District Court . legalserviceindia.com . 27 January 2024.
2. Web site: Court of Session . India Code (official) . 27 January 2024.
3. Web site: Jurisdiction of District Court in India . District Courts . 14 August 2023 . 27 January 2024.
4. Web site: Sarma . Reshmitha . 19 January 2020 . Who is a collector? What are his powers? . 9 April 2022 . Law Times Journal . en-us.
5. Web site: The Police Act, 1861 . 9 April 2022 . mha.gov.in.
6. Web site: 2019 . Handbook of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Forest Conservation Rules, 2003 (Guidelines & Clarifications) . 9 April 2022 . dgms.net . . 7.
7. http://mumbaicity.gov.in/ Official site of Mumbai City Collectorate (A district)
8. Web site: 12 February 2018 . NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address: Appendix (2): Districts Abbreviations as per ISO 3166–2 . 10 May 2021 . Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India . 5–10 .
9. Web site: Indian Districts by Population, Growth Rate, Sex Ratio 2011 Census . 27 December 2012 . 2011 census of India.
10. Web site: Part I: state. Government of India Census portal. 20 April 2020.
11. Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh was formerly named Prabudh Nagar district, which did not exist during census 2011.