A district (zila), also known as a revenue district, is an administrative division of an Indian state or union territory. In some cases, districts are further subdivided into subdivisions, and in others directly into tehsils or talukas. , there are a total of 800 districts in India. This count includes Mahe and Yanam, which are Census districts rather than administrative districts as well as the temporary Maha Kumbh Mela district, but excludes the Itanagar Capital Complex, which has a Deputy Commissioner but is not an official district.

District Administration The District officials include District & Sessions Judge (Principal & additional), an officer of 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. District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner or District Collector, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, in charge of land revenue administration, disaster management, maintenance of public order, co-ordination, etc. 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. Superintendent of Police is incharge of the police administration of the respective police district. The police district is either coterminous with the revenue/administrative 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. 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 metropolitan districts of Mumbai City in Maharashtra,Official site of Mumbai City Collectorate (A district) Kolkata in West Bengal, Hyderabad in Telangana, and Chennai in Tamil Nadu are examples where there are no distinct district headquarters, although they have district collectors. These district headquarters are known as "Collectorates".

Overview

+ Overview of districts; population figures according to 2011 census Administrative division Districts Total population Population per district States Andhra Pradesh 28 Arunachal Pradesh 27 Assam 35 Bihar 38 Chhattisgarh 33 Goa 3 Gujarat 34 Haryana 23 Himachal Pradesh 12 Jharkhand 24 Karnataka 31 Kerala 14 Madhya Pradesh 55 Maharashtra 36 Manipur 16 Meghalaya 12 Mizoram 11 Nagaland 17 Odisha 30 Punjab 23 Rajasthan 41 Sikkim 6 Tamil Nadu 38 Telangana 33 Tripura 8 Uttar Pradesh 75 Uttarakhand 13 West Bengal 27 Union Territories Andaman and Nicobar Islands 3 Chandigarh 1 Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu 3 Jammu and Kashmir 20 Ladakh 7 Lakshadweep 1 Delhi 13 Puducherry 4 Total 800 +Largest and smallest districts in IndiaLargest DistrictSmallest DistrictBy Land AreaKutch districtMahe districtBy PopulationNorth 24 Parganas districtDibang Valley district

Naming The majority of districts in India take their names from the district headquarters (the principal town or administrative centre).

Not all districts are named after towns. Some districts are named for prominent geographical features (for example, river names), historical regions, or notable persons associated with the area. For example, Krishna district is named for the Krishna River that flows through the region, while Mahabubnagar (Palamoor) takes its name from the town of Mahbubnagar, itself named after Mir Mahabub Ali Khan.

Some districts have historically used two forms of names—a traditional or historical name and a name based on the modern administrative headquarters—and in many official usages the word "district" is appended to the name (for example, "Sonipat district") to distinguish the administrative unit from the town of the same name.

The reasons for district names and for changes to them can be administrative, political, cultural, or commemorative; new districts created during reorganisations are often named for their headquarters or for local landmarks, and the choice of name is normally made by the state government that creates 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, Salem, Brebes Regency, Indonesia, Salem, Oregon, United States Indore district, Madhya Pradesh with Indore, West Virginia Korea district, Chattisgarh with Korea

States The following tables list the population details of various states. The columns include the hierarchical administrative subdivision codes, the district name, district headquarters, 2011 census population, area in square kilometres, and the population density per square kilometre.

Andhra Pradesh (AP)

# Code District Headquarters Population(2021) Area(km2) Density(/km2)1ASAlluri Sitharama RajuPaderu 954,000 12,251 77.872AKAnakapalliAnakapalli 1,727,000 4,292 402.38 3 AN Ananthapuramu Ananthapuramu 2,241,100 10,205 219.6084AMAnnamayyaMadanapalle 1,697,300 7,954 213.3895BPBapatlaBapatla 1,587,000 3,829 414.47 6 CH Chittoor Chittoor 1,873,000 6,855 273.237KNDr. B.R. Ambedkar KonaseemaAmalapuram 1,719,100 2,083 825.30 8 EG East Godavari Rajamahendravaram 1,832,300 2,561 715.469ELEluruEluru 2,071,700 6,679 310.181 10 GU Guntur Guntur 2,091,000 2,443 855.911KKKakinadaKakinada 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 7,980 284.6714NNNandyalNandyal 1,781,800 9,682 184.032 15 NE Nellore Nellore 2,469,700 10,441 23616NTNTRVijayawada 2,218,000 3,316 668.8817PLPalnaduNarasaraopet 2,042,000 7,298 279.8018PMParvathipuram ManyamParvathipuram 925,300 3,659 252.88 19 PR Prakasam Ongole 2,288,000 14,322 160 20 SR Srikakulam Srikakulam 2,191,471 4,591 477.3421SSSri Sathya SaiPuttaparthi 1,840,000 8,925 206.222TRTirupatiTirupati 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 11,228 183.53227 – Polavaram Rampachodavaram 954,000 12,253 77.8628 – Markapuram Markapuram 1,142,313 10,035 113.83

Arunachal Pradesh (AR)

# Code District Headquarters Population(2011) Area(km2) Density(/km2) 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 Kamle Raga 22,256 200 111 6 Kra Daadi Palin 22,290 2202 10 7 KK Kurung Kumey Koloriang 89,717 6,040 15 8 Lepa Rada Basar 9 EL Lohit Tezu 145,538 2,402 61 10 LD Longding Longding 60,000 1,200 50 11 DV Lower Dibang Valley Roing 53,986 3,900 14 12 Lower Siang Likabali 22,630 13 LB Lower Subansiri Ziro 82,839 3,508 24 14 Namsai Namsai 95,950 1,587 60 15 Pakke-Kessang Lemmi 15,358 1,932 7.9 16 PA Papum Pare Yupia 176,385 2,875 61 17 Shi Yomi Tato13,310 2,875 5 18 SiangBoleng 31,920 2,919 11 19 TA Tawang Tawang 49,950 2,085 24 20 TI Tirap Khonsa 111,997 2,362 47 21 UD Upper Dibang Valley Anini 8,004 9,129 1 22 US Upper Siang Yingkiong 35,289 6,188 6 23 UB Upper Subansiri Daporijo 83,205 7,032 12 24 WK West Kameng Bomdila 87,013 7,422 12 25 WS West Siang Aalo 112,272 8,325 1326 Keyi PanyorYachuli 30,000 27 BichomNapangphung 9,710 2,897 3.35

Assam (AS)

# Code District Headquarters Population(2011) Area(km2) Density(/km2) 1 BK Baksa 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 Charaideo Sonari 471,418 1,069 440 8 CH Chirang 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 Kokrajhar 886,999 3,129 283 24 LA Lakhimpur North Lakhimpur 1,040,644 2,277 457 25 MJ Majuli Garamur 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 South Salmara-Mankachar Hatsingimari 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 West Karbi Anglong Hamren 300,320 3,035 99

Bihar (BR)