List of districts of India

A district is an administrative division of a state in India. India is divided into twenty-eight states, six Union territories (UT) and one national capital territory. Each state or UT is subdivided into districts for administration purposes. Currently India has 604 districts. The power to change district borders, create new districts or merge existing districts lies with respective state government.

Contents 1 Officials 2 Divisions 2.1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands (AN) 2.2 Andhra Pradesh (AP) 2.3 Arunachal Pradesh (AR) 2.4 Assam (AS) 2.5 Bihar (BR) 2.6 Chandigarh (CH) 2.7 Chhattisgarh (CG) 2.8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli (DN) 2.9 Daman and Diu (DD) 2.10 Delhi (DL) 2.11 Goa (GA) 2.12 Gujarat (GJ) 2.13 Haryana (HR) 2.14 Himachal Pradesh (HP) 2.15 Jammu and Kashmir (JK) 2.16 Jharkhand (JH) 2.17 Karnataka (KA) 2.18 Kerala (KL) 2.19 Lakshadweep (LD) 2.20 Madhya Pradesh (MP) 2.21 Maharashtra (MH) 2.22 Manipur (MN) 2.23 Meghalaya (ML) 2.24 Mizoram (MZ) 2.25 Nagaland (NL) 2.26 Orissa (OR) 2.27 Puducherry (PY) 2.28 Punjab (PB) 2.29 Rajasthan (RJ) 2.30 Sikkim (SK) 2.31 Tamil Nadu (TN) 2.32 Tripura (TR) 2.33 Uttarakhand (UA) 2.34 Uttar Pradesh (UP) 2.35 West Bengal (WB) 3 References

Officials

The District Collector or Deputy Commissioner or District Magistrate, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service, is in charge of the general administration and revenue collection. He is also responsible for the law and order of the district. Cities like Mumbai despite coming under a district do not have a district headquarters, though it does have a Collector. The Superintendent of Police or Deputy Commissioner of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the State Police Service and other State Police officials. The Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service is responsible for managing the Forests, environment and wild-life related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the State Forest Service and other State Forest officials and State Wild-Life officials.

Divisions

Districts are subdived into sub-divisions and tehsils or talukas (the later title more common across the four states of southern India). Taluks are subdvided into Firhas Firkas are subdivided into Revenue villages Revenue Villages are subdivided into Villages

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 16 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:   604

States and territories of India, numbered as per the table

Andaman and Nicobar Islands (AN)

Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
AN	Andamans	Port Blair	314,239	6,408	49
NI	Nicobar	Car Nicobar	42,026	1,841	23

Andhra Pradesh (AP)

Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
AD	Adilabad	Adilabad	2,479,347	16,105	154
AN	Anantapur	Anantapur	3,639,304	19,130	190
CH	Chittoor	Chittoor	3,735,202	15,152	247
EG	East Godavari	Kakinada	4,872,622	10,807	451
GU	Guntur	Guntur	4,405,521	11,391	387
HY	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	3,686,460	217	16,988
CU	Kadapa	Kadapa	2,573,481	15,359	168
KA	Karimnagar	Karimnagar	3,477,079	11,823	294
KH	Khammam	Khammam	2,565,412	16,029	160
KR	Krishna	Machilipatnam	4,218,416	8,727	483
KU	Kurnool	Kurnool	3,512,266	17,658	199
MA	Mahbubnagar	Mahbubnagar	3,506,876	18,432	190
ME	Medak	Sangareddi	2,662,296	9,699	274
NA	Nalgonda	Nalgonda	3,238,449	14,240	227
NE	Nellore	Nellore	2,659,661	13,076	203
NI	Nizamabad	Nizamabad	2,342,803	7,956	294
PR	Prakasam	Ongole	3,054,941	17,626	173
RA	Rangareddi	Hyderabad	3,506,670	7,493	468
SR	Srikakulam	Srikakulam	2,528,491	5,837	433
VS	Vishakhapatnam	Vishakhapatnam	3,789,823	11,161	340
VZ	Vizianagaram	Vizianagaram	2,245,103	6,539	343
WA	Warangal	Warangal	3,231,174	12,846	252
WG	West Godavari	Eluru	3,796,144	7,742	490

Arunachal Pradesh (AR)

Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
CH	Changlang	Changlang	124,994	4,662	27
DV	Dibang Valley	Anini	57,543	13,029	4
EK	East Kameng	Seppa	57,065	4,134	14
ES	East Siang	Pasighat	87,430	4,005	22
LB	Lower Subansiri	Ziro	97,614	10,135	10
LO	Lohit	Tezu	143,478	11,402	13
PA	Papum Pare	Yupia	121,750	2,875	42
TA	Tawang	Tawang	34,705	2,172	16
TI	Tirap	Khonsa	100,227	2,362	42
UB	Upper Subansiri	Daporijo	54,995	7,032	8
US	Upper Siang	Yingkiong	33,146	6,188	5
WK	West Kameng	Bomdila	74,595	7,422	10
WS	West Siang	Along	103,575	8,325	12

Assam (AS)

Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
BA	Barpeta	Barpeta	1,642,420	3,245	506
BO	Bongaigaon	Bongaigaon	906,315	2,510	361
CA	Cachar	Silchar	1,442,141	3,786	381
DA	Darrang	Mangaldai	1,503,943	3,481	432
DB	Dhubri	Dhubri	1,634,589	2,838	576
DI	Dibrugarh	Dibrugarh	1,172,056	3,381	347
DM	Dhemaji	Dhemaji	569,468	3,237	176
GG	Golaghat	Golaghat	945,781	3,502	270
GP	Goalpara	Goalpara	822,306	1,824	451
HA	Hailakandi	Hailakandi	542,978	1,327	409
JO	Jorhat	Jorhat	1,009,197	2,851	354
KA	Karbi Anglong	Diphu	812,320	10,434	78
KK	Kokrajhar	Kokrajhar	930,404	3,129	297
KP	Kamrup	Guwahati	2,515,030	4,345	579
KR	Karimganj	Karimganj	1,003,678	1,809	555
LA	Lakhimpur	Lakhimpur	889,325	2,277	391
MA	Marigaon	Marigaon	775,874	1,704	455
NC	North Cachar Hills	Haflong	186,189	4,888	38
NG	Nagaon	Nagaon	2,315,387	3,831	604
NL	Nalbari	Nalbari	1,138,184	2,257	504
SI	Sibsagar	Sibsagar	1,052,802	2,668	395
SO	Sonitpur	Tezpur	1,677,874	5,324	315
TI	Tinsukia	Tinsukia	1,150,146	3,790	303

Bihar (BR)

Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
AR	Araria	Araria	2,124,831	2,829	751
AU	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	2,004,960	3,303	607
BA	Banka	Banka	1,608,778	3,018	533
BE	Begusarai	Begusarai	2,342,989	1,917	1,222
BG	Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	2,430,331	2,569	946
BJ	Bhojpur	Ara	2,233,415	2,473	903
BU	Buxar	Buxar	1,403,462	1,624	864
DA	Darbhanga	Darbhanga	3,285,473	2,278	1,442
EC	Purba Champaran	Motihari	3,933,636	3,969	991
GA	Gaya	Gaya	3,464,983	4,978	696
GO	Gopalganj	Gopalganj	2,149,343	2,033	1,057
JA	Jamui	Jamui	1,397,474	3,099	451
JE	Jehanabad	Jehanabad	1,511,406	1,569	963
KH	Khagaria	Khagaria	1,276,677	1,486	859
KI	Kishanganj	Kishanganj	1,294,063	1,884	687
KM	Kaimur	Bhabua	1,284,575	3,363	382
KT	Katihar	Katihar	2,389,533	3,056	782
LA	Lakhisarai	Lakhisarai	801,173	1,229	652
MB	Madhubani	Madhubani	3,570,651	3,501	1,020
MG	Munger	Munger	1,135,499	1,419	800
MP	Madhepura	Madhepura	1,524,596	1,787	853
MZ	Muzaffarpur	Muzaffarpur	3,743,836	3,173	1,180
NL	Nalanda	Bihar Sharif	2,368,327	2,354	1,006
NW	Nawada	Nawada	1,809,425	2,492	726
PA	Patna	Patna	4,709,851	3,202	1,471
PU	Purnia	Purnia	2,540,788	3,228	787
RO	Rohtas	Susaram	2,448,762	3,850	636
SH	Saharsa	Saharsa	1,506,418	1,702	885
SM	Samastipur	Samastipur	3,413,413	2,905	1,175
SO	Sheohar	Sheohar	514,288	443	1,161
SP	Sheikhpura	Sheikhpura	525,137	689	762
SR	Saran	Chhapra	3,251,474	2,641	1,231
ST	Sitamarhi	Sitamarhi	2,669,887	2,199	1,214
SU	Supaul	Supaul	1,745,069	2,410	724
SW	Siwan	Siwan	2,708,840	2,219	1,221
VA	Vaishali	Hajipur	2,712,389	2,036	1,332
WC	Pashchim Champaran	Bettiah	3,043,044	5,229	582

Chandigarh (CH)

Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
CH	Chandigarh	—	900,914	114	7,903

Chhattisgarh (CG)

Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
BA	Bastar	Jagdalpur	1,302,253	14,968	87
BI	Bilaspur	Bilaspur	1,993,042	8,270	241
DA	Dantewada	Dantewada	719,065	17,538	41
DH	Dhamtari	Dhamtari	703,569	3,383	208
DU	Durg	Durg	2,801,757	8,542	328
JA	Jashpur	Jashpur	739,780	5,825	127
JC	Janjgir-Champa	Janjgir	1,316,140	3,848	342
KB	Korba	Korba	1,012,121	6,615	153
KJ	Koriya	Koriya	585,455	6,578	89
KK	Kanker	Kanker	651,333	6,513	100
KW	Kawardha	Kawardha	584,667	4,237	138
MA	Mahasamund	Mahasamund	860,176	4,779	180
RG	Raigarh	Raigarh	1,265,084	7,068	179
RN	Rajnandgaon	Rajnandgaon	1,281,811	8,062	159
RP	Raipur	Raipur	3,009,042	13,083	230
SU	Surguja	Ambikapur	1,970,661	15,765	125

Dadra and Nagar Haveli (DN)

Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
DN	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Silvassa	220,451	491	449

Daman and Diu (DD)

Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
DA	Daman	—	113,949	72	1,583
DI	Diu	—	44,110	40	1,103

Delhi (DL)

Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
DL	Central Delhi		644,005	25	25,759
DL	East Delhi		1,448,770	64	22,638
DL	New Delhi		171,806	35	4,909
DL	North Delhi		779,788	60	13,019
DL	North East Delhi		1,763,712	60	29,397
DL	North West Delhi		2,847,395	440	6,472
DL	South Delhi		2,258,367	250	9,034
DL	South West Delhi		1,749,492	420	4,166
DL	West Delhi		2,119,641	129	16,431

Goa (GA)

Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
NG	North Goa	Panaji	757,407	1,736	436
SG	South Goa	Margao	586,591	1,966	298

Gujarat (GJ)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
AH	Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad	5,808,378	8,707	667
AM	Amreli District	Amreli	1,393,295	6,760	206
AN	Anand	Anand	1,856,712	2,942	631
BK	Banaskantha	Palanpur	2,502,843	12,703	197
BR	Bharuch	Bharuch	1,370,104	6,524	210
BV	Bhavnagar	Bhavnagar	2,469,264	11,155	221
DA	Dahod	Dahod	1,635,374	3,642	449
DG	The Dangs	Ahwa	186,712	1,764	106
GA	Gandhinagar	Gandhinagar	1,334,731	649	2,057
JA	Jamnagar	Jamnagar	1,913,685	14,125	135
JU	Junagadh	Junagadh	2,448,427	8,839	277
KA	Kutch	Bhuj	1,526,321	45,652	33
KH	Kheda	Kheda	2,023,354	4,215	480
MA	Mehsana	Mehsana	1,837,696	4,386	419
NR	Narmada	Rajpipla	514,083	2,749	187
NV	Navsari	Navsari	1,229,250	2,211	556
PA	Patan	Patan	1,181,941	5,738	206
PM	Panchmahal	Godhra	2,024,883	5,219	388
PO	Porbandar	Porbandar	536,854	2,294	234
RA	Rajkot	Rajkot	3,157,676	11,203	282
SK	Sabarkantha	Himmatnagar	2,083,416	7,390	282
SN	Surendranagar	Surendranagar	1,515,147	10,489	144
ST	Surat	Surat	4,996,391	7,657	653
VD	Vadodara	Vadodara	3,639,775	7,794	467
VL	Valsad	Valsad	1,410,680	3,034	465

Haryana (HR)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
AM	Ambala	Ambala	1,013,660	1,569	646
BH	Bhiwani	Bhiwani	1,424,554	5,140	277
FR	Faridabad	Faridabad	2,193,276	2,105	1,042
FT	Fatehabad	Fatehabad	806,158	2,491	324
GU	Gurgaon	Gurgaon	1,657,669	2,760	601
HI	Hissar	Hissar	1,536,417	3,788	406
JH	Jhajjar	Jhajjar	887,392	1,868	475
JI	Jind	Jind	1,189,725	2,736	435
KR	Karnal	Karnal	1,274,843	2,471	516
KT	Kaithal	Kaithal	945,631	2,799	338
KU	Kurukshetra	Kurukshetra	828,120	1,217	680
MA	Mahendragarh	Narnaul	812,022	1,683	482
PK	Panchkula	Panchkula	469,210	816	575
PP	Panipat	Panipat	967,338	1,250	774
RE	Rewari	Rewari	764,727	1,559	491
RO	Rohtak	Rohtak	940,036	1,668	564
SI	Sirsa	Sirsa	1,111,012	4,276	260
SO	Sonepat	Sonepat	1,278,830	2,260	566
YN	Yamuna Nagar	Yamuna Nagar	982,369	1,756	559
ME	Mewat	Nuh	-	-	-

Himachal Pradesh (HP)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
BI	Bilaspur	Bilaspur	340,735	1,167	292
CH	Chamba	Chamba	460,499	6,528	71
HA	Hamirpur	Hamirpur	412,009	1,118	369
KA	Kangra	Dharamasala	1,338,536	5,739	233
KI	Kinnaur	Reckong Peo	83,950	6,401	13
KU	Kulu	Kulu	379,865	5,503	69
LS	Lahaul and Spiti	Keylong	33,224	13,835	2
MA	Mandi	Mandi	900,987	3,950	228
SH	Shimla	Shimla	721,745	5,131	141
SI	Sirmaur	Nahan	458,351	2,825	162
SO	Solan	Solan	499,380	1,936	258
UNA	Una	Una	447,967	1,540	291

Jammu and Kashmir (JK)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
AN	Anantnag	Anantnag	1,170,013	3,984	294
BD	Badgam	Badgam	593,768	1,371	433
BR	Baramula	Baramula	1,166,722	4,588	254
DO	Doda	Doda	690,474	11,691	59
JA	Jammu	Jammu	1,571,911	3,097	508
KR	Kargil	Kargil	115,227	14,036	8
KT	Kathua	Kathua	544,206	2,651	205
KU	Kupwara	Kupwara	640,013	2,379	269
LE	Leh	Leh	117,637	82,665	1
PO	Poonch	Poonch	371,561	1,674	222
PU	Pulwama	Pulwama	632,295	1,398	452
RA	Rajauri	Rajauri	478,595	2,630	182
SR	Srinagar	Srinagar	1,238,530	2,228	556
UD	Udhampur	Udhampur	738,965	4,550	162
SM	Samba	Samba	n/a	n/a	n/a
GB	Ganderbal	Ganderbal	n/a	n/a	n/a
KG	Kulgam	Kulgam	n/a	n/a	n/a
KW	Kishtwar	Kishtwar	n/a	n/a	n/a
RE	Reasi	Reasi	n/a	n/a	n/a
RB	Ramban	Ramban	n/a	n/a	n/a
SH	Shopian	Shopian	n/a	n/a	n/a

Jharkhand (JH)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
BO	Bokaro	Bokaro	1,775,961	2,861	621
CH	Chatra	Chatra	790,680	3,700	214
DE	Deoghar	Deoghar	1,161,370	2,479	468
DH	Dhanbad	Dhanbad	2,394,434	2,075	1,154
DU	Dumka	Dumka	1,754,571	5,518	318
ES	Purba Singhbhum	Jamshedpur	1,978,671	3,533	560
GA	Garhwa	Garhwa	1,034,151	4,064	254
GI	Giridih	Giridih	1,901,564	4,887	389
GO	Godda	Godda	1,047,264	2,110	496
GU	Gumla	Gumla	1,345,520	9,091	148
HA	Hazaribagh	Hazaribagh	2,277,108	6,154	370
KO	Koderma	Koderma	498,683	1,312	380
LO	Lohardaga	Lohardaga	364,405	1,494	244
PK	Pakur	Pakur	701,616	1,805	389
PL	Palamu	Daltonganj	2,092,004	8,717	240
RA	Ranchi	Ranchi	2,783,577	7,974	349
SA	Sahibganj	Sahibganj	927,584	1,599	580
WS	Pashchim Singhbhum	Chaibasa	2,080,265	9,906	210

Karnataka (KA)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
BD	Bidar District	Bidar	1,501,374	5,448	276
BG	Belgaum District	Belgaum	4,207,264	13,415	314
BJ	Bijapur District	Bijapur	1,808,863	10,517	172
BK	Bagalkot District	Bagalkot	1,652,232	6,583	251
BL	Bellary District	Bellary	2,025,242	8,439	240
BR	Bangalore Rural District	Bangalore	1,877,416	5,815	323
BN	Bangalore Urban district	Bangalore	6,523,110	2,190	2,979
CJ	Chamarajnagar District	Chamarajanagar	964,275	5,102	189
CK	Chikmagalur District	Chikmagalur	1,139,104	7,201	158
CT	Chitradurga District	Chitradurga	1,510,227	8,437	179
DA	Davanagere District	Davanagere	1,789,693	5,926	302
DH	Dharwad District	Dharwad	1,603,794	4,265	376
DK	Dakshina Kannada	Mangalore	1,896,403	4,559	416
GA	Gadag District	Gadag	971,955	4,651	209
GU	Gulbarga District	Gulbarga	3,124,858	16,224	193
HS	Hassan District	Hassan	1,721,319	6,814	253
HV	Haveri District	Haveri	1,437,860	4,825	298
KD	Kodagu	Madikeri	545,322	4,102	133
KL	Kolar District	Kolar	2,523,406	8,223	307
KP	Koppal District	Koppal	1,193,496	7,190	166
MA	Mandya District	Mandya	1,761,718	4,961	355
MY	Mysore District	Mysore	2,624,911	6,854	383
RA	Raichur District	Raichur	1,648,212	6,839	241
SH	Shimoga District	Shimoga	1,639,595	8,495	193
TU	Tumkur District	Tumkur	2,579,516	10,598	243
UD	Udupi District	Udupi	1,109,494	3,879	286
UK	Uttara Kannada	Karwar	1,353,299	10,291	132

Kerala (KL)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
AL	Alappuzha	Alappuzha	2,105,349	1,414	1,489
ER	Ernakulam	Kochi	3,098,378	2,951	1,050
ID	Idukki	Painaw	1,128,605	4,479	252
KL	Kollam	Kollam	2,584,118	2,498	1,034
KN	Kannur	Kannur	2,412,365	2,966	813
KS	Kasaragod	Kasaragod	1,203,342	1,992	604
KT	Kottayam	Kottayam	1,952,901	2,203	886
KZ	Kozhikode	Kozhikode	2,878,498	2,345	1,228
MA	Malappuram	Malappuram	3,629,640	3,550	1,022
PL	Palakkad	Palakkad	2,617,072	4,480	584
PT	Pathanamthitta	Pathanamthitta	1,231,577	2,462	500
TS	Thrissur	Thrissur	2,975,440	3,032	981
TV	Thiruvananthapuram	Thiruvananthapuram	3,234,707	2,192	1,476
WA	Wayanad	Kalpetta	786,627	2,131	369

Lakshadweep (LD)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
LD	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti	60,595	32	1,894

Madhya Pradesh (MP)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
AN	Anuppur	Anuppur
AS	Ashoknagar	Ashoknagar	688,920	4,674
BL	Balaghat	Balaghat	1,445,760	9,229	157
BR	Barwani	Barwani	1,081,039	5,432	199
BE	Betul	Betul	1,394,421	10,043	139
BD	Bhind	Bhind	1,426,951	4,459	320
BP	Bhopal	Bhopal	1,836,784	2,772	663
BU	Burhanpur	Burhanpur	?	?	?
CT	Chhatarpur	Chhatarpur	1,474,633	8,687	170
CN	Chhindwara	Chhindwara	1,848,882	11,815	156
DM	Damoh	Damoh	1,081,909	7,306	148
DT	Datia	Datia	627,818	2,694	233
DE	Dewas	Dewas	1,306,617	7,020	186
DH	Dhar	Dhar	1,740,577	8,153	213
DI	Dindori	Dindori	579,312	7,427	78
GU	Guna	Guna	976,596	6,485
GW	Gwalior	Gwalior	1,629,881	5,465	298
HA	Harda	Harda	474,174	3,339	142
HO	Hoshangabad	Hoshangabad	1,085,011	6,698	162
IN	Indore	Indore	2,585,321	3,898	663
JA	Jabalpur	Jabalpur	2,167,469	5,210	416
JH	Jhabua	Jhabua	1,396,677	6,782	206
KA	Katni	Katni	1,063,689	4,947	215
EN	Khandwa (East Nimar)	Khandwa	1,708,170	10,779	158
WN	Khargone (West Nimar)	Khargone	1,529,954	8,010	191
ML	Mandla	Mandla	893,908	5,805	154
MS	Mandsaur	Mandsaur	1,183,369	5,530	214
MO	Morena	Morena	1,587,264	4,991	318
NA	Narsinghpur	Narsinghpur	957,399	5,133	187
NE	Neemuch	Neemuch	725,457	4,267	170
PA	Panna	Panna	854,235	7,135	120
RE	Rewa	Rewa	1,972,333	6,314	312
RG	Rajgarh	Rajgarh	1,253,246	6,143	204
RL	Ratlam	Ratlam	1,214,536	4,861	250
RS	Raisen	Raisen	1,120,159	8,466	132
SG	Sagar	Sagar	2,021,783	10,252	197
ST	Satna	Satna	1,868,648	7,502	249
SR	Sehore	Sehore	10,78,769	6,578	164
SO	Seoni	Seoni	1,165,893	8,758	133
SH	Shahdol	Shahdol	1,572,748	9,954	158
SJ	Shajapur	Shajapur	1,290,230	6,196	208
SP	Sheopur	Sheopur	559,715	6,585	85
SV	Shivpuri	Shivpuri	1,440,666	10,290	140
SI	Sidhi	Sidhi	1,830,553	10,520	174
TI	Tikamgarh	Tikamgarh	1,203,160	5,055	238
UJ	Ujjain	Ujjain	1,709,885	6,091	281
UM	Umaria	Umaria	515,851	4,062	127
VI	Vidisha	Vidisha	1,214,759	7,362	165

Maharashtra (MH)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
AH	Ahmednagar	Ahmednagar	4,088,077	17,048	240
AK	Akola	Akola	1,629,305	5,429	300
AM	Amrawati	Amravati	2,606,063	12,235	213
AU	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	2,920,548	10,107	289
BH	Bhandara	Bhandara	1,135,835	3,890	292
BI	Beed	Beed	2,159,841	10,693	202
BU	Buldhana	Buldhana	2,226,328	9,661	230
CH	Chandrapur	Chandrapur	2,077,909	11,443	182
DH	Dhule	Dhule	1,708,993	8,095	211
GA	Gadchiroli	Gadchiroli	969,960	14,412	67
GO	Gondiya	Gondiya	1,200,151	5,431	221
HI	Hingoli	Hingoli	986,717	4,526	218
JG	Jalgaon	Jalgaon	3,679,936	11,765	313
JN	Jalna	Jalna	1,612,357	7,718	209
KO	Kolhapur	Kolhapur	3,515,413	7,685	457
LA	Latur	Latur	2,078,237	7,157	290
MC	Mumbai City	—	3,326,837	69	48,215
MU	Mumbai suburban	Bandra (East)	8,587,561	534	16,082
NB	Nandurbar	Nandurbar	1,309,135	5,055	259
ND	Nanded	Nanded	2,868,158	10,528	272
NG	Nagpur	Nagpur	4,051,444	9,892	410
NS	Nashik	Nashik	4,987,923	15,539	321
OS	Osmanabad	Osmanabad	1,472,256	7,569	195
PA	Parbhani	Parbhani	1,491,109	6,511	229
PU	Pune	Pune	7,224,224	15,643	462
RG	Raigad	Raigad	2,205,972	7,152	308
RT	Ratnagiri	Ratnagiri	1,696,482	8,208	207
SI	Sindhudurg	Oras	861,672	5,207	165
SN	Sangli	Sangli	2,581,835	8,572	301
SO	Solapur	Solapur	3,855,383	14,895	259
ST	Satara	Satara	2,796,906	10,475	267
TH	Thane	Thane	8,128,833	9,558	850
WR	Wardha	Wardha	1,230,640	6,309	195
WS	Washim	Washim	1,019,725	5,155	198
YA	Yavatmal	Yavatmal	2,460,482	13,582	181

Manipur (MN)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
BI	Bishnupur	Bishnupur	205,907	496	415
CC	Churachandpur	Churachandpur	228,707	4,574	50
CD	Chandel	Chandel	122,714	3,317	37
EI	Imphal East	Porompat	393,780	710	555
SE	Senapati	Senapati	379,214	3,269	116
TA	Tamenglong	Tamenglong	111,493	4,460	25
TH	Thoubal	Thoubal	366,341	514	713
UK	Ukhrul	Ukhrul	140,946	4,547	31
WI	Imphal West	Lamphelpat	439,532	519	847

Meghalaya (ML)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
EG	East Garo Hills	Williamnagar	247,555	2,603	95
EK	East Khasi Hills	Shillong	660,994	2,752	240
JH	Jaintia Hills	Jowal	295,692	3,819	77
RB	Ri-Bhoi	Nongpoh	192,795	2,378	81
SG	South Garo Hills	Baghmara	99,105	1,850	54
WG	West Garo Hills	Tura	515,813	3,714	139
WK	West Khasi Hills	Nongstoin	294,115	5,247	56

Mizoram (MZ)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
AI	Aizawl	Aizawl	339,812	3,577	95
CH	Champhai	Champhai	101,389	3,168	32
KO	Kolasib	Kolasib	60,977	1,386	44
LA	Lawngtlai	Lawngtlai	73,050	2,519	29
LU	Lunglei	Lunglei	137,155	4,572	30
MA	Mamit	Mamit	62,313	2,967	21
SA	Saiha	Saiha	60,823	1,414	43
SE	Serchhip	Serchhip	55,539	1,424	39

Nagaland (NL)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
DI	Dimapur	Dimapur	308,382	926	333
KO	Kohima	Kohima	314,366	3,113	101
MK	Mokokchung	Mokokchung	227,230	1,615	141
MN	Mon	Mon	259,604	1,786	145
PH	Phek	Phek	148,246	2,026	73
TU	Tuensang	Tuensang	414,801	4,228	98
WO	Wokha	Wokha	161,098	1,628	99
ZU	Zunheboto	Zunheboto	154,909	1,255	123

Orissa (OR)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
AN	Angul	Angul	1,139,341	6,347	180
BD	Boudh (Bauda)	Boudh	373,038	4,289	87
BH	Bhadrak	Bhadrak	1,332,249	2,788	478
BL	Bolangir (Balangir)	Balangir	1,335,760	6,552	204
BR	Bargarh (Baragarh)	Bargarh	1,345,601	5,832	231
BW	Baleswar (Balasore)	Baleswar	2,023,056	3,706	546
CU	Cuttack	Cuttack	2,340,686	3,915	598
DE	Debagarh (Deogarh)	Debagarh	274,095	2,781	99
DH	Dhenkanal	Dhenkanal	1,065,983	4,597	232
GN	Ganjam	Chhatrapur	3,136,937	8,033	391
GP	Gajapati	Paralakhemundi	518,448	3,056	170
JH	Jharsuguda	Jharsuguda	509,056	2,202	231
JP	Jajapur (Jajpur)	Panikoili	1,622,868	2,885	563
JS	Jagatsinghpur	Jagatsinghpur	1,056,556	1,759	601
KH	Khordha	Bhubaneswar	1,874,405	2,888	649
KJ	Kendujhar (Keonjhar)	Kendujhar	1,561,521	8,336	187
KL	Kalahandi	Bhawanipatna	1,334,372	8,197	163
KN	Kandhamal	Phulbani	647,912	6,004	108
KO	Koraput	Koraput	1,177,954	8,534	138
KP	Kendrapara	Kendrapara	1,301,856	2,546	511
ML	Malkangiri	Malkangiri	480,232	6,115	79
MY	Mayurbhanj	Baripada	2,221,782	1,041	2,134
NB	Nabarangpur	Nabarangapur	1,018,171	5,135	198
NU	Nuapada	Nuapada	530,524	3,408	156
NY	Nayagarh	Nayagarh	863,934	3,954	218
PU	Puri	Puri	1,498,604	3,055	491
RA	Rayagada	Rayagada	823,019	7,585	109
SA	Sambalpur	Sambalpur	928,889	6,702	139
SO	Subarnapur (Sonepur)	Subarnapur	540,659	2,284	237
SU	Sundargarh (Sundergarh)	Sundargarh	1,829,412	9,942	184

Puducherry (PY)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
KA	Karaikal	—	170,640	160	1,067
MA	Mahe	—	36,823	9	4,091
PO	Puducherry	—	735,004	293	2,509
YA	Yanam	—	31,362	30	1,045

Punjab (PB)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
AM	Amritsar	Amritsar	3,074,207	5,075	606
BA	Bathinda	Bathinda	1,181,236	3,377	350
FI	Firozpur	Firozpur	1,744,753	5,865	297
FR	Faridkot	Faridkot	552,466	1,472	375
FT	Fatehgarh Sahib	Fatehgarh Sahib	539,751	1,180	457
GU	Gurdaspur	Gurdaspur	2,096,889	3,570	587
HO	Hoshiarpur	Hoshiarpur	1,478,045	3,310	447
JA	Jalandhar	Jalandhar	1,953,508	2,658	735
KA	Kapurthala	Kapurthala	752,287	1,646	457
LU	Ludhiana	Ludhiana	3,030,352	3,744	809
MA	Mansa	Mansa	688,630	2,174	317
MO	Moga	Moga	886,313	1,672	530
MU	Mukatsar	Mukatsar	776,702	2,596	299
NS	Nawan Shehar	Nawan Shehar	586,637	1,258	466
PA	Patiala	Patiala	1,839,056	3,627	507
RU	Rupnagar	Rupnagar	1,110,000	2,117	524
??	Mohali	Mohali	????	????	???
SA	Sangrur	Sangrur	1,998,464	5,021	398
??	Tarn Taran	Tarn Taran Sahib	????	????	???

Rajasthan (RJ)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
AJ	Ajmer	Ajmer	2,180,526	8,481	257
AL	Alwar	Alwar	2,990,862	8,380	357
BI	Bikaner	Bikaner	1,673,562	27,244	61
BM	Barmer	Barmer	1,963,758	28,387	69
BN	Banswara	Banswara	1,500,420	5,037	298
BP	Bharatpur	Bharatpur	2,098,323	5,066	414
BR	Baran	Baran	1,022,568	6,955	147
BU	Bundi	Bundi	961,269	5,550	173
BW	Bhilwara	Bhilwara	2,009,516	10,455	192
CR	Churu	Churu	1,922,908	16,830	114
CT	Chittorgarh	Chittorgarh	1,802,656	10,856	166
DA	Dausa	Dausa	1,316,790	3,429	384
DH	Dholpur	Dholpur	982,815	3,084	319
DU	Dungapur	Dungarpur	1,107,037	3,770	294
GA	Ganganagar	Ganganagar	1,788,487	7,984	224
HA	Hanumangarh	Hanumangarh	1,517,390	12,645	120
JJ	Juhnjhunun	Jhunjhunun	1,913,099	5,928	323
JL	Jalore	Jalore	1,448,486	10,640	136
JO	Jodhpur	Jodhpur	2,880,777	22,850	126
JP	Jaipur	Jaipur	5,252,388	11,152	471
JS	Jaisalmer	Jaisalmer	507,999	38,401	13
JW	Jhalawar	Jhalawar	1,180,342	6,219	190
KA	Karauli	Karauli	1,205,631	5,530	218
KO	Kota	Kota	1,568,580	5,446	288
NA	Nagaur	Nagaur	2,773,894	17,718	157
PA	Pali	Pali	1,819,201	12,387	147
RA	Rajsamand	Rajsamand	986,269	3,853	256
SK	Sikar	Sikar	2,287,229	7,732	296
SM	Sawai Madhopur	Sawai Madhopur	1,116,031	4,500	248
SR	Sirohi	Sirohi	850,756	5,136	166
TO	Tonk	Tonk	1,211,343	7,194	168
UD	Udaipur	Udaipur	2,632,210	13,430	196

Sikkim (SK)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
ES	East Sikkim	Gangtok	244,790	954	257
NS	North Sikkim	Mangan	41,023	4,226	10
SS	South Sikkim	Namchi	131,506	750	175
WS	West Sikkim	Geyzing	123,174	1,166	106

Tamil Nadu (TN)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
CH	Chennai	Chennai	4,216,268	174	24,231
CO	Coimbatore	Coimbatore	4,224,107	7,469	566
CU	Cuddalore	Cuddalore	2,280,530	3,999	570
DH	Dharmapuri	Dharmapuri	2,833,252	9,622	294
DI	Dindigul	Dindigul	1,918,960	6,058	317
ER	Erode	Erode	2,574,067	8,209	314
KC	Kanchipuram	Kanchipuram	2,869,920	4,433	647
KK	Kanyakumari	Nagercoil	1,669,763	1,685	991
KR	Karur	Karur	933,791	2,896	322
MA	Madurai	Madurai	2,562,279	3,676	697
NG	Nagapattinam	Nagapattinam	1,487,055	2,716	548
NI	The Nilgiris	Udagamandalam	764,826	2,549	300
NM	Namakkal	Namakkal	1,495,661	3,429	436
PE	Perambalur	Perambalur	486,971	1,752	278
PU	Pudukkottai	Pudukkottai	1,452,269	4,651	312
RA	Ramanathapuram	Ramanathapuram	1,183,321	4,123	287
SA	Salem	Salem	2,992,754	5,220	573
SI	Sivaganga	Sivaganga	1,150,753	4,086	282
TC	Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli	2,388,831	4,407	542
TH	Theni	Theni	1,094,724	3,066	357
TI	Tirunelveli	Tirunelveli	2,801,194	6,810	411
TJ	Tanjore	Tanjore	2,205,375	3,397	649
TK	Thoothukudi	Thoothukudi	1,565,743	4,621	339
TL	Thiruvallur	Thiruvallur	2,738,866	3,424	800
TR	Thiruvarur	Thiruvarur	1,165,213	2,161	539
TV	Tiruvannamalai	Tiruvannamalai	2,181,853	6,191	352
VE	Vellore	Vellore	3,482,970	6,077	573
VL	Villupuram	Villupuram	2,943,917	7,217	408
VR	Virudhunagar	Virudhunagar	1,751,548	4,288	408

Tripura (TR)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
DH	Dhalai	Ambassa	307,417	2,523	122
NT	North Tripura	Kailasahar	590,655	2,821	209
ST	South Tripura	Udaipur	762,565	2,152	354
WT	West Tripura	Agartala	1,530,531	2,997	511

Uttarakhand (UA)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
AL	Almora	Almora	630,446	3,090	204
BA	Bageshwar	Bageshwar	249,453	2,310	108
CL	Chamoli	Gopeshwar	369,198	7,692	48
CP	Champawat	Champawat	224,461	1,781	126
DD	Dehradun	Dehradun	1,279,083	3,088	414
HA	Haridwar	Haridwar	1,444,213	2,360	612
NA	Nainital	Nainital	762,912	3,853	198
PG	Pauri Garhwal	Pauri	696,851	5,438	128
PI	Pithoragharh	Pithoragarh	462,149	7,110	65
RP	Rudraprayag	Rudraprayag	227,461	1,896	120
TG	Tehri Garhwal	New Tehri	604,608	4,085	148
US	Udham Singh Nagar	Rudrapur	1,234,548	2,912	424
UT	Uttarkashi	Uttarkashi	294,179	7,951	37

Uttar Pradesh (UP)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
AG	Agra	Agra	3,611,301	4,027	897
AH	Allahabad	Allahabad	4,941,510	5,424	911
AL	Aligarh	Aligarh	2,990,388	3,747	798
AN	Ambedkar Nagar	Akbarpur	2,025,373	2,372	854
AU	Auraiya	Auraiya	1,179,496	2,051	575
AZ	Azamgarh	Azamgarh	3,950,808	4,234	933
BB	Barabanki	Barabanki	2,673,394	3,825	699
BD	Badaun	Badaun	3,069,245	5,168	594
BG	Bagpat	Bagpat	1,164,388	1,345	866
BH	Bahraich	Bahraich	2,384,239	5,745	415
BI	Bijnor	Bijnor	3,130,586	4,561	686
BL	Ballia	Ballia	2,752,412	2,981	923
BN	Banda District	Banda	1,500,253	4,413	340
BP	Balrampur	Balrampur	1,684,567	2,925	576
BR	Bareilly	Bareilly	3,598,701	4,120	873
BS	Basti	Basti	2,068,922	3,034	682
BU	Bulandshahr	Bulandshahr	2,923,290	3,719	786
CD	Chandauli	Chandauli	1,639,777	2,554	642
CT	Chitrakoot	Chitrakoot	800,592	3,202	250
DE	Deoria	Deoria	2,730,376	2,535	1,077
ET	Etah	Etah	2,788,270	4,446	627
EW	Etawah	Etawah	1,340,031	2,287	586
FI	Firozabad	Firozabad	2,045,737	2,361	866
FR	Farrukhabad	Fatehgarh	1,577,237	2,279	692
FT	Fatehpur	Fatehpur	2,305,847	4,152	555
FZ	Faizabad	Faizabad	2,087,914	2,765	755
GB	Gautam Buddha Nagar	NOIDA	1,191,263	1,269	939
GN	Gonda	Gonda	2,765,754	4,425	625
GP	Ghazipur	Ghazipur	3,049,337	3,377	903
GR	Gorkakhpur	Gorakhpur	3,784,720	3,325	1,138
GZ	Ghaziabad	Ghaziabad	3,289,540	1,956	1,682
HM	Hamirpur	Hamirpur	1,042,374	4,325	241
HR	Hardoi	Hardoi	3,397,414	5,986	568
HT	Mahamaya Nagar	Hathras	1,333,372	1,752	761
JH	Jhansi	Jhansi	1,746,715	5,024	348
JL	Jalaun	Orai	1,455,859	4,565	319
JP	Jyotiba Phule Nagar	Amroha	1,499,193	2,321	646
JU	Jaunpur District	Jaunpur	3,911,305	4,038	969
KD	Kanpur Dehat	Akbarpur	1,584,037	3,143	504
KJ	Kannauj	Kannauj	1,385,227	1,993	695
KN	Kanpur Nagar	Kanpur	4,137,489	3,029	1,366
KS	Kaushambi	Kaushambi	1,294,937	1,837	705
KU	Kushinagar	Padarauna	2,891,933	2,909	994
LA	Lalitpur	Lalitpur	977,447	5,039	194
LK	Lakhimpur Kheri	Kheri	3,200,137	7,680	417
LU	Lucknow	Lucknow	3,681,416	2,528	1,456
MB	Mau	Mau	1,849,294	1,713	1,080
ME	Meerut	Meerut	3,001,636	2,522	1,190
MG	Maharajganj	Maharajganj	2,167,041	2,948	735
MH	Mahoba	Mahoba	708,831	2,847	249
MI	Mirzapur	Mirzapur	2,114,852	4,522	468
MO	Moradabad	Moradabad	3,749,630	3,648	1,028
MP	Mainpuri	Mainpuri	1,592,875	2,760	577
MT	Mathura	Mathura	2,069,578	3,333	621
MU	Muzaffarnagar	Muzaffarnagar	3,541,952	4,008	884
PI	Pilibhit	Pilibhit	1,643,788	3,499	470
PR	Pratapgarh	Pratapgarh	2,727,156	3,717	734
RA	Rampur	Rampur	1,922,450	2,367	812
RB	Rae Bareli	Rae Bareli	2,872,204	4,609	623
SA	Saharanpur	Saharanpur	2,848,152	3,689	772
SI	Sitapur	Sitapur	3,616,510	5,743	630
SJ	Shahjahanpur	Shahjahanpur	2,549,458	4,575	557
SK	Sant Kabir Nagar	Khalilabad	1,424,500	1,442	988
SN	Siddharthnagar	Navgarh	2,038,598	2,751	741
SO	Sonbhadra	Robertsganj	1,463,468	6,788	216
SR	Sant Ravidas Nagar	Gyanpur	1,352,056	960	1,408
SU	Sultanpur	Sultanpur	3,190,926	4,436	719
SV	Shravasti	Shravasti	1,175,428	1,126	1,044
UN	Unnao	Unnao	2,700,426	4,558	592
VA	Varanasi	Varanasi	3,147,927	1,578	1,995

West Bengal (WB)

Code	District	Headquarter(s)	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
BI	Birbhum	Suri	3,012,546	4,545	663
BN	Bankura	Bankura	3,191,822	6,882	464
BR	Bardhaman	Bardhaman	6,919,698	7,024	985
DA	Darjeeling	Darjeeling	1,605,900	3,149	510
DD	Dakshin Dinajpur	Balurghat	1,502,647	2,183	688
HG	Hooghly	Chinsurah	5,040,047	3,149	1,601
HR	Howrah	Howrah	4,274,010	1,467	2,913
JA	Jalpaiguri	Jalpaiguri	3,403,204	6,227	547
KB	Cooch Behar	Cooch Behar	2,478,280	3,387	732
KO	Kolkata	Kolkata	4,580,544	185	24,760
MA	Malda	English Bazar	3,290,160	3,733	881
ME	Midnapore West	Midnapore	9,638,473	14,081	685
MU	Murshidabad	Berhampore	5,863,717	5,324	1,101
NA	Nadia	Krishnanagar	4,603,756	3,927	1,172
ME	Midnapore East	Tamluk	--------	--------	---
PN	North 24 Parganas	Barasat	8,930,295	4,095	2,181
PS	South 24 Parganas	Alipore	6,909,015	9,955	694
PU	Purulia	Purulia	2,535,233	6,259	405
UD	Uttar Dinajpur	Raiganj	2,441,824	3,180	768

References

• Manorama Year Book 2003, pgs 649–714, ISBN 81-900461-8-7
• Official directory of all Indian districts
• Districts of India at Statoids
• General administration