List of Districts and States in India 2024 (Excel & PDF Download)

India is the seventh-largest country in the world and it is the second-largest country in Asia by area after China. It has total 28 states, 8 union territories and 788 districts. Below is the list of all Districts in India in 2024. Download the updated Indian states and total districts in India in Excel and PDF at the bottom of this page.

What’s New?

Two new districts added in Arunachal Pradesh taking tally to 27.

Last Updated: 29 February, 2024

States in India (Total 28 States)

State NameCapitalTotal Districts
Andhra PradeshHyderabad26
Arunachal PradeshItanagar27
AssamDispur35
BiharPatna38
ChhattisgarhRaipur33
GoaPanaji2
GujaratGandhinagar33
HaryanaChandigarh22
Himachal PradeshShimla12
JharkhandRanchi24
KarnatakaBengaluru31
KeralaThiruvananthapuram14
Madhya PradeshBhopal56
MaharashtraMumbai36
ManipurImphal16
MeghalayaShillong12
MizoramAizawl11
NagalandKohima16
OdishaBhubaneswar30
PunjabChandigarh23
RajasthanJaipur50
SikkimGangtok6
Tamil NaduChennai38
TelanganaHyderabad33
TripuraAgartala8
Uttar PradeshLucknow75
UttarakhandDehradun13
West BengalKolkata23
States, their capital & count of districts

Union Territories of India (Total 8)

Union TerritoriesCapitalTotal Districts
Andaman and NicobarPort Blair3
ChandigarhChandigarh1
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuDaman3
DelhiDelhi11
Jammu and Kashmir*Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter)20
LakshadweepKavaratti1
Ladakh*Ladakh2
PuducherryPondicherry4
Union Territories, their capital & count of districts
List of Districts in India
List of Districts in India

State Wise Districts in India 2024

Below is the state-wise list of districts in India. Districts are listed in ascending order with the total count of districts in any state. Information for the district with a mark of asterisk sign(*) is given at the end of the district list.

Andhra Pradesh Districts List

Andhra Pradesh has total 26 districts after adding 13 new districts in April 2022.

  1. Anantapur
  2. Chittoor
  3. East Godavari
  4. Alluri Sitarama Raju
  5. Anakapalli
  6. Annamaya
  7. Bapatla
  8. Eluru
  9. Guntur
  10. Kadapa
  11. Kakinada
  12. Konaseema
  13. Krishna
  14. Kurnool
  15. Manyam
  16. N T Rama Rao
  17. Nandyal
  18. Nellore
  19. Palnadu
  20. Prakasam
  21. Sri Balaji
  22. Sri Satya Sai
  23. Srikakulam
  24. Visakhapatnam
  25. Vizianagaram
  26. West Godavari

Arunachal Pradesh Districts List

Arunachal Pradesh has total 25 districts. Newly added districts are Lepa Rada, Pakke Kessang and Shi Yomi.

  1. Anjaw
  2. Bichom *
  3. Siang
  4. Changlang
  5. Dibang Valley
  6. East Kameng
  7. East Siang
  8. Kamle
  9. Keyi Panyor *
  10. Kra Daadi
  11. Kurung Kumey
  12. Lepa Rada *
  13. Lohit
  14. Longding
  15. Lower Dibang Valley
  16. Lower Siang
  17. Lower Subansiri
  18. Namsai
  19. Pakke Kessang *
  20. Papum Pare
  21. Shi Yomi *
  22. Tawang
  23. Tirap
  24. Upper Siang
  25. Upper Subansiri
  26. West Kameng
  27. West Siang

Assam Districts List

Assam has total 34 districts. Last created 4 districts Bajali, Biswanath, Hojai and Tamulpur we merged into existing districts reducing Assam district count back to 31 from 35.

  1. Bajali
  2. Baksa
  3. Barpeta
  4. Biswanath
  5. Bongaigaon
  6. Cachar
  7. Charaideo
  8. Chirang
  9. Darrang
  10. Dhemaji
  11. Dhubri
  12. Dibrugarh
  13. Dima Hasao
  14. Goalpara
  15. Golaghat
  16. Hailakandi
  17. Hojai
  18. Jorhat
  19. Kamrup Rural
  20. Kamrup Metropolitan
  21. Karbi Anglong
  22. Karimganj
  23. Kokrajhar
  24. Lakhimpur
  25. Majuli
  26. Morigaon
  27. Nagaon
  28. Nalbari
  29. Sivasagar
  30. Sonitpur
  31. South Salmara-Mankachar
  32. Tamulpur
  33. Tinsukia
  34. Udalguri
  35. West Karbi Anglong

Bihar Districts List

Bihar has total 38 districts.

  1. Araria
  2. Arwal
  3. Aurangabad
  4. Banka
  5. Begusarai
  6. Bhagalpur
  7. Bhojpur
  8. Buxar
  9. Darbhanga
  10. East Champaran
  11. Gaya
  12. Gopalganj
  13. Jamui
  14. Jehanabad
  15. Kaimur
  16. Katihar
  17. Khagaria
  18. Kishanganj
  19. Lakhisarai
  20. Madhepura
  21. Madhubani
  22. Munger
  23. Muzaffarpur
  24. Nalanda
  25. Nawada
  26. Patna
  27. Purnia
  28. Rohtas
  29. Saharsa
  30. Samastipur
  31. Saran
  32. Sheikhpura
  33. Sheohar
  34. Sitamarhi
  35. Siwan
  36. Supaul
  37. Vaishali
  38. West Champaran

Chhattisgarh Districts List

Chhattisgarh has total 33 districts. Manendragarh, Mohla Manpur, Sarangarh Bilaigarh, Sakti and Khairagarh are the latest districts of Chhattisgarh.

  1. Balod
  2. Baloda Bazar
  3. Balrampur Ramanujganj*
  4. Bastar
  5. Bemetara
  6. Bijapur
  7. Bilaspur
  8. Dantewada
  9. Dhamtari
  10. Durg
  11. Gariaband
  12. Gaurela Pendra Marwahi*
  13. Janjgir Champa
  14. Jashpur
  15. Kabirdham
  16. Kanker
  17. Khairagarh
  18. Kondagaon
  19. Korba
  20. Koriya
  21. Mahasamund
  22. Manendragarh *
  23. Mohla Manpur *
  24. Mungeli
  25. Narayanpur
  26. Raigarh
  27. Raipur
  28. Rajnandgaon
  29. Sakti *
  30. Sarangarh Bilaigarh *
  31. Sukma
  32. Surajpur
  33. Surguja

Goa Districts List

Goa has the lowest number districts in the state. Goa has total 2 districts.

  1. North Goa
  2. South Goa

Gujarat Districts List

Gujarat has total 33 districts.

  1. Ahmedabad
  2. Amreli
  3. Anand
  4. Aravalli
  5. Banaskantha
  6. Bharuch
  7. Bhavnagar
  8. Botad
  9. Chhota Udaipur
  10. Dahod
  11. Dang
  12. Devbhoomi Dwarka
  13. Gandhinagar
  14. Gir Somnath
  15. Jamnagar
  16. Junagadh
  17. Kheda
  18. Kutch
  19. Mahisagar
  20. Mehsana
  21. Morbi
  22. Narmada
  23. Navsari
  24. Panchmahal
  25. Patan
  26. Porbandar
  27. Rajkot
  28. Sabarkantha
  29. Surat
  30. Surendranagar
  31. Tapi
  32. Vadodara
  33. Valsad

Haryana Districts List

Haryana has total 22 districts.

  1. Ambala
  2. Bhiwani
  3. Charkhi Dadri
  4. Faridabad
  5. Fatehabad
  6. Gurugram *
  7. Hisar
  8. Jhajjar
  9. Jind
  10. Kaithal
  11. Karnal
  12. Kurukshetra
  13. Mahendragarh
  14. Nuh *
  15. Palwal
  16. Panchkula
  17. Panipat
  18. Rewari
  19. Rohtak
  20. Sirsa
  21. Sonipat
  22. Yamunanagar

Himachal Pradesh Districts List

Himachal Pradesh has total 12 districts.

  1. Bilaspur
  2. Chamba
  3. Hamirpur
  4. Kangra
  5. Kinnaur
  6. Kullu
  7. Lahaul Spiti
  8. Mandi
  9. Shimla
  10. Sirmaur
  11. Solan
  12. Una

Jammu Kashmir Districts List

Jammu Kashmir has total 20 districts.

  1. Anantnag
  2. Bandipora
  3. Baramulla
  4. Budgam
  5. Doda
  6. Ganderbal
  7. Jammu
  8. Kathua
  9. Kishtwar
  10. Kulgam
  11. Kupwara
  12. Poonch
  13. Pulwama
  14. Rajouri
  15. Ramban
  16. Reasi
  17. Samba
  18. Shopian
  19. Srinagar
  20. Udhampur

Jharkhand Districts List

Jharkhand has total 24 districts.

  1. Bokaro
  2. Chatra
  3. Deoghar
  4. Dhanbad
  5. Dumka
  6. East Singhbhum
  7. Garhwa
  8. Giridih
  9. Godda
  10. Gumla
  11. Hazaribagh
  12. Jamtara
  13. Khunti
  14. Koderma
  15. Latehar
  16. Lohardaga
  17. Pakur
  18. Palamu
  19. Ramgarh
  20. Ranchi
  21. Sahebganj
  22. Seraikela Kharsawan
  23. Simdega
  24. West Singhbhum

Karnataka Districts List

Karnataka has total 31 districts. Latest added district in Karnataka is Vijayanagara.

  1. Bagalkot
  2. Bangalore Rural
  3. Bangalore Urban
  4. Belgaum
  5. Bellary
  6. Bidar
  7. Chamarajanagar
  8. Chikkaballapur
  9. Chikkamagaluru
  10. Chitradurga
  11. Dakshina Kannada
  12. Davanagere
  13. Dharwad
  14. Gadag
  15. Kalaburagi
  16. Hassan
  17. Haveri
  18. Kodagu
  19. Kolar
  20. Koppal
  21. Mandya
  22. Mysore
  23. Raichur
  24. Ramanagara
  25. Shimoga
  26. Tumkur
  27. Udupi
  28. Uttara Kannada
  29. Vijayanagara *
  30. Vijayapura *
  31. Yadgir

Kerala Districts List

Kerala has total 14 districts.

  1. Alappuzha
  2. Ernakulam
  3. Idukki
  4. Kannur
  5. Kasaragod
  6. Kollam
  7. Kottayam
  8. Kozhikode
  9. Malappuram
  10. Palakkad
  11. Pathanamthitta
  12. Thiruvananthapuram
  13. Thrissur
  14. Wayanad

Madhya Pradesh Districts List

Madhya Pradesh stands at second in highest number of ditricts after Uttar pradesh. Madhya Pradesh has total 56 districts. Last districts created in M. P. were Chachaura, Maihar and Nagda in year 2020 and Pandhurna  in 2024.

  1. Agar Malwa
  2. Alirajpur
  3. Anuppur
  4. Ashoknagar
  5. Balaghat
  6. Barwani
  7. Betul
  8. Bhind
  9. Bhopal
  10. Burhanpur
  11. Chachaura*
  12. Chhatarpur
  13. Chhindwara
  14. Damoh
  15. Datia
  16. Dewas
  17. Dhar
  18. Dindori
  19. Guna
  20. Gwalior
  21. Harda
  22. Hoshangabad
  23. Indore
  24. Jabalpur
  25. Jhabua
  26. Katni
  27. Khandwa
  28. Khargone
  29. Maihar*
  30. Mandla
  31. Mandsaur
  32. Morena
  33. Nagda*
  34. Narsinghpur
  35. Neemuch
  36. Niwari *
  37. Pandhurna *
  38. Panna
  39. Raisen
  40. Rajgarh
  41. Ratlam
  42. Rewa
  43. Sagar
  44. Satna
  45. Sehore
  46. Seoni
  47. Shahdol
  48. Shajapur
  49. Sheopur
  50. Shivpuri
  51. Sidhi
  52. Singrauli
  53. Tikamgarh
  54. Ujjain
  55. Umaria
  56. Vidisha

Maharashtra Districts List

Maharashtra has total 36 districts.

  1. Ahmednagar
  2. Akola
  3. Amravati
  4. Aurangabad
  5. Beed
  6. Bhandara
  7. Buldhana
  8. Chandrapur
  9. Dhule
  10. Gadchiroli
  11. Gondia
  12. Hingoli
  13. Jalgaon
  14. Jalna
  15. Kolhapur
  16. Latur
  17. Mumbai City
  18. Mumbai Suburban
  19. Nagpur
  20. Nanded
  21. Nandurbar
  22. Nashik
  23. Osmanabad
  24. Palghar
  25. Parbhani
  26. Pune
  27. Raigad
  28. Ratnagiri
  29. Sangli
  30. Satara
  31. Sindhudurg
  32. Solapur
  33. Thane
  34. Wardha
  35. Washim
  36. Yavatmal

Manipur Districts List

Manipur has total 16 districts.

  1. Bishnupur
  2. Chandel
  3. Churachandpur
  4. Imphal East
  5. Imphal West
  6. Jiribam
  7. Kakching
  8. Kamjong
  9. Kangpokpi
  10. Noney
  11. Pherzawl
  12. Senapati
  13. Tamenglong
  14. Tengnoupal
  15. Thoubal
  16. Ukhrul

Meghalaya Districts List

Meghalaya is an eastern state of India. It has total 12 districts. Mairang is the newest added district in Meghalaya.

  1. East Garo Hills
  2. East Jaintia Hills
  3. East Khasi Hills
  4. Mairang (Eastern West Khasi Hills)
  5. North Garo Hills
  6. Ri Bhoi
  7. South Garo Hills
  8. South West Garo Hills
  9. South West Khasi Hills
  10. West Garo Hills
  11. West Jaintia Hills
  12. West Khasi Hills

Mizoram Districts List

Mizoram has total 11 districts.

  1. Aizawl
  2. Champhai
  3. Hnahthial
  4. Khawzawl
  5. Kolasib
  6. Lawngtlai
  7. Lunglei
  8. Mamit
  9. Saiha
  10. Saitual
  11. Serchhip

Nagaland Districts List

Nagaland has total 16 districts. It added Tseminyu, Niuland, Chumukedima districts in December 2021.

  1. Chumukedima *
  2. Dimapur
  3. Kiphire
  4. Kohima
  5. Longleng
  6. Mokokchung
  7. Mon
  8. Niuland *
  9. Noklak
  10. Peren
  11. Phek
  12. Shamator
  13. Tseminyu *
  14. Tuensang
  15. Wokha
  16. Zunheboto

Odisha Districts List

Odisha has total 30 districts.

  1. Angul
  2. Balangir
  3. Balasore
  4. Bargarh
  5. Bhadrak
  6. Boudh
  7. Cuttack
  8. Debagarh
  9. Dhenkanal
  10. Gajapati
  11. Ganjam
  12. Jagatsinghpur
  13. Jajpur
  14. Jharsuguda
  15. Kalahandi
  16. Kandhamal
  17. Kendrapara
  18. Kendujhar
  19. Khordha *
  20. Koraput
  21. Malkangiri
  22. Mayurbhanj
  23. Nabarangpur
  24. Nayagarh
  25. Nuapada
  26. Puri
  27. Rayagada
  28. Sambalpur
  29. Subarnapur
  30. Sundergarh

Punjab Districts List

Punjab has total 23 districts with the latest district created as Malerkotla.

  1. Amritsar
  2. Barnala
  3. Bathinda
  4. Faridkot
  5. Fatehgarh Sahib
  6. Fazilka
  7. Firozpur
  8. Gurdaspur
  9. Hoshiarpur
  10. Jalandhar
  11. Kapurthala
  12. Ludhiana
  13. Malerkotla *
  14. Mansa
  15. Moga
  16. Mohali
  17. Muktsar
  18. Pathankot
  19. Patiala
  20. Rupnagar
  21. Sangrur
  22. Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
  23. Tarn Taran

Rajasthan Districts List

Rajasthan has a total 50 districts. Recently Rajasthan government announced 19 new districts. Jaipur has been split into Jaipur and Jaipur Rural. Similarly, Jodhpur has been split into Jodhpur and Jodhpur Rural.

  1. Ajmer
  2. Alwar
  3. Anupgarh
  4. Balotra
  5. Banswara
  6. Baran
  7. Barmer
  8. Beawar
  9. Bharatpur
  10. Bhilwara
  11. Bikaner
  12. Bundi
  13. Chittorgarh
  14. Churu
  15. Dausa
  16. Deeg
  17. Dholpur
  18. Didwana-Kuchaman
  19. Dudu
  20. Dungarpur
  21. Gangapur City
  22. Hanumangarh
  23. Jaipur
  24. Jaipur Rural
  25. Jaisalmer
  26. Jalore
  27. Jhalawar
  28. Jhunjhunu
  29. Jodhpur
  30. Jodhpur Rural
  31. Karauli
  32. Kekri
  33. Khairthal–Tijara
  34. Kota
  35. Kotputli-Behror
  36. Nagaur
  37. Neem ka Thana
  38. Pali
  39. Phalodi
  40. Pratapgarh
  41. Rajsamand
  42. Salumbar
  43. Sanchore
  44. Sawai Madhopur
  45. Shahpura
  46. Sikar
  47. Sirohi
  48. Sri Ganganagar
  49. Tonk
  50. Udaipur

Sikkim Districts List

Sikkim has total 6 districts.

  1. East Sikkim
  2. North Sikkim
  3. Pakyong
  4. Soreng
  5. South Sikkim
  6. West Sikkim

Tamil Nadu Districts List

Tamil Nadu has total 38 districts.

  1. Ariyalur
  2. Chengalpattu *
  3. Chennai
  4. Coimbatore
  5. Cuddalore
  6. Dharmapuri
  7. Dindigul
  8. Erode
  9. Kallakurichi *
  10. Kanchipuram
  11. Kanyakumari
  12. Karur
  13. Krishnagiri
  14. Madurai
  15. Mayiladuthurai*
  16. Nagapattinam
  17. Namakkal
  18. Nilgiris
  19. Perambalur
  20. Pudukkottai
  21. Ramanathapuram
  22. Ranipet*
  23. Salem
  24. Sivaganga
  25. Tenkasi *
  26. Thanjavur
  27. Theni
  28. Thoothukudi
  29. Tiruchirappalli
  30. Tirunelveli
  31. Tirupattur*
  32. Tiruppur
  33. Tiruvallur
  34. Tiruvannamalai
  35. Tiruvarur
  36. Vellore
  37. Viluppuram
  38. Virudhunagar

Telangana Districts List

Telangana has total 33 districts.

  1. Adilabad
  2. Bhadradri Kothagudem
  3. Hyderabad
  4. Jagtial
  5. Jangaon
  6. Jayashankar Bhupalpally
  7. Jogulamba Gadwal
  8. Kamareddy
  9. Karimnagar
  10. Khammam
  11. Komaram Bheem
  12. Mahabubabad
  13. Mahbubnagar
  14. Mancherial
  15. Medak
  16. Medchal Malkajgiri
  17. Mulugu *
  18. Nagarkurnool
  19. Nalgonda
  20. Narayanpet *
  21. Nirmal
  22. Nizamabad
  23. Peddapalli
  24. Rajanna Sircilla
  25. Ranga Reddy
  26. Sangareddy
  27. Siddipet
  28. Suryapet
  29. Vikarabad
  30. Wanaparthy
  31. Warangal
  32. Hanamkonda
  33. Yadadri Bhuvanagiri

Tripura Districts List

Tripura has total 8 districts.

  1. Dhalai
  2. Gomati
  3. Khowai
  4. North Tripura
  5. Sepahijala
  6. South Tripura
  7. Unakoti
  8. West Tripura

Uttar Pradesh Districts List

Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of districts in all 28 states. Uttar Pradesh has total 75 districts. Uttar Pradesh is also the most populated state in India and has the highest 1500+ Punjab National Bank branches.

  1. Agra
  2. Aligarh
  3. Prayagraj*
  4. Ambedkar Nagar
  5. Amethi *
  6. Amroha *
  7. Auraiya
  8. Azamgarh
  9. Baghpat
  10. Bahraich
  11. Ballia
  12. Balrampur
  13. Banda
  14. Barabanki
  15. Bareilly
  16. Basti
  17. Bhadohi
  18. Bijnor
  19. Budaun
  20. Bulandshahr
  21. Chandauli
  22. Chitrakoot
  23. Deoria
  24. Etah
  25. Etawah
  26. Ayodhya *
  27. Farrukhabad
  28. Fatehpur
  29. Firozabad
  30. Gautam Buddha Nagar
  31. Ghaziabad
  32. Ghazipur
  33. Gonda
  34. Gorakhpur
  35. Hamirpur
  36. Hapur *
  37. Hardoi
  38. Hathras *
  39. Jalaun
  40. Jaunpur
  41. Jhansi
  42. Kannauj
  43. Kanpur Dehat *
  44. Kanpur Nagar
  45. Kasganj *
  46. Kaushambi
  47. Kheri
  48. Kushinagar
  49. Lalitpur
  50. Lucknow
  51. Maharajganj
  52. Mahoba
  53. Mainpuri
  54. Mathura
  55. Mau
  56. Meerut
  57. Mirzapur
  58. Moradabad
  59. Muzaffarnagar
  60. Pilibhit
  61. Pratapgarh
  62. Raebareli
  63. Rampur
  64. Saharanpur
  65. Sambhal *
  66. Sant Kabir Nagar
  67. Shahjahanpur
  68. Shamli *
  69. Shravasti
  70. Siddharthnagar
  71. Sitapur
  72. Sonbhadra
  73. Sultanpur
  74. Unnao
  75. Varanasi

Uttarakhand Districts List

Uttarakhand is a Himalayan state in northern India. It is divided into two regions, Garwal Region and Kumaun Region. Uttarakhand has a total of 13 districts.

  1. Almora
  2. Bageshwar
  3. Chamoli
  4. Champawat
  5. Dehradun
  6. Haridwar
  7. Nainital
  8. Pauri
  9. Pithoragarh
  10. Rudraprayag
  11. Tehri
  12. Udham Singh Nagar
  13. Uttarkashi

West Bengal Districts List

West Bengal has total 23 districts.

  1. Alipurduar
  2. Bankura
  3. Birbhum
  4. Cooch Behar
  5. Dakshin Dinajpur
  6. Darjeeling
  7. Hooghly
  8. Howrah
  9. Jalpaiguri
  10. Jhargram
  11. Kalimpong
  12. Kolkata
  13. Malda
  14. Murshidabad
  15. Nadia
  16. North 24 Parganas
  17. Paschim Bardhaman
  18. Paschim Medinipur
  19. Purba Bardhaman
  20. Purba Medinipur
  21. Purulia
  22. South 24 Parganas
  23. Uttar Dinajpur

Andaman Nicobar Districts List

Andaman Nicobar has total 3 districts.

  1. Nicobar
  2. North Middle Andaman
  3. South Andaman

Chandigarh District

Chandigarh is a union territory and capital of both Punjab and Haryana. It has only one district.

  1. Chandigarh

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Districts List

Post merger of Dadra and Nagar Haveli district Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu has total 3 districts.

  1. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
  2. Daman
  3. Diu

Delhi Districts List

Delhi is the capital of India and it has total 11 districts.

  1. Central Delhi
  2. East Delhi
  3. New Delhi
  4. North Delhi
  5. North East Delhi
  6. North West Delhi
  7. Shahdara
  8. South Delhi
  9. South East Delhi
  10. South West Delhi
  11. West Delhi

Lakshadweep District

Lakshadweep has a total of 1 districts.

  1. Lakshadweep

Districts in Ladakh

Ladakh has total 2 districts.

  1. Kargil
  2. Leh

Puducherry Districts List

Puducherry has total 4 districts.

  1. Karaikal
  2. Mahe
  3. Puducherry
  4. Yanam

Note

Few districts in India are common by their name. Following is the list of districts with the same name:

  1. Aurangabad Bihar and Aurangabad Maharashtra
  2. Balrampur Chhattisgarh and Balrampur Uttar Pradesh
  3. Bijapur Chhattisgarh and Bijapur Karnataka (Bijapur, Karnataka has been renamed to Vijayapura)
  4. Bilaspur Chhattisgarh and Bilaspur  Himachal Pradesh
  5. Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh and Hamirpur  Uttar Pradesh
  6. Lakhimpur Assam and Lakhimpur Kheri  Uttar Pradesh
  7. Pratapgarh Rajasthan and Pratapgarh  Uttar Pradesh

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*Bichom and Keyi Panyor are the two new districts added in Arunachal Pradesh.

*Mewat was renamed to Nuh.

*Gurgaon was renamed to Gurugram.

*Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar was renamed to Amethi.

*Rambai Nagar was renamed to Kanpur Dehat.

*Bheem Nagar was renamed to Sambhal.

*Prabuddha Nagar was renamed to Shamli.

*Panchseel Nagar was renamed to Hapur.

*Kanshiram Nagar was renamed to Kasganj.

*Mahamaya Nagar was renamed to Hathras.

*JP Nagar was renamed to Amroha.

*Bhubaneswar was renamed to Khordha.

*Bijapur district of Karnataka is officially known as Vijayapura district.

*Balrampur Ramanujganj district of Chattisgarh was carved from Surguja district in January 2012. There is another district with the same name in Uttar Pradesh.

*Allahabad was renamed as Prayagraj in November 2018.*Faizabad was renamed Ayodhya in November 2018.

*Lepa Rada, Pakke Kessang and Shi Yomi districts of Arunachal Pradesh were created in 2018.

* Niwari district in M.P. was carved out of the Tikamgarh district in October 2018.

*Kallakurichi became 33th district of Tamil Nadu state in January 2019.

*Narayanpetand Mulugu were announced full districts on 17th Feb 2019 carved out of Mahabubnagar and Jayashankar Bhupalpally districts respectively.

*Jammu and Kashmir bifurcated into two new union territories as Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on 31st October 2019. R K Mathur was appointed as Lieutenant Governors of Ladakh and Girish Chandra Murmu of Jammu and Kashmir.

*Visakhapatnam could be bifurcated into two districts as per election promise in May 2019 by Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, party chief of YSR Congress.

*Tamil Nadu announced of two new districts as Ranipet and Tirupattur in August 2019, being carved out of Vellore district.

*Tenkasi district of Tamil Nadu which was announced to be a new district carved from Kancheepuram in July 2019 has been officially inaugurated by Tamil Nadu C.M. Edappadi K Palaniswami on 22nd November 2019.

* Tirupattur and Ranipet district were officially inaugurated by Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami on 28th November 2019.

*Chengalpattu was announced to be new district in July 2019 of Tamil Nadu state. Chengalpattu is being carved out of Tirunelveli district. On 29th November 2019, Tamil Nadu C.M. Edappadi K Palaniswami officially inaugurated new district Chengalpattu.

*Gaurela Pendra Marwahi has been announced to be 28th district of Chhattisgarh state as announced by C.-M. Bhupesh Baghel on 15th August 2019.

*Mayiladuthurai was announced 38th district of Tamilnadu on 7th April 2020. It was formally inaugurated as the 38th district of Tamil Nadu on 28th December 2020.

*Chachaura, Maihar and Nagda districts were announced to be new districts in Madhya Pradesh in March 2020.

*Pandhurna announced to be new district in Madhya Pradesh in August 2024.

*Karnataka added its 31st district Vijayanagara. The district is named after capital of the historic Vijayanagara Empire.

*Malerkotla was declared as the new district of Punjab on May 14th 2021.

*”Dadra and Nagar Haveli” and “Daman and Diu” which were separate union territories earlier are now merged together.

* Mairang, which was proposed to become 12th district of Meghalaya, has been approved in Nov 2021.

* Manendragarh, Mohla Manpur, Sarangarh Bilaigarh, Sakti are new districts added in Chhattisgarh state.

* Chumukedima, Niuland, Tseminyu are the three new districts Nagaland Added in December 2021.

* Pakyong and soreng added to Sikkim making its district total to 6.

* 13 new district added in Andhra Pradesh.

Tamil Nadu may soon have a new district named Arni. It will be carved out of Tiruvannamalai district, as promised by C. M. Palaniswami.

FAQs

How many states in India?

There are total 28 states and 8 union territories.

How many districts are in India as of 2024?

There are 788 districts in India as of February 2024.

Which is the largest area wise district in India?

Kutch district of Gujarat is the largest district of India. It is spread in the area of 45,674 km² touching the border of Pakistan.

Which are the states with the highest and lowest number of districts?

Uttar Pradesh is the largest and Goa is the smallest state by district count. UP has total 75 districts and Goa has just two districts.

How many Talukas/Tehsils in India?

There are 5238 Talukas/Tehsils in India.

How many Post Offices in India?

There are 1,55,000+ Post Offices in India.

How many villages in India?

There are 649481 villages in India as per Census 2011.

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