List of divisions in India

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India is a union of states and union territories as per article 1 of the Indian Constitution. Some states and union territories are further divided into divisions, which are made up of groups of districts. A division is led by an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, known as a divisional commissioner. There are 103divisions in India.

The states of Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Tripura as well as five of the union territories[a] are not divided into divisions.

Overview[edit]

No. of divisions in each state or UT
State/union territory No. of divisions Population[1] Population per division
Andhra Pradesh - 49,386,799 -
Arunachal Pradesh 3 1,383,727 461,242
Assam 5 31,169,272 6,233,854
Bihar 9 104,099,452 11,566,606
Chhattisgarh 5 25,545,198 5,109,040
Goa - 1,458,545 -
Gujarat - 60,439,692 -
Haryana 6 25,351,462 4,225,244
Himachal Pradesh 3 6,864,602 2,288,201
Telangana - 35,193,978 -
Jharkhand 5 32,988,134 6,597,627
Karnataka 4 61,095,297 15,273,824
Kerala - 33,406,061 -
Madhya Pradesh 10 72,626,809 7,262,681
Maharashtra 6 112,374,333 18,729,056
Manipur - 2,721,756 -
Meghalaya 2 2,966,889 1,483,445
Mizoram - 1,097,206 -
Nagaland 1 1,978,502 1,978,502
Odisha 3 41,974,218 13,991,406
Punjab 5 27,743,338 5,548,668
Rajasthan 7 68,548,437 9,792,634
Sikkim - 610,577 -
Tamil Nadu - 72,147,030 -
Tripura - 3,673,917 -
Uttar Pradesh 18 199,812,341 11,100,686
Uttarakhand 2 10,086,292 5,043,146
West Bengal 5 91,276,115 18,255,223
Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 380,581 -
Chandigarh - 1,055,450 -
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu - 586,956 -
Jammu and Kashmir 2 12,258,433 6,129,217
Ladakh 1 290,492 290,492
Lakshadweep - 64,473 -
Delhi 1 16,787,941 16,787,941
Puducherry - 1,247,953 -
Total  103 1,210,854,977 11,755,874

Regions within states[edit]

Some states consist of regions, which have no official administrative governmental status. They are purely geographic regions; some correspond to historic countries, states or provinces. A region may comprise one or more divisions, averaging about three divisions per region. However, the boundaries of the regions and the boundaries of the divisions do not always coincide exactly. So far there has been no movement to give the regions official administrative status. If this was to be done, it would presumably require that the boundaries of the regions be slightly modified so that they correspond exactly with their constituent districts.

List of divisions[edit]

State/Union Territory No. of divisions Divisions Headquarters Districts
Arunachal Pradesh 3 East Namsai Lohit, Anjaw, Tirap, Changlang, Lower Dibang Valley, Dibang Valley, East Siang, Upper Siang, Longding, Namsai, Siang
West Lower Subansiri Tawang, West Kameng, East Kameng, Papum Pare, Lower Subansiri, Kurung Kumey, Kra Daadi and Itanagar Capital Complex
Central Leprada Upper Subansiri, Shi-Yomi, West Siang, Leparada and Lower Siang
Assam 5[2] Upper Assam Division Jorhat Charaideo, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Sivasagar, and Tinsukia
Lower Assam Division Guwahati Baksa, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Dhubri, Goalpara, Nalbari, Kamrup Metropolitan, Kamrup Rural, Kokrajhar, and South Salmara-Mankachar
North Assam Division Tezpur Biswanath, Darrang, Sonitpur, and Udalguri
Central Assam Division Nagaon Hojai, Morigaon, and Nagaon
Hills and Barak Valley Division Silchar Dima Hasao, East Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong, Cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj
Bihar 9 Patna division Patna Patna, Nalanda, Bhojpur, Rohtas, Buxar and Kaimur
Tirhut division Muzaffarpur West Champaran, East Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Sheohar and Vaishali
Saran division Chhapra Saran, Siwan and Gopalganj
Darbhanga division Darbhanga Darbhanga, Madhubani and Samastipur
Kosi division Saharsa Saharsa, Madhepura and Supaul
Purnia division Purnia Purnia, Katihar, Araria and Kishanganj
Bhagalpur division Bhagalpur Bhagalpur and Banka
Munger division Munger Munger, Jamui, Khagaria, Lakhisarai, Begusarai and Sheikhpura
Magadh division Gaya Gaya, Nawada, Aurangabad, Jehanabad and Arwal
Chhattisgarh 5[3] Surguja division Surguja Koriya, Balrampur-Ramanujganj, Surajpur, Jashpur,Surguja And Mahendragarh-Chirmiri
Bilaspur division Bilaspur Bilaspur, Mungeli, Korba, Janjgir-Champa,Raigarh, Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi, Sakti And Sarangarh-Bilaigarh
Durg division Durg Kabirdham (Kawardha), Bemetara, Durg, Balod, Rajnandgaon, Mohla-Manpur-Chauki and Khairagarh
Raipur division Raipur Mahasamund, Baloda Bazar, Gariaband, Raipur and Dhamtari
Bastar division Bastar Kanker (Uttar Bastar), Narayanpur, Kondagaon, Bastar, Dantewada (Dakshin Bastar), Bijapur and Sukma
Haryana 6 Hisar division Hisar Fatehabad, Jind, Hisar and Sirsa
Gurgaon division Gurugram Gurugram, Mahendragarh and Rewari
Ambala division Ambala Ambala, Kurukshetra, Panchkula and Yamuna Nagar
Faridabad division Faridabad Faridabad, Palwal and Nuh
Rohtak division Rohtak Jhajjar, Charkhi Dadri, Rohtak, Sonipat and Bhiwani
Karnal division Karnal Karnal, Panipat and Kaithal
Himachal Pradesh 3 Kangra Kangra Chamba, Kangra and Una
Mandi Mandi Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kullu, Lahaul and Spiti and Mandi
Shimla Shimla Kinnaur, Shimla, Sirmaur and Solan
Jharkhand 5 Palamu division Palamu Garhwa, Latehar and Palamu
North Chotanagpur division Hazaribagh Bokaro, Chatra, Dhanbad, Giridih, Hazaribagh, Koderma and Ramgarh
South Chotanagpur division Ranchi Gumla, Khunti, Lohardaga, Ranchi and Simdega
Kolhan division West Singhbhum East Singhbhum, Seraikela Kharsawan district, and West Singhbhum
Santhal Pargana division Dumka Godda, Deoghar, Dumka, Jamtara, Sahibganj and Pakur
Karnataka 4 Bangalore division Bengaluru Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Ramanagara, Chikkaballapura, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Kolar, Shivamogga and Tumakuru
Mysore division Mysuru Chamarajanagara, Chikkamagaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Mandya, Mysuru and Udupi
Belgaum division Belagavi Bagalakote, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri and Uttara Kannada
Kalaburagi division Kalaburagi

Ballari, Bidar, Kalaburagi, Koppala, Raichuru, Vijayanagara and Yadgir

Madhya Pradesh 10[4] Bhopal division Bhopal

Bhopal, Raisen, Rajgarh, Sehore and Vidisha

Indore division Indore

Alirajpur, Barwani, Burhanpur, Indore, Dhar, Jhabua, Khandwa and Khargone

Gwalior division Gwalior

Gwalior, Ashoknagar, Shivpuri, Datia and Guna

Jabalpur division Jabalpur Balaghat, Chhindwara, Jabalpur, Katni, Mandla, Narsinghpur, Seoni and Dindori
Rewa division Rewa

Rewa, Satna, Sidhi and Singrauli

Sagar division Sagar

Chhatarpur, Damoh, Panna, Sagar, Tikamgarh and Niwari

Shahdol division Shahdol

Anuppur, Shahdol and Umaria

Ujjain division Ujjain

Agar, Ujjain, Dewas, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam and Shajapur

Chambal division Morena

Morena, Sheopur and Bhind

Narmadapuram division Narmadapuram

Betul, Harda and Narmadapuram

Maharashtra 6 Amravati division Amravati

Akola, Amravati, Buldana, Yavatmal and Washim

Aurangabad division Aurangabad

Aurangabad Beed, Jalna, Osmanabad, Nanded, Latur, Parbhani and Hingoli

Konkan division Thane

Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg

Nagpur division Nagpur

Bhandara, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Nagpur and Wardha

Nashik division Nashik

Ahmednagar, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nandurbar and Nashik

Pune division Pune

Kolhapur, Pune, Sangli, Satara and Solapur

Meghalaya 2[5][6] Tura West Garo Hills

South West Garo Hills, West Garo Hills, North Garo Hills, East Garo Hills and South Garo Hills

Shillong East Khasi Hills

West Khasi Hills, South West Khasi Hills, Ri-Bhoi, East Khasi Hills, Eastern West Khasi Hills, West Jaintia Hills and East Jaintia Hills

Nagaland 1 Nagaland Kohima

Chümoukedima, Dimapur, Kiphire, Kohima, Longleng, Mokokchung, Mon, Niuland, Noklak, Peren, Phek, Shamator, Tuensang, Tseminyü, Wokha and Zünheboto

Odisha 3 Central Cuttack

Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Khordha, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh and Puri

Northern Sambalpur

Angul, Balangir, Bargarh, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Kendujhar, Sambalpur, Subarnapur and Sundargarh

Southern Berhampur

Boudh, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Rayagada

Punjab 5 Patiala Patiala

Patiala, Sangrur, Malerkotla, Barnala, Fatehgarh Sahib and Ludhiana

Faridkot Faridkot

Faridkot, Bathinda and Mansa

Firozepur Firozepur

Firozepur, Moga, Shri Muktsar Sahib and Fazilka

Jalandhar Jalandhar

Jalandhar, Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur

Ropar Rup Nagar

Rup Nagar, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar

Rajasthan 7 Jaipur division Jaipur

Jaipur, Alwar, Jhunjhunu, Sikar and Dausa

Jodhpur division Jodhpur

Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jodhpur, Pali and Sirohi

Ajmer division Ajmer

Ajmer, Bhilwara, Nagaur and Tonk

Udaipur division Udaipur

Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Dungarpur and Rajsamand

Bikaner division Bikaner

Bikaner, Churu, Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh

Kota division Kota

Baran, Bundi, Jhalawar and Kota

Bharatpur division Bharatpur

Bharatpur, Dholpur, Karauli, Sawai and Madhopur

Uttar Pradesh 18 Agra division Agra

Agra, Firozabad, Mainpuri and Mathura

Aligarh division Aligarh

Aligarh, Etah, Hathras and Kasganj

Prayagraj division Prayagraj

Prayagraj, Fatehpur, Kaushambi and Pratapgarh

Azamgarh division Azamgarh

Azamgarh, Ballia and Mau

Bareilly division Bareilly

Badaun, Bareilly, Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur

Basti division Basti

Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar and Siddharthnagar

Chitrakoot division Chitrakoot

Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur and Mahoba

Devipatan division Gonda

Bahraich, Balarampur, Gonda and Shravasti

Ayodhya division Ayodhya

Ambedkar Nagar, Barabanki, Ayodhya, Sultanpur and Amethi

Gorakhpur division Gorakhpur

Deoria, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar and Maharajganj

Jhansi division Jhansi

Jalaun, Jhansi and Lalitpur

Kanpur division Kanpur Nagar

Auraiya, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Kanpur Dehat and Kanpur Nagar

Lucknow division Lucknow

Hardoi, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lucknow, Raebareli, Sitapur and Unnao

Meerut division Meerut

Baghpat, Bulandshahar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Meerut and Hapur

Mirzapur division Mirzapur

Mirzapur, Sant Ravidas Nagar and Sonbhadra

Moradabad division Moradabad

Bijnor, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur and Sambhal

Saharanpur division Saharanpur

Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur and Shamli

Varanasi division Varanasi

Chandauli, Ghazipur, Jaunpur and Varanasi

Uttarakhand 2[7] Kumaon division Nainital

Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Nainital, Pithoragarh and Udham Singh Nagar

Garhwal division Pauri

Chamoli, Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri Garhwal, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal and Uttarkashi

West Bengal 5 Presidency division Kolkata

Howrah, Kolkata, Nadia, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas

Medinipur division Medinipur

Bankura, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur and Purulia

Malda division Malda

Dakshin Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad and Uttar Dinajpur

Burdwan division Hooghly

Birbhum, Hooghly, Paschim Bardhaman and Purba Bardhaman

Jalpaiguri division Jalpaiguri

Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Kalimpong

Delhi 1 Delhi division Central Delhi

Central Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, North Delhi, North East Delhi, North West Delhi, Shahdara, South Delhi, South East Delhi, South West Delhi and West Delhi

Jammu and Kashmir 2 Jammu Division Jammu Jammu, Doda, Kathua, Kishtwar, Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban, Reasi, Samba and Udhampur
Kashmir Division Srinagar Srinagar, Anantnag, Bandipora, Baramulla, Budgam, Ganderbal, Kulgam, Kupwara, Pulwama and Shopian
Ladakh 1 Ladakh Division Leh Kargil and Leh

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References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Government of Assam General Administration: Divisions". Government of Assam. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Districts of the State | District Raipur ,Government of Chhattisgarh | India".
  4. ^ "Madhya Pradesh | District Portal". Madhyapradesh.s3waas.gov.in. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  5. ^ "MCS | Meghalaya Government Portal". meghalaya.gov.in. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  6. ^ "IAS | Meghalaya Government Portal". meghalaya.gov.in. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Divisions: Uttarakhand Government Portal, India".