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( January 2015 ) India This article is part of a series on the politics and government of India Constitution and law Constitutional amendment Basic structure doctrine Fundamental rights Human rights -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Uniform civil code Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Indian Penal Code Law enforcement Government of India President ( Head of state ) ( List ) Vice president ( List ) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Executive : Prime minister ( Head of government ) ( List ) Union Council of Ministers Cabinet secretary Secretaries : ( Defence Finance Foreign Home ) Civil services All India Services ( IAS IFoS IPS ) Central Civil Services ( IRS IFS IA&AS IPoS IRAS IRTS IRPS ICAS IDAS IDES ICLS IIS ITrS IP&TAFS IOFS ) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Legislature : Parliament Rajya Sabha ( Chairman ) Lok Sabha ( Speaker ) Judiciary : Supreme court ( Chief justice ) High courts ( Chief justices ) District courts Elections Election commission : Chief Election Commissioner ( Election commissioners ) Recent general elections : 2009 2014 2019 Recent state elections : 2017 2018 2019 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Political parties National parties State parties National coalitions : National Democratic Alliance ( NDA ) United Progressive Alliance ( UPA ) Federalism Administrative divisions -- -- -- -- -- -- -- State governments Governors ( List ) Chief ministers ( List ) Chief secretary ( Principal secretaries ) Field - level officers Divisional commissioners District magistrates Sub-divisional magistrates Legislatures : Vidhan Sabha Vidhan Parishad -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Local governments : Rural bodies : District councils Block panchayats Gram Panchayats Urban bodies : Municipal corporations Municipal councils Nagar panchayats Other countries Atlas The administrative divisions of India are subnational administrative units of India ; they compose a nested hierarchy of country subdivisions. Indian states and territories frequently use different local titles for the same level of subdivision ( e.g., the mandals of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana correspond to tehsils of Uttar Pradesh and other Hindi - speaking states but to talukas of Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu ). The smaller subdivisions ( villages and blocks ) exist only in rural areas. In urban areas, urban local bodies exist instead of these rural subdivisions. Contents 1 Zones 2 States and union territories 3 Regions 3.1 The six regions 3.2 Regions within states 4 Divisions 5 Districts 6 Sub-district 7 Rural level 7.1 Blocks 7.2 Villages 7.3 Habitations 8 Metropolitan area 9 References 10 External links Zones Zonal Councils of India The States have been grouped into six zones having an Advisory Council `` to develop the habit of cooperative working '' among these States. Zonal Councils were set up vide Part - III of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. The North Eastern States ' special problems are addressed by another statutory body - The North Eastern Council, created by the North Eastern Council Act, 1971. The present composition of each of these Zonal Councils is as under : Northern Zonal Council, comprising Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Rajasthan ; North - Eastern Zonal Council, comprising Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura ; The State of Sikkim has also been included in the North Eastern Council vide North Eastern Council ( Amendment ) Act, 2002 notified on 23 December 2002. Central Zonal Council, comprising the States of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh ; Eastern Zonal Council, comprising Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal ; Western Zonal Council, comprising Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat, and Maharashtra ; Southern Zonal Council, comprising Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep are not members of any of the Zonal Councils. However, they are presently special invitees to the Southern Zonal Council States and union territories Main article : States and territories of India India is composed of 29 states and 7 union territories ( including a national capital territory ). The union territories are governed by administrators, appointed by the President of India. Two of the territories ( Delhi and Puducherry ) have been given partial statehood, with elected legislatures and executive councils of ministers, but limited powers. A clickable map of the 29 states and 7 union territories of India States Number State Code Capital Andhra Pradesh AP Hyderabad ( shared with Telangana for not more than 10 years per Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 ), Amaravati ( new capital ) Arunachal Pradesh AR Itanagar Assam AS Dispur Bihar BR Patna 5 Chhattisgarh CG Naya Raipur 6 Goa GA Panaji 7 Gujarat GJ Gandhinagar 8 Haryana HR Chandigarh ( shared with Punjab, also a Union Territory ) 9 Himachal Pradesh HP Shimla ( summer ), Dharmshala ( winter ) 10 Jammu and Kashmir JK Srinagar ( summer ), Jammu ( winter ) 11 Jharkhand JH Ranchi 12 Karnataka KA Bengaluru 13 Kerala KL Thiruvananthapuram 14 Madhya Pradesh MP Bhopal 15 Maharashtra MH Mumbai 16 Manipur MN Imphal 17 Meghalaya ML Shillong 18 Mizoram MZ Aizawl 19 Nagaland NL Kohima 20 Odisha OD Bhubaneshwar 21 Punjab PB Chandigarh ( shared with Haryana, also a Union Territory ) 22 Rajasthan RJ Jaipur 23 Sikkim SK Gangtok 24 Tamil Nadu TN Chennai 25 Telangana TS Hyderabad 26 Tripura TR Agartala 27 Uttar Pradesh UP Lucknow 28 Uttarakhand UK Dehradun ( interim ) 29 West Bengal WB Kolkata Union territories Number Union territory Code Capital Andaman and Nicobar Islands AN Port Blair Chandigarh CH Chandigarh ( also the capital of Haryana and Punjab ) Dadra and Nagar Haveli DN Silvassa Daman and Diu DD Daman Lakshadweep LD Kavaratti National Capital Territory of Delhi DL New Delhi Puducherry PY Pondicherry See also : List of states and union territories of India by population ( area can also be found ) Official languages of India # Languages currently used In Indian states and union territories Regions This is a list of unofficial, or quasi-official, regions of India. Some are geographic regions, others ethnic, linguistic, dialect, or cultural regions, and some correspond to historic countries, states or provinces. The six regions Name Population ( 2011 census ) Largest local Area States Union Territories Central India 100,525,580 Indore 443,443 km - East India 226,925,195 Kolkata 418,323 km North India 376,809,728 Delhi 1,010,731 km 7 Northeast India 45,587,982 Guwahati 262,230 km 8 - South India 253,051,953 Bangalore 635,780 km 5 Western India 173,343,821 Mumbai 508,032 km The six regions of India Central India East India North India Northeast India South India Western India Regions within states 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. Regions of Punjab Regions of Assam Regions of Gujarat Regions of Maharashtra Divisions Some of the Indian states are subdivided into divisions which have official administrative governmental status and each division is headed by senior IAS officer called Divisional Commissioner, each further comprising several districts : Divisions of Assam Divisions of Bihar Divisions of Haryana Divisions of Jharkhand Divisions of Karnataka Divisions of Madhya Pradesh Divisions of Maharashtra Divisions of Punjab Divisions of Rajasthan Divisions of Uttar Pradesh Divisions of Uttarakhand Divisions of West Bengal Districts Main article : List of districts of India States and territories ( or divisions ) are further subdivided into districts ( zilla ), of which there are 696 ( as of 2016 ). Each District is headed by an IAS officer called District Magistrate. Sub-district Main article : Tehsils of India Tehsils, talukas, mandals, sub-divisions, CD Blocks, headed by a Tehsildar or Talukdar or MRO or Block Development Officer, comprise several villages or village clusters. The governmental / elected bodies at the Tehsil level are called the panchayat samiti. States use varying names for their sub-districts. Detailed information is as follows : State Sub -- district Number of sub -- districts Andhra Pradesh Mandal 664 Arunachal Pradesh Circle 149 Assam Circle 155 Bihar CD Block 533 Chhattisgarh Tehsil 97 Goa Taluka 11 Gujarat Taluka 226 Haryana Tehsil 67 Himachal Pradesh Tehsil / Sub-tehsil 109 Jammu and Kashmir Tehsil 59 Jarkhand CD Block 210 Karnataka Taluka 175 Kerala Taluka 63 Madhya Pradesh Tehsil 259 Maharashtra Taluka 353 Manipur Sub-division 38 Meghalaya CD Block 39 Mizoram CD Block 22 Nagaland Circle 93 Odisha Police station 485 Punjab Tehsil 72 Rajasthan Tehsil 241 Sikkim 9 Tamil Nadu Taluka 201 Telangana Mandal 452 Tripura CD Block 38 Uttar Pradesh Tehsil 350 Uttarakhand Tehsil 48 West Bengal CD Block 341 Union Territory Sub -- district Number of sub -- districts Andaman and Nicobar Islands Tehsil 7 Lakshadweep Sub-division Chandigarh Tehsil Dadra and Nagar Haveli Taluka Daman and Diu Taluka Delhi Tehsil 34 Puducherry Commune Panchayat 10 Rural level Blocks The block or Community development block or C.D. Block is often the next level of administrative division after the tehsil. State C.D. Block Number of C.D. Blocks Meghalaya C.D. Block 39 Mizoram C.D. Block 22 Bihar C.D. Block 533 Jharkhand C.D. Block 263 Tripura C.D. Block 58 Uttarakhand C.D. Block 95 West Bengal C.D. Block 341 Villages Villages are often the lowest level of subdivisions in India. The governmental bodies at the village level are called Gram Panchayat, of which there were an estimated 256,000 in 2002. Each Gram Panchayat covers a large village or a cluster of smaller villages with a combined population exceeding 500 Gram Sabha. Clusters of villages are also sometimes called Hobli or Patti. Habitations Certain governmental functions and activities - including clean water availability, rural development, and education - are tracked at a sub-village level. These hamlets are termed `` habitations ''. India is composed of 1,714,556 habitations In some states, most villages have a single habitation ; in others ( notably Kerala and Tripura ) there is a high ratio of habitations to villages. Metropolitan area A metro area usually comprises multiple jurisdictions and municipalities : neighbourhoods, townships, cities, exurbs, suburbs, counties, districts, states, and even nations like the eurodistricts. As social, economic and political institutions have changed, metropolitan areas have become key economic and political regions. Metropolitan areas include one or more urban areas, as well as satellite cities, towns and intervening rural areas that are socio - economically tied to the urban core, typically measured by commuting pattern References Jump up ^ `` Archived copy - Table 1.1 - India at a Glance - Administrative Division - 2001 '' ( PDF ). Office of the Registrar General of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2018. 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