# Districts of British India

Colonial India :
Map of colonial India, distributed by the British Information Services (1942) :
| Austrian India | 1778–1785 |
| Swedish India | 1731–1813 |
| Dutch India | 1605–1825 |
| Danish India | 1620–1869 |
| French India | 1668–1954 |
Portuguese India (1505–1961) :
| Casa da Índia | 1434–1833 |
| Portuguese East India Company | 1628–1633 |
British India (1600–1947) :
| EIC in India | 1600–1757 |
| Company rule in India | 1757–1858 |
| British rule in Portuguese India | 1797–1813 |
| British Raj in India | 1858–1947 |
| British rule in Burma | 1824–1948 |
| Princely states | 1721–1949 |
| Partition of India | 1947 |
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The districts of British India were administrative units of the Government of the British Raj or Indian Empire. Districts were generally subdivisions of the provinces and divisions of British India

## History

Districts, often known as zillas in vernacular, were established as subdivisions of the provinces and divisions of British India that were under Bengal Presidency. Then it was established as subdivisions the most Provinces of British India
Most of the districts that were created during the British Raj became districts of India after the independence of India and some districts were joining Pakistan.

### Historical districts

The following list includes only districts of British India that were active during the partition of India in 1947

## Districts in the Assam province
### Assam Valley division
#### Districts

* Darrang district
* Goalpara district
* Kamrup district
* Lakhimpur district
* Nowgong district
* Sibsagar district

#### Frontier tracts

* Balipara Frontier tract
* Sadiya Frontier tract

### Surma Valley and Hills division
#### Hill's districts

* Garo Hills district
* Khasi and Jaintia Hills district
* Lushai Hills district
* Naga Hills district
* Naga tribal areas

#### Plain districts

* Cachar district
* Sylhet district

## Districts in the Baluchistan Province

* Bolan district
* Chagai district
* Loralai district
* Quetta-Pishin district
* Sibi district (including Marri-Bugti County)
* Zhob district

## Districts in the Bengal Presidency
### Burdwan division (Chuchura)

* Bankura district
* Birbhum district
* Bardhaman district
* Howrah district
* Hooghly district
* Midnapore district

### Chittagong division

* Chittagong district
* Chittagong Hills district
* Noakhali district
* Tipperah district

### Dacca division

* Bakerganj district
* Dacca district
* Faridpur district
* Mymensingh district

### Presidency division (Calcutta)

* Calcutta district
* Jessore district
* Khulna district
* Murshidabad district
* Nadia district
* 24 Paraganas district

### Rajshahi division (Jalpaiguri)

* Bogra district
* Dinajpur district
* Darjeeling district
* Jalpaiguri district
* Malda district
* Rajshahi district
* Rangpur district
* Pabna district

## Districts in the Bihar Province
### Bhagalpur Division

* Bhagalpur district
* Munger district
* Purnia district
* Santhal Pargana district

### Chota Nagpur division (Ranchi)

* Hazaribagh district
* Manbhum district
* Palamau district
* Ranchi district
* Singhbhum district

### Patna division

* Gaya district
* Patna district
* Shahabad district

### Tirhut division (Muzaffarpur)

* Champaran district
* Darbhanga district
* Muzaffarpur district
* Saran district

## Districts in the Bombay Presidency

* Ahmedabad district
* Ahmednagar district
* Belguam district
* Bharuch district
* Bijapur district
* Bomby City district
* Bomby Suburban district
* Colaba district
* Dharwar district
* East Khandesh district
* Khira district
* Nasik district
* North Kanara district
* Panchmahal district
* Poona district
* Ratnagiri district
* Satara district
* Sholapur district
* Surat district
* Thana district
* West Khandesh district

## District of Central Provinces and Berar
### Berar division (Amraoti)

* Akola district
* Amraoti district
* Buldana district
* Yetmal district

### Chhattisgarh division (Raipur)

* Balaghat district
* Bhandara district
* Bilaspur district
* Durg district
* Raipur district

### Jubbulpore division

* Hoshangabad district
* Jubbulpore district
* Mandla district
* Nimar district
* Saugor district

### Nagpur division

* Betul district
* Chanda district
* Chhindwara district
* Nagpur district
* Wardha district

## District of Gwalior State
### Northern Gwalior Division

* Bhilsa District
* Bhind District
* Gwalior Gird District
* Isagarh District
* Narwar District
* Sheopur District
* Tanwarghar District

### Malwa Prant division

* Amjhera District
* Mandsaur District
* Shajapur District
* Ujjain District

## District in the Jammu and Kashmir State
### Jammu province
#### Districts

* Jammu district
* Kathua district
* Mirpur district
* Reasi district
* Udhampur district

#### Jaigirs

* Chenani
* Poonch

### Kashmir Province

* Anantnag district
* Baramula district
* Muzaffarabad district

### Frontier districts
#### Districts

* Astore district
* Gilgit district
* Ladakh district

#### Agency

* Gilgit Agency

## District in the Hyderabad State
### Aurangabad division

* Aurangabad district
* Bir district
* Nander district
* Parabhani district

### Gulbarga division

* Bidar district
* Gulbarga district
* Osmanabad district
* Raichur district

### Gulshanabad division (Medak)

* Atraf-i-Baldah district
* Mahbubnagar district
* Medak district
* Nalgonda district
* Nizamabad district

### Warangal division

* Adilabad district
* Karimnagar district
* Warangal district

## Districts in the Madras Presidency

* Anantapur district
* Bellary district
* Chingleput district
* Chittoor district
* Coimbatore District (Madras Presidency)
* Cuddapah district
* East Godavari district
* Guntur district
* Krishna district
* Kurnool district
* Madura District (Madras Presidency)
* Malabar district
* Nellore district
* North Arcot District
* Rannad district
* Salem district
* South Arcot district
* South Canara district
* Tanjore district
* Tinnevely district
* Trichinopoly district
* Vizagapatam district
* West Godavari district

## District in the Mysore State

* Bangalore district
* Chitaldrug district
* Hassan district
* Kadur district
* Kolar district
* Mandya district
* Mysore district
* Shimoga district
* Tumkur district

## Districts of North-West Frontier province

* Bannu district
* Dera Ismail Khan district
* Hazara district
* Kohat district
* Mardan district
* Peshawar district

## Districts of Orissa province

* Balasore district
* Cuttack district
* Ganjam district
* Koraput district
* Puri district
* Sambalpur district

## Districts of Punjab province
### Ambala division

* Ambala district
* Gurgaon district
* Hissar district
* Karnal district
* Rohtak district
* Simla district

### Jullundur division

* Ferozpore district
* Hoshiarpur district
* Jullundur district
* Kangra district
* Ludhiana district

### Lahore division

* Amritsar district
* Gujranwala district
* Gurdaspur district
* Lahore district
* Shekhupura district
* Sialkot district

### Multan division

* Dera Ghazi Khan district
* Jhang district
* Lyallpur district
* Montgomery district
* Multan district
* Muzaffargarh district

### Rawalpindi division

* Attock district
* Gujrat district
* Jhelum district
* Mianwali district
* Rawalpindi district
* Shahpur district

## Districts of Sind province

* Dadu district
* Hyderabad district
* Karachi district
* Larkana district
* Nawabshah district
* Sukkur district
* Thar Parkar district
* Upper Sindh Frontier district

## Districts of United Provinces
### Agra division

* Agra district
* Aligarh district
* Etah district
* Mainpuri district
* Muttra district

### Allahabad division

* Allahabad district
* Cownpore district
* Etawah district
* Fatehpur district
* Farrukhabad district

### Benares division

* Ballia district
* Benares district
* Gazipur district
* Jaunpur district
* Mirzapur district

### Faizabad division

* Bahraich district
* Bara Banki district
* Faizabad district
* Gonda district
* Pratapgarh district
* Sultanpur district

### Gorakhpur division

* Azamgarh district
* Basti district
* Deoria district
* Gorakhpur district

### Jhansi division

* Banda district
* Hamirpur district
* Jalaun district
* Jhansi district

### Kumaon division (Nainital)

* Almora district
* Garhwal district
* Nainital district

### Lucknow division

* Hardoi district
* Kheri district
* Lucknow district
* Rae Bareli district
* Sitapur district
* Unao district

### Meerut division

* Bulandshahr district
* Dehra Dun district
* Meerut district
* Muzaffarnagar district
* Saharanpur district

### Rohilkhand division (Bareilly)

* Bareilly district
* Bijnaur district
* Budaun district
* Moradabad district
* Pilibhit district
* Shahjahanpur district

## Other districts

* Ajmer district (the only District of Ajmer-Merwara Province)
* Coorg district (the only District of Coorg Province)

## Former districts

* Bassein district
* Bhilsa district
* Chanderi district
* Delhi district
* Ellichpur district
* Isagarh district
* Jungle Mahals
* Jungle Terry
* Khandesh district
* Merwara district
* Muhamdi district
* Neemuch district
* North Bareilly district
* Sironj district
* Thal-Chotiali
* Wun district