A district  (zilā) is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory.  there are a total of 736 districts, up from the 640 in the 2011 Census of India and the 593 recorded in the 2001 Census of India.

Overview

Naming 

Most of the districts are named after their administrative centre. Some of them have two names, a traditional one and one that uses the name of the town that is the headquarters. Since most of the districts are named after a town, the word "district" is added to show the difference between the town and the district.

States

Andhra Pradesh (AP)

Arunachal Pradesh (AR) 

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! #
! Code
! District
! Headquarters
! Population (2011)
! Area (km²)
! Density (/km²)
|-
| 1 || AJ|| Anjaw|| Hawai|| align=right | 21,089|| align=right | 6,190|| align=right | 3
|-
| 2 || CH|| Changlang|| Changlang|| align=right | 147,951|| align=right | 4,662|| align=right | 32
|-
| 3 || EK|| East Kameng|| Seppa|| align=right | 78,413|| align=right | 4,134|| align=right | 19
|-
| 4 || ES|| East Siang|| Pasighat|| align=right | 99,019|| align=right | 3,603|| align=right | 27
|-
| 5 ||  –  || Kamle|| Raga || align=right | 22,256 || align=right | 200 || style="text-align:right;"| 111
|-
| 6 ||  –  ||Kra Daadi|| Jamin|| align=right |  – || style="text-align:right;"|  –|| style="text-align:right;"|  –
|-
| 7 || KK|| Kurung Kumey|| Koloriang|| align=right | 89,717|| align=right | 6,040|| align=right | 15
|-
| 8 ||  –  ||Lepa Rada ||Basar ||align=right | – ||align=right | –||align=right | –
|-
| 9 || EL|| Lohit|| Tezu|| align=right | 145,538|| align=right | 2,402|| align=right | 61
|-
| 10 || LD|| Longding|| Longding|| align=right | 60,000 || style="text-align:right;"| 1,200|| style="text-align:right;"| 50
|-
| 11 || DV|| Lower Dibang Valley|| Roing|| align=right | 53,986|| align=right | 3,900|| align=right | 14
|-
| 12 ||  –  ||Lower Siang || Likabali || align=right | 80,597 || align=right | –|| align=right | –
|-
| 13 || LB|| Lower Subansiri|| Ziro|| align=right | 82,839|| align=right | 3,508|| align=right | 24
|-
| 14 ||  –  ||Namsai|| Namsai|| align=right | 95,950 || style="text-align:right;"| 1,587|| style="text-align:right;"| 60
|-
| 15 ||  –  ||Pakke-Kessang ||Lemmi ||align=right | – ||align=right | –||align=right | –
|-
| 16 || PA|| Papum Pare|| Yupia|| align=right | 176,385|| align=right | 2,875|| align=right | 61
|-
| 17 ||  –   || Shi Yomi ||Tato ||align=right |13,310 ||align=right | 2,875||align=right | 5
|-
| 18 ||  –  ||Siang||Pangin|| style="text-align:right;"| 31,920 || style="text-align:right;"| 2,919 || style="text-align:right;"| 11
|-
| 19 || TA|| Tawang|| Tawang Town|| align=right | 49,950|| align=right | 2,085|| align=right | 24
|-
| 20 || TI|| Tirap|| Khonsa|| align=right | 111,997|| align=right | 2,362|| align=right | 47
|-
| 21 || UD|| Upper Dibang Valley|| Anini|| align=right | 7,948|| align=right | 9,129|| align=right | 1
|-
| 22 || US|| Upper Siang|| Yingkiong|| align=right | 35,289 || align=right | 6,188 || align=right | 6
|-
| 23 || UB|| Upper Subansiri|| Daporijo|| align=right | 83,205|| align=right | 7,032|| align=right | 12
|-
| 24 || WK|| West Kameng|| Bomdila|| align=right | 87,013|| align=right | 7,422|| align=right | 12
|-
| 25 || WS|| West Siang|| Along|| align=right | 112,272 || align=right | 8,325  || align=right

Assam (AS)

Bihar (BR)

Chhattisgarh (CG)

Goa (GA)

Gujarat (GJ)

Haryana (HR)

Himachal Pradesh (HP)

Jharkhand (JH)

Karnataka (KA)

Kerala (KL)

Madhya Pradesh (MP)

Maharashtra (MH)

Manipur (MN)

Meghalaya (ML)

Mizoram (MZ)

Nagaland (NL)

Odisha (OD)

Punjab (PB)

Rajasthan (RJ)

Sikkim (SK)

Tamil Nadu (TN)

Telangana (TS)

Tripura (TR)

Uttar Pradesh (UP)

Uttarakhand (UK)

West Bengal (WB)

Union territories

Andaman and Nicobar (AN)

Chandigarh (CH)

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (DD)

Jammu and Kashmir (JK)

Ladakh (LA)

Lakshadweep (LD)

National Capital Territory of Delhi (DL)

Puducherry (PY)

Footnotes

References

Other websites 
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