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 103 divisions 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
| 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
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 Assam
- Regions of Gujarat
List of divisions
| 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 | AurangabadBeed, 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 |
See also
- Administrative divisions of Assam
- Administrative divisions of Bihar
- Administrative divisions of Haryana
- Administrative divisions of Jharkhand
- Administrative divisions of Karnataka
- Administrative divisions of Kerala
- Administrative divisions of Uttar Pradesh
- Administrative divisions of Uttarakhand
- Administrative divisions of West Bengal