List of districts in India

A district, also known as revenue district, is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. In some cases, districts are further subdivided into sub-divisions, and in others directly into tehsils or talukas., there are a total of 800 districts in India. This count includes Mahe and Yanam which are Census districts and not Administrative districts and also includes the temporary Maha Kumbh Mela district but excludes Itanagar Capital Complex which has a Deputy Commissioner but is not an official district.

District Administration

;The District officials include:

District & Sessions Judge, an office to Indian Judicial Service, responsible for justice and passing orders of imprisonment, including the death penalty and also have limited administrative power. Also have appellate jurisdiction over all subordinate courts in the district for both civil and criminal matters.
District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner or District Collector, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, in charge of land revenue administration, disaster management, maintenance of public order, co-ordination, etc
Superintendent of Police or Senior Superintendent of Police or Deputy Commissioner of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service, responsible for maintaining law and order. Superintendent of Police is incharge of the police administration of the respective police district. The police district is either coterminous with the revenue/administrative district or divided into two within the revenue district.
Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service, entrusted with the management of the forests, environment and wildlife of the district
Other district-level officials of respective state government departments, such as the District Educational Officer, District Medical Officer, District Supply Officer, District Fire Officer, District Development Commissioner, etc.

Each of these officials is aided by officers from the appropriate branch of the state government.
Most districts have a distinct headquarters; but the districts of Mumbai City in Maharashtra, Kolkata in West Bengal, Hyderabad in Telangana, and Chennai in Tamil Nadu are examples where there are no distinct district headquarters, although there are district collectors. These district headquarter is known as "Collectorates".

Overview

Naming

The majority of districts in India take their names from the district headquarters.
Not all districts are named after towns. Some districts are named for prominent geographical features, historical regions, or notable persons associated with the area. For example, Krishna district is named for the Krishna River that flows through the region, while Mahabubnagar takes its name from the town of Mahabubnagar, itself named after Mir Mahabub Ali Khan.
Some districts have historically used two forms of names — a traditional or historical name and a name based on the modern administrative headquarters — and in many official usages the word "district" is appended to the name to distinguish the administrative unit from the town of the same name.
The reasons for district names and for changes to them can be administrative, political, cultural, or commemorative; new districts created during reorganisations are often named for their headquarters or for local landmarks, and the choice of name is normally made by the state government that creates the district.

Similar names

Districts sharing their name with another district in India

Aurangabad district, Bihar and Aurangabad district, Maharashtra
Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh and Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh
Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh and Bijapur district, Karnataka
Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh and Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh
Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh and Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh
Pratapgarh district, Rajasthan and Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh
Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh and Raigad district, Maharashtra
Districts sharing their name with a district in a neighbouring country in South Asia
Bhojpur district, Bihar shares a name with Bhojpur District, Nepal
Daman district, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu shares a name with Daman District, Afghanistan
Dang district, Gujarat shares a name with Dang District, Nepal
Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh shares a name with Ghaziabad District, Afghanistan
Gopalganj district, Bihar shares a name with Gopalganj District, Bangladesh
Hyderabad district, Telangana shares a name with Hyderabad District, Pakistan
Lalitpur district, Uttar Pradesh shares a name with Lalitpur District, Nepal
Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, shares a name with ''Poonch District, Pakistan''
Districts sharing names with those outside of South Asia entirely
Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, with Dhar District, Yemen
Banda district, Uttar Pradesh with Banda District, Republic of the Congo and Banda District, Ghana
Mansa district, Punjab, with Mansa District, Zambia.
Salem district, Tamil Nadu with Salem, Massachusetts, United States, Salem, Brebes Regency, Indonesia, Salem, Oregon, United States
Indore district, Madhya Pradesh with Indore, West Virginia
States

The following tables list the population details of various states. The columns include the hierarchical administrative subdivision codes, the district name, district headquarters, 2011 census population, area in square kilometres, and the population density per square kilometre.

Andhra Pradesh (AP)

#	Code	District	Headquarters	Population	Area	Density
1	AS	Alluri Sitharama Raju	Paderu	954,000	12,251	77.87
2	AK	Anakapalli	Anakapalli	1,727,000	4,292	402.38
3	AN	Ananthapuramu	Ananthapuramu	2,241,100	10,205	219.608
4	AM	Annamayya	Madanapalle	1,697,300	7,954	213.389
5	BP	Bapatla	Bapatla	1,587,000	3,829	414.47
6	CH	Chittoor	Chittoor	1,873,000	6,855	273.23
7	KN	Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema	Amalapuram	1,719,100	2,083	825.30
8	EG	East Godavari	Rajamahendravaram	1,832,300	2,561	715.46
9	EL	Eluru	Eluru	2,071,700	6,679	310.181
10	GU	Guntur	Guntur	2,091,000	2,443	855.9
11	KK	Kakinada	Kakinada	2,092,300	3,019	693.04
12	KR	Krishna	Machilipatnam	1,735,000	3,775	459.602
13	KU	Kurnool	Kurnool	2,271,700	7,980	284.67
14	NN	Nandyal	Nandyal	1,781,800	9,682	184.032
15	NE	Nellore	Nellore	2,469,700	10,441	236
16	NT	NTR	Vijayawada	2,218,000	3,316	668.88
17	PL	Palnadu	Narasaraopet	2,042,000	7,298	279.80
18	PM	Parvathipuram Manyam	Parvathipuram	925,300	3,659	252.88
19	PR	Prakasam	Ongole	2,288,000	14,322	160
20	SR	Srikakulam	Srikakulam	2,191,471	4,591	477.34
21	SS	Sri Sathya Sai	Puttaparthi	1,840,000	8,925	206.2
22	TR	Tirupati	Tirupati	2,197,000	8,231	241.72
23	VS	Visakhapatnam	Visakhapatnam	1,959,500	1,048	1869.8
24	VZ	Vizianagaram	Vizianagaram	1,930,800	4,122	468.41
25	WG	West Godavari	Bhimavaram	1,780,000	2,178	817.3
26	CU	YSR Kadapa	Kadapa	2,060,700	11,228	183.532
27	–	Polavaram	Rampachodavaram
28	–	Markapuram	Markapuram

Arunachal Pradesh (AR)

#	Code	District	Headquarters	Population	Area	Density
1	AJ	Anjaw	Hawai	21,089	6,190	3
2	CH	Changlang	Changlang	147,951	4,662	32
3	EK	East Kameng	Seppa	78,413	4,134	19
4	ES	East Siang	Pasighat	99,019	3,603	27
5		Kamle	Raga	22,256	200	111
6		Kra Daadi	Palin	22,290	2202	10
7	KK	Kurung Kumey	Koloriang	89,717	6,040	15
8		Lepa Rada	Basar
9	EL	Lohit	Tezu	145,538	2,402	61
10	LD	Longding	Longding	60,000	1,200	50
11	DV	Lower Dibang Valley	Roing	53,986	3,900	14
12		Lower Siang	Likabali	22,630
13	LB	Lower Subansiri	Ziro	82,839	3,508	24
14		Namsai	Namsai	95,950	1,587	60
15		Pakke-Kessang	Lemmi	15,358	1,932	7.9
16	PA	Papum Pare	Yupia	176,385	2,875	61
17		Shi Yomi	Tato	13,310	2,875	5
18		Siang	Boleng	31,920	2,919	11
19	TA	Tawang	Tawang	49,950	2,085	24
20	TI	Tirap	Khonsa	111,997	2,362	47
21	UD	Upper Dibang Valley	Anini	8,004	9,129	1
22	US	Upper Siang	Yingkiong	35,289	6,188	6
23	UB	Upper Subansiri	Daporijo	83,205	7,032	12
24	WK	West Kameng	Bomdila	87,013	7,422	12
25	WS	West Siang	Aalo	112,272	8,325	13
26		Keyi Panyor	Yachuli	30,000
27		Bichom	Napangphung	9,710