List of districts of India

District

Map
CategorySecond-level administrative division
LocationStates and union territories of India
Number776 (as of 10Feberary 2022)
PopulationsGreatest: Thane, Maharashtra—11,060,148 (2011 census)
Least: Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh—8,004 (2011 census)
AreasLargest: Kutch, Gujarat—45,652 km2 (17,626 sq mi)
Smallest: Mahé, Puducherry—8.69 km2 (3.36 sq mi)
GovernmentDistrict Administration
SubdivisionsTehsil, Taluka, Mandal
Blocks

A district (zilā) is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. As of 2021 there are a total of 736 districts,[1] up from the 640 in the 2011 Census of India and the 593 recorded in the 2001 Census of India.[2]

  1. "Districts | Government of India Web Directory". www.goidirectory.gov.in. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. "Provisional Population Totals: Nunber of Administrative Units" (PDF). Census of India 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

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