Districts of India

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Distric

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India

Jose Gavinha reports nine new districts in Chhattisgarh state. Atleast 58 new districts have been created since the table belowwas formulated. Details for districts created up to 2011 are shownin the Change history section. I haven't added the new districts tothe table yet, because I don't have complete data for them.

The (Calcutta) Telegraph , which seems to have retained the oldspelling of Calcutta, reports a plan to divide five or more districts

in West Bengal. The article is dated 2011-07-29. ThePopulationIndia blog predicts that Thane district will be split in two.

Some sources state unequivocally that the headquarters ofPapum Pare district (newly created in ~1999) is Yupia. Othersources say "Itanagar (Yupia)". Itanagar is the capital of

Arunachal Pradesh state, which may be causing confusion forsome of these sources. I initially put Itanagar, but I've changed itto Yupia because I trust those sources more.

India is divided into states and union territories, which aresubdivided into districts. TheDistrict Maps of Indiapage has linksto district maps of individual states. (Unfortunately, most of thelinks have withered since I compiled them in 2003.)

This table shows 585 districts as of 2001.

District HASC Population Area(km.) Capital

Adilabad IN.AP.AD 2,479,347 16,105 Adilabad

Agra IN.UP.AG 3,611,301 4,027 Agra

Ahmedabad IN.GJ.AH 5,808,378 8,707 Ahmedabad

Ahmednagar IN.MH.AH 4,088,077 17,048 Ahmednagar

Aizawl IN.MZ.AI 339,812 3,577 Aizawl

Ajmer IN.RJ.AJ 2,180,526 8,481 Ajmer

Akola IN.MH.AK 1,629,305 5,429 Akola

Alappuzha IN.KL.AL 2,105,349 1,414 Alappuzha

Aligarh IN.UP.AL 2,990,388 3,747 Aligarh

Allahabad IN.UP.AH 4,941,510 5,424 Allahabad

Almora IN.UT.AL 630,446 3,090 Almora

Alwar IN.RJ.AL 2,990,862 8,380 Alwar
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Ambala IN.HR.AM 1,013,660 1,569 Ambala

Ambedkar Nagar IN.UP.AN 2,025,373 2,372 Akbarpur

Amravati IN.MH.AM 2,606,063 12,235 Amravati

Amreli IN.GJ.AM 1,393,295 6,760 Amreli

Amritsar IN.PB.AM 3,074,207 5,075 Amritsar

Anand IN.GJ.AN 1,856,712 2,942 Anand

Anantapur IN.AP.AN 3,639,304 19,130 Anantapur

Anantnag IN.JK.AN 1,170,013 3,984 Anantnag

Andaman Islands IN.AN.AN 314,239 6,408 Port Blair

Angul IN.OR.AN 1,139,341 6,347 Angul

Araria IN.BR.AR 2,124,831 2,829 Araria

Ariyalur IN.TN.AR 694,058 1,939 Ariyalur

Auraiya IN.UP.AU 1,179,496 2,051 Auraiya

Aurangabad IN.BR.AU 2,004,960 3,303 Aurangabad

Aurangabad IN.MH.AU 2,920,548 10,107 Aurangabad

Azamgarh IN.UP.AZ 3,950,808 4,234 Azamgarh

Badaun IN.UP.BD 3,069,245 5,168 Badaun

Badgam IN.JK.BD 593,768 1,371 Badgam

Bagalkot IN.KA.BK 1,652,232 6,583 Bagalkot

Bageshwar IN.UT.BA 249,453 2,310 Bageshwar

Baghpat IN.UP.BG 1,164,388 1,345 Baghpat

Bahraich IN.UP.BH 2,384,239 5,745 Bahraich

Balaghat IN.MP.BL 1,445,760 9,229 Balaghat

Baleshwar IN.OR.BW 2,023,056 3,706 Baleshwar

Ballia IN.UP.BL 2,752,412 2,981 Ballia

Balrampur IN.UP.BP 1,684,567 2,925 Balrampur

Banas Kantha IN.GJ.BK 2,502,843 12,703 Banas Kantha

Banda IN.UP.BN 1,500,253 4,413 Banda

Bangalore IN.KA.BN 6,523,110 2,190 Bangalore

Bangalore Rural IN.KA.BR 1,877,416 5,815 Bangalore

Banka IN.BR.BA 1,608,778 3,018 Banka

Bankura IN.WB.BN 3,191,822 6,882 Bankura

Banswara IN.RJ.BN 1,500,420 5,037 Banswara

Barabanki IN.UP.BB 2,673,394 3,825 Barabanki

Baragarh IN.OR.BR 1,345,601 5,832 Baragarh

Baramula IN.JK.BR 1,166,722 4,588 Baramula

Baran IN.RJ.BR 1,022,568 6,955 Baran

Bardhaman IN.WB.BR 6,919,698 7,024 Bardhaman

Bareilly IN.UP.BR 3,598,701 4,120 Bareilly

Barmer IN.RJ.BM 1,963,758 28,387 Barmer

Barpeta IN.AS.BA 1,642,420 3,245 Barpeta

Barwani IN.MP.BR 1,081,039 5,432 Barwani

Bastar IN.CT.BA 1,302,253 14,968 Jagdalpur

Basti IN.UP.BS 2,068,922 3,034 Basti

Bathinda IN.PB.BA 1,181,236 3,377 Bathinda

Begusarai IN.BR.BE 2,342,989 1,917 Begusarai

Belgaum IN.KA.BG 4,207,264 13,415 Belgaum

Bellary IN.KA.BL 2,025,242 8,439 Bellary

Betul IN.MP.BE 1,394,421 10,043 Betul

Bhadrak IN.OR.BH 1,332,249 2,788 Bhadrak


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Bhagalpur IN.BR.BG 2,430,331 2,569 Bhagalpur

Bhandara IN.MH.BH 1,135,835 3,890 Bhandara

Bharatpur IN.RJ.BP 2,098,323 5,066 Bharatpur

Bharuch IN.GJ.BR 1,370,104 6,524 Bharuch

Bhavnagar IN.GJ.BV 2,469,264 11,155 Bhavnagar

Bhilwara IN.RJ.BW 2,009,516 10,455 Bhilwara

Bhind IN.MP.BD 1,426,951 4,459 Bhind

Bhiwani IN.HR.BH 1,424,554 5,140 Bhiwani

Bhojpur IN.BR.BJ 2,233,415 2,473 Ara

Bhopal IN.MP.BP 1,836,784 2,772 Bhopal

Bid IN.MH.BI 2,159,841 10,693 Bid

Bidar IN.KA.BD 1,501,374 5,448 Bidar

Bijapur IN.KA.BJ 1,808,863 10,517 Bijapur

Bijnor IN.UP.BI 3,130,586 4,561 Bijnor

Bikaner IN.RJ.BI 1,673,562 27,244 Bikaner

Bilaspur IN.CT.BI 1,993,042 8,270 Bilaspur

Bilaspur IN.HP.BI 340,735 1,167 Bilaspur

Birbhum IN.WB.BI 3,012,546 4,545 Suri

Bishnupur IN.MN.BI 205,907 496 Bishnupur

Bokaro IN.JH.BO 1,775,961 2,861 Bokaro

Bolangir IN.OR.BL 1,335,760 6,552 Bolangir

Bongaigaon IN.AS.BO 906,315 2,510 Bongaigaon

Boudh IN.OR.BD 373,038 4,289 Boudh

Bulandshahr IN.UP.BU 2,923,290 3,719 Bulandshahr

Buldhana IN.MH.BU 2,226,328 9,661 Buldhana

Bundi IN.RJ.BU 961,269 5,550 Bundi

Buxar IN.BR.BU 1,403,462 1,624 Buxar

Cachar IN.AS.CA 1,442,141 3,786 Silchar

Chamba IN.HP.CH 460,499 6,528 Chamba

Chamoli IN.UT.CL 369,198 7,692 Chamoli

Champawat IN.UT.CP 224,461 1,781 Champawat

Champhai IN.MZ.CH 101,389 3,168 Champhai

Chamrajnagar IN.KA.CJ 964,275 5,102 Chamrajnagar

Chandauli IN.UP.CD 1,639,777 2,554 Chandauli

Chandel IN.MN.CD 122,714 3,317 Chandel

Chandigarh IN.CH.CH 900,914 114 Chandigarh

Chandrapur IN.MH.CH 2,077,909 11,443 Chandrapur

Changlang IN.AR.CH 124,994 4,662 Changlang

Chatra IN.JH.CH 790,680 3,700 Chatra

Chennai IN.TN.CH 4,216,268 174 Chennai

Chhatarpur IN.MP.CT 1,474,633 8,687 Chhatarpur

Chhindwara IN.MP.CN 1,848,882 11,815 Chhindwara

Chikmagalur IN.KA.CK 1,139,104 7,201 Chikmagalur

Chitradurga IN.KA.CT 1,510,227 8,437 Chitradurga

Chitrakoot IN.UP.CT 800,592 3,202 Chitrakootdham

Chittoor IN.AP.CH 3,735,202 15,152 Chittoor

Chittorgarh IN.RJ.CT 1,802,656 10,856 Chittorgarh

Churachandpur IN.MN.CC 228,707 4,574 Churachandpur

Churu IN.RJ.CR 1,922,908 16,830 Churu

Coimbatore IN.TN.CO 4,224,107 7,469 Coimbatore


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Cuddalore IN.TN.CU 2,280,530 3,999 Cuddalore

Cuddapah IN.AP.CU 2,573,481 15,359 Cuddapah

Cuttack IN.OR.CU 2,340,686 3,915 Cuttack

Dadra and Nagar Haveli IN.DN.DN 220,451 491 Silvassa

Dahod IN.GJ.DA 1,635,374 3,642 Dahod

Dakshina Kannada IN.KA.DK 1,896,403 4,559 Mangalore

Dakshin Dinajpur IN.WB.DD 1,502,647 2,183 Balurghat

Daman IN.DD.DA 113,949 72 Daman

Damoh IN.MP.DM 1,081,909 7,306 Damoh

Dantewada IN.CT.DA 719,065 17,538 Dantewada

Darbhanga IN.BR.DA 3,285,473 2,278 Darbhanga

Darjeeling IN.WB.DA 1,605,900 3,149 Darjeeling

Darrang IN.AS.DA 1,503,943 3,481 Mangaldai

Datia IN.MP.DT 627,818 2,694 Datia

Dausa IN.RJ.DA 1,316,790 3,429 Dausa

Davanagere IN.KA.DA 1,789,693 5,926 Davanagere

Dehradun IN.UT.DD 1,279,083 3,088 Dehradun

Delhi IN.DL.DL 13,782,976 1,483 Delhi

Deogarh IN.OR.DE 274,095 2,781 Deogarh

Deoghar IN.JH.DE 1,161,370 2,479 Deoghar

Deoria IN.UP.DE 2,730,376 2,535 Deoria

Dewas IN.MP.DE 1,306,617 7,020 Dewas

Dhalai IN.TR.DH 307,417 2,523 Ambassa

Dhamtari IN.CT.DH 703,569 3,383 Dhamtari

Dhanbad IN.JH.DH 2,394,434 2,075 Dhanbad

Dhar IN.MP.DH 1,740,577 8,153 Dhar

Dharmapuri IN.TN.DH 2,833,252 9,622 Dharmapuri

Dharwad IN.KA.DH 1,603,794 4,265 Dharwad

Dhemaji IN.AS.DM 569,468 3,237 Dhemaji

Dhenkanal IN.OR.DH 1,065,983 4,597 Dhenkanal

Dholpur IN.RJ.DH 982,815 3,084 Dholpur

Dhubri IN.AS.DB 1,634,589 2,838 Dhubri

Dhule IN.MH.DH 1,708,993 8,095 Dhule

Dibang Valley IN.AR.DV 57,543 13,029 Anini

Dibrugarh IN.AS.DI 1,172,056 3,381 Dibrugarh

Dimapur IN.NL.DI 308,382 926 Dimapur

Dindigul IN.TN.DI 1,918,960 6,058 Dindigul

Dindori IN.MP.DI 579,312 7,427 Dindori

Diu IN.DD.DI 44,110 40 Diu

Doda IN.JK.DO 690,474 11,691 Doda

Dumka IN.JH.DU 1,754,571 5,518 Dumka

Dungarpur IN.RJ.DU 1,107,037 3,770 Dungarpur

Durg IN.CT.DU 2,801,757 8,542 Durg

East Garo Hills IN.ML.EG 247,555 2,603 Williamnagar

East Godavari IN.AP.EG 4,872,622 10,807 Kakinada

East Imphal IN.MN.EI 393,780 710 Porompat

East Kameng IN.AR.EK 57,065 4,134 Seppa

East Khasi Hills IN.ML.EK 660,994 2,752 Shillong

East Nimar IN.MP.EN 1,708,170 10,779 Khandwa

East Siang IN.AR.ES 87,430 4,005 Pasighat


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East Sikkim IN.SK.ES 244,790 954 Gangtok

Ernakulam IN.KL.ER 3,098,378 2,951 Kochi

Erode IN.TN.ER 2,574,067 8,209 Erode

Etah IN.UP.ET 2,788,270 4,446 Etah

Etawah IN.UP.EW 1,340,031 2,287 Etawah

Faizabad IN.UP.FZ 2,087,914 2,765 Faizabad

Faridabad IN.HR.FR 2,193,276 2,105 Faridabad

Faridkot IN.PB.FR 552,466 1,472 Faridkot

Farrukhabad IN.UP.FR 1,577,237 2,279 Fatehgarh

Fatehabad IN.HR.FT 806,158 2,491 Fatehabad

Fatehgarh Sahib IN.PB.FT 539,751 1,180 Fatehgarh Sahib

Fatehpur IN.UP.FT 2,305,847 4,152 Fatehpur

Firozabad IN.UP.FI 2,045,737 2,361 Firozabad

Firozpur IN.PB.FI 1,744,753 5,865 Firozpur

Gadag IN.KA.GA 971,955 4,651 Gadag

Gadchiroli IN.MH.GA 969,960 14,412 Gadchiroli

Gajapati IN.OR.GP 518,448 3,056 Paralakhemundi

Gandhinagar IN.GJ.GA 1,334,731 649 Gandhinagar

Ganganagar IN.RJ.GA 1,788,487 7,984 Ganganagar

Ganjam IN.OR.GN 3,136,937 8,033 Chhatrapur

Garhwa IN.JH.GA 1,034,151 4,064 Garhwa

Gautam Buddha Nagar IN.UP.GB 1,191,263 1,269 Noida

Gaya IN.BR.GA 3,464,983 4,978 Gaya

Ghaziabad IN.UP.GZ 3,289,540 1,956 Ghaziabad

Ghazipur IN.UP.GP 3,049,337 3,377 Ghazipur

Giridih IN.JH.GI 1,901,564 4,887 Giridih

Goalpara IN.AS.GP 822,306 1,824 Goalpara

Godda IN.JH.GO 1,047,264 2,110 Godda

Golaghat IN.AS.GG 945,781 3,502 Golaghat

Gonda IN.UP.GN 2,765,754 4,425 Gonda

Gondiya IN.MH.GO 1,200,151 5,431 Gondiya

Gopalganj IN.BR.GO 2,149,343 2,033 Gopalganj

Gorakhpur IN.UP.GR 3,784,720 3,325 Gorakhpur

Gulbarga IN.KA.GU 3,124,858 16,224 Gulbarga

Gumla IN.JH.GU 1,345,520 9,091 Gumla

Guna IN.MP.GU 1,665,503 11,065 Guna

Guntur IN.AP.GU 4,405,521 11,391 Guntur

Gurdaspur IN.PB.GU 2,096,889 3,570 Gurdaspur

Gurgaon IN.HR.GU 1,657,669 2,760 Gurgaon

Gwalior IN.MP.GW 1,629,881 5,465 Gwalior

Hailakandi IN.AS.HA 542,978 1,327 Hailakandi

Hamirpur IN.HP.HA 412,009 1,118 Hamirpur

Hamirpur IN.UP.HM 1,042,374 4,325 Hamirpur

Hanumangarh IN.RJ.HA 1,517,390 12,645 Hanumangarh

Harda IN.MP.HA 474,174 3,339 Harda

Hardoi IN.UP.HR 3,397,414 5,986 Hardoi

Haridwar IN.UT.HA 1,444,213 2,360 Haridwar

Hassan IN.KA.HS 1,721,319 6,814 Hassan

Hathras IN.UP.HT 1,333,372 1,752 Hathras

Haveri IN.KA.HV 1,437,860 4,825 Haveri


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Hazaribagh IN.JH.HA 2,277,108 6,154 Hazaribagh

Hingoli IN.MH.HI 986,717 4,526 Hingoli

Hissar IN.HR.HI 1,536,417 3,788 Hissar

Hooghly IN.WB.HG 5,040,047 3,149 Chinsurah

Hoshangabad IN.MP.HO 1,085,011 6,698 Hoshangabad

Hoshiarpur IN.PB.HO 1,478,045 3,310 Hoshiarpur

Howrah IN.WB.HR 4,274,010 1,467 Howrah

Hyderabad IN.AP.HY 3,686,460 217 Hyderabad

Idukki IN.KL.ID 1,128,605 4,479 Painaw

Indore IN.MP.IN 2,585,321 3,898 Indore

Jabalpur IN.MP.JA 2,167,469 5,210 Jabalpur

Jagatsinghpur IN.OR.JS 1,056,556 1,759 Jagatsinghpur

Jaintia Hills IN.ML.JH 295,692 3,819 Jowal

Jaipur IN.RJ.JP 5,252,388 11,152 Jaipur

Jaisalmer IN.RJ.JS 507,999 38,401 Jaisalmer

Jajpur IN.OR.JP 1,622,868 2,885 Panikoili

Jalandhar IN.PB.JA 1,953,508 2,658 Jalandhar

Jalaun IN.UP.JL 1,455,859 4,565 Orai

Jalgaon IN.MH.JG 3,679,936 11,765 Jalgaon

Jalna IN.MH.JN 1,612,357 7,718 Jalna

Jalore IN.RJ.JL 1,448,486 10,640 Jalore

Jalpaiguri IN.WB.JA 3,403,204 6,227 Jalpaiguri

Jammu IN.JK.JA 1,571,911 3,097 Jammu

Jamnagar IN.GJ.JA 1,913,685 14,125 Jamnagar

Jamui IN.BR.JA 1,397,474 3,099 Jamui

Janjgir-Champa IN.CT.JC 1,316,140 3,848 Janjgir

Jashpur IN.CT.JA 739,780 5,825 Jashpur

Jaunpur IN.UP.JU 3,911,305 4,038 Jaunpur

Jehanabad IN.BR.JE 1,511,406 1,569 Jehanabad

Jhabua IN.MP.JH 1,396,677 6,782 Jhabua

Jhajjar IN.HR.JH 887,392 1,868 Jhajjar

Jhalawar IN.RJ.JW 1,180,342 6,219 Jhalawar

Jhansi IN.UP.JH 1,746,715 5,024 Jhansi

Jharsuguda IN.OR.JH 509,056 2,202 Jharsuguda

Jhunjhunun IN.RJ.JJ 1,913,099 5,928 Jhunjhunun

Jind IN.HR.JI 1,189,725 2,736 Jind

Jodhpur IN.RJ.JO 2,880,777 22,850 Jodhpur

Jorhat IN.AS.JO 1,009,197 2,851 Jorhat

Junagadh IN.GJ.JU 2,448,427 8,839 Junagadh

Jyotiba Phule Nagar IN.UP.JP 1,499,193 2,321 Amroha

Kachchh IN.GJ.KA 1,526,321 45,652 Bhuj

Kaimur IN.BR.KM 1,284,575 3,363 Bhabua

Kaithal IN.HR.KT 945,631 2,799 Kaithal

Kalahandi IN.OR.KL 1,334,372 8,197 Bhawanipatna

Kamrup IN.AS.KP 2,515,030 4,345 Guwahati

Kancheepuram IN.TN.KC 2,869,920 4,433 Kancheepuram

Kandhamal IN.OR.KN 647,912 6,004 Phulbani

Kangra IN.HP.KA 1,338,536 5,739 Dharamasala

Kanker IN.CT.KK 651,333 6,513 Kanker

Kannauj IN.UP.KJ 1,385,227 1,993 Kannauj


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Kannur IN.KL.KN 2,412,365 2,966 Kannur

Kanpur IN.UP.KN 4,137,489 3,029 Kanpur

Kanpur Dehat IN.UP.KD 1,584,037 3,143 Akbarpur

Kanyakumari IN.TN.KK 1,669,763 1,685 Nagercoil

Kapurthala IN.PB.KA 752,287 1,646 Kapurthala

Karaikal IN.PY.KA 170,640 160 Karaikal

Karauli IN.RJ.KA 1,205,631 5,530 Karauli

Karbi Anglong IN.AS.KA 812,320 10,434 Diphu

Kargil IN.JK.KR 115,227 14,036 Kargil

Karimganj IN.AS.KR 1,003,678 1,809 Karimganj

Karimnagar IN.AP.KA 3,477,079 11,823 Karimnagar

Karnal IN.HR.KR 1,274,843 2,471 Karnal

Karur IN.TN.KR 933,791 2,896 Karur

Kasargod IN.KL.KS 1,203,342 1,992 Kasargod

Kathua IN.JK.KT 544,206 2,651 Kathua

Katihar IN.BR.KT 2,389,533 3,056 Katihar

Katni IN.MP.KA 1,063,689 4,947 Katni

Kaushambi IN.UP.KS 1,294,937 1,837 Kaushambi

Kawardha IN.CT.KW 584,667 4,237 Kawardha

Kendrapara IN.OR.KP 1,301,856 2,546 Kendrapara

Keonjhar IN.OR.KJ 1,561,521 8,336 Keonjhar

Khagaria IN.BR.KH 1,276,677 1,486 Khagaria

Khammam IN.AP.KH 2,565,412 16,029 Khammam

Kheda IN.GJ.KH 2,023,354 4,215 Kheda

Khordha IN.OR.KH 1,874,405 2,888 Bhubaneswar

Kinnaur IN.HP.KI 83,950 6,401 Reckong Peo

Kishanganj IN.BR.KI 1,294,063 1,884 Kishanganj

Koch Bihar IN.WB.KB 2,478,280 3,387 Koch Bihar

Kodagu IN.KA.KD 545,322 4,102 Madikeri

Koderma IN.JH.KO 498,683 1,312 Koderma

Kohima IN.NL.KO 314,366 3,113 Kohima

Kokrajhar IN.AS.KK 930,404 3,129 Kokrajhar

Kolar IN.KA.KL 2,523,406 8,223 Kolar

Kolasib IN.MZ.KO 60,977 1,386 Kolasib

Kolhapur IN.MH.KO 3,515,413 7,685 Kolhapur

Kolkata IN.WB.KO 4,580,544 185 Kolkata

Kollam IN.KL.KL 2,584,118 2,498 Kollam

Koppal IN.KA.KP 1,193,496 7,190 Koppal

Koraput IN.OR.KO 1,177,954 8,534 Koraput

Korba IN.CT.KB 1,012,121 6,615 Korba

Koriya IN.CT.KJ 585,455 6,578 Koriya

Kota IN.RJ.KO 1,568,580 5,446 Kota

Kottayam IN.KL.KT 1,952,901 2,203 Kottayam

Kozhikode IN.KL.KZ 2,878,498 2,345 Kozhikode

Krishna IN.AP.KR 4,218,416 8,727 Machilipatnam

Kulu IN.HP.KU 379,865 5,503 Kulu

Kupwara IN.JK.KU 640,013 2,379 Kupwara

Kurnool IN.AP.KU 3,512,266 17,658 Kurnool

Kurukshetra IN.HR.KU 828,120 1,217 Kurukshetra

Kushinagar IN.UP.KU 2,891,933 2,909 Padarauna


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Lahaul and Spiti IN.HP.LS 33,224 13,835 Keylong

Lakhimpur IN.AS.LA 889,325 2,277 Lakhimpur

Lakhimpur Kheri IN.UP.LK 3,200,137 7,680 Kheri

Lakhisarai IN.BR.LA 801,173 1,229 Lakhisarai

Lakshadweep IN.LD.LD 60,595 32 Kavaratti

Lalitpur IN.UP.LA 977,447 5,039 Lalitpur

Latur IN.MH.LA 2,078,237 7,157 Latur

Lawngtlai IN.MZ.LA 73,050 2,519 Lawngtlai

Leh IN.JK.LE 117,637 82,665 Leh

Lohardaga IN.JH.LO 364,405 1,494 Lohardaga

Lohit IN.AR.LO 143,478 11,402 Tezu

Lower Subansiri IN.AR.LB 97,614 10,135 Ziro

Lucknow IN.UP.LU 3,681,416 2,528 Lucknow

Ludhiana IN.PB.LU 3,030,352 3,744 Ludhiana

Lunglei IN.MZ.LU 137,155 4,572 Lunglei

Madhepura IN.BR.MP 1,524,596 1,787 Madhepura

Madhubani IN.BR.MB 3,570,651 3,501 Madhubani

Madurai IN.TN.MA 2,562,279 3,676 Madurai

Maharajganj IN.UP.MG 2,167,041 2,948 Maharajganj

Mahasamund IN.CT.MA 860,176 4,779 Mahasamund

Mahbubnagar IN.AP.MA 3,506,876 18,432 Mahbubnagar

Mahe IN.PY.MA 36,823 9 Mahe

Mahendragarh IN.HR.MA 812,022 1,683 Narnaul

Mahesana IN.GJ.MA 1,837,696 4,386 Mahesana

Mahoba IN.UP.MH 708,831 2,847 Mahoba

Mainpuri IN.UP.MP 1,592,875 2,760 Mainpuri

Malappuram IN.KL.MA 3,629,640 3,550 Malappuram

Malda IN.WB.MA 3,290,160 3,733 English Bazar

Malkangiri IN.OR.ML 480,232 6,115 Malkangiri

Mamit IN.MZ.MA 62,313 2,967 Mamit

Mandi IN.HP.MA 900,987 3,950 Mandi

Mandla IN.MP.ML 893,908 5,805 Mandla

Mandsaur IN.MP.MS 1,183,369 5,530 Mandsaur

Mandya IN.KA.MA 1,761,718 4,961 Mandya

Mansa IN.PB.MA 688,630 2,174 Mansa

Marigaon IN.AS.MA 775,874 1,704 Marigaon

Mathura IN.UP.MT 2,069,578 3,333 Mathura

Maunathbhanjan IN.UP.MB 1,849,294 1,713 Mau

Mayurbhanj IN.OR.MY 2,221,782 1,041 Baripada

Medak IN.AP.ME 2,662,296 9,699 Sangareddi

Meerut IN.UP.ME 3,001,636 2,522 Meerut

Midnapore IN.WB.ME 9,638,473 14,081 Midnapore

Mirzapur IN.UP.MI 2,114,852 4,522 Mirzapur

Moga IN.PB.MO 886,313 1,672 Moga

Mokokchung IN.NL.MK 227,230 1,615 Mokokchung

Mon IN.NL.MN 259,604 1,786 Mon

Moradabad IN.UP.MO 3,749,630 3,648 Moradabad

Morena IN.MP.MO 1,587,264 4,991 Morena

Muktsar IN.PB.MU 776,702 2,596 Muktsar

Mumbai City IN.MH.MC 3,326,837 69 Mumbai City


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Mumbai Suburban IN.MH.MU 8,587,561 534 Bandra

Munger IN.BR.MG 1,135,499 1,419 Munger

Murshidabad IN.WB.MU 5,863,717 5,324 Berhampore

Muzaffarnagar IN.UP.MU 3,541,952 4,008 Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarpur IN.BR.MZ 3,743,836 3,173 Muzaffarpur

Mysore IN.KA.MY 2,624,911 6,854 Mysore

Nabarangpur IN.OR.NB 1,018,171 5,135 Nabarangpur

Nadia IN.WB.NA 4,603,756 3,927 Krishnanagar

Nagaon IN.AS.NG 2,315,387 3,831 Nagaon

Nagapattinam IN.TN.NG 1,487,055 2,716 Nagapattinam

Nagaur IN.RJ.NA 2,773,894 17,718 Nagaur

Nagpur IN.MH.NG 4,051,444 9,892 Nagpur

Nainital IN.UT.NA 762,912 3,853 Nainital

Nalanda IN.BR.NL 2,368,327 2,354 Bihar Sharif

Nalbari IN.AS.NL 1,138,184 2,257 Nalbari

Nalgonda IN.AP.NA 3,238,449 14,240 Nalgonda

Namakkal IN.TN.NM 1,495,661 3,429 Namakkal

Nanded IN.MH.ND 2,868,158 10,528 Nanded

Nandurbar IN.MH.NB 1,309,135 5,055 Nandurbar

Narmada IN.GJ.NR 514,083 2,749 Rajpipla

Narsinghpur IN.MP.NA 957,399 5,133 Narsinghpur

Nashik IN.MH.NS 4,987,923 15,539 Nashik

Navsari IN.GJ.NV 1,229,250 2,211 Navsari

Nawada IN.BR.NW 1,809,425 2,492 Nawada

Nawan Shehar IN.PB.NS 586,637 1,258 Nawan Shehar

Nayagarh IN.OR.NY 863,934 3,954 Nayagarh

Neemuch IN.MP.NE 725,457 4,267 Neemuch

Nellore IN.AP.NE 2,659,661 13,076 Nellore

Nicobar Islands IN.AN.NI 42,026 1,841 Car Nicobar

Nilgiris IN.TN.NI 764,826 2,549 Udhagamandalam

Nizamabad IN.AP.NI 2,342,803 7,956 Nizamabad

North Cachar Hills IN.AS.NC 186,189 4,888 Haflong

North Goa IN.GA.NG 757,407 1,736 Panaji

North Sikkim IN.SK.NS 41,023 4,226 Mangan

North Tripura IN.TR.NT 590,655 2,821 Kailasahar

Nuapada IN.OR.NU 530,524 3,408 Nuapada

Osmanabad IN.MH.OS 1,472,256 7,569 Osmanabad

Pakur IN.JH.PK 701,616 1,805 Pakur

Palakkad IN.KL.PL 2,617,072 4,480 Palakkad

Palamu IN.JH.PL 2,092,004 8,717 Daltonganj

Pali IN.RJ.PA 1,819,201 12,387 Pali

Panchkula IN.HR.PK 469,210 816 Panchkula

Panch Mahals IN.GJ.PM 2,024,883 5,219 Panch Mahals

Panipat IN.HR.PP 967,338 1,250 Panipat

Panna IN.MP.PA 854,235 7,135 Panna

Papum Pare IN.AR.PA 121,750 2,875 Yupia

Parbhani IN.MH.PA 1,491,109 6,511 Parbhani

Pashchim Champaran IN.BR.WC 3,043,044 5,229 Bettiah

Pashchim Singhbhum IN.JH.WS 2,080,265 9,906 Chabasa

Patan IN.GJ.PA 1,181,941 5,738 Patan


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Pathanamthitta IN.KL.PT 1,231,577 2,462 Pathanamthitta

Patiala IN.PB.PA 1,839,056 3,627 Patiala

Patna IN.BR.PA 4,709,851 3,202 Patna

Pauri Garhwal IN.UT.PG 696,851 5,438 Pauri

Perambalur IN.TN.PE 486,971 1,752 Perambalur

Phek IN.NL.PH 148,246 2,026 Phek

Pilibhit IN.UP.PI 1,643,788 3,499 Pilibhit

Pithoragarh IN.UT.PI 462,149 7,110 Pithoragarh

Pondicherry IN.PY.PO 735,004 293 Pondicherry

Poonch IN.JK.PO 371,561 1,674 Poonch

Porbandar IN.GJ.PO 536,854 2,294 Porbandar

Prakasam IN.AP.PR 3,054,941 17,626 Ongole

Pratapgarh IN.UP.PR 2,727,156 3,717 Pratapgarh

Pudukkottai IN.TN.PU 1,452,269 4,651 Pudukkottai

Pulwama IN.JK.PU 632,295 1,398 Pulwama

Pune IN.MH.PU 7,224,224 15,643 Pune

Purba Champaran IN.BR.EC 3,933,636 3,969 Motihari

Purba Singhbhum IN.JH.ES 1,978,671 3,533 Jamshedpur

Puri IN.OR.PU 1,498,604 3,055 Puri

Purnia IN.BR.PU 2,540,788 3,228 Purnia

Purulia IN.WB.PU 2,535,233 6,259 Purulia

Rae Bareli IN.UP.RB 2,872,204 4,609 Rae Bareli

Raichur IN.KA.RA 1,648,212 6,839 Raichur

Raigarh IN.CT.RG 1,265,084 7,068 Raigarh

Raigarh IN.MH.RG 2,205,972 7,152 Alibag

Raipur IN.CT.RP 3,009,042 13,083 Raipur

Raisen IN.MP.RS 1,120,159 8,466 Raisen

Rajauri IN.JK.RA 478,595 2,630 Rajauri

Rajgarh IN.MP.RG 1,253,246 6,143 Rajgarh

Rajkot IN.GJ.RA 3,157,676 11,203 Rajkot

Rajnandgaon IN.CT.RN 1,281,811 8,062 Rajnandgaon

Rajsamand IN.RJ.RA 986,269 3,853 Rajsamand

Ramanathapuram IN.TN.RA 1,183,321 4,123 Ramanathapuram

Rampur IN.UP.RA 1,922,450 2,367 Rampur

Ranchi IN.JH.RA 2,783,577 7,974 Ranchi

Rangareddi IN.AP.RA 3,506,670 7,493 Hyderabad

Ratlam IN.MP.RL 1,214,536 4,861 Ratlam

Ratnagiri IN.MH.RT 1,696,482 8,208 Ratnagiri

Rayagada IN.OR.RA 823,019 7,585 Rayagada

Rewa IN.MP.RE 1,972,333 6,314 Rewa

Rewari IN.HR.RE 764,727 1,559 Rewari

Ri-Bhoi IN.ML.RB 192,795 2,378 Nongpoh

Rohtak IN.HR.RO 940,036 1,668 Rohtak

Rohtas IN.BR.RO 2,448,762 3,850 Susaram

Rudra Prayag IN.UT.RP 227,461 1,896 Rudra Prayag

Rupnagar IN.PB.RU 1,110,000 2,117 Rupnagar

Sabar Kantha IN.GJ.SK 2,083,416 7,390 Sabar Kantha

Sagar IN.MP.SG 2,021,783 10,252 Sagar

Saharanpur IN.UP.SA 2,848,152 3,689 Saharanpur

Saharsa IN.BR.SH 1,506,418 1,702 Saharsa


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Sahibganj IN.JH.SA 927,584 1,599 Sahibganj

Saiha IN.MZ.SA 60,823 1,414 Saiha

Salem IN.TN.SA 2,992,754 5,220 Salem

Samastipur IN.BR.SM 3,413,413 2,905 Samastipur

Sambalpur IN.OR.SA 928,889 6,702 Sambalpur

Sangli IN.MH.SN 2,581,835 8,572 Sangli

Sangrur IN.PB.SA 1,998,464 5,021 Sangrur

Sant Kabir Nagar IN.UP.SK 1,424,500 1,442 Khalilabad

Sant Ravi Das Nagar IN.UP.SR 1,352,056 960 Bhadohi

Saran IN.BR.SR 3,251,474 2,641 Chhapra

Satara IN.MH.ST 2,796,906 10,475 Satara

Satna IN.MP.ST 1,868,648 7,502 Satna

Sawai Madhopur IN.RJ.SM 1,116,031 4,500 Sawai Madhopur

Sehore IN.MP.SR 1,078,769 6,578 Sehore

Senapati IN.MN.SE 379,214 3,269 Senapati

Seoni IN.MP.SO 1,165,893 8,758 Seoni

Serchhip IN.MZ.SE 55,539 1,424 Serchhip

Shahdol IN.MP.SH 1,572,748 9,954 Shahdol

Shahjahanpur IN.UP.SJ 2,549,458 4,575 Shahjahanpur

Shajapur IN.MP.SJ 1,290,230 6,196 Shajapur

Sheikhpura IN.BR.SP 525,137 689 Sheikhpura

Sheohar IN.BR.SO 514,288 443 Sheohar

Sheopur IN.MP.SP 559,715 6,585 Sheopur

Shimla IN.HP.SH 721,745 5,131 Shimla

Shimoga IN.KA.SH 1,639,595 8,495 Shimoga

Shivpuri IN.MP.SV 1,440,666 10,290 Shivpuri

Shravasti IN.UP.SV 1,175,428 1,126 Shravasti

Sibsagar IN.AS.SI 1,052,802 2,668 Sibsagar

Siddharth Nagar IN.UP.SN 2,038,598 2,751 Navgarh

Sidhi IN.MP.SI 1,830,553 10,520 Sidhi

Sikar IN.RJ.SK 2,287,229 7,732 Sikar

Sindhudurg IN.MH.SI 861,672 5,207 Oras

Sirmaur IN.HP.SI 458,351 2,825 Nahan

Sirohi IN.RJ.SR 850,756 5,136 Sirohi

Sirsa IN.HR.SI 1,111,012 4,276 Sirsa

Sitamarhi IN.BR.ST 2,669,887 2,199 Sitamarhi

Sitapur IN.UP.SI 3,616,510 5,743 Sitapur

Sivaganga IN.TN.SI 1,150,753 4,086 Sivaganga

Siwan IN.BR.SW 2,708,840 2,219 Siwan

Solan IN.HP.SO 499,380 1,936 Solan

Solapur IN.MH.SO 3,855,383 14,895 Solapur

Sonbhadra IN.UP.SO 1,463,468 6,788 Robertsganj

Sonepat IN.HR.SO 1,278,830 2,260 Sonepat

Sonepur IN.OR.SO 540,659 2,284 Sonepur

Sonitpur IN.AS.SO 1,677,874 5,324 Dispur

South Garo Hills IN.ML.SG 99,105 1,850 Baghmara

South Goa IN.GA.SG 586,591 1,966 Margao

South Sikkim IN.SK.SS 131,506 750 Namchi

South Tripura IN.TR.ST 762,565 2,152 Udaipur

Srikakulam IN.AP.SR 2,528,491 5,837 Srikakulam


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Srinagar IN.JK.SR 1,238,530 2,228 Srinagar

Sultanpur IN.UP.SU 3,190,926 4,436 Sultanpur

Sundargarh IN.OR.SU 1,829,412 9,942 Sundargarh

Supaul IN.BR.SU 1,745,069 2,410 Supaul

Surat IN.GJ.ST 4,996,391 7,657 Surat

Surendranagar IN.GJ.SN 1,515,147 10,489 Surendranagar

Surguja IN.CT.SU 1,970,661 15,765 Ambikapur

Tamenglong IN.MN.TA 111,493 4,460 Tamenglong

Tawang IN.AR.TA 34,705 2,172 Tawang

Tehri Garhwal IN.UT.TG 604,608 4,085 New Tehri

Thane IN.MH.TH 8,128,833 9,558 Thane

Thanjavur IN.TN.TJ 2,205,375 3,397 Thanjavur

The Dangs IN.GJ.DG 186,712 1,764 Ahwa

Theni IN.TN.TH 1,094,724 3,066 Theni

Thiruvallur IN.TN.TL 2,738,866 3,424 Thiruvallur

Thiruvananthapuram IN.KL.TV 3,234,707 2,192 Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvarur IN.TN.TR 1,165,213 2,161 Thiruvarur

Thoothukudi IN.TN.TK 1,565,743 4,621 Thoothukudi

Thoubal IN.MN.TH 366,341 514 Thoubal

Thrissur IN.KL.TS 2,975,440 3,032 Thrissur

Tikamgarh IN.MP.TI 1,203,160 5,055 Tikamgarh

Tinsukia IN.AS.TI 1,150,146 3,790 Tinsukia

Tirap IN.AR.TI 100,227 2,362 Khonsa

Tiruchirappalli IN.TN.TC 2,388,831 4,407 Tiruchirappalli

Tirunelveli IN.TN.TI 2,801,194 6,810 Tirunelveli

Tiruvannamalai IN.TN.TV 2,181,853 6,191 Tiruvannamalai

Tonk IN.RJ.TO 1,211,343 7,194 Tonk

Tuensang IN.NL.TU 414,801 4,228 Tuensang

Tumkur IN.KA.TU 2,579,516 10,598 Tumkur

24 Parganas North IN.WB.PN 8,930,295 4,095 Barasat

24 Parganas South IN.WB.PS 6,909,015 9,955 Alipore

Udaipur IN.RJ.UD 2,632,210 13,430 Udaipur

Udhampur IN.JK.UD 738,965 4,550 Udhampur

Udham Singh Nagar IN.UT.US 1,234,548 2,912 Rudrapur

Udupi IN.KA.UD 1,109,494 3,879 Udupi

Ujjain IN.MP.UJ 1,709,885 6,091 Ujjain

Ukhrul IN.MN.UK 140,946 4,547 Ukhrul

Umaria IN.MP.UM 515,851 4,062 Umaria

Una IN.HP.UN 447,967 1,540 Una

Unnao IN.UP.UN 2,700,426 4,558 Unnao

Upper Siang IN.AR.US 33,146 6,188 Yingkiong

Upper Subansiri IN.AR.UB 54,995 7,032 Daporijo

Uttara Kannada IN.KA.UK 1,353,299 10,291 Karwar

Uttar Dinajpur IN.WB.UD 2,441,824 3,180 Raigunj

Uttarkashi IN.UT.UT 294,179 7,951 Uttarkashi

Vadodara IN.GJ.VD 3,639,775 7,794 Vadodara

Vaishali IN.BR.VA 2,712,389 2,036 Hajipur

Valsad IN.GJ.VL 1,410,680 3,034 Valsad

Varanasi IN.UP.VA 3,147,927 1,578 Varanasi

Vellore IN.TN.VE 3,482,970 6,077 Vellore


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Vidisha IN.MP.VI 1,214,759 7,362 Vidisha

Villupuram IN.TN.VL 2,943,917 7,217 Villupuram

Virudhunagar IN.TN.VR 1,751,548 4,288 Virudhunagar

Vishakhapatnam IN.AP.VS 3,789,823 11,161 Vishakhapatnam

Vizianagaram IN.AP.VZ 2,245,103 6,539 Vizianagaram

Warangal IN.AP.WA 3,231,174 12,846 Warangal

Wardha IN.MH.WR 1,230,640 6,309 Wardha

Washim IN.MH.WS 1,019,725 5,155 Washim

Wayanad IN.KL.WA 786,627 2,131 Kalpetta

West Garo Hills IN.ML.WG 515,813 3,714 Tura

West Godavari IN.AP.WG 3,796,144 7,742 Eluru

West Imphal IN.MN.WI 439,532 519 Lamphelpat

West Kameng IN.AR.WK 74,595 7,422 Bomdila

West Khasi Hills IN.ML.WK 294,115 5,247 Nongstoin

West Nimar IN.MP.WN 1,529,954 8,010 Khargone

West Siang IN.AR.WS 103,575 8,325 Along

West Sikkim IN.SK.WS 123,174 1,166 Gezing

West Tripura IN.TR.WT 1,530,531 2,997 Agartala

Wokha IN.NL.WO 161,098 1,628 Wokha

Yamuna Nagar IN.HR.YN 982,369 1,756 Yamuna Nagar

Yanam IN.PY.YA 31,362 30 Yanam

Yavatmal IN.MH.YA 2,460,482 13,582 Yavatmal

Zunheboto IN.NL.ZU 154,909 1,255 Zunheboto

HASC:Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. The middletwo letters identify the state. For key, see theStates of Indiapage.

Population: 2001 census. Populations and areas supplied by

Karem Abdalla.

Capital: District capitals are properly called headquarters.

Change history:

The earliest complete list of Indian districts I had available wasfrom the Fully Annotated Atlas of South Asia, published in 1987.The list in that source apparently shows the districts as of about1982. Below, I've listed all changes to districts between then and2001, along with some earlier changes.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands1974-08-01: Two districts formed in the union territory:

Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands.2006-08-18: Andaman Islands district divided into North andMiddle Andaman district and South Andaman district.

Andhra Pradesh1956-11-01: Andhra Pradesh state formed by merging Andhrastate (consisting of Anantapur, Chittoor, Cuddapah, EastGodavari, Guntur, Krishna, Kurnool, Nellore, Srikakulam,
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Vishakhapatnam, and West Godavari districts) with ninedistricts of Hyderabad state (Adilabad, Hyderabad,Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda,Nizamabad, and Warangal).1970: Prakasam district formed from parts of Guntur, Kurnool,

and Nellore.1978: Rangareddi district split from Hyderabad.1979: Vizianagaram district formed from parts of Srikakulamand Vishakhapatnam. (Another source says 1980.)

Arunachal Pradesh1980: Kameng district split into East Kameng and WestKameng.1980-06: Dibang Valley district split from Lohit.1987: Subansiri district split into Lower Subansiri and UpperSubansiri.1987-11-14: Changlang district split from Tirap.~1989: Tawang district split from West Kameng; territorytransferred from West Siang to East Siang, giving East Sianga border with China.~1999: Papum Pare district split from Lower Subansiri; UpperSiang district split from East Siang.2000-04-01: Kurung Kumey district split from Lower Subansiri.2001-12-16: Dibang Valley district split into Lower DibangValley and Upper Dibang Valley.

2004-02-16: Anjaw district split from Lohit. Assam

1970-02-02: Mikir Hills district split from North Cachar Hills.~1976: Dibrugarh district split from Lakhimpur.1976-10-14: Name of Mikir Hills district changed to Karbi

Anglong.1983: Barpeta district split from Kamrup; Sonitpur district splitfrom Darrang; Jorhat district split from Sibsagar.1983-07-01: Dhubri and Kokrajhar districts split fromGoalpara; Karimganj split from Cachar.

1985-08-14: Nalbari district split from Kamrup.1987-08-15: Golaghat district split from Sibsagar.1989: Hailakandi district split from Cachar.1989-09-29: Marigaon district split from Nagaon; Bongaigaondistrict formed from parts of Goalpara and Kokrajhar.1989-10-01: Tinsukia district split from Dibrugarh.1989-10-14: Dhemaji district split from Lakhimpur.


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2003-02-03: Kamrup Metropolitan district split from Kamrup.2004-06-01: Baksa district formed from parts of Barpeta,Nalbari, and Kamrup.2004-06-04: Chirang district formed from parts of Barpeta,Bongaigaon, and Kokrajhar.

2004-06-14: Udalguri district formed from parts of Darrangand Sonitpur.2010-04-01: Name of North Cachar Hills district changed toDima Hasao.

Bihar~1972: Sitamarhi and Vaishali districts split from Muzaffarpur.~1976: Madhubani and Samastipur districts split fromDarbhanga; Aurangabad and Nawada districts split fromGaya; Giridih districts split from Hazaribagh; Begusarai districtsplit from Munger; Nalanda district split from Patna; Katihardistrict split from Purnia; Gopalganj and Siwan districts splitfrom Saran; Shahabad district split into Bhojpur and Rohtas.~1988: Jehanabad district split from Gaya; Santhal Parganadistrict split into Deoghar, Dumka, Godda, and Sahibganj;Khagaria district split from Munger; Gumla and Lohardagadistricts split from Ranchi; Madhepura district split fromSaharsa.1990: Araria and Kishanganj districts split from Purnia.~1990: Singhbhum district split into Pashchim Singhbhum and

Purba Singhbhum.1994: Sheohar district split from Sitamarhi.~1999: Buxar district split from Bhojpur; Kaimur district splitfrom Rohtas; Supaul district split from Saharsa; Banka districtsplit from Bhagalpur; Jamui, Lakhisarai, and Sheikhpuradistricts split from Munger; Pakur district split from Sahibganj;Bokaro district formed from parts of Dhanbad and Giridih;Chatra and Koderma districts split from Hazaribagh; Garhwadistrict split from Palamu.2000-11-15: See Jharkhand.

2001-08-20: Arwal district split from Jehanabad. Chhattisgarh

2000-11-01: Chhattisgarh state formed by taking Bastar,Bilaspur, Dantewada, Dhamtari, Durg, Janjgir-Champa,Jashpur, Kanker, Kawardha, Korba, Koriya, Mahasamund,Raigarh, Raipur, Rajnandgaon, and Surguja districts fromMadhya Pradesh. For prior history see Madhya Pradesh.


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2007-05-11: Dantewada district split into Bijapur and DakshinBastar Dantewada; Narayanpur district split from Bastar.2012-01-01: Balod and Bemetara districts split from Durg;Baloda Bazar and Gariaband districts split from Raipur;Balrampur and Surajpur districts split from Surguja;

Kondagaon district split from Bastar; Mungeli district split fromBilaspur; Sukma district split from Dantewada.

Delhi~1996: Delhi subdivided into Central, East, New Delhi, North,North East, North West, South, South West, and Westdistricts.

Goa1987-05-30: Goa, Daman, and Diu union territory split intoGoa state and Daman and Diu union territory. Before the split,there were three districts: Daman, Diu, and Goa. Obviously,Goa district became Goa state.~1990: Goa district split into North Goa and South Goa.

Gujarat1964: Gandhinagar formed from parts of Ahmedabad andMahesana.~1966: Valsad district split from Surat.~1996: Parts of Ahmadabad, Kheda, and Mahasana districtstransferred to Gandhinagar; small part of Bhavnagar districttransferred to Amreli.

1997-10-02: Anand district split from Kheda; Dahod districtsplit from Panch Mahals; Narmada district formed fromBharuch and a small part of Vadodara; Navsari district splitfrom Valsad; Porbandar district split from Junagadh.2000: Patan district formed from parts of Banas Kantha andMahesana.2007-10-02: Tapi district split from Surat.

Haryana1966-11-01: Haryana state created from part of Punjab. Jinddistrict in Haryana split from Sangrur district in Punjab.

1972: Bhiwani district formed from parts of Hissar andMahendragarh.1973: Small part of Karnal district transferred to Jind;Kurukshetra district split from Karnal.1973: Sonepat district split from Rohtak.1975-09-01: Sirsa district split from Hissar.~1976: Part of Gurgaon district transferred to Mahendragarh.


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Hissar district exchanged a small amount of territory with Jind.1979-08-15: Faridabad district split from Gurgaon.1989-11-01: Yamuna Nagar district formed by taking part of

Ambala and a small part of Kurukshetra; Panipat districtformed by taking parts of Karnal and Jind; Kaithal district

formed from parts of Jind and Kurukshetra; Rewari districtformed from parts of Mahendragarh and Rohtak; part ofSonepat district transferred back to Rohtak.~1994: Panchkula district split from Ambala.~1996: Part of Panipat district transferred to Karnal; part ofRohtak district transferred to Sonepat.1997-07-15: Fatehabad district split from Hissar; Jhajjardistrict split from Rohtak.2005-04-04: Mewat district split from Gurgaon.2008-08-15: Palwal district split from Faridabad.

Himachal Pradesh~1966: Kulu district split from Kangra.1975: Small part of Chamba district annexed to Lahaul andSpiti.~1976: Hamirpur and Una districts split from Kangra; Solandistrict formed from parts of Mahasu and Simla; the remainderof Mahasu district annexed to Simla.~1996: Name of Simla district changed to Shimla.

Jammu and Kashmir

1967-09-22: Rajouri district split from Poonch.~1976: Kupwara district split from Baramula.1979: Badgam district split from Srinagar. Ladakh district splitinto Kargil and Leh. Pulwama district split from Anantnag.~2007: Bandipore district split from Baramula; Ganderbaldistrict split from Srinagar; Kishtwar district split from Doda;Kulgam district split from Anantnag; Ramban district formedfrom parts of Doda and Udhampur; Reasi district split fromUdhampur; Samba district formed from parts of Jammu andKathua; Shupiyan district split from Pulwama.

Jharkhand2000-11-15: Jharkhand state formed by taking Bokaro,Chatra, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, Garhwa, Giridih, Godda,Gumla, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Lohardaga, Pakur, Palamu,Pashchim Singhbhum, Purba Singhbhum, Ranchi, andSahibganj districts from Bihar. For prior history see Bihar.2001-04-01: Jamtara district split from Dumka; Latehar district


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split from Palamu; Seraikela district split from WestSinghbhum; Simdega district split from Gumla.2007-09-12: Khunti district split from Ranchi; Ramgarh districtsplit from Hazaribagh.

Karnataka

1986-08-15: Bangalore Rural district split from Bangalore.1997-08-15: Bagalkot district split from Bijapur; Chamrajnagardistrict split from Mysore; Davanagere district formed fromparts of Bellary, Chitradurga, and Shimoga.1997-08-24: Gadag and Haveri districts split from Dharwad;Koppal district split from Raichur; Udupi district split fromDakshina Kannada.2007-09-10: Chikkaballapur district split from Kolar;Ramanagara district split from Bangalore Rural.2010-04-10: Yadgir district split from Gulbarga.

Kerala1972: Idukki formed from parts of Kottayam and Ernakulam.1976: Malappuram formed from parts of Calicut and Palghat.1980-11-01: Wayanad district formed from parts of Cannanoreand Calicut.1982-11-01: Pathanamthitta district split from Quilon.1984-05-24: Kasargod district split from Cannanore.~1993: English names of districts of Kerala were modified toreflect their pronunciation in Malayalam. Thus, Alleppey

became Alappuzha; Cannanore became Kannur; Quilonbecame Kollam; Calicut became Kozhikode; Palghat becamePalakkad; Trivandrum became Thiruvananthapuram; Trichurbecame Thrissur; and Wynad became Wayanad. The cityCochin became Kochi.

Madhya Pradesh~1976: Rajnandgaon district split from Durg; Bhopal districtsplit from Sehore.~1996: Part of Gwalior district transferred to Datia.1998: A document dated May 1998 said that ten new districts

had been created earlier that year, and six more were in theprocess. Later documents show that those six were, in fact,created.Of the sixteen districts, nine later became part ofChhattisgarh. These nine were formed as follows: Dantewadaand Kanker districts split from Bastar; Dhamtari andMahasamund districts split from Raipur; Janjgir-Champa and


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Korba districts split from Bilaspur; Jashpur district split fromRaigarh; Kawardha district formed from parts of Bilaspur andRajnandgaon; Koriya district split from Surguja. The otherseven districts, which are still in Madhya Pradesh, wereformed as follows: Barwani district split from West Nimar;

Dindori district split from Mandla; Harda district split fromHoshangabad; Katni district split from Jabalpur; Neemuchdistrict split from Mandsaur; Sheopur district split fromMorena; and Umaria district split from Shahdol.2000-11-01: See Chhattisgarh.2003-08-15: Anuppur district split from Shahdol; Ashoknagardistrict split from Guna; Burhanpur district split from Khandwa(East Nimar).2008-05-17: Alirajpur district split from Jhabua.2008-05-24: Singrauli district split from Sidhi.

Maharashtra~1989: Gadchiroli district split from Chandrapur; Jalna districtformed from parts of Aurangabad and Parbhani; Latur districtformed from part of Osmanabad and a small part of Bid;Sindhudurg district formed from part of Ratnagiri and a smallpart of Kolhapur.1996: Name of Greater Bombay district changed to GreaterMumbai.~1997: Greater Mumbai district split into Mumbai City and

Mumbai Suburban. Washim district split from Akola.~1998: Nandurbar district split from Dhule.1999-05-01: Gondiya district split from Bhandara; Hingolidistrict split from Parbhani.

Manipur1974-05-13: Tengnoupal district split from Manipur Central.1983-05-25: Manipur Central district split into Bishnupur,Imphal, and Thoubal.1983-07-15: Names of districts changed as follows: ManipurEast to Ukhrul, Manipur North to Senapati, Manipur South to

Churachandpur, Manipur West to Tamenglong, andTengnoupal to Chandel.1997-06-18: Imphal district split into East Imphal and WestImphal.

Meghalaya~1974: United Khasi and Jaintia Hills district split into JaintiaHills and Khasi Hills.


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1976-10-28: Garo Hills district split into East and West GaroHills; Khasi Hills district split into East and West Khasi Hills.1992-06-04: Ri-Bhoi district split from East Khasi Hills; SouthGaro Hills district split from West Garo Hills.

Mizoram

~1976: Mizo district split into Aizawl, Chhimtuipui, andLunglei.~1999: Champhai, Kolasib, Mamit, and Serchhip districts splitfrom Aizawl; Chhimtuipui district split into Lawngtlai andSaiha.

Nagaland1973: Phek district split from Kohima.~1976: Wokha and Zunheboto districts split fromMokokchung; Mon district split from Tuensang.~1986: Part of Kohima district transferred to Zunheboto; partof Tuensang district transferred to Mon.1998: Dimapur district split from Kohima.~2007: Kiphire and Longleng districts split from Tuensang;Peren district split from Kohima.

Orissa~1989: Name of Boudh-Kandhamal district changed toPhulbani.1993-04-01: Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, and Kendrapara districtssplit from Cuttack; Nuapada district split from Kalahandi;

Angul district split from Dhenkanal; Bhadrak district split fromBaleshwar; Baragarh, Deogarh, and Jharsuguda districts splitfrom Sambalpur; Sonepur district split from Bolangir;Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, and Rayagada districts split fromKoraput; Gajapati district split from Ganjam; Phulbani districtsplit into Boudh and Kandhamal; Khurda and Nayagarhdistricts split from Puri.1994-06: Name of Phulbani district changed to Kandhamal.2000: Name of Khurda district changed to Khordha.

Punjab

1948-07-15: Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU)formed as a union of native states. It consisted of eightdistricts: Barnala, Bathinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Kapurthala,Kohistan (Kandaghat), Mahendragarh, Patiala, and Sangrur.1953: Barnala district merged with Sangrur; Kandaghat andFatehgarh Sahib districts merged with with Patiala.1966-11-01: Ropar district formed from parts of Hoshiarpur


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and Ambala.1972: Faridkot district formed from parts of Firozpur andBathinda.~1976: Name of Ropar district changed to Rupnagar.1992-04-13: Fatehgarh Sahib district formed from parts of

Ludhiana, Patiala, and Rupnagar.~1995: Mansa district split from Bathinda; Muktsar district splitfrom Faridkot.1995-11-07; Nawan Shehar district formed from parts ofHoshiarpur and Jalandhar.1995-11-24: Moga district formed from parts of Faridkot andFirozpur.2006: Mohali district formed from parts of Patiala andRupnagar; Tarn Taran district split from Amritsar.2006-11-19: Barnala district split from Sangrur; Name ofNawan Shehar district changed to Shahid Bhagat SinghNagar.2011-07-27: Fazilka district split from Firozpur; Pathankotdistrict split from Gurdaspur.

Rajasthan~1986: Small part of Kota district transferred to Bundi.~1989: Dholpur district split from Bharatpur.1991-04-10: Baran district split from Kota.~1996: Dausa district formed from parts of Jaipur and Sawai

Madhopur; Rajsamand district split from Udaipur.~1997: Karauli district split from Sawai Madhopur.~1998: Hanumangarh district split from Ganganagar.2008-01-26: Pratapgarh formed from parts of Banswara,Chittorgarh, and Udaipur.

Tamil Nadu~1966: Dharmapuri district split from Salem.1968-08: Name of Madras state changed to Tamil Nadu(another source gives the date 1969-01-14).1974-01-14: Pudukkottai formed from parts of Tiruchirappalli

and Thanjavur.1979-08-31: Periyar district split from Coimbatore.1985-03-08: Kamarajar and Pasumpon MuthuramalingaThevar districts split from Ramanathapuram.1985-09-15: Dindigul district split from Madurai.1986: Tirunelveli district split into Chidambaranar and Nellai-Kattabomman, later Tirunelveli-Kattabomman.


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1989-09-30: North Arcot district split into Tiruvannamalai-Sambuvarayar and North Arcot Ambedkar.1993-09-30: South Arcot district split into Cuddalore andVillupuram.1995-11-01: Karur and Perambalur districts split from

Tiruchirappalli.1996: Name of Madras district changed to Chennai.~1996: Names of districts changed. Kamarajar becameVirudhunagar; Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar becameSivaganga; Periyar became Erode; Tirunelveli-Kattabommanbecame Tirunelveli; Tiruvannamalai-Sambuvarayar becameTiruvannamalai; Chidambaranar became Tuticorin, laterThoothukudi; North Arcot Ambedkar became Vellore.1997-01-01: Namakkal district split from Salem; Theni districtsplit from Madurai; Nagapattinam and Thiruvarur districts splitfrom Thanjavur.~1999: Chengalpattu district split into Kancheepuram andThiruvallur.2004: Krishnagiri district split from Dharmapuri.2007-11-23: Ariyalur district split from Perambalur. It was alsotemporarily split from 2001 to 2002.2008-10: Tiruppur district formed from parts of Coimbatoreand Erode.

Tripura

1995: Dhalai district formed from parts of North Tripura andSouth Tripura. Uttaranchal

2000-11-09: Uttaranchal state formed by taking Almora,Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat, Dehradun, Haridwar,Nainital, Pauri Garhwal, Pithoragarh, Rudra Prayag, TehriGarhwal, Udham Singh Nagar, and Uttarkashi districts fromUttar Pradesh. For prior history see Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh1946: Deoria district split from Gorakhpur.

~1976: Lalitpur district split from Jhansi; part of Almora districttransferred to Pithoragarh.1976-11-14: Ghaziabad district formed from parts ofBulandshahr and Meerut.1981: Kanpur district split into Kanpur Dehat and KanpurNagar (also in 1977-1979).1988-11-19: Maunathbhanjan district formed from Azamgarh


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and a small part of Ballia.1988-12-28: Haridwar district split from Saharanpur.1988-12-29: Siddharth Nagar district split from Basti.1989-02-05: Firozabad district formed from parts of Agra andMainpuri.

1989-10-02: Maharajganj district split from Gorakhpur.~1989: Sonbhadra district split from Mirzapur.1994-05: Kushinagar district split from Deoria.1995-02-11: Mahoba district split from Hamirpur.1995-09-30: Udham Singh Nagar district split from Nainital.~1996: Ambedkar Nagar district split from Faizabad; SantRavi Das Nagar district split from Varanasi; Shravasti districtsplit from Bahraich; part of Barabanki district transferred toFaizabad; part of Kanpur Dehat district transferred to KanpurNagar.1997-04-24: Kaushambi district split from Allahabad; JyotibaPhule Nagar district split from Moradabad.1997-05-03: Hathras district formed from parts of Aligarh andMathura.1997-05-06: Chhatrapati Shahuji Mahraj-Nager district splitfrom Banda.1997-05-25: Chandauli district split from Varanasi; Balrampurdistrict split from Gonda.1997-09-05: Sant Kabir Nagar district formed from Basti and a

small part of Siddharth Nagar.1997-09-06: Gautam Buddha Nagar district formed from partsof Bulandshahr and Ghaziabad.1997-09-15: Champawat district formed from parts ofPithoragarh and Nainital.1997-09-16: Rudra Prayag district formed from parts ofChamoli, Pauri Garhwal, and Tehri Garhwal.1997-09-17: Auraiya district split from Etawah.1997-09-18: Kannauj district split from Farrukhabad.1998: Baghpat district split from Meerut.

1998-09-04: Name of Chhatrapati Shahuji Mahraj-Nagerdistrict changed to Chitrakoot.~1998: Bageshwar district split from Almora.2000-11-09: See Uttaranchal.2008-04-15: Kanshi Ram Nagar split from Etah.

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North and 24 Parganas South, plus a small part that wasannexed to Calcutta.1992-04-01: West Dinajpur district split into Dakshin Dinajpur(Dinajpur South) and Uttar Dinajpur (Dinajpur North).2001-01-01: Name of Calcutta district changed to Kolkata.

2002-01-01: Midnapore district split into East Midnapore andWest Midnapore.

Other names of subdivisions:

These are some of the many spelling variations I found in differentsources. There may be some outright misspellings. There are alsovariations in word separation and word order. Some districts aresometimes called by the name of their headquarters (capitals).

Andhra PradeshAnantapur: Anantpur, Ananthapur (variant)Chittoor: Chitoor, Chittor (variant)Khammam: Khammamamet (variant)Krishna: Kistna (variant)Mahbubnagar: Mehbubnagar (variant)Medak: Sangapeddi (variant)Rangareddi: Ranga Reddy (variant)Srikakulam: Srikakulum (variant)Vishakhapatnam: Fisakapatnam, Vizagapatam,

Visakhapatnam (variant)Vizianagaram: Vizianagram (variant)

Arunachal PradeshLohit: Lohit Frontier Division (variant)Tirap: Tirap Frontier Tract (variant)

AssamDhubri: Dhuburi (variant)Dima Hasao: North Cachar Hills (obsolete)Kamrup: Kampur, Ramrup (variant)Karbi Anglong: Mikir Hills (obsolete), Korbi Anglong (variant)Lakhimpur: North Lakhimpur, Lakhmipur, Lakimpur (variant)Nagaon: Nowgong (variant)Sibsagar: Sivasagar (variant)Sonitpur: Sontipur (variant)

BiharBhagalpur: Bhagaipur (variant)Jehanabad: Jahanabad, Jehanabad and Arwal (variant)


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Katihar: Kathihar (variant)Lakhisarai: Luckeesarai (variant)Madhepura: Madhipura (variant)Munger: Monghyr (variant)Muzaffarpur: Muzafarpur (variant)

Nawada: Nawadah (variant)Pashchim Champaran: West Champaran, PaschimiChamparan, Paschim-Champaram (variant)Purba Champaran: East Champaran, Purbi Champaran,Purba Champaram (variant)Purnia: Purnea (variant)Sheikhpura: Shekhpura, Shekpura (variant)Siwan: Sivan (variant)

ChhattisgarhBastar: Baster (variant)Dantewada: Dantewara, South Bastar (variant)Kanker: North Bastar (variant)Kawardha: Kabirdham (variant)Koriya: Korea, Korija (variant)Rajnandgaon: Raj Nandgaon (variant)

Daman and DiuDaman: Damo (Portuguese)

GujaratAhmedabad: Ahmadabad (variant)

Amreli: Amereli (variant)Banas Kantha: Banaskantha, Palanpur (variant)Bharuch: Broach (variant)Bhavnagar: Bhaunagar (variant)Dahod: Dohad (variant)Kachchh: Kutch (obsolete)Kheda: Kaira (variant)Mahesana: Mehasana, Mehsana (variant)Panch Mahals: Godhra, Panchmahal (variant)Sabar Kantha: Sabarkantha, Himatnagar (variant)

The Dangs: Dangs (variant)Vadodara: Baroda (variant)Valsad: Bulsar, Walsad (variant)

HaryanaHissar: Hisar (variant)Jhajjar: Jhajhar (variant)Mahendragarh: Mahendergarh, Mahendragarth,


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Mohindargarh, Mohindergarh (variant)Sirsa: Sirasa (variant)Sonepat: Sonipat (variant)

Himachal PradeshKinnaur: Kalpa (variant)

Kulu: Kullu (variant)Lahaul and Spiti: Lahul and Spiti, Lahul and Piti, Spiti andLahoul (variant)Shimla: Simla (variant)Sirmaur: Sirmour, Sirmoor, Sirmur (variant)

Jammu and KashmirAnantnag: Anantanag, Kashmir South (variant)Baramula: Kashmir North, Baramulla (variant)Leh: Ladakh (variant)Poonch: Punch (variant)Rajauri: Rajouri (variant)

JharkhandChatra: Chapra (variant)Deoghar: Devghar, Devgarh (variant)Dumka: Santhal Pargana, Santal Parganas (variant)Garhwa: Gharwa, Garwha (variant)Godda: Goodda (variant)Hazaribagh: Hazaribag (variant)Koderma: Kodarma (variant)

Lohardaga: Lohargada (variant)Pakur: Pakut (variant)Palamu: Palamau (variant)Pashchim Singhbhum: West Singhbhum, Shighbum-West,Paschim Singbhum, Pashchimi Singhbhum (variant)Purba Singhbhum: East Singbhum, Shighbum-East, PurbiSinghbhum (variant)Sahibganj: Sahebganj, Sahebgunj (variant)Seraikela: Saraikela, Seraikella, Seraikela-Kharsawan

Karnataka

Bagalkot: Bagalkote (variant)Bangalore: Bangalore Urban (variant)Chamrajnagar: Chamarajanagar (variant)Chikmagalur: Chikmaglur, Kadur (variant)Chitradurga: Chitaldroog, Chitaldrug (variant)Dakshina Kannada: Dakshin Kannad, South Kanara (variant)Davanagere: Davangere (variant)


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Dharwad: Dhawad, Dharwar (variant)Kodagu: Coorg (variant)Uttara Kannada: Uttar Kannad, North Kanara (variant)

KeralaAlappuzha: Aleppy, Alleppey (obsolete)

Idukki: Idikki (variant)Kannur: Cannanore (obsolete), Kanoor (variant)Kasargod: Kasargode, Kasaragod (variant)Kollam: Quilon (obsolete)Kozhikode: Calicut (obsolete)Palakkad: Palghat (obsolete)Thiruvananthapuram: Trivandrum (obsolete)Thrissur: Trichur (obsolete)Wayanad: Wynaad, Wynad (obsolete)

Madhya PradeshBarwani: Badwani (variant)Chhatarpur: Chhatapur, Chatarpur (variant)Guna: Goona (variant)Gwalior: Gird, Gird Gwalior (variant)Jabalpur: Jubbulpore (variant)Koriya: West Surguja (variant)Mandsaur: Mandasor (variant)Morena: Tonwarghar (variant)Narsinghpur: Narsimhapur, Narsinahpur (variant)

Sagar: Saugor (variant)Shahdol: Sahdol (variant)Shivpuri: Narwar (variant)

MaharashtraAhmednagar: Ahmadnagar (variant)Amravati: Amaravati, Amraoti, Amaraoti (variant)Bid: Bir, Beed, Bhir, Bidh (variant)Buldhana: Buldana, Budhana (variant)Chandrapur: Chanda (variant)Dhule: Dhulia, West Khandesh (variant)

Gadchiroli: Garhchiroli (variant)Jalgaon: East Khandesh (variant)Latur: Kulaba, Kolaba, Kolabad (variant)Mumbai City: Greater Bombay (obsolete), Greater Mumbai(variant)Mumbai Suburban: Bandra Suburban, Bombay Suburban(variant)


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Nanded: Nander (variant)Nashik: Nasik (variant)Pune: Poona (variant)Raigarh: Raigadh, Raigad (variant)Sangli: South Satara (variant)

Satara: North Satara (variant)Sindhudurg: Kudal, Sindhdurg (variant)Solapur: Sholapur (variant)Thane: Thana (variant)Yavatmal: Yeotmal (variant)

ManipurBishnupur: Bishenpur, Sishnupur (variant)Chandel: Tengnoupal (obsolete)Churachandpur: Manipur South (obsolete), Churchandpur(variant)Senapati: Manipur North (obsolete)Tamenglong: Manipur West (obsolete)Ukhrul: Manipur East (obsolete), Ukhurul (variant)

MizoramAizawl: Aizawal (variant)Saiha: Chhimtuipui (variant)

NagalandMokokchung: Mokochung (variant)Phek: Pheka (variant)

Tuensang: Tuenasang (variant)Zunheboto: Zanheboto, Zonheboto (variant) Orissa

Baleshwar: Balasore, Baleswar (variant)Baragarh: Bargarh (variant)Bolangir: Balangir (variant)Boudh: Baudh (variant)Deogarh: Debagarh (variant)Jajpur: Jajapur (variant)Kandhamal: Baudh Khondmals, Boudh-Kandhamal,

Phulabani, Phulbani (obsolete)Kendrapara: Kendrapada (variant)Keonjhar: Kendujhar, Kendujharghar, Keonjhargarh (variant)Khordha: Khurda (variant)Malkangiri: Malkanagiri (variant)Nabarangpur: Nabarangapur, Nawarangpur (variant)


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Sonepur: Sonpur (variant)Sundargarh: Sundagarh, Bonai (variant)

PondicherryKaraikal: Karaikkal, Karikal (variant)Mahe: Mayyazhi (variant)

Pondicherry: Pondichry (French), Puduchcheri (variant)Yanam: Yanaon (variant)

PunjabBathinda: Bhatinda (variant)Faridkot: Fridkot (variant)Fatehgarh Sahib: Fatehgarh (variant)Firozpur: Ferojpur, Firozepur, Ferozepore, Feruzpur (variant)Gurdaspur: Guardaspur (variant)Jalandhar: Jullundur (variant)Muktsar: Muketsar (variant)Rupnagar: Ropar, Roop Nagar, Rupar (variant)Sangrur: Sangroor (variant)Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar: Nawan Shehar, Nawanshahr,Nawanshahar (obsolete)

RajasthanBhilwara: Bhilavara (variant)Chittorgarh: Chittaurgarh, Chitor, Chitorgarh (variant)Dholpur: Dhaulpur (variant)Ganganagar: Sri Ganganagar (variant)

Jaipur: Jeipur (variant)Jalore: Jalor, Jhalore (variant)Jhunjhunun: Jhunjhunu (variant)Karauli: Karoli (variant)Kota: Kotah (variant)Nagaur: Nagore (variant)

SikkimEast Sikkim: East District (variant)North Sikkim: North District (variant)South Sikkim: South District (variant)

West Sikkim: West District, Gyalshing (variant) Tamil Nadu

Chennai: Madras (obsolete)Dharmapuri: Dharampuri (variant)Dindigul: Dindigul Anna, Quaid-E-Milleth (variant)Erode: Periyar, Perivar (obsolete)Kancheepuram: Kanchipuram (variant)


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Kanyakumari: Kannyakumari, Kanniyakumari (variant)Karur: Kapur (variant)Madurai: Madura, Mathurai (variant)Nagapattinam: Nagappattinam (variant)Nilgiris: The Nilgiris, Nilgiri, Uthagamandalam, Nilagiri

(variant)Perambalur: Perambadur (variant)Pudukkottai: Pudukottai (variant)Ramanathapuram: Ramananthapuram, Rameswaram,Ramnad (variant)Sivaganga: Pasumpon Thevar Thirumagan, PasumponMuthuramalinga Thevar (obsolete); Sivagangai (variant)Thanjavur: Tanjavur, Tanjore (variant)Theni: Teni (variant)Thiruvallur: Tiruvallur (variant)Thoothukudi: Chidambaranar, Thoothukkudi, Toothukudi,Tuticorin (obsolete)Tiruchirappalli: Trichirappalli, Tiruchchirappalli, Trichy,Thiruchirapalli, Trichinopoly (variant)Tirunelveli: Thirunelveli, Nellai Kattabomman, TirunelveliKattabomman, Palayankottai, Tinnevelly, Tirunalveli (variant)Tiruvannamalai: Thiruvannamalai, Thiruvanamalai,Tiruvanamalai, Tiruvannamalai Sambuvarayar (variant)Vellore: Ambedkar, North Arcot Ambedkar (obsolete)

Villupuram: Viluppuram (variant)Virudhunagar: Kamarajar (obsolete); Virudunagar,Virdhunagar (variant)

UttaranchalChamoli: Chamoli cum Gopeshwar (variant)Champawat: Champavat (variant)Haridwar: Hardwar (variant)Pauri Garhwal: Garhwal, Pauri (variant)Tehri Garhwal: Tehri, Narendranagar, Tehri Garwal (variant)

Uttar Pradesh

Badaun: Budaun (variant)Baghpat: Bagpat (variant)Ballia: Balia (variant)Barabanki: Bare Banki (variant)Bareilly: Bareilley (variant)Bijnor: Bijnar, Bijnore (variant)Bulandshahr: Bulandshahar, Buland Sahar (variant)


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Chitrakoot: Karwi, Chitrakut (variant); Chhatrapati ShahujiMahraj-Nager (obsolete)Faizabad: Fyzabad (variant)Farrukhabad: Farrukahabad, Ferrukhabad (variant)Gautam Buddha Nagar: Gautambudh Nagar (variant)

Ghazipur: Gajipur (variant)Gorakhpur: Goruckpur (variant)Hathras: Mahamaya Nagar (variant)Jaunpur: Jaupur (variant)Jyotiba Phule Nagar: Jyotibaphule Nagar, Jyotiba F Nagar(variant)Kanpur: Cawnpore (obsolete), Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur City,Kanpur Urban (variant)Kanpur Dehat: Kanpur Rural (variant)Kaushambi: Kushambi, Kausambhi (variant)Lakhimpur Kheri: Kheri, Lakhimpur (variant)Maharajganj: Mahrajganj (variant)Mathura: Muttra (variant)Pratapgarh: Bela cum Pratapgarh, Partabgarh, Partapgarh(variant)Rae Bareli: Rai Bareli, Rai Bareilly (variant)Sant Ravi Das Nagar: Gyanpur, Sant Ravi Nagar (variant)Shahjahanpur: Shahajahanpur (variant)Shravasti: Shrawasti (variant)

Siddharth Nagar: Sidharthnagar (variant)Sonbhadra: Sonebhadra (variant)Unnao: Unnao Nagar, Unao (variant)Varanasi: Benares (obsolete)

West BengalBardhaman: Burdwan, Barddhaman, Burwan, Burdewan(variant)Dakshin Dinajpur: Dinajpur South, Balurghat (variant)Darjeeling: Darjiling (variant)Hooghly: Hugli (variant)

Howrah: Haora (variant)Koch Bihar: Cooch Behar, Koochbehar, Kooch Bihar (variant)Kolkata: Calcutta (obsolete)Malda: Maldah (variant)Midnapore: Medinipur, Midnapur (variant)East Midnapore: Purba Medinipur (variant)West Midnapore: Paschim Medinipur (variant)


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Purulia: Puruliya (variant)Uttar Dinajpur: Dinajpur North (variant)

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ADILABAD DISTRICT, A BRIEF HISTORY.

1.Adilabad was formerly called Edulapuram. The district derived its name as Adilabad, named after Ali

Adil Shah the Ruler of Bijapur that was its head quarters. Adilabad district is situated between 77. 46

and 80 of the eastern longitudes and 18.40 and 19.56 of northern latitudes .It is surrounded by

Yeotmal and Chandrapur district of Maharashtra towards north, Chandrapur in the East, by

Karimnagar and Nizamabad in the South and by Nanded district in the west.

ANCIENT PERIOD:. The district was reigned by various dynasties - viz. Mauryas, Satvahanas

Vakatakas, Chalukyas of Badami, Rashrakutas, Chalukyas of Kalyani, Yadvas of Devagiri, Kakatiyas,

Bahamanis, Imad - Shahis of Berar, Nizam - Shahis of Ahmednagar , Mughals, Bhonsle Rajas ofNagpur and Asaf - Jahis besides the Gond Rajas of Sirpur and Chanda (Chandrapur).

The history of Adilabad district is connected with the hoary past of the Gondvana and Berar regions

(now Vidarbha). The boundries of Gondvana were the River Godavari in the South, and in the North

the Central India up to the river Chambal, the Maharashtra State in the West and Agency areas in the

East. Berar was probably extended over the Taluqs of Boath, Utnoor, Adilabad, Kinwat and Rajura. In

the modern times, major portions of Berar and Gondavana, gradually merged into Maharashtra and

Madhya Pradesh states, while lower part came into erstwhile State of Hyderabad which consisted of

parts of Karnataka, Marathawada and Telengana.

Though no direct evidence relating to history of periods of Mauryas, Sathvahanas and their successors

Vatakas, Chalukyas, Rastrakutas is available, the region appears to have been under the sway ofBhoja Kings whom the epics and Kautilyas Arthashastra locate in the Deccan.

MEDIEVAL PERIOD: The areas of Sirpur, Asifabad, Chinnur, Nirmal and Luxettipet were under the

Kakatiyas. The Gond kings established their power over this district for nearly five Centuries during

1240 to 1750 A.D. The Gond chiefs who were related to the rulers of Chanda (Chandrapur) made their

base in minor forts of Adilabad District, particularly in magnificently built Manikgarh fort now in

Chandrapur district. In 1323 A.D. the district was under the reign of the Sultan of Delhi

Mohammed.Bin - Taughlaq who appointed Malik Maqbool as Governor of this region who administered

the province from Warangal. Allauddin Hasan Bahaman Shah (1347 - 1358 A.D) the founder of

Bahamani dynasty divided the kingdom into four large provinces, one of which comprising Berar and

Mohore was placed under the charge of Safdar Khan Sistani. During the Bahamani rule, the fort of

Mohore frequently figured to fortify the forts of Berar region, against the danger of invasions fromMalawa, Khandesh etc. After his death his son Salabat Khan was appointed as Governor of Berar in

1398 A.D. The Sultan moved from Mohore to Ellichpur (Now Achalpur of Amaravati Dist -

Maharashtra) and engaged the enemies in the battle.

Mohd.Gawan divided the Bahamani kingdom into eight provinces of moderate size. The province of

Berar was quite large and extended far south till Godavari. It was divided into two provinces -

Gavilgarh (now in Amaravati District) and Mohore now in Nanded district. The province of Mohore,

which was included what is now in Adilabad district, remained a separate administrative unit under
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Bahamani for a short period. The internal dissension and quarrels among the various claimants to the

Nizam Shahi throne brought about the Mughal invasion on Nizam Shahi dominions. As per the treaty

between Mughals and Nizams Shahis on 16th March 1596,possession of Berar by the Mughals was

agreed in return to withdrawal from the rest of the kingdom. Thus the region round Manikgarh and

strip of south territory of Penganga including Utnoor came under the Mughals. In 1687 A.D. Qutub

Shahi ruler - Abul Hasan Tana Shah was defeated and his Kingdom was merged with the Mughal

emperor by Aurangazeb. This resulted in the annexation of left over territory in the district.

MODERN PERIOD: Aurangzeb handover the administration of the district along with other Subhas to

the officer called Viceroy of the Deccan. The Mughal Deccan at that time consisted of 6 Subhas of

which Berar was one. Taking advantage of these changes, the Gonds attempted to capture the fort of

Manikgarh. In 1724 A.D Nizam-e-Mulk defeated Mubariz Khan and took possession of the Deccan and

began to rule. In 1773 Madhoji Bhonsle entered into an agreement with Nizam Ali Khan, Nizam of

Hyderabad by which he agreed to cede Manikgarh (Rajura of Chandrapur) with surrounding territories

south of Penganga to the Nizam, in return for the forts of Gavilgarh and Narnala of Amaravati district -

Berar. As a result of war between the British and Raghoji Bhonsale II, the latter ceded the territory of

Berar to British who, in turn passed it on to Nizam under treaty and obligation for cooperation in war.

Consequently Sirpur the ancient seat of Gond Rajas passed into the hands of Asaf Jahi rulers. In 1853

A.D. a treaty was concluded between the Nizam and East India Company, according to which Nizam

assigned Berar and other Districts to East India Co. in lieu of expenditure incurred on the Nizam's

contingent. The people of all classes in the Nizam dominions very keenly felt the loss of Berar. In 1860

revolt existed against The British .In Adilabad district, the Rohilas & Gonds under Ramji Gond's

leadership revolted The British, which was suppressed by the then administrators at Nirmal. Komram

Bhimu a tribal led the struggle against Nizam govt. organized the tribals, brought awareness among

them about their rights and fought for their rights through guerilla wars in agency areas. The fight

lasted till Komran Bhimu was killed in 1940. In the history of Adilabad Komram Bhimu has a unique

place for spear - heading the struggle against the then Govt.In commemoration of Komram Bhimu

Jathra is being held at Jodeghat and Babejhari areas on full moon day of Ashwiyuja Month Every year.

7. The freedom struggle in the district became an integral part of the Indian freedom movement.

Khailafat Agitation Supported by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 was observed. In 1930 sister Organisations

/ Sanghams sprang into action all over Telengana for grant of representative Govt. The agitation for ademocratic form of Govt. led in 1938 A.D. The Nizam of Hyderabad agreed only after Police Action in

1948 to merge his dominion with Indian Union and thus bringing this district into the democratic

country.

ADMINISTRATION: Originally this was not a full-fledged district but a sub district name Sirpur -

Tandur. Which was created in 1872 A.D with Edlabad (Adilabad),Rajura & Sirpur as its constituent

Taluqs. In 1905 Adilabad became an independent district with head quarters at Adilabad adding

Nirmal and Narsapur taluqs of Nizamabad (Indur) and Chinnur & Luxettipet taluqs from Karimnagar

(Elganda) District. In 1905 the Adilabad dist was comprised of 8 Taluqs Viz 1 Rajura 2 Adilabad 3

Sirpur 4 Jangaon 5 Luxettipet 6 Chinnur 7 Nirmal and 8 Kinwat. Jangaon was later changed as

Asifabad in 1907. In subsequent decade the Taluqs were again rearranged to enable the constitution

of two new taluqs - Utnoor & Boath. By 20th Century a part of the District i.e. Boath, Utnoor,Adilabad, Rajura and Kinwat was under the rule of the Yadavas of Devgiri. The temples of Unkeshwar

(now in Nanded district), Narayanaswamy at Jainad, Others Temples at Chandur and at Someshwar of

Rajura Taluq, temples of Vishnu or Vithala are few remnants of the influence of Yadavas of Devgiri.

Mohore fort was built or repaired by Ramadeva or Ramachandra, the Yadava ruler. 9. In 1913-14 A.D.

the Head quarters of Adilabad District was shifted to Asifabad due to administrative reason, which

continued till 1940-41 where after Adilabad continued to be the District Headquarters. Under the

states Reorganisation Act 1956, Adilabad district lost Marathi speaking Taluqs of Rajura and Kinwat &

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Mudhol Taluq of Nanded District, the three revenue circles of Mudhol, Kubeer & Bhainsa. The territorial

set-up of 10 taluqs & 3 revenue divisions inclusive of an independent sub-taluq Khanapur continued

for longer period. In 1980s Khanapur sub taluq became full-fledged Taluq while Wankadi Taluq was

formed out of Asifabad Taluq, Making total (11) taluqs in the district In the Year 1985 on 25th May,

the (11) taluqs with 48 revenue circles (Firkas) were reorganized and made into (52) Revenue

Mandals & Mandal Parishads, with Mandal Revenue Officers & Mandal Parishad Development Officers

as its heads in place of age-old Tahsildars & Block Development Officers.In the year 1987 and 1989

two revenue divisions Utnoor and Mancherial respectively were formed carving out of the existing

three revenue divisions. Thereafter no territorial changes took place in the administrative set up.

GEOGRAPHICAL:The Satnala (Satpura) range traverses the District from the northwest to southeast

for about 281.5 Kms. In this range the Mahboobghat is the highest peak.The most important river that

surrounds or drains the district is Godavari, whereas Penganga, Wardha, Pranhita Kadam and

Peddavagu are the tributories of Godavari. Satnala, Swarna and Suddavagu are the rivulets.

GEOLOGY/ ZOOLOGY: Important deposits of coal, limestone, iron-ore and cement-grade lime stone

and clays are found besides several other Minerals. The district is important for fuel and timber. Nearly

forests cover 40% of the land surface. The wild animals like tiger, panther, leopard, hyena, wolf,

jackal, fox, sloth-beer, (Elugubunti), wild boar, Indian bison, Neelgai, deer, sambar, Zinka and spotted

deer had been once rich in number now have been gradually decreased after man's rehabilitation in

jungles, advent of jeep & rifle and ruthless destruction of forest.

WEATHER: The average rainfall of the district is 995 m.m., the annual rainfall of the district is 700 to

1200 m.m. The temperature of the district during May, the hottest month crosses to 46C, while in

December, the coldest month it will be minimum being less than 10C.

ADILABAD MUNCIPALITY: A Municipality Committee was constituted in Adilabad town in 1942-43.

Under the Hyderabad Municipality and Town Committee Act 1952, Elections on adult franchise were

held for the first time in 1952 when the Committee was formed with 17 elected and 7 nominated

members (four non officials and three officials). It became City Municipality under the Hyderabad

Dist.Municipalities Act of 1956. Subsequently elections were conducted in 1962 and 1967. Under the

AP Muncipality Act 1968, the strength of council was raised to 23 with elected 20 and 3 non officials

consisting - MLA, MLC and Alderman. At present the strength of Council is 32 including 1 Chairman

who is directly elected and three co-opted members.The only water supply Scheme in the District was

provided (PWS) in 1939-40 for Adilabad Municipality, which was designed to serve 20,000 population

@ 15 gallons per capita per day for which source of water supply has been Mavala tank located at 5

Kms. away from town. In 1980s the Adilabad water supply scheme was augmented by taking water

from Sathanala river, a perennial source to meet the increasing requirement of drinking water.

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