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{{short description|Divisions in Uttar Pradesh}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2023}}
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[[File:UP Administrative Divisions.png|thumb|350px|Administrative Divisions of Uttar Pradesh.]]
The northern [[India]]n state of '''Uttar Pradesh''', which borders [[Nepal]], comprises 18 '''administrative divisions'''. Within these 18 divisions, there are a total of 75 districts.<ref name="18 Divisions and 75 Districts of Uttar Pradesh">{{cite web|url= https://up.gov.in/en/page/districts|title=Divisions and Districts of Uttar Pradesh|last=|first=|date=23 July 2017|website=|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=20 September 2023}}</ref> The following table shows the name of each division, its administrative capital city, its constituent districts, and a map of its location.

These divisions and districts are primarily constituted for [[Land administration|land revenue]] and general administration.<ref>Board of Revenue, Govt of Uttar Pradesh

https://bor.up.nic.in/pdf/History_of_Board_of_Revenue.pdf</ref>

==Current divisions==
Currently 75 districts are divided into 18 divisions.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:98%; text-align:center; border:1px solid black;"
|- style="background:#9cf;"
| '''Divisions'''
| '''Formed'''
| '''Headquarters'''
| '''Districts'''

| '''Map'''
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Agra division]]
|Pre-Independence
|[[Agra]]
|align="left"|
* [[Agra district|Agra]]
* [[Firozabad district|Firozabad]]
* [[Mathura district|Mathura]]
* [[Mainpuri district|Mainpuri]]

|[[File:Agra Mandal.png|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Aligarh division]]
|17 April 2008 ''(Separated From Agra division) ''
|[[Aligarh]]
|align="left"|
* [[Aligarh district|Aligarh]]
* [[Etah district|Etah]]
* [[Hathras district|Hathras]]
* [[Kasganj District|Kasganj]]

|[[File:Aligarh division.svg|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Ayodhya division]]
|Pre-Independence
|[[Ayodhya]]
|align="left"|
* [[Ambedkar Nagar district|Ambedkar Nagar]]
* [[Amethi district|Amethi]]
* [[Ayodhya district|Ayodhya]]
* [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]]
* [[Sultanpur district|Sultanpur]]

|[[File:Faizabad division.svg|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Azamgarh division]]
|15 November 1994 ''(Separated from Gorakhpur and Varanasi divisions)''
|[[Azamgarh]]
|align="left"|
* [[Azamgarh district|Azamgarh]]
* [[Ballia district|Ballia]]
* [[Mau district|Mau]]

|[[File:Azamgarh division.svg|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Bareilly division]]
|Pre-Independence
|[[Bareilly]]
|align="left"|
* [[Badaun district|Badaun]]
* [[Bareilly district|Bareilly]]
* [[Pilibhit district|Pilibhit]]
* [[Shahjahanpur district|Shahjahanpur]]

|[[File:Bareilly division.svg|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Basti division]]
|14 June 1997 ''(Separated from Gorakhpur division)''
|[[Basti, Uttar Pradesh|Basti]]
|align="left"|
* [[Basti district|Basti]]
* [[Sant Kabir Nagar district|Sant Kabir Nagar]]
* [[Siddharthnagar district|Siddharthnagar]]

|[[File:Basti division.svg|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Chitrakoot division|Chitrakootdham division]]
|21 November 1997 ''(Separated from Jhansi division)''
|[[Banda district, India|Banda]]
|align="left"|
* [[Banda district (India)|Banda]]
* [[Chitrakoot district|Chitrakoot]]
* [[Hamirpur District, Uttar Pradesh|Hamirpur]]
* [[Mahoba district|Mahoba]]

|[[File:Chitrakoot division.svg|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Devipatan division]]
|21 November 1997 ''(Separated from Ayodhya division)''
|[[Gonda, Uttar Pradesh|Gonda]]
|align="left"|
* [[Bahraich district|Bahraich]]
* [[Balarampur district|Balarampur]]
* [[Gonda district|Gonda]]
* [[Shravasti district|Shravasti]]

|[[File:Devipatan division.svg|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Gorakhpur division]]
|Pre-Independence
|[[Gorakhpur]]
|align="left"|
* [[Deoria district|Deoria]]
* [[Gorakhpur district|Gorakhpur]]
* [[Kushinagar district|Kushinagar]]
* [[Maharajganj district|Maharajganj]]

|[[File:Gorakhpur division.svg|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Jhansi division]]
|Pre-Independence
|[[Jhansi]]
|align="left"|
* [[Jalaun district|Jalaun]]
* [[Jhansi district|Jhansi]]
* [[Lalitpur District, Uttar Pradesh|Lalitpur]]

|[[File:Jhansi division.svg|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Kanpur division]]
| 15 August 1988 ''(Separated from Allahabad division)''
|[[Kanpur]]
|align="left"|
* [[Auraiya district|Auraiya]]
* [[Etawah district|Etawah]]
* [[Farrukhabad district|Farrukhabad]]
* [[Kannauj district|Kannauj]]
* [[Kanpur Dehat district|Kanpur Dehat]]
* [[Kanpur Nagar district|Kanpur Nagar]]

|[[File:Kanpur division.svg|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Lucknow division]]
|Pre-Independence
|[[Lucknow]]
|align="left"|
* [[Hardoi district|Hardoi]]
* [[Lakhimpur Kheri]]
* [[Lucknow district|Lucknow]]
* [[Raebareli district|Raebareli]]
* [[Sitapur district|Sitapur]]
* [[Unnao district|Unnao]]

|[[File:Lucknow division.svg|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Meerut division]]
|Pre-Independence
|[[Meerut]]
|align="left"|
* [[Baghpat district|Baghpat]]
* [[Bulandshahr district|Bulandshahar]]
* [[Gautam Buddha Nagar]]
* [[Ghaziabad district, India|Ghaziabad]]
* [[Hapur district|Hapur]]
* [[Meerut district|Meerut]]

|[[File:Meerut division.svg|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Moradabad division]]
|14 September 1980 ''(Separated from Bareilly Division)''
|[[Moradabad]]
|align="left"|
* [[Amroha district|Amroha]]
* [[Bijnor district|Bijnor]]
* [[Moradabad district|Moradabad]]
* [[Rampur district|Rampur]]
* [[Sambhal district|Sambhal]]

|[[File:Moradabad division.svg|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Prayagraj division]]
|Pre-Independence
|[[Prayagraj]]
|align="left"|
* [[Fatehpur district|Fatehpur]]
* [[Kaushambi district|Kaushambi]]
* [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]]
* [[Prayagraj district|Prayagraj]]

|[[File:Allahabad division.svg|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Saharanpur division]]
|21 November 1997 ''(Separated from Meerut Division)''
|[[Saharanpur]]
|align="left"|
* [[Muzaffarnagar district|Muzaffarnagar]]
* [[Saharanpur district|Saharanpur]]
* [[Shamli district|Shamli]]

|[[File:Saharanpur mandal.png|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Varanasi division]]
|Pre-Independence
|[[Varanasi]]
|align="left"|
* [[Chandauli district|Chandauli]]
* [[Ghazipur district|Ghazipur]]
* [[Jaunpur district|Jaunpur]]
* [[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]

|[[File:Varanasi division.svg|150px|center]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|[[Mirzapur division|Vindhyachal division]]
|14 June 1997 ''(Separated from Varanasi division)''
|[[Mirzapur]]
|align="left"|
* [[Mirzapur district|Mirzapur]]
* [[Sant Ravidas Nagar district|Sant Ravidas Nagar]]
* [[Sonbhadra district|Sonbhadra]]

|[[File:Mirzapur division.svg|150px|center]]

|}

==Original Divisions with their original districts during Independence==
During the formation of State of Uttar Pradesh, it consisted of 49 districts divided into 10 divisions.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:98%; text-align:center; border:1px solid black;"
|- style="background:#9cf;"
| '''Divisions'''
| '''Headquarters'''
| '''Districts'''

|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|2nd or [[Agra division]]
|[[Agra]]
|align="left"|
* [[Agra district|Agra]]
* [[Aligarh district|Aligarh]]
* [[Etah district|Etah]]
* [[Mathura district|Mathura]]
* [[Mainpuri district|Mainpuri]]

|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|10th or [[Ayodhya division]] (Faizabad division)
|[[Ayodhya|Faizabad]]
|align="left"|
* [[Ayodhya district|Faizabad]]
* [[Bahraich district|Bahraich]]
* [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]]
* [[Gonda district|Gonda]]
* [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]]
* [[Sultanpur district|Sultanpur]]

|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|3rd or [[Bareilly division]] (Rohilkhand division)
|[[Bareilly]]
|align="left"|
* [[Badaun district|Badaun]]
* [[Bareilly district|Bareilly]]
* [[Bijnor district|Bijnor]]
* [[Moradabad district|Moradabad]]
* [[Pilibhit district|Pilibhit]]
* [[Shahjahanpur district|Shahjahanpur]]

|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|7th or [[Gorakhpur division]]
|[[Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh|Gorakhpur]]
|align="left"|
* [[Azamgarh district|Azamgarh]]
* [[Basti district|Basti]]
* [[Deoria district|Deoria]]
* [[Gorakhpur district|Gorakhpur]]

|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|5th or [[Jhansi division]]
|[[Jhansi]]
|align="left"|
* [[Banda district (India)|Banda]]
* [[Hamirpur District, Uttar Pradesh|Hamirpur]]
* [[Jalaun district|Jalaun]]
* [[Jhansi district|Jhansi]]

|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|9th or [[Lucknow division]]
|[[Lucknow]]
|align="left"|
* [[Hardoi district|Hardoi]]
* [[Lakhimpur Kheri]]
* [[Lucknow district|Lucknow]]
* [[Raebareli district|Raebareli]]
* [[Sitapur district|Sitapur]]
* [[Unnao district|Unnao]]

|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|8th or [[Kumaon division]]
|[[Nainital]]
|align="left"|
* [[Nainital district|Nainital]]
* [[Almora district|Almora]]
* [[Garhwal district|Garhwal]]
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|1st or [[Meerut division]]
|[[Meerut]]
|align="left"|
* [[Bulandshahr district|Bulandshahar]]
* [[Dehradun district|Dehra Dun]]
* [[Meerut district|Meerut]]
* [[Muzaffarnagar district|Muzaffarnagar]]
* [[Saharanpur district|Saharanpur]]

|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|4th or [[Prayagraj division]] (Allahabad division)
|[[Prayagraj|Allahabad]]
|align="left"|
* [[Etawah district|Etawah]]
* [[Farrukhabad district|Farrukhabad]]
* [[Fatehpur district|Fatehpur]]
* [[Kanpur Nagar district|Cawnpore]]
* [[Prayagraj district|Allahabad]]

|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
|6th or [[Varanasi division]] (Benaras division)
|[[Varanasi|Benaras]]
|align="left"|
* [[Ballia district|Ballia]]
* [[Ghazipur district|Ghazipur]]
* [[Jaunpur district|Jaunpur]]
* [[Mirzapur district|Mirzapur]]
* [[Varanasi district|Benaras]]


|}

There were three native principalities ([[Rampur State]], [[Benaras State]] and [[Tehri Garhwal State]]) which existed outside the regular revenue administration which were later incorporated into it. [[Rampur State]] was made a district and was transferred to [[Bareilly division|Rohilkhand division]] and later to newly formed [[Moradabad division]]. [[Benaras State]] was integrated with [[Varanasi district]] and [[Varanasi division]]. [[Tehri Garhwal State]] was carved into several hilly districts and a new [[Garhwal division]] was created in 1969 with [[Pauri district]] as its headquarters along with transferring of [[Dehradun district]] from [[Meerut division]] to [[Garhwal division]]. [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh district]] was transferred from [[Ayodhya division]] to [[Prayagraj division]] in 1988. [[Ballia district]] was transferred from [[Varanasi division]] when [[Azamgarh division]] was formed after separation from [[Gorakhpur division]] in 1994. When Uttarakhand got separated from Uttar Pradesh in 2000, [[Kumaon division]] and [[Garhwal division]] were incorporated into it along with newly formed [[Haridwar district]] which was transferred from [[Saharanpur division]] to [[Garhwal division]].

==Divisional Officers==
Almost every department in [[Uttar Pradesh Government]] has its divisional level officers who supervise, review and guide its district level officers. There are many important divisional level committees and meetings chaired by concerned [[Divisional Commissioner]] which take inter-departmental decisions such as divisional crime and law & order review meeting, divisional security committee, divisional level monitoring committee for development work, regional transport authority etc. Every divisional headquarter district has a state guest-house known as '''Circuit House'''.

{| {{Table}}
! Department !! State Level Officer !! Divisional Level Officer !! District Level Officer
|-
! General Administration and Revenue
| Chief Secretary and Chairman of Board of Revenue
| '''Divisional Commissioner, Additional Divisional Commissioners'''
| District Magistrate, Additional District Magistrates
|-
! Police
| Director General of Police
| '''Inspector General/Deputy Inspector General of Police (Range)'''
| Senior Superintendent/Superintendent of Police (Districts)
|-
! Forestry
| Principal Chief Conservator of Forest
| '''Chief Conservator/Conservator of Forest (Territorial)'''
| Divisional Forest Officer
|-
! Rural Development
| Rural Development Commissioner
| '''Joint Development Commissioner'''
| Chief Development Officer
|-
! Panchayati Raj
| Director Panchayati Raj
| '''Deputy Director, Panchayati Raj'''
| District Panchayati Raj Officer
|-
! Town and Country Planning
| Chief Planner (Town and Country)
| '''Associate Planner (Town and Country)'''
| Assistant Planner (Town and Country)
|-
! Public Works Department
| Principal Engineer (Development) cum Engineer in Chief
| '''Chief Engineer, PWD Zone'''
| Superintendent/Executive Engineer, PWD Circle/Division
|-
! Power
| Chairman, UPPCL
| '''Chief Engineer, Power'''
| Superintendent/Executive Engineer, Power
|-
! Irrigation
| Engineer in Chief
| '''Chief/Superintendent Engineer, Irrigation'''
| Executive Engineer, Irrigation
|-
! Health and Family Welfare
| Director General, Health and Family Welfare
| '''Additional Director, Health and Family Welfare'''
| Chief Medical Officer
|-
! Social Welfare
| Director, Social Welfare
| '''Joint Director, Social Welfare'''
| District Social Welfare Officer
|-
! Women and Child Welfare
| Director, Women and Child Welfare
| '''Deputy Director, Women and Child Welfare'''
| District Probation Officer
|-
! Backward Class Welfare
| Director, Backward Class Welfare
| '''Deputy Director, Backward Class Welfare'''
| District Backward Class Welfare Officer
|-
! Handicapped Welfare
| Director, Handicapped Welfare
| '''Deputy Director, Handicapped Welfare'''
| District Handicapped Welfare Officer
|-
! Minority Welfare
| Director, Minority Welfare
| '''Deputy Director, Minority Welfare'''
| District Minority Welfare Officer
|-
! Food and Civil Supplies
| Food and Civil Supplies Commissioner
| '''Regional Food Controller'''
| District Supply Officer
|-
! Food and Drugs Administration
| Food and Drugs Administration Commissioner
| '''Assistant Commissioner, Food/Drugs'''
| Food Safety Officer/Drugs Inspector
|-
! Transport
| Transport Commissioner
| '''Regional Transport Officer (Administration/Enforcement)'''
| Assistant Regional Transport Officer (Administration/Enforcement)
|-
! Treasury
| Director, Treasury
| '''Additional/Joint Director, Treasury'''
| Chief/Senior Treasury Officer
|-
! Economics and Statistics
| Director, Economics and Statistics
| '''Deputy Director, Economics and Statistics'''
| District Economical and Statistical Officer
|-
! Labour
| Labour Commissioner
| '''Deputy Labour Commissioner'''
| District Labour Officer
|-
! Employment
| Director, Employment
| '''Regional Employment Officer'''
| District Employment Officer
|-
! Vocational Education
| Director, Vocational Education
| '''Joint Director, Vocational Education'''
| Deputy Director, Vocational Education
|-
! Higher Education
| Director, Higher Education
| '''Regional Higher Education Officer'''
| Assistant Regional Higher Education Officer
|-
! Secondary Education
| Director General, School Education
| '''Joint Director, Secondary Education'''
| District Inspector of Schools
|-
! Basic Education
| Director General, School Education
| '''Assistant Director, Basic Education'''
| Basic Shiksha Adhikari
|-
! Information
| Director, Information
| '''Deputy Director, Information'''
| District Information Officer
|-
! Agriculture
| Director, Agriculture
| '''Joint Director, Agriculture'''
| District Agriculture Officer
|-
! Cane and Sugar Industry
| Cane and Sugar Commissioner
| '''Joint/Deputy Commissioner, Cane'''
| District Cane Officer
|-
! Dairy Development
| Dairy Commissioner
| '''Dairy Development Officer'''
| Deputy Dairy Development Officer
|-
!Wild Animal Husbandry
| Director, Animal Husbandry
| '''Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry'''
| Chief Veterinary Officer
|-
! Horticulture
| Director, Horticulture
| '''Joint Director, Horticulture'''
| District Horticulture Officer
|-
! Sericulture
| Director, Sericulture
| '''Deputy Director, Sericulture'''
| Assistant Director, Sericulture
|-
! Fisheries
| Director, Fisheries
| '''Deputy Director, Fisheries'''
| Assistant Director, Fisheries
|-
! Handloom and Textile
| Commissioner, Handloom and Textile
| '''Deputy Commissioner, Handloom and Textile'''
| Assistant Commissioner, Handloom and Textile
|-
! Industries
| Commissioner, Industries
| '''Joint Commissioner, Industries'''
| Deputy Commissioner, District Industrial Centre
|-
! Mines and Geology
| Director, Mines
| '''Regional Mines Officer'''
| District Mines Officer
|-
! Excise
| Excise Commissioner
| '''Joint Excise Commissioner'''
| District Excise Officer
|-
! Commercial Tax
| Commissioner, Commercial Tax
| '''Additional Commissioner, Commercial Tax'''
| Joint Commissioner, Commercial Tax
|-
! Stamps and Registration
| Inspector General, Stamps and Registration
| '''Deputy Inspector General, Stamps and Registration'''
| Assistant Inspector General, Stamps and Registration
|-
! Prisons
|Director General/Inspector General, Prisons
| '''Deputy Inspector General, Prisons'''
| Senior Superintendent/Superintendent of Prison
|-
! Prosecution
| Director, Prosecution
| '''Additional Director, Prosecution'''
| Joint Director, Prosection
|-
! Home-guards
| Director General, Home-guards
| '''Divisional Commandant, Home-guards'''
| District Commandant, Home-guards
|-
! Fire Service
| Director General, Fire Service
| '''Deputy Director Fire Service'''
| Chief Fire Officer

|-
! Cooperative
| Commissioner and Registrar, Cooperative
| '''Deputy Commissioner and Registrar, Cooperative'''
| Assistant Commissioner and Registrar
|-
! Tourism
| Director General, Tourism
| '''Regional Tourism Officer'''
| District Tourism Officer
|-
! Sports
| Director General, Sports
| '''Regional Sports Officer'''
| District Sports Officer
|}

==Demand for integrated Divisional Office Complexes==
After the state government approved integrated divisional office complexes for Gorakhpur and Varanasi division which will have offices of all divisional officers under one roof.<ref name="Integrated divisional office complexes in Gorakhpur and Varanasi">{{cite web|url=https://theprint.in/politics/up-cm-reviews-progress-of-proposed-integrated-divisional-office-complexes-project-in-varanasi-gorakhpur/1582155/?amp |title= UP CM reviews progress of proposed integrated divisional office complexes project in Varanasi, Gorakhpur|last=|first=|date=18 May 2023|website=|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=20 September 2023}}</ref> The opposition alleged favouritism for these two divisions as they are located in Chief Minister’s and Prime Minister’s constituencies.

==See also==
* [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[List of RTO districts in India#UP—Uttar Pradesh|List of RTO districts in Uttar Pradesh]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Districts of India}}
{{Districts of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Uttar Pradesh topics}}

{{Uttar Pradesh}}

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