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[[India]] is a union of [[States and union territories of India|states and union territories]] as per article 1 of the [[Indian Constitution]]. Some states and union territories are further divided into '''divisions''', which are made up of groups of [[Districts of India|districts]]. A division is led by an officer of the Indian [[Indian Administrative Service|civil service]], known as a [[Divisional commissioner (India)|divisional commissioner]]. There are 102 divisions in India.

The states of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Goa]], [[Gujarat]], [[Kerala]], [[Manipur]], [[Mizoram]], [[Sikkim]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Telangana]], and [[Tripura]] as well as five of the [[union territories]]{{efn|[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], [[Chandigarh]], [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]], [[Lakshadweep Islands]] and [[Puducherry Union Territory|Puducherry]]}} are not divided into divisions.

==List of divisions==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px solid black"
|- bgcolor=#99ccff
! '''State/Union Territory'''
!'''Division''' Count
! '''Division'''
! '''Headquarters'''
! '''Districts'''
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="2" | [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| rowspan="2" |2|| East|| Namsai|| Lohit, Anjaw, Tirap, Changlang, Lower Dibang Valley, Dibang Valley, East Siang, Upper Siang, Longding, Namsai, Siang
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| West|| Itanagar|| Tawang, West Kameng, East Kameng, Papum Pare, Lower Subansiri, Kurung Kumey, Kra Daadi, Upper Subansiri, West Siang, Lower Siang and Itanagar Capital Complex
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="5" | [[Assam]]
| rowspan="5" |5<ref>https://gad.assam.gov.in/information-services/divisions</ref>|| [[Upper Assam Division]]|| Jorhat|| Charaideo, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Sivasagar, and Tinsukia
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Lower Assam Division]]|| Guwahati|| Baksa, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Dhubri, Goalpara, Nalbari, Kamrup Metropolitan, Kamrup Rural, Kokrajhar, and South Salmara-Mankachar
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[North Assam Division]]|| Tezpur|| Biswanath, Darrang, Sonitpur, and Udalguri
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Central Assam Division]]|| Nagaon|| Hojai, Morigaon, and Nagaon
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Hills and Barak Valley Division]] || Silchar|| Dima Hasao, East Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong, Cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="9"| [[Bihar]]
| rowspan="9" |9|| [[Patna division]]|| Patna|| Patna, Nalanda, Bhojpur, Rohtas, Buxar and Kaimur
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Tirhut division]]|| Muzaffarpur|| West Champaran, East Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Sheohar and Vaishali
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Saran division]]|| Chhapra|| Saran, Siwan and Gopalganj
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Darbhanga division]]|| Darbhanga|| Darbhanga, Madhubani and Samastipur
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Kosi division]]|| Saharsa|| Saharsa, Madhepura and Supaul
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Purnia division]]|| Purnia|| Purnia, Katihar, Araria and Kishanganj
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Bhagalpur division]]|| Bhagalpur|| Bhagalpur and Banka
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Munger division]]|| Munger|| Munger, Jamui, Khagaria, Lakhisarai, Begusarai and Sheikhpura
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Magadh division]]|| Gaya|| Gaya, Nawada, Aurangabad, Jehanabad and Arwal
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="5"| [[Chhattisgarh]]
| rowspan="5" |5<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://raipur.gov.in/districts-of-the-state/|title=Districts of the State | District Raipur ,Government of Chhattisgarh | India}}</ref>|| Surguja|| Surguja|| Koriya, Balrampur-Ramanujganj, Surajpur, Jashpur,Surguja And Mahendragarh-Chirmiri
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| Bilaspur|| Bilaspur|| Bilaspur, Mungeli, Korba, Janjgir-Champa,Raigarh, Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi, Sakti And Sarangarh-Bilaigarh
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| Durg|| Durg|| Kabirdham (Kawardha), Bemetara, Durg, Balod, Rajnandgaon, Mohla-Manpur-Chauki and Khairagarh
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| Raipur|| Raipur|| Mahasamund, Baloda Bazar, Gariaband, Raipur and Dhamtari
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Bastar division]]|| Bstar|| Kanker (Uttar Bastar), Narayanpur, Kondagaon, Bastar, Dantewada (Dakshin Bastar), Bijapur and Sukma
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="6"| [[Haryana]]
| rowspan="6" |6|| [[Hisar division]]|| Hisar|| Fatehabad, Jind, Hisar and Sirsa
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Gurgaon division]]|| Gurugram|| Gurugram, Mahendragarh and Rewari
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Ambala division]]|| Ambala|| Ambala, Kurukshetra, Panchkula and Yamuna Nagar
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Faridabad division]]|| Faridabad|| Faridabad, Palwal and Nuh
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Rohtak division]]|| Rohtak|| Jhajjar, Charkhi Dadri, Rohtak, Sonipat and Bhiwani
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Karnal division]]|| Karnal|| Karnal, Panipat and Kaithal
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="3"| [[Himachal Pradesh]]
| rowspan="3" |3|| Kangra|| Kangra|| Chamba, Kangra and Una
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| Mandi|| Mandi|| Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kullu, Lahaul and Spiti and Mandi
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| Shimla|| Shimla|| Kinnaur, Shimla, Sirmaur and Solan
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="5"| [[Jharkhand]]
| rowspan="5" |5|| [[Palamu division]] || Palamu|| Garhwa, Latehar and Palamu
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[North Chotanagpur division]]|| Hazaribagh|| Bokaro, Chatra, Dhanbad, Giridih, Hazaribagh, Koderma and Ramgarh
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[South Chotanagpur division]]|| Ranchi || Gumla, Khunti, Lohardaga, Ranchi and Simdega
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Kolhan division]]|| West Singhbhum|| East Singhbhum, Seraikela Kharsawan district, and West Singhbhum
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Santhal Pargana division]]|| Dumka|| Godda, Deoghar, Dumka, Jamtara, Sahibganj and Pakur
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="4"| [[Karnataka]]
| rowspan="4" |4|| [[Bangalore division]]|| Bengaluru|| Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Ramanagara, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Kolar, Shivamogga and Tumakuru
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Mysore division]]|| Mysuru|| Chamarajanagar, Chikkamagaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Mandya, Mysuru and Udupi
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Belgaum division]]|| Belagavi|| Bagalkot, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri and Uttara Kannada
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Kalaburagi Division]]|| Kalaburagi||
Ballari, Bidar, Kalaburagi, Koppal, Raichur and Yadgir
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="10"| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| rowspan="10" |10<ref>https://madhyapradesh.s3waas.gov.in/</ref>|| [[Bhopal division]]|| Bhopal||
Bhopal, Raisen, Rajgarh, Sehore and Vidisha
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Indore division]]|| Indore||
Alirajpur, Barwani, Burhanpur, Indore, Dhar, Jhabua, Khandwa and Khargone
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Gwalior division]]|| Gwalior||
Gwalior, Ashoknagar, Shivpuri, Datia and Guna
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Jabalpur division]]|| Jabalpur|| Balaghat, Chhindwara, Jabalpur, Katni, Mandla, Narsinghpur, Seoni and Dindori
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Rewa division]]|| Rewa||
Rewa, Satna, Sidhi and Singrauli
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Sagar division]]|| Sagar||
Chhatarpur, Damoh, Panna, Sagar, Tikamgarh and Niwari
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Shahdol division]]|| Shahdol||
Anuppur, Shahdol and Umaria
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Ujjain division]]|| Ujjain||
Agar, Ujjain, Dewas, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam and Shajapur
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Chambal division]]|| Morena||
Morena, Sheopur and Bhind
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Narmadapuram division]]|| Betul||
Betul, Harda and Hoshangabad
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="6"| [[Maharashtra]]
| rowspan="6" |6|| [[Amravati division]]|| Amravati||
Akola, Amravati, Buldana, Yavatmal and Washim
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Aurangabad division]]|| Aurangabad||
Aurangabad
Beed, Jalna, Osmanabad, Nanded, Latur, Parbhani and Hingoli
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Konkan division]]|| Thane||
Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Nagpur division]]|| Nagpur||
Bhandara, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Nagpur and Wardha
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Nashik division]]|| Nashik||
Ahmednagar, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nandurbar and Nashik
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Pune division]]|| Pune||
Kolhapur, Pune, Sangli, Satara and Solapur
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="2"| [[Meghalaya]]
| rowspan="2" |2|| Tura|| West Garo Hills||
South West Garo Hills, West Garo Hills, North Garo Hills, East Garo Hills and South Garo Hills
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| Shillong|| East Khasi Hills||
West Khasi Hills, South West Khasi Hills, Ri-Bhoi, East Khasi Hills, West Jaintia Hills and East Jaintia Hills
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| [[Nagaland]] ||1|| Nagaland|| Kohima||
Chümoukedima, Dimapur, Kiphire, Kohima, Longleng, Mokokchung, Mon, Niuland, Noklak, Peren, Phek, Shamator, Tuensang, Tseminyü, Wokha and Zünheboto
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="3"| [[Odisha]]
| rowspan="3" |3|| Central|| Cuttack||
Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Khordha, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh and Puri
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| Northern|| Sambalpur||
Angul, Balangir, Bargarh, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Kendujhar, Sambalpur, Subarnapur and Sundargarh
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| Southern|| Berhampur||
Boudh, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Rayagada
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="5"| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| rowspan="5" |5|| Patiala|| Patiala||
Patiala, Sangrur, Malerkotla, Barnala, Fatehgarh Sahib and Ludhiana
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| Faridkot|| Faridkot||
Faridkot, Bathinda and Mansa
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| Firozepur|| Firozepur||
Firozepur, Moga, Shri Muktsar Sahib and Fazilka
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| Jalandhar|| Jalandhar||
Jalandhar, Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| Ropar|| Rup Nagar||
Rup Nagar, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="7"| [[Rajasthan]]
| rowspan="7" |7|| [[Jaipur division]]|| Jaipur||
Jaipur, Alwar, Jhunjhunu, Sikar and Dausa
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Jodhpur division]]|| Jodhpur||
Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jodhpur, Pali and Sirohi
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Ajmer division]]|| Ajmer||
Ajmer, Bhilwara, Nagaur and Tonk
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Udaipur division]]|| Udaipur||
Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Dungarpur and Rajsamand
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Bikaner division]]|| Bikaner||
Bikaner, Churu, Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Kota division]]|| Kota||
Baran, Bundi, Jhalawar and Kota
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Bharatpur division]]|| Bharatpur||
Bharatpur, Dholpur, Karauli, Sawai and Madhopur
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|rowspan="18"| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| rowspan="18" |18|| [[Agra division]]|| Agra||
Agra, Firozabad, Mainpuri and Mathura
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Aligarh division]]|| Aligarh||
Aligarh, Etah, Hathras and Kasganj
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Allahabad division]]|| Allahabad||
Allahabad, Fatehpur, Kaushambi and Pratapgarh
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Azamgarh division]]|| Azamgarh||
Azamgarh, Ballia and Mau
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Bareilly division]]|| Bareilly||
Badaun, Bareilly, Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Basti division]]|| Basti||
Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar and Siddharthnagar
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Chitrakoot division]]|| Chitrakoot||
Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur and Mahoba
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Devipatan division]]|| Gonda||
Bahraich, Balarampur, Gonda and Shravasti
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Faizabad division]]|| Ayodhya||
Ambedkar Nagar, Barabanki, Faizabad, Sultanpur and Amethi
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Gorakhpur division]]|| Gorakhpur||
Deoria, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar and Maharajganj
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Jhansi division]]|| Jhansi||
Jalaun, Jhansi and Lalitpur
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Kanpur division]]|| Kanpur Nagar||
Auraiya, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Kanpur Dehat and Kanpur Nagar
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Lucknow division]]|| Lucknow||
Hardoi, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lucknow, Raebareli, Sitapur and Unnao
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Meerut division]]|| Meerut||
Baghpat, Bulandshahar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Meerut and Hapur
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Mirzapur division]]|| Mirzapur||
Mirzapur, Sant Ravidas Nagar and Sonbhadra
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Moradabad division]]|| Moradabad||
Bijnor, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur and Sambhal
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Saharanpur division]]|| Saharanpur||
Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur and Shamli
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Varanasi division]]|| Varanasi||
Chandauli, Ghazipur, Jaunpur and Varanasi
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="2"| [[Uttarakhand]]
| rowspan="2" |2<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uk.gov.in/pages/display/118-divisions|title=Divisions: Uttarakhand Government Portal, India}}</ref>|| [[Kumaon division]]|| Nainital||
Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Nainital, Pithoragarh and Udham Singh Nagar
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Garhwal division]]|| Pauri ||
Chamoli, Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri Garhwal, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal and Uttarkashi
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="5"| [[West Bengal]]
| rowspan="5" |5|| [[Presidency division]]|| Kolkata||
Howrah, Kolkata, Nadia, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Medinipur division]]|| Medinipur||
Bankura, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur and Purulia
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Malda division]]|| Malda||
Dakshin Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad and Uttar Dinajpur
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Burdwan division]]|| Hooghly||
Birbhum, Hooghly, Paschim Bardhaman and Purba Bardhaman
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Jalpaiguri division]]|| Jalpaiguri||
Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Kalimpong
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| ''[[Delhi]]''|| 1 ||[[Delhi division]]|| [[Central Delhi]]||
Central Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, North Delhi, North East Delhi, North West Delhi, Shahdara, South Delhi, South East Delhi, South West Delhi and West Delhi
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]''
| rowspan="2" |2|| [[Jammu Division]]|| Jammu|| Jammu, Doda, Kathua, Kishtwar, Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban, Reasi, Samba and Udhampur
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|| [[Kashmir Division]]|| Srinagar|| Srinagar, Anantnag, Bandipora, Baramulla, Budgam, Ganderbal, Kulgam, Kupwara, Pulwama and Shopian
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
|''[[Ladakh]]'' || 1
||[[Ladakh Division]]|| Leh|| Kargil and Leh
|}

==See also==
*[[Administrative divisions of Assam]]
*[[Administrative divisions of Bihar]]
*[[Administrative divisions of Haryana]]
*[[Administrative divisions of Jharkhand]]
*[[Administrative divisions of Karnataka]]
*[[Administrative divisions of Kerala]]
*[[Administrative divisions of Uttar Pradesh]]
*[[Administrative divisions of Uttarakhand]]
*[[Administrative divisions of West Bengal]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Local government in India}}

[[Category:Administrative divisions in India|*]]

List of administrative divisions in India - Revision history

Kamal Guha at 03:09, 3 July 2023