List of districts of Jharkhand

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Template:Infobox subdivision type The Indian state of Jharkhand is divided into 24 districts. Districts are the major administrative units of a state which are further subdivided into sub-divisions and blocks.[1]

Administration

A district in an Indian state is an administrative and geographical unit, headed by a Deputy Commissioner (DC), an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), who also functions as the District Magistrate and District Collector.[2]

A Superintendent of Police (SP), an officer belonging to Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of police administration, maintaining law and order and related issues.

History

At the time of formation, Jharkhand state had 18 districts. Later, six more districts were carved out by reorganizing these districts. The 23rd and 24th districts- Khunti and Ramgarh (carved out of erstwhile Ranchi and Hazaribagh District respectively) were made a district on 12 September 2007.

Administrative Divisions and District

There are 24 districts of Jharkhand, which are grouped in to 5 divisions. These divisions are:

  1. Palamu division - 3 Districts: Palamu, Garhwa, Latehar - Headquarters: Medininagar
  2. North Chotanagpur division - 7 Districts: Chatra, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Giridih, Ramgarh, Bokaro, Dhanbad - Headquarters: Hazaribagh
  3. South Chotanagpur division - 5 Districts: Lohardaga, Gumla, Simdega, Ranchi, Khunti - Headquarters: Ranchi
  4. Kolhan division - 3 Districts: West Singhbhum, Saraikela-Kharsawan, East Singhbhum - Headquarters: Chaibasa
  5. Santhal Pargana division - 6 Districts: Jamtara, Deoghar, Dumka, Pakur, Godda, Sahebganj - Headquarters: Dumka

Below is the list of districts:

SI No. Code[3] District Headquarters Area[4] (km2) Population[4] (2011) Population Density (/km2) Map
1 BO Bokaro Bokaro Steel City 2,883 2,062,330 715 File:Bokaro in Jharkhand (India).svg
2 CH Chatra Chatra 3,718 1,042,886 280 File:Chatra in Jharkhand (India).svg
3 DE Deoghar Deoghar 2,477 1,492,073 602 File:Deoghar in Jharkhand (India).svg
4 DH Dhanbad Dhanbad 2,040 2,684,487 1316 File:Dhanbad in Jharkhand (India).svg
5 DU Dumka Dumka 3,761 1,321,442 351 File:Dumka in Jharkhand (India).svg
6 ES East Singhbhum Jamshedpur 3,562 2,293,919 644 File:East Singhbhum in Jharkhand (India).svg
7 GA Garhwa Garhwa 4,093 1,322,784 323 File:Garhwa in Jharkhand (India).svg
8 GI Giridih Giridih 4,962 2,445,474 493 File:Giridih in Jharkhand (India).svg
9 GO Godda Godda 2,266 1,313,551 580 File:Godda in Jharkhand (India).svg
10 GU Gumla Gumla 5,360 1,025,213 191 File:Gumla in Jharkhand (India).svg
11 HA Hazaribagh Hazaribagh 3,555 1,734,495 488 File:Hazaribagh in Jharkhand (India).svg
12 JA Jamtara Jamtara 1,811 791,042 437 File:Jamtara in Jharkhand (India).svg
13 KH Khunti Khunti 2,535 531,885 210 File:Khunti in Jharkhand (India).svg
14 KO Koderma Kodarma 1,655 716,259 282 File:Koderma in Jharkhand (India).svg
15 LA Latehar Latehar 4,291 726,978 169 File:Latehar in Jharkhand (India).svg
16 LO Lohardaga Lohardaga 1,502 461,790 307 File:Lohardaga in Jharkhand (India).svg
17 PK Pakur Pakur 1,811 900,422 497 File:Pakur in Jharkhand (India).svg
18 PL Palamu Medininagar 4,393 1,939,869 442 File:Palamu in Jharkhand (India).svg
19 RM Ramgarh Ramgarh Cantonment 1,341 949,443 708 File:Ramgarh in Jharkhand (India).svg
20 RA Ranchi Ranchi 5,097 2,914,253 572 File:Ranchi in Jharkhand (India).svg
21 SA Sahibganj Sahibganj 2,063 1,150,567 558 File:Sahebganj in Jharkhand (India).svg
22 SK Saraikela-Kharsawan Saraikela 2,657 1,065,056 401 File:Seraikela Kharsawan in Jharkhand (India).svg
23 SD Simdega Simdega 3,774 599,578 159 File:Simdega in Jharkhand (India).svg
24 WS West Singhbhum Chaibasa 7,224 1,502,338 208 File:West Singhbhum in Jharkhand (India).svg

See also

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ Districts of Jharkhand. Government of Jharkhand Portal.
  2. ↑ Administrative Setup | DISTRICT RANCHI, GOVERNMENT OF JHARKHAND | India. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
  3. ↑ NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address: Appendix (2): Districts Abbreviations as per ISO 3166–2. Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India(12 February 2018). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Primary Census Abstract Data Tables (India & States/UTs - District Level)

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