India is a union of 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. An administrative division is led by an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, known as a divisional commissioner. There are 104 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 (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep Islands and Puducherry) are not divided into divisions. Instead, these states and territories go directly from the state to the district level for administrative purposes.
Overview
+ No. of divisions in each state or UT State/Union territory No. of divisions Population2011 Census Average population per division States Andhra Pradesh - - Arunachal Pradesh 3 Assam 5 Bihar 9 Chhattisgarh 5 Goa - - Gujarat - - Haryana 6 Himachal Pradesh 3 Jharkhand 5 Karnataka 4 Kerala - - Madhya Pradesh 10 Maharashtra 6 Manipur - - Meghalaya 3 Mizoram - - Nagaland 1 Odisha 3 Punjab 5 Rajasthan 7 Sikkim - - Tamil Nadu - - Telangana - - Tripura - - Uttar Pradesh 18 Uttarakhand 2 West Bengal 5 Union Territories Andaman and Nicobar Islands - - Chandigarh - - Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu - - Jammu and Kashmir 2 Ladakh1 Lakshadweep - - Delhi 1 Puducherry - - Total 104
Regions within states Some states consist of regions, which have no official administrative governmental status. They are purely geographic regions; some correspond to historic countries, states or provinces. A region may comprise one or more divisions, averaging about three divisions per region. However, the boundaries of the regions and the boundaries of the divisions do not always coincide exactly. So far there has been no movement to give the regions official administrative status. If this was to be done, it would presumably require that the boundaries of the regions be slightly modified so that they correspond exactly with their constituent districts. Regions of Assam (4) Assam Proper region, Goalpara region, Kamrup region and Barak Valley region Regions of Gujarat (4) North Gujarat, Central Gujarat, South Gujarat, and Saurashtra Regions of Kerala (3) North Kerala, Central Kerala, and South Kerala Regions of Maharashtra (5) Western Maharashtra (Desh), Vidarbha, Marathwada, North Maharashtra, and Konkan
List of divisions
State/Union Territory No. of divisions Divisions Headquarters Districts Arunachal Pradesh3 East Namsai Lohit, Anjaw, Tirap, Changlang, Lower Dibang Valley, Dibang Valley, East Siang, Upper Siang, Longding, Namsai, Siang West Lower Subansiri Tawang, West Kameng, East Kameng, Papum Pare, Lower Subansiri, Kurung Kumey, Kra Daadi and Itanagar Capital Complex Central Leprada Upper Subansiri, Shi-Yomi, West Siang, Leparada and Lower Siang Assam5 Upper Assam Division Jorhat Charaideo, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Sivasagar, and Tinsukia Lower Assam Division Guwahati Baksa, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Dhubri, Goalpara, Nalbari, Kamrup Metropolitan, Kamrup Rural, Kokrajhar, and South Salmara-Mankachar North Assam Division Tezpur Biswanath, Darrang, Sonitpur, and Udalguri Central Assam Division Nagaon Hojai, Morigaon, and Nagaon Hills and Barak Valley Division Silchar Dima Hasao, East Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong, Cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj Bihar9 Patna division Patna Patna, Nalanda, Bhojpur, Rohtas, Buxar and Kaimur Tirhut division Muzaffarpur West Champaran, East Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Sheohar and Vaishali Saran division Chhapra Saran, Siwan and Gopalganj Darbhanga division Darbhanga Darbhanga, Madhubani and Samastipur Kosi division Saharsa Saharsa, Madhepura and Supaul Purnia division Purnia Purnia, Katihar, Araria and Kishanganj Bhagalpur division Bhagalpur Bhagalpur and Banka Munger division Munger Munger, Jamui, Khagaria, Lakhisarai, Begusarai and Sheikhpura Magadh division Gaya Gaya, Nawada, Aurangabad, Jehanabad and Arwal Chhattisgarh5 Surguja division Ambikapur Koriya, Balrampur-Ramanujganj, Surajpur, Jashpur, Surguja And Mahendragarh-Chirmiri Bilaspur division Bilaspur Bilaspur, Mungeli, Korba, Janjgir-Champa, Raigarh, Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi, Sakti And Sarangarh-Bilaigarh Durg division Durg Kabirdham, Bemetara, Durg, Balod, Rajnandgaon, Mohla-Manpur-Chauki and Khairagarh Raipur division Raipur Mahasamund, Baloda Bazar, Gariaband, Raipur and Dhamtari Bastar division Jagdalpur Kanker (Uttar Bastar), Narayanpur, Kondagaon, Bastar, Dantewada (Dakshin Bastar), Bijapur and Sukma Haryana6 Hisar division Hisar Fatehabad, Jind, Hisar and Sirsa Gurgaon division Gurugram Gurugram, Mahendragarh and Rewari Ambala division Ambala Ambala, Kurukshetra, Panchkula and Yamuna Nagar Faridabad division Faridabad Faridabad, Palwal and Nuh Rohtak division Rohtak Jhajjar, Charkhi Dadri, Rohtak, Sonipat and Bhiwani Karnal division Karnal Karnal, Panipat and Kaithal Himachal Pradesh3 Kangra Kangra Chamba, Kangra and Una Mandi Mandi Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kullu, Lahaul and Spiti and Mandi Shimla Shimla Kinnaur, Shimla, Sirmaur and Solan Jharkhand5 Palamu division Palamu Garhwa, Latehar and Palamu North Chotanagpur division Hazaribagh Bokaro, Chatra, Dhanbad, Giridih, Hazaribagh, Koderma and Ramgarh South Chotanagpur division Ranchi Gumla, Khunti, Lohardaga, Ranchi and Simdega Kolhan division West Singhbhum East Singhbhum, Seraikela Kharsawan district, and West Singhbhum Santhal Pargana division Dumka Godda, Deoghar, Dumka, Jamtara, Sahibganj and Pakur Karnataka4 Bangalore division Bengaluru Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Ramanagara, Chikkaballapura, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Kolar, Shivamogga and Tumakuru Mysore division Mysuru Chamarajanagara, Chikkamagaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Mandya, Mysuru and Udupi Belgaum division Belagavi Bagalakote, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri and Uttara Kannada Kalaburagi division Kalaburagi Ballari, Bidar, Kalaburagi, Koppala, Raichuru, Vijayanagara and Yadgir Madhya Pradesh 10 Bhopal division Bhopal Bhopal, Raisen, Rajgarh, Sehore and Vidisha Indore division Indore Alirajpur, Barwani, Burhanpur, Indore, Dhar, Jhabua, Khandwa and Khargone Gwalior division Gwalior Gwalior, Ashoknagar, Shivpuri, Datia and Guna Jabalpur division Jabalpur Balaghat, Chhindwara, Jabalpur, Katni, Mandla, Narsinghpur, Seoni and Dindori Rewa division Rewa Rewa, Satna, Sidhi and Singrauli Sagar division Sagar Chhatarpur, Damoh, Panna, Sagar, Tikamgarh and Niwari Shahdol division Shahdol Anuppur, Shahdol and Umaria Ujjain division Ujjain Agar, Ujjain, Dewas, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam and Shajapur Chambal division Morena Morena, Sheopur and Bhind Narmadapuram division Narmadapuram Betul, Harda and Narmadapuram Maharashtra6 Amravati division Amravati Akola, Amravati, Buldana, Yavatmal and Washim Aurangabad division Aurangabad Aurangabad Beed, Jalna, Osmanabad, Nanded, Latur, Parbhani and Hingoli Konkan division Thane Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg Nagpur division Nagpur Bhandara, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Nagpur and Wardha Nashik division Nashik Ahmednagar, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nandurbar and Nashik Pune division Pune Kolhapur, Pune, Sangli, Satara and Solapur Meghalaya3 Garo Hills Tura South West Garo Hills, West Garo Hills, North Garo Hills, East Garo Hills and South Garo Hills Khasi Hills Shillong West Khasi Hills, South West Khasi Hills, Ri-Bhoi, East Khasi Hills, Eastern West Khasi HillsJaintia Hills JowaiWest Jaintia Hills and East Jaintia Hills Nagaland 1 Nagaland Kohima Chümoukedima, Dimapur, Kiphire, Kohima, Longleng, Mokokchung, Mon, Niuland, Noklak, Peren, Phek, Shamator, Tuensang, Tseminyü, Wokha and Zünheboto Odisha3 Central Cuttack Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Khordha, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh and Puri Northern Sambalpur Angul, Balangir, Bargarh, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Kendujhar, Sambalpur, Subarnapur and Sundargarh Southern Berhampur Boudh, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Rayagada Punjab5 Patiala PatialaPatiala, Sangrur, Malerkotla, Barnala, Fatehgarh Sahib and Ludhiana Faridkot Faridkot Faridkot, Bathinda and Mansa Firozepur Firozepur Firozepur, Moga, Shri Muktsar Sahib and Fazilka Jalandhar Jalandhar Jalandhar, Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur Ropar Rup Nagar Rup Nagar, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar Rajasthan7 Jaipur division Jaipur Jaipur, Alwar, Jhunjhunu, Sikar and Dausa Jodhpur division Jodhpur Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jodhpur, Pali and Sirohi Ajmer division Ajmer Ajmer, Bhilwara, Nagaur and Tonk Udaipur division Udaipur Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Dungarpur and Rajsamand Bikaner division Bikaner Bikaner, Churu, Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh Kota division Kota Baran, Bundi, Jhalawar and Kota Bharatpur division Bharatpur Bharatpur, Dholpur, Karauli, Sawai and Madhopur Uttar Pradesh18 Agra division Agra Agra, Firozabad, Mainpuri and Mathura Aligarh division Aligarh Aligarh, Etah, Hathras and Kasganj Prayagraj division PrayagrajPrayagraj, Fatehpur, Kaushambi and Pratapgarh Azamgarh division Azamgarh Azamgarh, Ballia and Mau Bareilly division Bareilly Badaun, Bareilly, Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur Basti division Basti Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar and Siddharthnagar Chitrakoot division Chitrakoot Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur and Mahoba Devipatan division Gonda Bahraich, Balarampur, Gonda and Shravasti Ayodhya division AyodhyaAmbedkar Nagar, Barabanki, Ayodhya, Sultanpur and Amethi Gorakhpur division Gorakhpur Deoria, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar and Maharajganj Jhansi division Jhansi Jalaun, Jhansi and Lalitpur Kanpur division Kanpur Nagar Auraiya, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Kanpur Dehat and Kanpur Nagar Lucknow division Lucknow Hardoi, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lucknow, Raebareli, Sitapur and Unnao Meerut division Meerut Baghpat, Bulandshahar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Meerut and Hapur Mirzapur division Mirzapur Mirzapur, Sant Ravidas Nagar and Sonbhadra Moradabad division Moradabad Bijnor, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur and Sambhal Saharanpur division Saharanpur Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur and Shamli Varanasi division Varanasi Chandauli, Ghazipur, Jaunpur and Varanasi Uttarakhand2 Kumaon division Nainital Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Nainital, Pithoragarh and Udham Singh Nagar Garhwal division Pauri Chamoli, Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri Garhwal, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal and Uttarkashi West Bengal5 Presidency division Kolkata Howrah, Kolkata, Nadia, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas Medinipur division Medinipur Bankura, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur and Purulia Malda division Malda Dakshin Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad and Uttar Dinajpur Burdwan division Hooghly Birbhum, Hooghly, Paschim Bardhaman and Purba Bardhaman Jalpaiguri division Jalpaiguri Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Kalimpong 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 Jammu and Kashmir2 Jammu Division Jammu Jammu, Doda, Kathua, Kishtwar, Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban, Reasi, Samba and Udhampur Kashmir Division Srinagar Srinagar, Anantnag, Bandipora, Baramulla, Budgam, Ganderbal, Kulgam, Kupwara, Pulwama and ShopianLadakh 1Ladakh Division Leh Kargil and Leh
Exception The states and union territories in India that do not have divisions and thus do not have divisional commissioners are as follows:
Kerala Goa Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh Telangana Gujarat Manipur Mizoram Sikkim Lakshadweep (Union Territory) Chandigarh (Union Territory) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Union Territory)