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A district (Zilā) is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. Districts are further subdivided, in some cases into Sub-Divisions, and in others directly into tehsils or talukas. There is a total of 676 districts in India in 2014.[1]up from 640 in 2011 census and 593 in 2001.[2]
District officials include:
Each of these officials is aided by officers of the appropriate branches of state government.
Most districts have a distinct headquarters; Mumbai City district (MC) in Maharashtra (MH) is an example which, despite forming a district, does not have a clear headquarters, though it does have a District Collector.[3]
The majority of districts are named after their administrative center. Some are referred to by two names, a traditional one and one that uses the name of the town that is the headquarters. Since most of the districts are named after a town, the word "district" is appended to distinguish between the town and the district. Official websites very often use District with a capital D in this context.
The names of the 640 districts are mostly unique. There are some exceptions:
The following tables list the population details of various states. The columns include the hierarchical administrative subdivision codes,[5] the district name, district headquarters, 2011 census population,[6] area in square kilometres, and the population density per square kilometre.[6]