Rank |
India/State/UT |
No. of Districts in 2014 |
1 |
Uttar Pradesh |
71 |
2 |
Madhya Pradesh |
51 |
3 |
Bihar |
40 |
4 |
Maharashtra (The 36th district of Maharashtra, Palghar District was carved out from the old Thane district on 1 August 2014) |
36 |
5 |
Rajasthan |
33 |
6 |
Tamil Nadu |
32 |
7 |
Karnataka |
30 |
8 |
Odisha |
30 |
9 |
Assam |
27 |
10 |
Gujarat |
33 |
11 |
Jharkhand |
24 |
12 |
Andhra Pradesh |
13 |
13 |
Jammu and Kashmir |
22 |
14 |
Haryana |
21 |
15 |
Punjab |
22 |
16 |
West Bengal (The 20th district of West Bengal Alipurduar district was carved from Jalpaiguri district on 25 June 2014 ) |
20 |
17 |
Chhattisgarh |
27 |
18 |
Kerala |
14 |
19 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
17 |
20 |
Uttarakhand |
13 |
21 |
Himachal Pradesh |
12 |
22 |
Nagaland |
11 |
23 |
Delhi |
11 |
24 |
Manipur |
9 |
25 |
Mizoram |
8 |
26 |
Meghalaya |
11 |
27 |
Sikkim |
4 |
28 |
Tripura |
8 |
29 |
Puducherry |
4 |
30 |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
3 |
31 |
Goa |
2 |
32 |
Daman and Diu |
2 |
33 |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
1 |
34 |
Chandigarh |
1 |
35 |
Lakshadweep |
1 |
36 |
Telangana |
10 |
Total |
INDIA |
640 |