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India : Districts - 766


India had 640 Districts in 2011, which have now increased to 766 at the end of 2025. All Cities & Villages are part of these Districts. Each of these 766 Districts has its respective District Capital. Delhi, the capital city of the country, is a U.T. Also, noteworthy - Bhubaneshwar (capital of Odisha state, is not the District capital of Khordha district) & Amaravathi (capital of Andhra Pradesh, is not the District capital of Guntur district).

We have categorized all the 766 Districts on the basis of their most spoken language and its associated script (out of 13 primary scripts). Do note that only 520 State/District Capitals of them (out of 768) in India have a population base of 30,000 or more literate netizens in a single language (script).

Scripts (# Languages)
# State / UT Name # Districts (Cen '11) # Districts (2026) Assamese (6) Bengali (6) Devanagari (28) Gujarati (1) Gurmukhi (2) Kannada (3) Latin (46) Malayalam (1) Marathi (1) Odia (10) Tamil (1) Telugu (3) Perso-Arabic (5) Other Scripts (8) # District & State Capitals Cap. >30K Lit. Netizens
1 Andhra Pradesh 23 26 - - - - - - - - - - - 26 - - 27 26/27
2 Arunachal Pradesh 16 26 - 8 10 - - - 7 - - - - - - 1 26 1/26
3 Assam 27 35 24 8 1 - - - 2 - - - - - - - 35 14/35
4 Bihar 38 38 - - 38 - - - - - - - - - - - 38 36/38
5 Chhattisgarh 18 33 - - 33 - - - - - - - - - - - 33 16/33
6 Goa 2 2 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 2 0/2
7 Gujarat 26 33 - - - 33 - - - - - - - - - - 33 28/33
8 Haryana 21 22 - - 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 22 21/22
9 Himachal Pradesh 12 12 - - 10 1 1 - - - - - - - - - 12 4/12
10 Jharkhand 24 24 - 2 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 24 16/24
11 Karnataka 30 31 - - - - - 30 - - - - 1 - - - 31 27/31
12 Kerala 14 14 - - - - - - - 14 - - - - - - 14 12/14
13 Madhya Pradesh 50 52 - - 51 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 52 45/52
14 Maharashtra 35 36 - - 1 - - - - - 35 - - - - - 36 32/36
15 Manipur 9 16 12 - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - 16 2/16
16 Meghalaya 7 12 4 - - - - - 8 - - - - - - - 12 3/12
17 Mizoram 8 11 - - - - - - 11 - - - - - - - 11 1/11
18 Nagaland 11 16 - - 1 - - - 15 - - - - - - - 16 5/16
19 Odisha 30 30 - - - - - - - - - 30 - - - - 31 16/31
20 Punjab 20 23 - - - - 23 - - - - - - - - - 23 22/23
21 Rajasthan 33 33 - - 33 - - - - - - - - - - - 33 30/33
22 Sikkim 4 6 - - 6 - - - - - - - - - - - 6 1/6
23 Tamil Nadu 32 38 - - - - - - - - - - 38 - - - 38 35/38
24 Telangana - 33 - - - - - - - - - - - 33 - - 33 23/33
25 Tripura 4 8 - 7 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 8 3/8
26 Uttarakhand 13 13 - - 13 - - - - - - - - - - - 13 59/13
27 Uttar Pradesh 71 75 - - 74 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 75 4/75
28 West Bengal 19 23 - 21 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 23 22/23
29 UT - Andaman and Nicobar Islands 3 3 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 3 1/3
30 UT - Chandigarh 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1/1
31 UT - Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 3 3 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - 3 2/3
32 UT - Jammu & Kashmir 22 20 - - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 20 7/20
33 UT - Ladakh - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 0/2
34 UT - Lakshadweep 1 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1 0/1
35 UT - NCT of Delhi 9 11 - - 11 - - - - - - - - - - - 11 1/11
36 UT - Puducherry 4 4 - - - - - - - 1 - - 2 1 - - 4 4/4
INDIA TOTAL 640 766 40 46 357 35 24 30 47 16 35 30 41 60 2 3 768 520/768

Notes:

1. Source : Census 2011 (Language Data – C-16, 2018)

2. 22 Official Languages are written in 13 Scripts.

3. Of the 121 Indian Languages with more than 10,000 speakers (Census 2011), there are 13 primary scripts. Also there are 9 other minor scripts (totaling to approx. ~6.69% of Indian Population). It is noteworthy that Konkani is a multiscript language (3) and Gondhi does not have a script.