States

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Regions, States and Union Territories of India

General info

geographical division

From geographical point of view, India is divided into 6 Zonal Councils.

Zonal Council (Source)	States/UT
Northern Zonal Council	Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and the Union Territory of Chandigarh From MHA: The Northern Zonal Council, comprising the States of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Union Territory of Chandigarh;
North-Central Zonal Council	Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and National Capital Territory of Delhi From MHA: The Central Zonal Council, comprising the States of Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh;
North-Eastern Zonal Council	Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura;Sikkim From MHA: The North Eastern States i.e. (i) Assam (ii) Arunachal Pradesh (iii) Manipur (iv) Tripura (v) Mizoram (vi) Meghalaya and (vii) Nagaland are not included in the Zonal Councils and their special problems are looked after by the North Eastern Council, set up under the North Eastern Council Act, 1972. Also including the State of Sikkim
Eastern Zonal Council	Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, ]], West Bengal and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands From MHA: The Eastern Zonal Council, comprising the States of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Sikkim and West Bengal;
Western Zonal Council	Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu From MHA: The Western Zonal Council, comprising the States of Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra and the Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Southern Zonal Council	Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and the Union Territories Lakshadweep and Puducherry From MHA: The Southern Zonal Council, comprising the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry.

administrative division

The administrative division of India consist of 29 States and 7 Union Territories. These are listed in the State field in WME. Each State or Union Territory is divided into smaller administrative areas, called “Districts”. These in turn are further divided into "sub-districts".

The table shows how the sub-districts are referred to in the various states. If the state has a link, you will find more state specific info in that link:

State/Union Territory	Sub-district
Andhra-Pradesh Telangana	Mandala
Arunachal Pradesh Assam	Circle
Bihar Jharkhand Meghalaya Mizoram Tripura West Bengal	C.D. Block
Chhattisgarh Haryana Himachal Pradesh* Jammu and Kashmir Madhya Pradesh Punjab Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand	Tehsil
Goa Gujarat Karnataka Kerala* Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu	Taluka
Manipur	Sub-Division
Puducherry	Commune Panchayat
Lakshadweep	Sub-Division
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Delhi	Tehsil

Tamil Nadu

In the table below are the cities, sub-districts (Taluka) and districts of Tamil Nadu, sorted on city name.

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