A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a district magistrate or a deputy commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officials belonging to different wings of the administrative services of the state.
A superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues.
Historyedit
At the time of formation, Jharkhand state had 18 districts. Later, six more districts were carved out by reorganizing these districts. The 23rd and 24th districts- Khunti and Ramgarh (carved out of erstwhile Ranchi and Hazaribagh District respectively) were made a district on 12 September 2007.
Administrative Divisions and Districtedit
There are 24 districts of Jharkhand, which are grouped in to 5 divisions. These divisions are:
^"Districts of Jharkhand". Government of Jharkhand Portal.
^ abPrimary Census Abstract Data Tables (India & States/UTs - District Level)
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Districts of Jharkhand.
Jharkhand travel guide from Wikivoyage
Travel guide to Jharkhand's districts
January 01, 1970
list, districts, jharkhand, jharkhand, state, india, twenty, four, administrative, districts, districts, jharkhand, contents, administration, history, administrative, divisions, district, also, notes, references, external, linksadministration, edita, district,. Jharkhand a state of India has twenty four administrative districts 1 Districts of Jharkhand Contents 1 Administration 2 History 3 Administrative Divisions and District 4 See also 5 Notes and references 6 External linksAdministration editA district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit headed by a district magistrate or a deputy commissioner an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officials belonging to different wings of the administrative services of the state A superintendent of Police an officer belonging to Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues History editAt the time of formation Jharkhand state had 18 districts Later six more districts were carved out by reorganizing these districts The 23rd and 24th districts Khunti and Ramgarh carved out of erstwhile Ranchi and Hazaribagh District respectively were made a district on 12 September 2007 Administrative Divisions and District editThere are 24 districts of Jharkhand which are grouped in to 5 divisions These divisions are Palamu division 3 Districts Palamu Garhwa Latehar Headquarters Medininagar North Chotanagpur division 7 Districts Chatra Hazaribagh Koderma Giridih Ramgarh Bokaro Dhanbad Headquarters Hazaribagh South Chotanagpur division 5 Districts Lohardaga Gumla Simdega Ranchi Khunti Headquarters Ranchi Kolhan division 3 Districts West Singhbhum Saraikela Kharsawan East Singhbhum Headquarters Chaibasa Santhal Pargana division 6 Districts Jamtara Deoghar Dumka Pakur Godda Sahebganj Headquarters Dumka Below is the list of districts SI No Code District Headquarters Area 2 km2 Population 2 2011 Population Density km2 Map 1 BO Bokaro Bokaro Steel City 2 883 2 062 330 715 nbsp 2 CH Chatra Chatra 3 718 1 042 886 280 nbsp 3 DE Deoghar Deoghar 2 477 1 492 073 602 nbsp 4 DH Dhanbad Dhanbad 2 040 2 684 487 1316 nbsp 5 DU Dumka Dumka 3 761 1 321 442 351 nbsp 6 ES East Singhbhum Jamshedpur 3 562 2 293 919 644 nbsp 7 GA Garhwa Garhwa 4 093 1 322 784 323 nbsp 8 GI Giridih Giridih 4 962 2 445 474 493 nbsp 9 GO Godda Godda 2 266 1 313 551 580 nbsp 10 GU Gumla Gumla 5 360 1 025 213 191 nbsp 11 HA Hazaribagh Hazaribagh 3 555 1 734 495 488 nbsp 12 Jamtara Jamtara 1 811 791 042 437 nbsp 13 Khunti Khunti 2 535 531 885 210 nbsp 14 KO Kodarma Kodarma 2 540 716 259 282 nbsp 15 Latehar Latehar 4 291 726 978 169 nbsp 16 LO Lohardaga Lohardaga 1 502 461 790 307 nbsp 17 PK Pakur Pakur 1 811 900 422 497 nbsp 18 PL Palamu Medininagar 4 393 1 939 869 442 nbsp 19 Ramgarh Ramgarh Cantonment 1 341 949 443 708 nbsp 20 RA Ranchi Ranchi 5 097 2 914 253 572 nbsp 21 SA Sahibganj Sahibganj 2 063 1 150 567 558 nbsp 22 Saraikela Kharsawan Saraikela 2 657 1 065 056 401 nbsp 23 Simdega Simdega 3 774 599 578 159 nbsp 24 WS West Singhbhum Chaibasa 7 224 1 502 338 208 nbsp See also edit nbsp India portal Administrative divisions of Jharkhand JharkhandNotes and references edit Districts of Jharkhand Government of Jharkhand Portal a b Primary Census Abstract Data Tables India amp States UTs District Level External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Districts of Jharkhand nbsp Jharkhand travel guide from Wikivoyage Travel guide to Jharkhand s districts Jharkhand State Government Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of districts of Jharkhand amp oldid 1195671395, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
