Districts of British India

The Districts of British India were administrative units of the Government of the British Raj or Indian Empire. Districts were generally subdivisions of the provinces and divisions of British India

History
Districts, often known as zillas in vernacular, were established as subdivisions of the provinces and divisions of British India that were under Bengal Presidency. Then it was established as subdivisions the most Provinces of British India

Most of the districts that were created during the British Raj became Districts of India after the independence of India and some Districts were joining Pakistan.

Historical districts
The following list includes only districts of British India that were active during the partition of India in 1947

Districts

 * Darrang District
 * Goalpara District
 * Kamrup District
 * Lakhimpur District
 * Nowgong District
 * Sibsagar District

Frontier Tracts

 * Balipara Frontier Tract
 * Sadiya Frontier Tract

Hill's Districts

 * Garo Hills District
 * Khasi and Jaintia Hills District
 * Lushai Hills District
 * Naga Hills District
 * Naga tribal areas

Plain Districts

 * Cachar District
 * Sylhet District

Districts in the Baluchistan Province

 * Bolan District
 * Chagai District
 * Loralai District
 * Quetta-Pishin District
 * Sibi District (including Marri-Bugti County)
 * Zhob District

Burdwan Division (Chuchura)

 * Bankura District
 * Birbhum District
 * Burdwan District
 * Howrah District
 * Hooghly District'
 * Midnapore District

Chittagong Division

 * Chittagong District
 * Chittagong Hill's District
 * Noakhali District
 * Tipperah District

Dacca Division

 * Bakerganj District
 * Dacca District
 * Faridpur District
 * Mymensingh District

Presidency Division ((Calcutta)

 * Calcutta District
 * Jessore District
 * Khulna District
 * Murshidabad District
 * Nadia District
 * 24 Paraganas District

Rajshahi Division (Jalpaiguri)

 * Bogra District
 * Dinajpur District
 * Darjeeling District
 * Jalpaiguri District
 * Malda District
 * Rajshahi District
 * Rangpur District
 * Pabna District

Bhagalpur Division

 * Bhagalpur District
 * Munger District
 * Purnia District
 * Santhal Pargana District

Chota Nagpur Division (Ranchi)

 * Hazaribagh District
 * Manbhum District
 * Palamau District
 * Ranchi District
 * Singhbhum District

Patna Division

 * Gaya District
 * Patna district
 * Shahabad District

Tirhut Division (Muzaffarpur)

 * Champaran District
 * Darbhanga District
 * Muzaffarpur District
 * Saran District

Districts in the Bombay Presidency

 * Ahmedabad District
 * Ahmednagar District
 * Belguam District
 * Bharuch District
 * Bijapur District
 * Bomby City District
 * Bomby Suburban District
 * Colaba District
 * Dharwar District
 * East Khandesh District
 * Khira District
 * Nasik District
 * North Kanara District
 * Panchmahal District
 * Poona District
 * Ratnagiri District
 * Satara District
 * Sholapur District
 * Surat District
 * Thana District
 * West Khandesh District

Berar Division (Amraoti)

 * Akola District
 * Amraoti District
 * Buldana District
 * Yetmal District

Chhattisgarh Division (Raipur)

 * Balaghat District
 * Bhandara District
 * Bilaspur District
 * Durg District
 * Raipur District

Jubbulpore Division

 * Hoshangabad District
 * Jubbulpore District
 * Mandla District
 * Nimar District
 * Saugor District

Nagpur Division

 * Betul District
 * Chanda District
 * Chhindwara District
 * Nagpur District
 * Wardha District

Districts

 * Jammu District
 * Kathua District
 * Mirpur District
 * Reasi District
 * Udhampur District

Jaigirs

 * Chenani
 * Poonch

Kashmir Province

 * Anantnag District
 * Baramula District
 * Muzaffarabad District

Districts

 * Astore District
 * Gilgit District
 * Ladakh District

Agency

 * Gilgit Agency

Aurangabad division

 * Aurangabad District
 * Bir District
 * Nander District
 * Parabhani District

Gulbarga Division

 * Bidar District
 * Gulbarga District
 * Osmanabad District
 * Raichur District

Gulshanabad Division (Medak)

 * Atraf-i-Baldah District
 * Mahbubnagar District
 * Medak District
 * Nalgonda District
 * Nizamabad District

Warangal Division

 * Adilabad District
 * Karimnagar District
 * Warangal District

Districts in the Madras Presidency

 * Anantapur District
 * Bellary District
 * Chingleput District
 * Chittoor District
 * Coimbatore District (Madras Presidency)
 * Cuddapah District
 * East Godavari District
 * Guntur District
 * Krishna District
 * Kurnool District
 * Madura District (Madras Presidency)
 * Malabar District
 * Nellore District
 * North Arcot District
 * Rannad District
 * Salem District
 * South Arcot District
 * South Canara District
 * Tanjore District
 * Tinnevely District
 * Trichinopoly District
 * Vizagapatam District
 * West Godavari District

District in the Mysore State

 * Bangalore District
 * Chitaldrug District
 * Hassan District
 * Kadur District
 * Kolar District
 * Mandya District
 * Mysore District
 * Shimoga District
 * Tumkur District

Districts of North-West Frontier Province

 * Bannu District
 * Dera Ismail Khan District
 * Hazara District
 * Kohat District
 * Mardan District
 * Peshawar District

Districts of Orissa Province

 * Balasore District
 * Cuttack District
 * Ganjam District
 * Koraput District
 * Puri District
 * Sambalpur District

Ambala Division

 * Ambala District
 * Gurgaon District
 * Hissar District
 * Karnal District
 * Rohtak District
 * Simla District

Jullundur Division

 * Ferozpore District
 * Hoshiarpur District
 * Jullundur District
 * Kangra District
 * Ludhiana District

Lahore Division

 * Amritsar District
 * Gujranwala District
 * Gurdaspur District
 * Lahore District
 * Shekhupura District
 * Sialkot District

Multan Division

 * Dera Ghazi Khan District
 * Jhang District
 * Lyallpur District
 * Montgomery District
 * Multan District
 * Muzaffargarh District

Rawalpindi Division

 * Attock District
 * Gujrat District
 * Jhelum District
 * Mianwali District
 * Rawalpindi District
 * Shahpur District

Districts of Sind Province

 * Dadu District
 * Hyderabad District
 * Karachi District
 * Larkana District
 * Nawabshah District
 * Sukkur District
 * Thar Parkar District
 * Upper Sindh Frontier District

Agra Division

 * Agra District
 * Aligarh District
 * Etah District
 * Mainpuri District
 * Muttra District

Allahabad Division

 * Allahabad District
 * Cownpore District
 * Etawah District
 * Fatehpur District
 * Farrukhabad District

Benares Division

 * Ballia District
 * Benares District
 * Gazipur District
 * Jaunpur District
 * Mirzapur District

Faizabad Division

 * Bahraich District
 * Bara Banki District
 * Faizabad District
 * Gonda District
 * Pratapgarh District
 * Sultanpur District

Gorakhpur Division

 * Azamgarh District
 * Basti District
 * Deoria District
 * Gorakhpur District

Jhansi Division

 * Banda District
 * Hamirpur District
 * Jalaun District
 * Jhansi District

Kumaon Division (Nainital)

 * Almora District
 * Garhwal District
 * Nainital District

Lucknow Division

 * Hardoi District
 * Kheri District
 * Lucknow District
 * Rae Bareli District
 * Sitapur District
 * Unao District

Meerut Division

 * Bulandshahr District
 * Dehra Dun District
 * Meerut District
 * Muzaffarnagar District
 * Saharanpur District

Rohilkhand Division (Bareilly)

 * Bareilly District
 * Bijnaur District
 * Budaun District
 * Moradabad District
 * Pilibhit District
 * Shahjahanpur District

Other districts

 * Ajmer District (the only District of Ajmer-Merwara Province)
 * Coorg District (the only District of Coorg Province)

Former Districts

 * Bassein District
 * Bhilsa District
 * Chanderi District
 * Delhi District
 * Ellichpur District
 * Isagarh District
 * Jungle Mahals
 * Jungle Terry
 * Khandesh district
 * Merwara District
 * Muhamdi District
 * Neemuch District
 * North Bareilly District
 * Sironj District
 * Thal-Chotiali
 * Wun District