List of districts of India

A district ("zilā") is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. there are a total of 736 districts, up from the 640 in the 2011 Census of India and the 593 recorded in the 2001 Census of India.
Naming.
Most of the districts are named after their administrative centre. Some of them have two names, a traditional one and one that uses the name of the town that is the headquarters. Since most of the districts are named after a town, the word "district" is added to show the difference between the town and the district.