The northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which borders Nepal, comprises 18 administrative divisions. Within these 18 divisions, there are a total of 75 districts. The following table shows the name of each division, its administrative capital city, its constituent districts, and a map of its location.
These divisions and districts are primarily constituted for land revenue and general administration.Board of Revenue, Govt of Uttar Pradesh
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Current divisions Currently 75 districts are divided into 18 divisions. Divisions Formed Headquarters Districts MapAgra divisionPre-IndependenceAgra Agra Firozabad Mathura MainpuriAligarh division17 April 2008 (Separated From Agra division) Aligarh Aligarh Etah Hathras KasganjAyodhya divisionPre-Independence (Known as Faizabad division)Ayodhya Ambedkar Nagar Amethi Ayodhya Barabanki SultanpurAzamgarh division15 November 1994 (Separated from Gorakhpur and Varanasi divisions)Azamgarh Azamgarh Ballia MauBareilly divisionPre-Independence (Known as Rohilkhand division)Bareilly Badaun Bareilly Pilibhit ShahjahanpurBasti division14 June 1997 (Separated from Gorakhpur division)Basti Basti Sant Kabir Nagar SiddharthnagarChitrakoot division21 November 1997 (Separated from Jhansi division)Chitrakoot Banda Chitrakoot Hamirpur MahobaDevipatan division21 November 1997 (Separated from Ayodhya division)Gonda Bahraich Balarampur Gonda ShravastiGorakhpur divisionPre-IndependenceGorakhpur Deoria Gorakhpur Kushinagar MaharajganjJhansi divisionPre-IndependenceJhansi Jalaun Jhansi LalitpurKanpur division 15 August 1988 (Separated from Allahabad division)Kanpur Auraiya Etawah Farrukhabad Kannauj Kanpur Dehat Kanpur NagarLucknow divisionPre-IndependenceLucknow Hardoi Lakhimpur Kheri Lucknow Raebareli Sitapur UnnaoMeerut divisionPre-IndependenceMeerut Baghpat Bulandshahar Gautam Buddha Nagar Ghaziabad Hapur MeerutMoradabad division14 September 1980 (Separated from Bareilly Division)Moradabad Amroha Bijnor Moradabad Rampur SambhalPrayagraj divisionPre-Independence (Known as Allahabad division)Prayagraj Fatehpur Kaushambi Pratapgarh PrayagrajSaharanpur division21 November 1997 (Separated from Meerut Division)Saharanpur Muzaffarnagar Saharanpur ShamliVaranasi divisionPre-Independence (Known as Benaras division)Varanasi Chandauli Ghazipur Jaunpur VaranasiVindhyachal division14 June 1997 (Separated from Varanasi division)Mirzapur Bhadohi Mirzapur Sonbhadra
Original Divisions with their original districts during Independence During the formation of State of Uttar Pradesh, it consisted of 49 districts divided into 10 divisions. Divisions Headquarters Districts2nd or Agra divisionAgra Agra Aligarh Etah Mathura Mainpuri10th or Ayodhya division (Faizabad division)Faizabad Faizabad Bahraich Barabanki Gonda Pratapgarh Sultanpur3rd or Bareilly division (Rohilkhand division)Bareilly Badaun Bareilly Bijnor Moradabad Pilibhit Shahjahanpur7th or Gorakhpur divisionGorakhpur Azamgarh Basti Deoria Gorakhpur5th or Jhansi divisionJhansi Banda Hamirpur Jalaun Jhansi9th or Lucknow divisionLucknow Hardoi Lakhimpur Kheri Lucknow Raebareli Sitapur Unnao8th or Kumaon divisionNainital Nainital Almora Garhwal1st or Meerut divisionMeerut Bulandshahar Dehra Dun Meerut Muzaffarnagar Saharanpur4th or Prayagraj division (Allahabad division)Allahabad Etawah Farrukhabad Fatehpur Cawnpore Allahabad6th or Varanasi division (Benaras division)Benaras Ballia Ghazipur Jaunpur Mirzapur Benaras
There were three native principalities (Rampur State, Benaras State and Tehri Garhwal State) which existed outside the regular revenue administration which were later incorporated into it. Rampur State was made a district and was transferred to Rohilkhand division and later to newly formed Moradabad division. Benaras State was integrated with Varanasi district and Varanasi division. Tehri Garhwal State was carved into several hilly districts and a new Garhwal division was created in 1969 with Pauri district as its headquarters along with transferring of Dehradun district from Meerut division to Garhwal division. Pratapgarh district was transferred from Ayodhya division to Prayagraj division in 1988. Ballia district was transferred from Varanasi division when Azamgarh division was formed after separation from Gorakhpur division in 1994. When Uttarakhand got separated from Uttar Pradesh in 2000, Kumaon division and Garhwal division were incorporated into it along with newly formed Haridwar district which was transferred from Saharanpur division to Garhwal division.
Divisional Officers Almost every department in Uttar Pradesh Government has its divisional level officers who supervise, review and guide its district level officers. There are many important divisional level committees and meetings chaired by concerned Divisional Commissioner which take inter-departmental decisions such as divisional crime and law & order review meeting, divisional security committee, divisional level monitoring committee for development work, regional transport authority etc. Every divisional headquarter district has a state guest-house known as Circuit House.
Department State Level Officer Divisional Level Officer District Level Officer General Administration and Revenue Chief Secretary and Chairman of Board of Revenue Divisional Commissioner, Additional Divisional Commissioners District Magistrate, Additional District Magistrates Police Director General of Police Inspector General/Deputy Inspector General of Police (Range) Senior Superintendent/Superintendent of Police (Districts) Forestry Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Chief Conservator/Conservator of Forest (Territorial) Divisional Forest Officer Rural Development Rural Development Commissioner Joint Development Commissioner Chief Development Officer Panchayati Raj Director Panchayati Raj Deputy Director, Panchayati Raj District Panchayati Raj Officer Town and Country Planning Chief Planner (Town and Country) Associate Planner (Town and Country) Assistant Planner (Town and Country) Public Works Department Principal Engineer (Development) cum Engineer in Chief Chief Engineer, PWD Zone Superintendent/Executive Engineer, PWD Circle/Division Power Chairman, UPPCL Chief Engineer, Power Superintendent/Executive Engineer, Power Irrigation Engineer in Chief Chief/Superintendent Engineer, Irrigation Executive Engineer, Irrigation Health and Family Welfare Director General, Health and Family Welfare Additional Director, Health and Family Welfare Chief Medical Officer Social Welfare Director, Social Welfare Joint Director, Social Welfare District Social Welfare Officer Women and Child Welfare Director, Women and Child Welfare Deputy Director, Women and Child Welfare District Probation Officer Backward Class Welfare Director, Backward Class Welfare Deputy Director, Backward Class Welfare District Backward Class Welfare Officer Handicapped Welfare Director, Handicapped Welfare Deputy Director, Handicapped Welfare District Handicapped Welfare Officer Minority Welfare Director, Minority Welfare Deputy Director, Minority Welfare District Minority Welfare Officer Food and Civil Supplies Food and Civil Supplies Commissioner Regional Food Controller District Supply Officer Food and Drugs Administration Food and Drugs Administration Commissioner Assistant Commissioner, Food/Drugs Food Safety Officer/Drugs Inspector Transport Transport Commissioner Regional Transport Officer (Administration/Enforcement) Assistant Regional Transport Officer (Administration/Enforcement) Treasury Director, Treasury Additional/Joint Director, Treasury Chief/Senior Treasury Officer Economics and Statistics Director, Economics and Statistics Deputy Director, Economics and Statistics District Economical and Statistical Officer Labour Labour Commissioner Deputy Labour Commissioner District Labour Officer Employment Director, Employment Regional Employment Officer District Employment Officer Vocational Education Director, Vocational Education Joint Director, Vocational Education Deputy Director, Vocational Education Higher Education Director, Higher Education Regional Higher Education Officer Assistant Regional Higher Education Officer Secondary Education Director General, School Education Joint Director, Secondary Education District Inspector of Schools Basic Education Director General, School Education Assistant Director, Basic Education Basic Shiksha Adhikari Information Director, Information Deputy Director, Information District Information Officer Agriculture Director, Agriculture Joint Director, Agriculture District Agriculture Officer Cane and Sugar Industry Cane and Sugar Commissioner Joint/Deputy Commissioner, Cane District Cane Officer Dairy Development Dairy Commissioner Dairy Development Officer Deputy Dairy Development OfficerWild Animal Husbandry Director, Animal Husbandry Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry Chief Veterinary Officer Horticulture Director, Horticulture Joint Director, Horticulture District Horticulture Officer Sericulture Director, Sericulture Deputy Director, Sericulture Assistant Director, Sericulture Fisheries Director, Fisheries Deputy Director, Fisheries Assistant Director, Fisheries Handloom and Textile Commissioner, Handloom and Textile Deputy Commissioner, Handloom and Textile Assistant Commissioner, Handloom and Textile Industries Commissioner, Industries Joint Commissioner, Industries Deputy Commissioner, District Industrial Centre Mines and Geology Director, Mines Regional Mines Officer District Mines Officer Excise Excise Commissioner Joint Excise Commissioner District Excise Officer Commercial Tax Commissioner, Commercial Tax Additional Commissioner, Commercial Tax Joint Commissioner, Commercial Tax Stamps and Registration Inspector General, Stamps and Registration Deputy Inspector General, Stamps and Registration Assistant Inspector General, Stamps and Registration PrisonsDirector General/Inspector General, Prisons Deputy Inspector General, Prisons Senior Superintendent/Superintendent of Prison Prosecution Director, Prosecution Additional Director, Prosecution Joint Director, Prosection Home-guards Director General, Home-guards Divisional Commandant, Home-guards District Commandant, Home-guards Fire Service Director General, Fire Service Deputy Director Fire Service Chief Fire Officer Cooperative Commissioner and Registrar, Cooperative Deputy Commissioner and Registrar, Cooperative Assistant Commissioner and Registrar Tourism Director General, Tourism Regional Tourism Officer District Tourism Officer Sports Director General, Sports Regional Sports Officer District Sports Officer
Demand for integrated Divisional Office Complexes After the state government approved integrated divisional office complexes for Gorakhpur and Varanasi division which will have offices of all divisional officers under one roof. The opposition alleged favouritism for these two divisions as they are located in Chief Minister’s and Prime Minister’s constituencies.
See also Districts of Uttar Pradesh List of RTO districts in Uttar Pradesh
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