Administrative divisions of Uttar Pradesh

Divisions in Uttar Pradesh

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Administrative Divisions of Uttar Pradesh.

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.[1] The following table shows the name of each division, its administrative capital city, its constituent districts, and a map of its location.

## Current divisions

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Currently 75 districts are divided into 18 divisions.

Divisions | Formed | Headquarters | Districts | Map

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Agra division | Pre-Independence  | Agra |

* Agra
* Firozabad
* Mathura
* Mainpuri

Aligarh division | 17 April 2008 (Separated From Agra division)  | Aligarh |

* Aligarh
* Etah
* Hathras
* Kasganj

Ayodhya division | Pre-Independence  | Ayodhya |

* Ambedkar Nagar
* Amethi
* Ayodhya
* Barabanki
* Sultanpur

Azamgarh division | 15 November 1994 (Separated from Gorakhpur and Varanasi divisions) | Azamgarh |

* Azamgarh
* Ballia
* Mau

Bareilly division | Pre-Independence  | Bareilly |

* Badaun
* Bareilly
* Pilibhit
* Shahjahanpur

Basti division | 14 June 1997 (Separated from Gorakhpur division) | Basti |

* Basti
* Sant Kabir Nagar
* Siddharthnagar

Chitrakootdham division | 21 November 1997 (Separated from Jhansi division) | Banda |

* Banda
* Chitrakoot
* Hamirpur
* Mahoba

Devipatan division | 21 November 1997 (Separated from Ayodhya division) | Gonda |

* Bahraich
* Balarampur
* Gonda
* Shravasti

Gorakhpur division | Pre-Independence  | Gorakhpur |

* Deoria
* Gorakhpur
* Kushinagar
* Maharajganj

Jhansi division | Pre-Independence  | Jhansi |

* Jalaun
* Jhansi
* Lalitpur

Kanpur division | 15 August 1988 (Separated from Allahabad division) | Kanpur |

* Auraiya
* Etawah
* Farrukhabad
* Kannauj
* Kanpur Dehat
* Kanpur Nagar

Lucknow division | Pre-Independence  | Lucknow |

* Hardoi
* Lakhimpur Kheri
* Lucknow
* Raebareli
* Sitapur
* Unnao

Meerut division | Pre-Independence  | Meerut |

* Baghpat
* Bulandshahar
* Gautam Buddha Nagar
* Ghaziabad
* Hapur
* Meerut

Moradabad division | 14 September 1980 (Separated from Bareilly Division) | Moradabad |

* Amroha
* Bijnor
* Moradabad
* Rampur
* Sambhal

Prayagraj division | Pre-Independence  | Prayagraj |

* Fatehpur
* Kaushambi
* Pratapgarh
* Prayagraj

Saharanpur division | 21 November 1997 (Separated from Meerut Division) | Saharanpur |

* Muzaffarnagar
* Saharanpur
* Shamli

Varanasi division | Pre-Independence  | Varanasi |

* Chandauli
* Ghazipur
* Jaunpur
* Varanasi

Vindhyachal division | 14 June 1997 (Separated from Varanasi division) | Mirzapur |

* Mirzapur
* Sant Ravidas Nagar
* Sonbhadra

## Original Divisions with their original districts during Independence

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During the formation of State of Uttar Pradesh, it consisted of 49 districts divided into 10 divisions.

Divisions | Headquarters | Districts

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2nd or Agra division | Agra |

* Agra
* Aligarh
* Etah
* Mathura
* Mainpuri

10th or Ayodhya division (Faizabad division)  | Faizabad |

* Faizabad
* Bahraich
* Barabanki
* Gonda
* Pratapgarh
* Sultanpur

3rd or Bareilly division (Rohilkhand division)  | Bareilly |

* Badaun
* Bareilly
* Bijnor
* Moradabad
* Pilibhit
* Shahjahanpur

7th or Gorakhpur division | Gorakhpur |

* Azamgarh
* Basti
* Deoria
* Gorakhpur

5th or Jhansi division | Jhansi |

* Banda
* Hamirpur
* Jalaun
* Jhansi

9th or Lucknow division | Lucknow |

* Hardoi
* Lakhimpur Kheri
* Lucknow
* Raebareli
* Sitapur
* Unnao

8th or Kumaon division | Nainital |

* Nainital
* Almora
* Garhwal

1st or Meerut division | Meerut |

* Bulandshahar
* Dehra Dun
* Meerut
* Muzaffarnagar
* Saharanpur

4th or Prayagraj division (Allahabad division)  | Allahabad |

* Etawah
* Farrukhabad
* Fatehpur
* Cawnpore
* Allahabad

6th 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

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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

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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 Officer
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
Prisons  | Director 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

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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.[2] The opposition alleged favouritism for these two divisions as they are located in Chief Minister’s and Prime Minister’s constituencies.

## See also

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* Districts of Uttar Pradesh
* List of RTO districts in Uttar Pradesh

## References

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1. ^ "Divisions and Districts of Uttar Pradesh". 23 July 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
2. ^ "UP CM reviews progress of proposed integrated divisional office complexes project in Varanasi, Gorakhpur". 18 May 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

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Agra division|

* Agra
* Firozabad
* Mainpuri
* Mathura

Aligarh division|

* Aligarh
* Etah
* Hathras
* Kasganj

Ayodhya division|

* Ambedkar Nagar
* Amethi
* Ayodhya
* Barabanki
* Sultanpur

Azamgarh division|

* Azamgarh
* Ballia
* Mau

Bareilly division|

* Bareilly
* Budaun
* Pilibhit
* Shahjahanpur

Basti division|

* Basti
* Sant Kabir Nagar
* Siddharthnagar

Chitrakoot division|

* Banda
* Chitrakoot
* Hamirpur
* Mahoba

Devipatan division|

* Bahraich
* Balrampur
* Gonda
* Shravasti

Gorakhpur division|

* Deoria
* Gorakhpur
* Kushinagar
* Maharajganj

Jhansi division|

* Jalaun
* Jhansi
* Lalitpur

Kanpur division|

* Auraiya
* Etawah
* Farrukhabad
* Kannauj
* Kanpur Nagar
* Kanpur Dehat

Lucknow division|

* Hardoi
* Lakhimpur Kheri
* Lucknow
* Raebareli
* Sitapur
* Unnao

Meerut division|

* Bagpat
* Bulandshahr
* Gautam Buddh Nagar
* Ghaziabad
* Hapur
* Meerut

Mirzapur division|

* Mirzapur
* Sant Ravidas Nagar
* Sonbhadra

Moradabad division|

* Amroha
* Bijnor
* Moradabad
* Rampur
* Sambhal

Prayagraj division|

* Fatehpur
* Kaushambi
* Pratapgarh
* Prayagraj

Saharanpur division|

* Muzaffarnagar
* Saharanpur
* Shamli

Varanasi division|

* Chandauli
* Ghazipur
* Jaunpur
* Varanasi

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Divisions|

* Agra
* Aligarh
* Ayodhya
* Azamgarh
* Bareilly
* Basti
* Chitrakoot
* Devipatan
* Gorakhpur
* Jhansi
* Kanpur
* Lucknow
* Meerut
* Mirzapur
* Moradabad
* Prayagraj
* Saharanpur
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* Agra
* Aligarh
* Ayodhya
* Ambedkar Nagar
* Amethi
* Amroha
* Auraiya
* Azamgarh
* Bagpat
* Bahraich
* Ballia
* Balrampur
* Banda
* Barabanki
* Bareilly
* Basti
* Bhadohi
* Bijnor
* Budaun
* Bulandshahr
* Chandauli
* Chitrakoot
* Devaria
* Etah
* Etawah
* Farrukhabad
* Fatehpur
* Firozabad
* Gautam Buddha Nagar
* Ghaziabad
* Ghazipur
* Gonda
* Gorakhpur
* Hamirpur
* Hardoi
* Hathras
* Jalaun
* Jaunpur
* Jhansi
* Kannauj
* Kanpur Dehat
* Kanpur Nagar
* Kasganj
* Kaushambi
* Kushinagar
* Lakhimpur Kheri
* Lalitpur
* Lucknow
* Maharajganj
* Mahoba
* Mainpuri
* Mathura
* Mau
* Meerut
* Mirzapur
* Moradabad
* Muzaffarnagar
* Pilibhit
* Pratapgarh
* Prayagraj
* Raebareli
* Rampur
* Saharanpur
* Sambhal
* Sant Kabir Nagar
* Shahjahanpur
* Shamli
* Shravasti
* Siddharthnagar
* Sitapur
* Sonbhadra
* Sultanpur
* Unnao
* Varanasi

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* Agra
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* Bareilly
* Ghaziabad
* Gorakhpur
* Jhansi
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* Lucknow
* Mathura
* Meerut
* Moradabad
* Noida
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* Saharanpur
* Vrindavan
* Varanasi

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