Districts of Haryana

Haryana is a state in the north India. On 1st November 1966, it emerged as a separate state with 7 districts, as per the partition plan of the then East Punjab. Later on 14 more districts were added by reorganizing the erstwhile districts. A district of Haryana is headed by a Deputy Commissioner or District Magistrate, who belongs to the Indian Administrative Service. He is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Haryana Civil Service and other state services.

Haryana is divided into four divisions for administrative purposes; they are Ambala, Gurgaon, Hisar and Rohtak. Within these divisions there are 22 districts, 47 sub-divisions, 67 tehsils, 45 sub-tehsils and 116 blocks. There are total 81 cities and towns in Haryana and 6,759 villages. Below are the 22 Districts of Haryana state.

List of Districts in Haryana

Sr. No.	District	District HQ	Population (2011)	Growth	Sex Ratio	Literacy	Area (km2)	Density (/km2)
1	Ambala	Ambala	1128350	11.23%	885	81.75	1569	722
2	Bhiwani	Bhiwani	1634445	14.70%	886	75.21	5140	341
3	Faridabad	Faridabad	1809733	32.54%	873	81.7	783	2298
4	Fatehabad	Fatehabad	942011	16.85%	902	67.92	2538	371
5	Gurgaon	Gurgaon	1514432	73.96%	854	84.7	2760	1241
6	Hisar	Hissar	1743931	13.45%	872	72.89	3788	438
7	Jhajjar	Jhajjar	958405	8.90%	862	80.65	1868	522
8	Jind	Jind	1334152	12.13%	871	71.44	2702	493
9	Kaithal	Karnal	1074304	13.55%	881	69.15	2471	598
10	Karnal	Kaithal	1505324	18.14%	887	74.73	2799	467
11	Kurukshetra	Kurukshetra	964655	16.86%	888	76.31	1530	630
12	Mahendragarh	Narnaul	922088	13.48%	895	77.72	1900	485
13	Mewat	Nuh	1089263	37.93%	907	54.08	1765	729
14	Palwal	Palwal	1042708	25.76%	880	69.32	1367	761
15	Panchkula	Panchkula	561293	19.83%	873	81.88	816	622
16	Panipat	Panipat	1205437	24.60%	864	75.94	1250	949
17	Rewari	Rewari	900332	17.64%	898	80.99	1559	562
18	Rohtak	Rohtak	1061204	12.88%	867	80.22	1668	607
19	Sirsa	Sirsa	1295189	15.99%	897	68.82	4276	303
20	Sonipat	Sonipat	1450001	13.35%	856	79.12	2260	697
21	Yamunanagar	Yamuna Nagar	1214205	16.57%	877	77.99	1756	687
22	Charkhi Dadri	N/A	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A	N/A

Last Updated on : January 08, 2025