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From the Preface: Cartography has been an integral part of Census taking since 1872. Presently, the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India is the largest producer of Thematic Maps in the country. A large variety of maps are prepared by the organization. Pre-census mapping activity include Maps showing the administrative boundary of the State, District, Sub-District, Village, Town and Wards in Towns for proper coverage of the entire geographical area of the country. The post census mapping includes the preparation of thematic maps on Census data for various census publications i.e., Census Atlases and Districts Census Handbooks (DCHB). During each Census, the organization produces more than ten thousand administrative and thematic maps which are made available for the user agencies, planners, researchers, students and policy makers. Administrative Atlas of India and Atlas on each State, Language Atlas, Census Atlas, Historical Atlas, Map Profile of each State, Regional Divisions of India are some of the prominent decennial publications. The present publication, Administrative Atlas of India 2011 contains the present administrative set up in the country as existed on 31st December, 2010. There are 35 States/Union Territories in the country. No new State or Union Territory has been formed since 2001. However, there have been significant changes in the number of Districts since the last Census. 47 new Districts have been created during this decade taking the total number of Districts from 593 to 640. A map has been specially added to depict the newly created Districts during the period from Census 2001 to 2011. A list of newly created Districts and the Districts from where these Districts have been carved out is also given in the table. An added feature is that the name of the District and the Sub-District are written within the District and Sub-District boundary in the maps for instant view. A separate list is also given in the left side of the State map for better clarity. Out of the forty-seven newly created Districts in the country, majority of the Districts are in the State of Jammu and Kashmir (8) followed by Jharkhand (6), Madhya Pradesh (5), Assam (4), Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Nagaland (3 each). Two Districts each are created in State of Haryana, Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh. The States where only one District is created are Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Bihar. The present Volume also contains fifteen maps showing the administrative divisions of India as existed from 1872 to 2011. The first map in the series depicts the administrative boundaries that existed at the time of the 1872 census. The other maps in the series portray the boundaries in the respective Censuses. An attempt has been made to show the changes in the administrative boundaries during each decade separately beginning from the Census of 1951. Besides the maps of the respective decades, the names of administrative units from 1872 to 2011 are also presented. The task of preparing the Administrative Atlas of India 2011 was entrusted to the Map Division under the guidance of Shri R.C. Sethi, Additional Registrar General, India, Shri Deepak Rastogi, Deputy Director General and the overall supervision of Dr. A.P. Singh, Deputy Registrar General (Map). A list of the officers and officials associated with this task is given separately. The following officers actively associated with this project need special mention – Shri Anil Arora, Joint Director, DP Division and Ms. Sarita, Research Officer (Map), Shri V.N. Prasad, Map Analyst, Shri Mohd. Ishaque, Senior Drawing Assistant, Shri V.P. Singh, Senior Drawing Assistant, Smt. Subhra Talukdar, Senior Draughtsman, Shri S.K. Verma, Senior Drawing Assistant, Shri Dinesh, Draughtsman (Photo), and Smt. Inderjeet Kaur, Senior Drawing Assistant of Map Division. I commend the entire team for their effort. I am sure this publication will be a useful addition to the vast array of Census publications. Tablr of Contents Preface. Acknowledgements. I.  India : Administrative Divisions 2011. 1. India : Administrative Divisions 2011. 2. India : New Districts 2001 – 2011. 3. India : New Districts 1951 – 2011. II.  States / Uts : Administrative Divisions 2011. 4. Jammu & Kashmir : Administrative Divisions 2011. 5. Himachal Pradesh : Administrative Divisions 2011. 6. Punjab : Administrative Divisions 2011. 7. Chandigarh : Administrative Divisions 2011. 8. Uttarakhand : Administrative Divisions 2011. 9. Haryana : Administrative Divisions 2011. 10. NCT of Delhi : Administrative Divisions 2011. 11. Rajasthan : Administrative Divisions 2011. 12. Uttar Pradesh : Administrative Divisions 2011. 13. Bihar : Administrative Divisions 2011. 14. Sikkim : Administrative Divisions 2011. 15. Arunachal Pradesh : Administrative Divisions 2011. 16. Nagaland : Administrative Divisions 2011. 17. Manipur : Administrative Divisions 2011. 18. Mizoram : Administrative Divisions 2011. 19. Tripura : Administrative Divisions. 20. Meghalaya : Administrative Divisions 2011. 21. Assam : Administrative Divisions 2011. 22. West Bengal : Administrative Divisions 2011. 23. Jharkhand : Administrative Divisions 2011. 24. Orissa : Administrative Divisions 2011. 25. Chhattisgarh : Administrative Divisions 2011. 26. Madhya Pradesh : Administrative Divisions 2011. 27. Gujarat : Administrative Divisions 2011. 28. Daman and Diu : Administrative Divisions 2011. 29. Dadra and Nagar Haveli : Administrative Divisions 2011. 30. Maharashtra : Administrative Divisions 2011. 31. Andhra Pradesh : Administrative Divisions 2011. 32. Karnataka : Administrative Divisions 2011. 33. Goa : Administrative Divisions 2011. 34. Lakshadweep : Administrative Divisions 2011. 35. Kerala : Administrative Divisions 2011. 36. Tamil Nadu : Administrative Divisions 2011. 37. Puducherry : Administrative Divisions 2011. 38. Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Administrative Divisions 2011. 39. Status of Administrative units (Districts and Sub-districts). III. (Annexure) India : Administrative Divisions 1872-2001. 40. India : Administrative Divisions 1872.   41. India : Administrative Divisions 1881. 42. India : Administrative Divisions 1891. 43. India : Administrative Divisions 1901. 44. India : Administrative Divisions 1911. 45. India : Administrative Divisions 1921. 46. India : Administrative Divisions 1931. 47. India : Administrative Divisions 1941. 48. India : Administrative Divisions 1951. 49. India : Administrative Divisions 1961. 50. India : Administrative Divisions 1971. 51. India : Administrative Divisions 1981. 52. India : Administrative Divisions 1991. 53. India : Administrative Divisions 2001.