What is List of districts of Jharkhand?
[[Image:Jharkhanddistricts.png|300px|thumb|Districts of Jharkhand]] [[Jharkhand]], a [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[India]], has twenty-four administrative districts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Districts of Jharkhand|url=http://jharkhand.gov.in/districts_list.html|publisher=Government of Jharkhand Portal|access-date=2017-09-26|archive-date=2013-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627193031/http://jharkhand.gov.in/districts_list.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Administration== A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a district magistrate or a deputy commissioner, an officer belonging to the [[Indian Administrative Service]]. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officials belonging to different wings of the administrative services of the state. A superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to [[Indian Police Service]] is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues. ==History== At the time of formation, Jharkhand state had 18 districts. Later, six more districts were carved out by reorganizing these districts. The 23rd and 24th districts, Khunti and Ramgarh came into existence on September 12, 2007. ==Administrative Divisions and District== === Districts as per Divisions=== Presently, 24 districts of Jharkhand are grouped in to 5 divisions. These divisions are: # [[Palamu division]] - 3 Districts: [[Palamu District|Palamu]], [[Garhwa District|Garhwa]], [[Latehar District|Latehar]] - Headquarters: [[Medininagar]] # [[North Chotanagpur division]] - 7 Districts: [[Chatra District|Chatra]], [[Hazaribagh District|Hazaribagh]], [[Koderma District|Koderma]], [[Giridih District|Giridih]], [[Ramgarh District|Ramgarh]], [[Bokaro District|Bokaro]], [[Dhanbad District|Dhanbad]] - Headquarters: [[Hazaribagh]] # [[South Chotanagpur division]] - 5 Districts: [[Lohardaga District|Lohardaga]], [[Gumla District|Gumla]], [[Simdega District|Simdega]], [[Ranchi District|Ranchi]], [[Khunt