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States and Union Territories

From geographical point of view, India is divided into 6 Zonal Councils. For Waze however, we use the administrative division of India. At this moment, India consist of 29 States and 7 Union Territories, which are listed in the State field of the addresses in WME.

States

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Chandigarh
Daman and Diu Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kasjmir (& Ladakh?)
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West-Bengal

Note: From Augustus 2019 on, the state Jammu and Kashmir is a proposed Union Territory together with the proposed split up part Ladakh.

Districts and sub-districts

Each State or Union Territory is divided into smaller administrative areas, called “Districts”. These in turn are further divided into "sub-districts". WME currently has no fields to include the districts in the address yet. Refer to the naming of roads (link to be added) to find more guidance.

The following table shows how the sub-districts are referred to in the various states.

State/Union Territory	Sub-district
Andhra-Pradesh Telangana	Mandala
Arunachal Pradesh Assam	Circle
Bihar Jharkhand Meghalaya Mizoram Tripura West Bengal	C.D. Block
Chhattisgarh Haryana Himachal Pradesh* Jammu and Kashmir Madhya Pradesh Punjab Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand	Tehsil
Goa Gujarat Karnataka Kerala* Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu	Taluka
Manipur	Sub-Division
Puducherry	Commune Panchayat
Lakshadweep	Sub-Division
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Delhi	Tehsil