<P> The Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir consists of three divisions: Jammu, Kashmir Valley and Ladakh, and is further divided into 22 districts: This excludes 78,114 km under the administration of Pakistan, 5,180 km handed over by Pakistan to China and 37,555 km under the administration of China in Ladakh district . </P> <P> Prior to 1947, Jammu and Kashmir was a princely state under the paramountcy of the British Indian Empire . The central part of the state was administratively divided into the provinces Jammu and Kashmir . In addition there were frontier districts and semi-autonomous jagirs (principalities). They were subdivided as follows: </P>

Total no of district in jammu and kashmir