How many villages/sub-districts are there in Indonesia?

Based on data from the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil) of the Ministry of Home Affairs, there are 83,381 villages/urban villages in Indonesia, spread across 34 provinces throughout the country.

Central Java has 8,562 villages/urban villages spread across 576 sub-districts in 35 regencies/cities. The number of villages/urban villages in the province led by Governor Ganjar Pranowo is the highest compared to other provinces.

The next province with the most villages/urban villages is East Java, with 8,501. This is followed by Aceh with 6,489 villages/urban villages, North Sumatra with 6,108 villages/urban villages, and West Java with 5,957 villages/urban villages.

Next in line is Papua with 5,489 villages/urban villages, East Nusa Tenggara with 3,352 villages/urban villages, South Sumatra with 3,239 villages/urban villages, and South Sulawesi and Lampung with 3,045 and 2,640 villages/urban villages respectively.

Villages/urban villages are administrative divisions in Indonesia located under sub-districts. An urban village is the smallest unit of government at the village level, led by a head of urban village (lurah).

Meanwhile, a village is a legal community unit with defined territorial boundaries, authorized to manage and administer local government affairs, community interests based on community initiatives, ancestral rights, and/or traditional rights recognized and respected within the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia's government system.