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Indian RRB Zones:  Indian Railways is one of the world's largest rail networks. It is divided into several zones and divisions to facilitate organisational and management operations in the nation of billions. This article is all about the complete list of Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) zones. However, the zones are the organisational units of Indian Railways and not just of RRBs, along with the corresponding divisions. Every zone is led by a General Manager and is responsible for a specific geographical location, and is divided further into divisions for effective administration. These are some of the basic information about RRBs and the Indian Railway network in general, for those who aspire to work with the railways as well as anyone interested in the organisational framework that keeps India's complex railway network operating effortlessly.

Indian Railways is organised into a system of zones and divisions to enable effective management and smooth functioning of its extensive infrastructure. According to the Testbook, the Indian railway system is divided into 19 functioning zones, with the newly introduced South Coast Railway Zone. Each of these zones is headed by a General Manager and subdivided into divisions. These zones, like Central Railway (based in Mumbai, with divisions of Mumbai, Bhusaval, Nagpur, Solapur, and Pune), Eastern Railway (based in Kolkata, divisions: Asansol, Howrah, Malda, Sealdah), and so on, span all across the country. Every division has a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) to look after local operations, maintenance, and personnel. This hierarchical system makes Indian Railways one of the largest rail systems in the world and caters to millions of people every day, sustaining passenger and freight operations all over India.

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Full List Of 17 RRB Zones And Divisions In India, According To The Ministry Of Railways:

Sr. No Railway Zone Headquarters Divisions
1 Central Railway Mumbai Mumbai, Bhusaval, Nagpur, Solapur, Pune
2 Eastern Railway Kolkata Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Malda
3 East Central Railway Hajipur Danapur, Sonpur, Samastipur, Dhanbad, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
4 East Coast Railway Bhubaneswar Khurda Road, Sambalpur, Waltair
5 Northern Railway Delhi Delhi, Ambala, Lucknow, Moradabad, Firozpur
6 North Central Railway Prayagraj Prayagraj, Agra, Jhansi
7 North Eastern Railway Gorakhpur Lucknow, Izzatnagar, Varanasi
8 Northeast Frontier Railway Maligaon (Guwahati) Alipurduar, Katihar, Lumding, Rangiya, Tinsukia
9 North Western Railway Jaipur Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur
10 Southern Railway Chennai Chennai, Madurai, Palakkad, Tiruchchirappalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Salem
11 South Central Railway Secunderabad Guntakal, Guntur, Hyderabad, Nanded, Secunderabad, Vijayawada
12 South Eastern Railway Garden Reach, Kolkata Adra, Chakradharpur, Kharagpur, Ranchi
13 South East Central Railway Bilaspur Bilaspur, Nagpur, Raipur
14 South Western Railway Hubballi Bengaluru, Hubballi, Mysuru
15 Western Railway Mumbai Mumbai Central, Vadodara, Ratlam, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar
16 West Central Railway Jabalpur Bhopal, Jabalpur, Kota
17 Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Not applicable (Metro operations only)

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Additional zones as per the Testbook: 

Railway Zone Headquarters Divisions (if any)
Konkan Railway Navi Mumbai Konkan region, not always included
South Coast Railway Visakhapatnam Coastal Andhra; not always included