List of subdistricts in India

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See also: Administrative divisions of India
Sub-districts (talukas) of Ahmedabad district.

sub-division of a district. The current terms have replaced earlier geographical terms, such as pargana and thana.[1]

Subdistricts of India
CategorySubdistricts (Tehsils)
Location
Villages
  • Districts
  • Tehsils

    • Most subdistricts in India correspond to an area within a district including the designated city, town, hamlet, or other populated place that serves as its administrative centre, with possible additional towns, and usually a number of villages.[2]

    In the Indian administrative context, states adopt various nomenclatures for their sub-district divisions, including

    sub-division within the administrative framework of a district. Each sub-district is headed by a tehsildar
    /mamlatdar/mandal revenue officer.

    Statewise subdistricts

    States use varying names for their sub-districts. Detailed information is as follows (as of 2018):[3]

    State/ Union territory Subdistrict title No. of
    subdistricts
    Andhra Pradesh
    Mandal
    (circle)    		 679
    Arunachal Pradesh Circle 149
    Assam Subdivision 155
    Bihar Subdivision 101
    Chhattisgarh Tehsil 228
    Goa Taluka 12
    Gujarat Taluka 248[4]
    Haryana Tehsil 67
    Himachal Pradesh Tehsil 109
    Jharkhand
    Subdivision
    		 210
    Karnataka Taluk 240
    Kerala Taluk 78
    Madhya Pradesh Tehsil 412
    Maharashtra Taluka 353
    Manipur
    Subdivision
    		 38
    Meghalaya
    Subdivision
    		 39
    Mizoram
    Subdivision
    		 22
    Nagaland Circle 93
    Odisha Tehsil 485
    Punjab Tehsil 172
    Rajasthan Tehsil 268
    Sikkim
    Subdivision
    		 9
    Tamil Nadu Taluk 215[5]
    Telangana Mandal

    (Circle)

    		74
    Tripura
    Subdivision
    		 38
    Uttar Pradesh Tehsil 350
    Uttarakhand Tehsil 113
    West Bengal Subdivision 69
    Andaman and Nicobar Islands Tehsil 7
    Chandigarh Tehsil 1
    Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Tehsil 3
    Delhi Tehsil 33
    Jammu and Kashmir Tehsil 55
    Ladakh Tehsil 4
    Lakshadweep
    Subdivision
    		 4
    Puducherry Tehsil 8
    Total 6057

    See also

    • List of community development blocks in India

    References

    1. ISBN 9789401797719
      – via Google Books.
    2. ^ "tehsil". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
    3. ^ "Statement showing the Nomenclature and Number of Sub-Districts in States/UTs". Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, New Delhi. 2010–2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
    4. ^ "State Govt Announces 23 New Talukas". DNA. 10 September 2013. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
    5. ^ "State Govt About". tngov.
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