A tehsil ( Hindustani pronunciation: [tɛɦsiːl] , also known as tahsil , taluk , or taluka ) is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan . It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative centre, with possible additional towns, and usually a number of villages . The terms in India have replaced earlier terms, such as pargana ( pergunnah ) and thana .
31-610: Ribandar is a town in Tiswadi , Goa , located between the cities of Panjim (Nova Goa) and Old Goa (Velha Goa). The name Ribandar originates from "Rayachem Bandar" in Konkani meaning the wharves , docks or portage of the Rayas or Kings. It is unclear which kings are meant here. However, the Rayas of Sangama Dynasty of Vijayanagar are believed to have built this port to facilitate
62-523: A Noviciate. Most of Chorão's population converted en masse to Roman Catholicism in mid-1560. By January 1563, the Jesuit provincial claimed that Ilhas de Goa had been completely Christianized, with a population of 70,000, the great majority of which had converted in the last six years, corresponding to the terms of Viceroys Francisco Barreto and Constantino of Braganza , whose 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -year term saw between 25,000 and 30,000 conversions. As per
93-449: A designated place within tehsil area known as tehsil headquarters. Tehsildar is the incharge of tehsil office. This is similar to district office or district collector at district level. Throughout India, there is a three-tier local body/Panchayat system within the state. At the top is the zila/zilla panchayat (parishad). Taluka/mandal panchayat/panchayat samiti/community development block is the second layer of this system and below them are
124-631: A disgruntled Catholic priest that left for the Syrian Orthodox Church, and was made Metropolitan of Goa, Ceylon and Greater India. Alvares consecrated Joseph René Vilatte (1854–1929) and thus is the person from whom most Old Catholic bishops in the West claim apostolic succession . Alvares is buried in St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Church in Ribandar. There is also a cemetery on the left side of
155-446: A newer unit called mandal (circle) has come to replace the tehsil system. It is generally smaller than a tehsil, and is meant for facilitating local self-government in the panchayat system . In West Bengal , Bihar, Jharkhand, community development blocks are the empowered grassroots administrative unit, replacing tehsils. Tehsil office is primarily tasked with land revenue administration, besides election and executive functions. It
186-590: A peculiar architectural style, being built like a ship. The Santa Casa da Misericórdia or Holy House of Charity , also called the Royal Portuguese Hospital, today houses a management school, the Ribandar campus of the Goa Institute of Management . It is a heritage structure and has been left unchanged despite the pressures of housing a college. Ribandar is associated with the later life of Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares (1836–1923),
217-420: Is 193.64 sq.km with population density of 915 per sq.km. 78.81% of population of the taluka lives in urban areas. Languages of Tiswadi Taluka (2011) At the time of the 2011 Census of India , 65.51% of the population of Tiswadi Taluka spoke Konkani , 10.64% Hindi , 6.62% Marathi , 5.27% Kannada , 2.77% Urdu , 1.31% Malayalam , 1.26% Telugu and 1.14% English as their first language. The majority of
248-480: Is administratively divided into 13 tehsils and 15 revenue blocks. Nevertheless, the two are often conflated. India, as a vast country, is subdivided into many states and union territories for administrative purposes. Further divisions of these states are known as districts . These districts (zila/zilla) are again divided into many subdivisions , viz tehsils or taluks. These subdivisions are again divided into gram panchayats or village panchayats. Initially, this
279-454: Is the ultimate executive agency for land records and related administrative matters. The chief official is called the tehsildar or, less officially, the talukdar or taluka muktiarkar . Tehsil or taluk can be considered sub-districts in the Indian context. In some instances, tehsils overlap with " blocks " (panchayat union blocks or panchayat development blocks or cd blocks) and come under
310-665: The Mandovi River . They pass through the villages of Penha de França and the city of Panjim : These bridges are built over the Cumbarjua Canal . These bridges are built over the Zuari River . They pass through the villages of Agaçaim and Cortalim . These bridges are a link to places within the island, which are geographically close, but are separated by a body of water. https://jsdl.in/RSL-UIH1726745536 Tehsil In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana ,
341-442: The district , also sometimes translated as county . In neither case is the analogy very exact. Tehsildar is the chief or key government officer of each tehsil or taluka. In some states different nomenclature like talukdar, mamledar, amaldar, mandal officer is used. In many states of India, the tehsildar functions as the executive magistrate of that tehsil. Each tehsil will have an office called tehsil office or tehsildar office at
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#1732776016896372-581: The 16th century. Both the state capital Panaji , and the erstwhile capital Old Goa lie within the sub-district. It is the biggest and the most populated of the six major islands between the Mandovi and Zuari rivers. The word Tiswadi itself, originated in the late 1970s and it referred to thirty settlements of the Gaud Saraswat Brahmans who settled here after they migrated to Goa from Aryavarta . The descendants of these settlers now form
403-400: The 2011 Census of India, Tiswadi Taluka has a population of 177,219 people. The sex-ratio of Tiswadi Taluka is around 966, compared to the state average of 973. The literacy rate of Tiswadi Taluka is 81.83% out of which 84.49% males are literate and 79.07% females are literate. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.81% and 10.60% of the population respectively. The total area of Tiswadi
434-637: The Indian freedom struggle against the British and in the liberation of Goa from Portuguese rule. Tiswadi Tiswadi , formerly known as Ilhas , is a taluka in the district of North Goa , situated in the Indian coastal state of Goa . It is an estuarine island situated on the confluence of the Mandovi and Zuari rivers. It was one of the first territories to be annexed by the Portuguese in
465-760: The Muslim Bhahmani Sultanate and the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire of South India prior to the 14th century. By the 15th century, the Bijapur Sultanate under the Adil Shahi dynasty conquered Goa, and it came under Muslim rule. The City of Goa was the regional capital of the sultanates as well as a hub for the Hajj pilgrimage . Numerous temples were demolished under the rule of the sultanates. The Adil Shahi dynasty
496-654: The Rio de Ourém, Ribandar has been made a part of the Corporation of the City of Panjim. A Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Ajuda or The Church of Our Lady of Help (i.e. Auxiliatrix Christianorum or Perpetual Succour ) was built on the banks of the Mandovi River in 1565. The ship bringing the body of St. Francis Xavier from Malacca was welcomed with canon salute at this church on the night of 14 March 1554. The church has
527-551: The Syrian Church. This cemetery belongs to the Roman Catholic church The Church of Our Lady of Help . Shri Gurunath V. Shetye (1923-2018) was the founding principal of Bal Bharati Vidyamandir, the first high school in Ribandar and nearby villages after Goa liberation . He donated his entire share of ancestral property in Ribandar to the school. Shri Shetye was also amongst the few Goans to have participated in both
558-567: The auspices of one of the viceroys of Portuguese India , the Count of Linhares , after whom it is named the Ponte Conde de Linhares . A new road to the south of Ponte Conde de Linhares provides one more link to Ribandar, Chimbel and Old Goa from Panjim. The islands of Chorão and Divar lie to the north and north-east of Ribandar respectively. The ferry wharf at Ribandar is one of the major means of transportation to these two islands. Goa
589-432: The existence of Ilhas de Goa can be seen on historic maps. The island lies within the water bodies of: Prior to the construction of the bridges, the primary commute to and from the island was done via ferry . Some have become redundant, but most are still in use, they include: There are a number of bridges built over the last hundred years, linking the island to other parts of the mainland. These bridges are built over
620-443: The gram panchayats or village panchayats. These panchayats at all three levels have elected members from eligible voters of particular subdivisions. These elected members form the bodies which help the administration in policy-making, development works, and bringing grievances of the common public to the notice of the administration. Nayabat is the lower part of tehsil which have some powers like tehsil. It can be understood as tehsil
651-501: The import of horses from Arabia. Ribandar is located at 15°30′10″N 73°51′55″E / 15.50278°N 73.86528°E / 15.50278; 73.86528 and has an average elevation of 3 metres (9.8 ft). It is separated from Panjim by the Rio de Ourém (River of Gold), whose junction with the Mandovi River here forms a large, wide, and marshy estuary . This estuary in traversed by an old causeway built in 1633 under
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#1732776016896682-674: The islands, for the safer havens of Ponda and the Canara , Malabar Coast , Chandgad and Joida . The first temple to be built in Panjim was in the mid-1700s, when the Portuguese authorities granted permission to the Hindus to build their place of worship. The evangelization of Tiswadi was spearheaded by the Dominicans , who were assigned 15 villages, and the Jesuits , who were assigned
713-515: The land and revenue department, headed by the tehsildar; and blocks come under the rural development department, headed by the block development officer and serve different government administrative functions over the same or similar geographical area. Although they may on occasion share the same area with a subdivision of a revenue division, known as revenue blocks , the two are distinct. For example, Raipur district in Chhattisgarh state
744-432: The native Bammon (Catholic Brahman) community. It is geographically made up of several small riverine islands within the Mandovi River forming its northern boundary, the Cumbarjua Canal making its eastern border, and the Zuari River making up its southern border. As the native name suggests, the sub-district includes the smaller islands of: Tiswadi, along with the rest of Goa, regularly exchanged hands between
775-713: The population in Tiswadi Taluka follow Hinduism, although Christians and Muslims are a significant minority. 62.50% of the population in the Taluka follow Hinduism, 27.73% Christianity, 9.27% Islam and the remaining 0.50% follow other religions or stated no religion. Panjim , Velha Goa and its monuments, Divar , Chorão St Estevam , Cumbarjua , and Vanxim . Tiswadi taluka has many beaches. Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary Big Foot Mangrove Boat Ride Basilica of Bom Jesus Mahalaxmi Temple Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Azad Maidan The evidence of
806-587: The remaining part along with the smaller islands of Chorão and Divar , by the Portuguese authorities. In 1552, the island of Chorão had a population of 300 Christians out of 3,000 and, by this time, also had a small church which was visited by a Jesuit from St. Paul's every Sunday. By the end of 1559, over 1,200 had accepted baptism . The following year, the first bishop from the Jesuit order, Dom João Nunes de Barreto, set up residence in Chorão, which eventually became
837-552: The term tehsil is commonly used in all northern states . In Maharashtra , Gujarat , Goa , Karnataka , Kerala and Tamil Nadu , taluka or taluk is more common. In Eastern India , instead of tehsils, the term Subdivision is used in Bihar , Assam , Jharkhand and West Bengal , as well as large parts of Northeast India ( Manipur , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Sikkim and Tripura ). In Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland , they are called circle . Tehsil/tahsil and taluk/taluka and
868-488: The variants are used as English words without further translation. Since these terms are unfamiliar to English speakers outside the subcontinent , the word county has sometimes been provided as a gloss , on the basis that a tehsil, like a county, is an administrative unit hierarchically above the local city, town, or village, but subordinate to a larger state or province. India and Pakistan have an intermediate level of hierarchy (or more than one, at least in parts of India):
899-452: Was defeated by a Portuguese–Vijayanagar alliance , and Ilhas de Goa was conquered under Afonso de Albuquerque in 1510. By the time Tiswadi was relieved from Muslim rule, Hindus formed a minority in the region, and the Portuguese started conversion efforts against the Muslim majority. The populace was made to accept Christianity or leave the islands. There was a mass exodus of natives who left
930-402: Was done for collecting land revenue and administration purposes. But now these subdivisions are governed in tandem with other departments of government like education, agriculture, irrigation, health, police, etc. The different departments of state government generally have offices at tehsil or taluk level to facilitate good governance and to provide facilities to common people easily. In India,
961-697: Was ruled by a break-away branch of the Kadamba dynasty belonging to native Kannada language speakers of Karnataka . It was conquered by Sultan Allauddin Khilji 's General Mahmud Ghawan for the Delhi Sultanate , became part of the breakaway Bahamani Sultanate , conquered by Vijayanagar , Yusuf Adil Shah I of the Sultanate of Bijapur before being conquered by Afonso de Albuquerque in 1510. Presently, although far separated geographically from Panjim by