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 .
16-627: Yawal is a taluka , city and a municipal council in Jalgaon , Maharashtra , India . Yawal has 1 river {Sur river} with 2 tributaries, (Harita and Sarita a.k.a. Hadkai and Khadkai). In the stream of Suki River Suresh Chopane, Geologist from Chandrapur discovered Columnar Basalt in August 2021.This is a rare Geological formation. Yawal taluka consists of Atrawal, Kingaon , Anjale , Amoda , Sakali , Faizpur , Sangavi Bk , Nhavi , Korpawali , Haripura , Viravali and many other villages. Yawal have
32-592: A Hindu Population of 68.28%, followers of Islam is 26.19%, Buddhism Religion followers are 3.89 and other religion citizens are 1.64% as of May-2022 Yawal is also a taluka city in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Yawal city is divided into 19 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Yawal Municipal Council has a population of 36,706 of which 18,965 are males while 17,741 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Yawal Municipal Council has total administration over 7,363 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. Yawal
48-449: 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
64-1003: A township in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore Nahiyah , in Palestine and Syria Tambon , a township in Thailand Tehsil (also known as tahsil, taluka, taluk, circle, mandal or subdivision ), a township in South Asia Upazila , in Bangladesh Translations [ edit ] Subdistricts of China ( Chinese : 街道 ; pinyin : jiēdào ), in Mainland China, literally streets and avenues References [ edit ] ^ "the definition of subdistrict" . www.Dictionary.com . Retrieved 10 April 2019 . [REDACTED] Index of articles associated with
80-541: Is 91 villages and 2 towns(Yawal & Faizpur ). According to Indian census of 2011, population of Yawal taluka was 2,72,242. In which, 23.3% people lives in Urban areas and 76.7% lives in the Rural areas. Taluka In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana , 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
96-629: Is located on the Burhanpur -Ankaleshwer MH SH 4 . The nearest main railway station is Bhusawal which is just 18 km. The nearest airport to Yawal is Jalgaon Airport which is just 45 km away. It has a fort said to have belonged to the Sansthanik Raje Nimbalkar. Gavali Wadaa has a 9–10 km long wall. Yawal is a city with tehsil headquarter in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra state in India . In Yawal taluka there
112-488: Is the sub-district of a district, similarly, Nayabat is the sub-tehsil of a tehsil. Subdistrict A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district . Equivalents [ edit ] Administrative posts of East Timor , formerly Portuguese-language subdistrito Kelurahan , in Indonesia Mukim ,
128-442: 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
144-431: 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 is the ultimate executive agency for land records and related administrative matters. The chief official is called the tehsildar or, less officially,
160-517: 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 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
176-443: 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
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208-777: 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 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
224-552: 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
240-488: 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):
256-402: 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,
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