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Tehsil/tahsil and taluk/taluka and 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 ...
As an entity of local government, the tehsil office (panchayat samiti) exercises certain fiscal and administrative power over the villages and municipalities within its jurisdiction. It is the ultimate executive agency for land records and related administrative matters. The chief official is called the tehsildar.
Tehsildar office in Wardhannapet, Telangana. In Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, a tehsildar, talukdar, or mamlatdar is a land revenue officer accompanied by revenue inspectors. They are in charge of obtaining taxes from a tehsil with regard to land revenue. A tehsildar is also known as an executive magistrate of the relevant tehsil.
In the Indian administrative context, states adopt various nomenclatures for their sub-district divisions, including Tehsil, Taluk, Circle, Subdivision, and Mandal. Notably, Tehsil predominates in North Indian states , whereas Taluk is prevalent in South Indian states .
In Pakistan, a tehsil is an administrative sub-division of a District. Those are sub-divided into union councils . Here is a list of all the tehsils of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .
In Pakistan, a tehsil or (taluka) is an administrative sub-division of a District. Tehsils are further sub-divided into union councils . Here is a list of all the tehsils of Sindh Province .
The head of each tehsil is a Tehsil/Taluka Nazim, assisted by a tehsil/taluka municipal officer (TMO) and a number of other officials, all of whom are answerable to the tehsil/taluka council. [1] The Islamabad Capital Territory does not have any tehsils, but is instead divided into zones and sectors.
As an entity of local government, the tehsil office exercises certain fiscal and administrative power over the villages and municipalities within its jurisdiction. It is the ultimate executive agency for land records and related administrative matters. The chief official is called the tehsildar. In some instances, tehsils overlap with "blocks ...