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	A '''cantonment board''' is a civic administration body in India under control of the [[Ministry of Defence (India)\|Ministry of Defence]]. The board comprises elected members besides ex-officio and nominated members as per the Cantonments Act, 2006.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.cbdelhi.in/Documents/ca2006.pdf \|title=Cantonments Act, 2006 \|access-date=2014-08-02 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531124052/http://www.cbdelhi.in/Documents/ca2006.pdf \|archive-date=2014-05-31 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The term of office of a member of a board is five years.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=107864 \| title=Election for Cantonment Boards \| publisher=Elections of Cantonment Board \| date=1 August 2014 \| accessdate=August 2, 2014 \| author=Government of India}}</ref> A cantonment board consists of eight elected members, three nominated [[Indian Armed Forces\|military members]], three ex-officio members (station commander, [[garrison engineer]] and senior executive medical officer), and one representative of the [[district magistrate]].		A '''cantonment board''' is a civic administration body in India under control of the [[Ministry of Defence (India)\|Ministry of Defence]]. The board comprises elected members besides ex-officio and nominated members as per the Cantonments Act, 2006.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.cbdelhi.in/Documents/ca2006.pdf \|title=Cantonments Act, 2006 \|access-date=2014-08-02 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531124052/http://www.cbdelhi.in/Documents/ca2006.pdf \|archive-date=2014-05-31 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The term of office of a member of a board is five years.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=107864 \| title=Election for Cantonment Boards \| publisher=Elections of Cantonment Board \| date=1 August 2014 \| accessdate=August 2, 2014 \| author=Government of India}}</ref> A cantonment board consists of eight elected members, three nominated [[Indian Armed Forces\|military members]], three ex-officio members (station commander, [[garrison engineer]] and senior executive medical officer), and one representative of the [[district magistrate]].

	There are 64 Cantonment Boards in India.		There are 62 Cantonment Boards in India, managed by Directorate General Defence Estates (DGDE).<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.dgde.gov.in/sites/default/files/cantonments/AAR__2020-21.pdf \|title=Annual Administration Report 2020-21 \|website=dgde.gov.in \|publisher=Directorate General Defence Estates, Ministry of Defence \|access-date= 4 May 2022 \|quote=There are 62 Cantonments in the country located in 19 States/UT \| page= 5}}</ref>

	Cantonments are divided into four categories, namely,		Cantonments are divided into four categories, namely,
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	# Category III – population exceeds two thousand five hundred, but does not exceed ten thousand		# Category III – population exceeds two thousand five hundred, but does not exceed ten thousand
	# Category IV – population does not exceed two thousand five hundred.		# Category IV – population does not exceed two thousand five hundred.

			[[Ministry of Defence (India)\|Ministry of Defence]] has recommended abolishing the DGDE, and redistributing its functions among the armed forces and other audit bodies.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/diplomacy/story/ak-antony-tries-to-clean-up-defence-estates-department-129324-2011-03-04 \| title=Antony to the defence }}</ref>

	== Functions ==		== Functions ==
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	'''Rajasthan'''		'''Rajasthan'''
	# [[~~Ajmer Cantonment\|Ajmer,~~Ajmer]]		# [[Ajmer]]
	# [[Nasirabad, Ajmer\|Nasirabad]] (near [[Ajmer]])		# [[Nasirabad, Ajmer\|Nasirabad]] (near [[Ajmer]])
	# [[Jaipur]]		# [[Jaipur]]
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	'''Uttar Pradesh'''		'''Uttar Pradesh'''
	# [[Agra Cantonment\|Agra]]		# [[Agra Cantonment\|Agra]]
	# [[Allahabad Cantonment\|~~Allahabad~~]]		# [[Allahabad]]
			# [[Ayodhya Cantonment\|Ayodhya]]
	# [[Babina, Uttar Pradesh\|Babina]] (near [[Jhansi]])		# [[Babina, Uttar Pradesh\|Babina]] (near [[Jhansi]])
	# [[Bareilly Cantonment\|Bareilly]]		# [[Bareilly Cantonment\|Bareilly]]
	# [[Jhansi Cantonment\|Jhansi]]		# [[Jhansi Cantonment\|Jhansi]]
	# [[Kanpur Cantonment\|Kanpur]]		# [[Kanpur Cantonment\|Kanpur]]
	# [[Lucknow ~~Cantonment\|Lucknow]]~~		# [[Lucknow]]
	~~# [[Faizabad Cantonment\|Faizabad~~]]
	# [[Fatehgarh]]		# [[Fatehgarh]]
	# [[~~Mathura Cantonment\|~~Mathura]]		# [[Mathura]]
	# [[Meerut Cantonment\|Meerut]]		# [[Meerut Cantonment\|Meerut]]
	# [[~~Shahjahanpur Cantonment\|~~Shahjahanpur]]		# [[Shahjahanpur]]
	# [[Varanasi Cantonment\|Varanasi]]		# [[Varanasi Cantonment\|Varanasi]]

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	# [[Ahmednagar]]		# [[Ahmednagar]]
	# [[Aurangabad Cantonment\|Aurangabad]]		# [[Aurangabad Cantonment\|Aurangabad]]
	# [[Dehu Road~~\|Dehu Road,~~ Pune]]		# [[Dehu Road]] (in [[Pune]])
	# [[Deolali]], [[Nashik]]		# [[Deolali]] (near [[Nashik]])
	# [[Kamptee]], [[Nagpur]]		# [[Kamptee]] (near [[Nagpur]])
	# [[Khadki]], [[Pune]]		# [[Khadki]] (in [[Pune]])
	# [[Pune Cantonment Board\|Camp, Pune]]		# [[Pune Cantonment Board\|Camp]] (in [[Pune]])

	=== East ===		=== East ===
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	'''Meghalaya'''		'''Meghalaya'''
	# [[Shillong Cantonment\|Shillong]]		# [[Shillong Cantonment\|Shillong]]

	~~'''Odisha'''~~
	~~# [[Gopalpur, Odisha\|Gopalpur]]~~

	'''West Bengal'''		'''West Bengal'''
	# [[Barrackpur Cantonment\|Barrackpur]]		# [[Barrackpur Cantonment\|Barrackpur]]
	# [[Dum Dum]]		# [[Dum Dum]]
	# [[Jalapahar]] (~~near~~ [[Darjeeling]])		# [[Jalapahar]] (in [[Darjeeling]])
	# [[Lebong]] (~~near~~ [[Darjeeling]])		# [[Lebong]] (in [[Darjeeling]])

	=== South ===		=== South ===
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	'''Tamil Nadu'''		'''Tamil Nadu'''
	# [[St. Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram]], [[Chennai]]		# [[St.Thomas Mount-cum-Pallavaram]] (in [[Chennai]])
	# [[Wellington Cantonment\|Wellington]]		# [[Wellington Cantonment\|Wellington]]

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A '''cantonment board''' is a civic administration body in India under control of the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]]. The board comprises elected members besides ex-officio and nominated members as per the Cantonments Act, 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbdelhi.in/Documents/ca2006.pdf |title=Cantonments Act, 2006 |access-date=2014-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531124052/http://www.cbdelhi.in/Documents/ca2006.pdf |archive-date=2014-05-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The term of office of a member of a board is five years.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=107864 | title=Election for Cantonment Boards | publisher=Elections of Cantonment Board | date=1 August 2014 | accessdate=August 2, 2014 | author=Government of India}}</ref> A cantonment board consists of eight elected members, three nominated [[Indian Armed Forces|military members]], three ex-officio members (station commander, [[garrison engineer]] and senior executive medical officer), and one representative of the [[district magistrate]].

There are 64 Cantonment Boards in India.

Cantonments are divided into four categories, namely,
# Category I – population exceeds fifty thousand
# Category II – population exceeds ten thousand, but does not exceed fifty thousand
# Category III – population exceeds two thousand five hundred, but does not exceed ten thousand
# Category IV – population does not exceed two thousand five hundred.

== Functions ==
The cantonment board takes care of mandatory duties such as provision of public health, water supply, sanitation, primary education, and street lighting etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbdelhi.in/Documents/cbfd.pdf|title=functions and Duties|accessdate=August 2, 2014|author=cantonment board of Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913044717/http://www.cbdelhi.in/Documents/cbfd.pdf|archive-date=September 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> As the resources are owned by [[government of India]], it can't levy any tax. Government of India provides the financial assistance.

It is the duty of the president of the cantonment board:
* unless prevented by reasonable cause, to convene and preside at all meetings of the board and to regulate the conduct of business;
* to control, direct and supervise the financial and executive administration of the board;
* to perform all the duties and exercise all the powers specially imposed or conferred on the president by or under this act; and
* subject to any restrictions, limitations and conditions imposed by this Act, to exercise executive power for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
* in case of gross misconduct during the course of meeting, to suspend a member other than a chief executive officer from attending the un-conduct part of the meeting of the Board.

== List of cantonment boards ==

=== North ===

'''Himachal Pradesh'''
# [[Bakloh]] (near [[Chamba, Himachal Pradesh|Chamba]])
# [[Dagshai]] (near [[Solan]])
# [[Dalhousie Cantonment|Dalhousie]]
# [[Jutogh]] (near [[Shimla]])
# [[Kasauli]]
# [[Sabathu]] (near [[Solan]])
# [[Yol, Himachal Pradesh|Yol]] (near [[Dharamshala]])

'''Jammu and Kashmir'''
# [[Badami Bagh]] (near [[Srinagar]])
# [[Jammu Cantonment|Jammu]]

=== North-West ===

'''Delhi'''
# [[Delhi Cantonment|Delhi]]

'''Haryana'''
# [[Ambala Cantonment|Ambala]]

'''Punjab'''
# [[Amritsar Cantonment|Amritsar]]
# [[Firozpur Cantonment|Firozpur]]
# [[Jalandhar Cantonment|Jalandhar]]

'''Rajasthan'''
# [[Ajmer Cantonment|Ajmer,Ajmer]]
# [[Nasirabad, Ajmer|Nasirabad]] (near [[Ajmer]])
# [[Jaipur]]

=== North-Central ===

'''Uttarakhand'''
# [[Almora]]
# [[Chakrata]]
# [[Clement Town]] (near [[Dehradun]])
# [[Dehradun Cantonment|Dehradun]]
# [[Landour]] (near [[Mussoorie]])
# [[Lansdowne, India|Lansdowne]]
# [[Nainital Cantonment|Nainital]]
# [[Ranikhet]]
# [[Roorkee Cantonment|Roorkee]]

=== Central ===

'''Madhya Pradesh'''
# [[Jabalpur Cantonment|Jabalpur]]
# [[Mhow]]
# [[Morar Cantonment|Morar]]
# [[Pachmarhi]]
# [[Sagar Cantonment|Sagar]]

'''Uttar Pradesh'''
# [[Agra Cantonment|Agra]]
# [[Allahabad Cantonment|Allahabad]]
# [[Babina, Uttar Pradesh|Babina]] (near [[Jhansi]])
# [[Bareilly Cantonment|Bareilly]]
# [[Jhansi Cantonment|Jhansi]]
# [[Kanpur Cantonment|Kanpur]]
# [[Lucknow Cantonment|Lucknow]]
# [[Faizabad Cantonment|Faizabad]]
# [[Fatehgarh]]
# [[Mathura Cantonment|Mathura]]
# [[Meerut Cantonment|Meerut]]
# [[Shahjahanpur Cantonment|Shahjahanpur]]
# [[Varanasi Cantonment|Varanasi]]

=== West ===

'''Gujarat'''
# [[Ahmedabad Cantonment|Ahmedabad]]

'''Maharashtra'''
# [[Ahmednagar]]
# [[Aurangabad Cantonment|Aurangabad]]
# [[Dehu Road|Dehu Road, Pune]]
# [[Deolali]], [[Nashik]]
# [[Kamptee]], [[Nagpur]]
# [[Khadki]], [[Pune]]
# [[Pune Cantonment Board|Camp, Pune]]

=== East ===

'''Bihar'''
# [[Danapur Cantonment|Danapur]]

'''Jharkhand'''
# [[Ramgarh Cantonment|Ramgarh]]

'''Meghalaya'''
# [[Shillong Cantonment|Shillong]]

'''Odisha'''
# [[Gopalpur, Odisha|Gopalpur]]

'''West Bengal'''
# [[Barrackpur Cantonment|Barrackpur]]
# [[Dum Dum]]
# [[Jalapahar]] (near [[Darjeeling]])
# [[Lebong]] (near [[Darjeeling]])

=== South ===

'''Karnataka'''
# [[Belgaum Cantonment|Belgaum]]

'''Kerala'''
# [[Kannur Cantonment|Kannur]]

'''Tamil Nadu'''
# [[St. Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram]], [[Chennai]]
# [[Wellington Cantonment|Wellington]]

'''Telangana'''
# [[Secunderabad Cantonment Board|Secunderabad]]

== References ==
<References/>

[[Category:Cantonments of India| ]]
[[Category:Local government in India]]