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{{short description|Administrative territorial entity of India}}
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[[India]] uses a plethora of terms to denote the large number of [[Subdistrict|subdistricts]] across its [[States and union territories of India| 28 states and 8 union territories]]. The most commonly used term, prevalent across states in [[North India]] and widely used by the [[Government of India|union government]] is '''[[tehsil]]'''. Other terms such as taluks, subdivisions, mandals, circles are officially used in the administration of respective states. The current terms have replaced earlier [[human geography|geographical]] terms, such as ''[[pargana]]'' and ''[[thana]]''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WJrDCgAAQBAJ&q=Why+did+tehsil+replace+pargana&pg=PA343|title=Spatial Diversity and Dynamics in Resources and Urban Development: Volume 1: Regional Resources|first1=Ashok K.|last1=Dutt|first2=Allen G.|last2=Noble|first3=Frank J.|last3=Costa|first4=Sudhir K.|last4=Thakur|first5=Rajiv|last5=Thakur|first6=Hari S.|last6=Sharma|date=15 October 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=9789401797719|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Most subdistricts in India correspond to an area within a [[District#India|district]] including the designated [[city]], [[town]], [[hamlet (place)#India|hamlet]], or other [[human settlement|populated place]] that serves as its administrative centre, with possible additional [[town]]s, and usually a number of [[village#South_Asia|village]]s.<ref>{{Oxford Dictionaries|tehsil}}</ref>

==Statewise Subdistricts of India==
[[File:Tehsils of distt. Ganganagar.jpg|right|thumb|400x400px]]
States use varying names for their sub-districts. Detailed information is as follows (as of 2018):<ref name='chartref'>{{cite web | url =http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/Admin_Units/Admin_links/subdistrict_nomeclature.html | title = Statement showing the Nomenclature and Number of Sub-Districts in States/UTs | access-date = 2011-10-03 | date = 2010–2011 | publisher = Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, New Delhi}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width: 200px;" | State
! style="width: 100px;" | Subdistrict title
! style="width: 100px;" | Number of <br/> sub-districts
|-
| [[Andhra Pradesh]] || [[List of mandals of Andhra Pradesh|Mandal]] || 664
|-
| [[Arunachal Pradesh]] || Circle || 149
|-
| [[Assam]] || [[List of subdivisions of Assam|Subdivision]] || 155
|-
| [[Bihar]] || [[List of subdivisions of Bihar|Subdivision]] || 101
|-
| [[Chhattisgarh]] || Tehsil || 174
|-
| [[Goa]] || [[List of taluks of Goa|Taluk]] || 12
|-
| [[Gujarat]] || [[List of taluks of Gujarat|Taluk]] || 248<ref name="DNA2013">{{cite web | title=State Govt Announces 23 New Talukas | website=DNA {{Subscription required|via=HighBeam}} | date=10 September 2013 | url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3066956611.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206082747/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3066956611.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 February 2016 | access-date=5 January 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Haryana]] || [[List of tehsils of Haryana|Tehsil]] || 67
|-
| [[Himachal Pradesh]] || Tehsil || 109
|-
| [[Jharkhand]] || Subdivision || 210
|-
| [[Karnataka]] ||[[List of taluks of Karnataka|Taluk]] || 240
|-
| [[Kerala]] || [[List of taluks of Kerala|Taluk]] || 75
|-
| [[Madhya Pradesh]] || [[List of tehsils of Madhya Pradesh|Tehsil]] || 412
|-
| [[Maharashtra]] || [[List of taluks of Maharashtra|Taluk]] || 353
|-
| [[Manipur]] || Subdivision || 38
|-
| [[Meghalaya]] || Subdivision || 39
|-
| [[Mizoram]] || Subdivision || 22
|-
| [[Nagaland]] || Circle || 93
|-
| [[Odisha]] || Tehsil || 485
|-
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] || Tehsil ||172
|-
| [[Rajasthan]] || Tehsil || 268
|-
| [[Sikkim]] || Subdivision || 9
|-
| [[Tamil Nadu]] || Taluk || 201
|-
| [[Telangana]] || [[List of mandals of Telangana|Mandal]] || 452
|-
| [[Tripura]] || Subdivision || 38
|-
| [[Uttar Pradesh]] || Tehsil || 350
|-
| [[Uttarakhand]] || [[List of tehsils of Uttarakhand|Tehsil]] || 109
|-
| [[West Bengal]] || Subdivision || 341
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width: 200px;" | Union Territory
! style="width: 100px;" | Subdistrict title
! style="width: 100px;" | Number of sub-districts
|-
| [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] || Tehsil || 7
|-
| [[Chandigarh]] || Tehsil || 1
|-
| [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]] || Taluk || 3
|-
| [[Delhi]] || Tehsil || 33
|-
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] || Tehsil || 55
|-
| [[Ladakh]] || Tehsil || 4
|-
| [[Lakshadweep]] || Subdivision || 4
|-
| [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] || Taluk || 8
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="width: 200px;" | '''[[India]]''' || style="width: 100px;" | '''Total''' || style="width: 100px;" | '''5570'''
|}

==See also==
* [[List of community development blocks in India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

* [http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/administrative_maps/Final%20Atlas%20India%202011.pdf Map of tehsils each states]
* [http://www.demographie.net/atlas2001/ Interactive map of tehsils of india]

{{Articles on third-level administrative divisions of countries}}

[[Category:Tehsils of India]]
[[Category:Administrative divisions in Asia|India 3]]
[[Category:Third-level administrative divisions by country|Sub-districts, India]]
[[Category:Lists of talukas of India| ]]

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