Tehsil 766682 223957017 2008-07-06T18:12:36Z 92.2.101.184 /* India */ A '''tehsil''' ([[Urdu language|Urdu]]: تحصیل ) (or '''tahsil''', '''tahasil''', '''taluka''', '''taluk''', '''taluq''', '''mandal''') is an [[administrative division]] of some [[country|countries]] of [[South Asia]]. Generally, a tehsil consists of a [[city]] or [[town]] that serves as its ''headquarters'', possibly additional [[town]]s, and a number of [[village]]s. As an entity of [[local government]], it exercises certain [[fiscal]] and [[public administration|administrative]] power over the [[village]]s and [[municipality|municipalities]] within its jurisdiction. It is the ultimate executive agency for [[Deed|land records]] and related administrative matters. Its chief official is called the ''[[tehsildar]]'' or ''[[talukdar]]''. It should be noted that ''tehsil'' and ''taluka'' and their variants are used as [[English language|English]] words without further translation. Since these terms are unfamiliar to English speakers outside of 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. However, India and Pakistan have ''two'' (or more, at least in parts of India) intermediate levels of hierarchy—the [[District]] and the ''tehsil'', both of which are sometimes glossed as ''county''. In neither case is the analogy very precise in specific details. ==[[Pakistan]]== In Pakistan, the term ''tehsil'' is generally used except in [[Sindh]] where the term [[Taluka|taluka]] ([[Urdu language|Urdu]]: تعلقه ) predominates e.g. [[Larkana Taluka]].<ref>[http://www.lgdsindh.com.pk/tmalarkana6.htm Taluka Municipal Administration Larkana - Government of Sindh]</ref> The tehsil is the second-lowest tier of local government in Pakistan; each tehsil is part of a larger [[District#Pakistan|District]] ([[Zillah (district)|Zillah]] ([[Urdu language|Urdu]]: ضلع )). Each tehsil is subdivided into a number of [[Union Councils of Pakistan|Union Councils]] :''See also [[Subdivisions of Pakistan]].'' ==[[Republic of India]]== The term ''taluka'' or ''taluk'' is used in some [[States of India|States]], including [[Goa]], [[Tehsils in Maharashtra|Maharashtra]], [[Kerala]], [[Tamil Nadu]], and [[Karnataka]], and ''tehsil'' in others, such as [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Rajasthan]]. [[Andhra Pradesh]] used to have taluks (with ''Firkas'' under them), but these have now been replaced with mandals. In addresses the abbreviation [[TK]] often appears. Each taluka or tehsil is part of a larger [[District#India|District]] within a [[States of India|State]] or [[Union Territory]]. In some cases, the tehsils of a given District are organized into smaller groups of tehsils called [[Subdivisions of India#Sub-divisions|Sub-Division]] (''Pargana'', ''Anuvibhag''). In India there has been research on making talukas self sufficient in energy.<ref>[http://education.vsnl.com/nimbkar/criticalmass.html Talukas can provide critical mass for India’s sustainable development]</ref> <ref>[http://education.vsnl.com/nimbkar/talukapaper.html ENERGY SELF SUFFICIENT TALUKAS - A SOLUTION TO NATIONAL ENERGY CRISIS]</ref> The governmental bodies called the [[panchayat samiti]] operate at the tehsil level. The villages of a tehsil are grouped into smaller clusters known as [[hobli]]. :''See also [[Subdivisions of India]].'' ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Administrative divisions]] [[Category:Geography of Pakistan]] [[Category:Districts of India]] {{Pakistan-gov-stub}} {{India-geo-stub}} [[de:Tehsil]] [[es:Tehsil]] [[fr:Tehsil]] [[it:Tehsil]] [[ja:テシル]] [[ml:താലൂക്ക്‌]] [[mr:तेहसील]] [[rmy:Tehsil]] [[sv:Tehsil]] [[zh:乡 (南亚)]]