SUBDIVISIONS OF INDIA

India, a union of states, is a Sovereign, Secular, Democratic Republic with a Parliamentary system of Government. The President is the constitutional head of Executive of the Union. In the states, the Governor, as the representative of the President, is the head of Executive. The system of government in states closely resembles that of the Union.
The 'subdivisions of India' are Indian subnational administrative units; they compose a nested hierarchy of country subdivisions. Indian states and territories frequently use different local titles for the same level of subdivision (e.g., the ''mandals'' of Andhra Pradesh correspond to ''tehsils'' of Uttar Pradesh and other Hindi-speaking states.
The smaller subdivisions (villages and blocks) exist only in rural areas. In urban areas Urban Local Bodies exist instead of these rural subdivisions.
In the context of the Indian Constitution, local government bodies are the subject of the State List and are thereby governed by State Statutes, or in the case of Union Territories, by the Union Parliament. Federal recognition of local government was substantively expressed in the 74th Constitution Amendment Act of 1992.

Contents

Structure

States and Union Territories

Divisions

Districts

Sub-divisions

Tehsils (Blocks)

Hobli

Villages

Municipalities

Historic

See also

External links

Structure

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Tehsils Municipal Corporations Munispalities City Councils
(Maha-Nagar-Palika) (Nagar-Palika) (Nagar-Panchayat)

States and Union Territories

There are 28 states and 7 Union territories in the country. Union Territories are administered by the President through an Administrator appointed by him. From the largest to the smallest, each State/UT of India has a unique demography, history and culture, dress, festivals, language etc.
See States and territories of India.

States:

01. Andhra Pradesh
02. Arunachal Pradesh
03. Assam
04. Bihar
05. Chhattisgarh
06. Goa
07. Gujarat
08. Haryana
09. Himachal Pradesh
10. Jammu and Kashmir
11. Jharkhand
12 Karnataka
13. Kerala
14. Madhya Pradesh
15. Maharashtra
16. Manipur
17. Meghalaya
18. Mizoram
19. Nagaland
20. Orissa
21. Punjab
22. Rajasthan
23. Sikkim
24. Tamil Nadu
25. Tripura
26. Uttarakhand
27. Uttar Pradesh
28. West Bengal

Union Territories:

A. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
B. Chandigarh
C. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
D. Daman and Diu
E. Delhi
F. Lakshadweep
G. Puducherry

Divisions

Nine of the largest Indian states are subdivided into divisions each comprising several districts:

★ Divisions of Assam

★ Divisions of Bihar

★ Divisions of Karnataka

★ Divisions of Madhya Pradesh

★ Divisions of Maharashtra

★ Divisions of Punjab (India)

★ Divisions of Tamil Nadu

★ Divisions of Uttar Pradesh

★ Divisions of West Bengal ()

Districts

Sates and territories (or divisions) are further subdivided in Districts (''zilla''), of which there are 604.

Sub-divisions

In certain states districts are further divided into Sub-Divisions. (''pargana'', ''anuvibhag''), which comprise several blocks. States with Sub-Divisions include Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh

Tehsils (Blocks)

Tehsils or Talukas or Mandals (blocks) headed by a ''Tehsildar'' or ''Talukdar'', comprising several villages or village clusters. The governmental bodies at the Tehsil level are called the panchayat samiti.

Hobli

'Hobli' is a subdivision of Taluk or Taluka grouping a few villages. This must have done for administrative purpose by revenue department in case of Karnataka state.

Villages

Villages are the lowest level of subdivisions in India. The governmental bodies at the village level are called Gram Panchayat, of which there were an estimated 256,000 in 2002.
Each Gram Panchayat covers a large village or a cluster of smaller villages with a combined population exceeding 500 (Gram Group). Clusters of villages are also sometimes called Hobli.

Municipalities

Municipalities of India are governed by Municipal Corporations for large urban areas, Municipal Councils for smaller urban areas, and Nagar Panchayats for suburban areas. Municipalities can be as large as a district or smaller than a Tehsil.

Historic

★ Pargana

★ Subah

★ Sarkar

See also

★ Local Governance in India

★ Autonomous regions of India

External links

★ http://www.citymayors.com/government/india_government.html#Anchor-Municipal-49575

★ Example of district with different subdivisions

★ Seasons, Climate, Global Warming in India - Reference Links Students Project