A tehsil ( Hindustani pronunciation: [tɛɦsiːl] , also known as tahsil , taluk , or taluka ) is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan . It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative centre, with possible additional towns, and usually a number of villages . The terms in India have replaced earlier terms, such as pargana ( pergunnah ) and thana .
20-649: The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (abbreviated as APCRDA ) is an urban planning agency of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region , in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh , India . The APCRDA was established under the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority Act, 2014 (dissolved in 2020 and reestablished in 2021). The authority has a jurisdictional area of 8,352.69 km2 (3,224.99 sq mi), covering
40-449: A designated place within tehsil area known as tehsil headquarters. Tehsildar is the incharge of tehsil office. This is similar to district office or district collector at district level. Throughout India, there is a three-tier local body/Panchayat system within the state. At the top is the zila/zilla panchayat (parishad). Taluka/mandal panchayat/panchayat samiti/community development block is the second layer of this system and below them are
60-446: A newer unit called mandal (circle) has come to replace the tehsil system. It is generally smaller than a tehsil, and is meant for facilitating local self-government in the panchayat system . In West Bengal , Bihar, Jharkhand, community development blocks are the empowered grassroots administrative unit, replacing tehsils. Tehsil office is primarily tasked with land revenue administration, besides election and executive functions. It
80-480: Is administratively divided into 13 tehsils and 15 revenue blocks. Nevertheless, the two are often conflated. India, as a vast country, is subdivided into many states and union territories for administrative purposes. Further divisions of these states are known as districts . These districts (zila/zilla) are again divided into many subdivisions , viz tehsils or taluks. These subdivisions are again divided into gram panchayats or village panchayats. Initially, this
100-586: Is an urban notified area and will cover 217.23 km (83.87 sq mi), within the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region. After the bifurcation of United Andhra Pradesh , the newly formed Government of Andhra Pradesh constituted the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority in 2014 and the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region was formed with a extent of 7,319 km (2,826 sq mi). The limits of
120-450: Is the ultimate executive agency for land records and related administrative matters. The chief official is called the tehsildar or, less officially, the talukdar or taluka muktiarkar . Tehsil or taluk can be considered sub-districts in the Indian context. In some instances, tehsils overlap with " blocks " (panchayat union blocks or panchayat development blocks or cd blocks) and come under
140-531: The Andhra Pradesh decentralisation and inclusive development of all regions act . It provided for limiting Amaravati as legislative capital while naming Vizag as executive capital and Kurnool as judicial capital. Thus government's attempt to plan for three capital cities led to the dissolution of APCRDA and formation of Amaravati Metropolitan Region Development Area(AMRDA). The events leading to this decision resulted in widespread and continuing protests by
160-655: The capital city of Andhra Pradesh in India . The region is spread across the districts of Krishna , Guntur , Palnadu , NTR , Bapatla and Eluru . It includes the major cities of Vijayawada and Guntur . Vijayawada is the largest city and headquarters of the region. It is one the most populated metropolitan areas in Andhra Pradesh. The region is under the jurisdiction of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority and covers an area of 8,603 km (3,322 sq mi) under 58 mandals . The capital city Amaravati
180-442: The district , also sometimes translated as county . In neither case is the analogy very exact. Tehsildar is the chief or key government officer of each tehsil or taluka. In some states different nomenclature like talukdar, mamledar, amaldar, mandal officer is used. In many states of India, the tehsildar functions as the executive magistrate of that tehsil. Each tehsil will have an office called tehsil office or tehsildar office at
200-493: The GO, the APCRDA was restored. Under the jurisdiction of APCRDA, Andhra Pradesh Capital Region comprises: Amaravathi , Vijayawada , Guntur City and the districts of NTR , Krishna and Guntur . The below table list the urban areas of APCRDA : Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Andhra Pradesh Capital Region ( ISO : Āndhra Pradēś Rājadhāni Prāntaṁ) is the metropolitan area of
220-526: The authority is located at Lenin Centre in Vijayawada. It also has three sub-registrar offices at Thullur , Ananthavaram , and Mandadam . The authority has a jurisdictional area of 8,352.69 km (3,224.99 sq mi), covering the districts of Guntur and Krishna , including 217 km (84 sq mi) of the state capital, Amaravati . In August 2020, the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly passed
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#1732851980137240-429: The districts of Guntur , Eluru , NTR , Krishna , Palnadu , and Bapatla . The APCRDA was formerly known as AMDA and the former was VGTM Urban Development Authority (VGTM UDA), which was formed in 1978 with an area of 1,954 km (754 sq mi). In 2012, it was expanded to 7,063 km (2,727 sq mi). Post bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh , it was defunct and was renamed as APCRDA. The head office of
260-526: The farmers of Amaravati . The act has been challenged in the Andhra Pradesh High Court , which ordered to maintain status quo until the court completes its hearing. The government , led by Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy , withdrew the act when the High Court hearing reached the final stage. The chief minister said that his government would bring a better and more complete bill. As the government withdrew
280-443: The gram panchayats or village panchayats. These panchayats at all three levels have elected members from eligible voters of particular subdivisions. These elected members form the bodies which help the administration in policy-making, development works, and bringing grievances of the common public to the notice of the administration. Nayabat is the lower part of tehsil which have some powers like tehsil. It can be understood as tehsil
300-509: The land and revenue department, headed by the tehsildar; and blocks come under the rural development department, headed by the block development officer and serve different government administrative functions over the same or similar geographical area. Although they may on occasion share the same area with a subdivision of a revenue division, known as revenue blocks , the two are distinct. For example, Raipur district in Chhattisgarh state
320-402: The region was expanded on 22 September 2015, which resulted in addition and removal of the mandals and villages taking the total area to 8,603 km (3,322 sq mi). As of 1 August 2020, government of Andhra Pradesh proposed three capitals, which are Visakhapatnam as the executive capital, Amaravati as the legislative capital, and Kurnool as the judicial capital, but the process
340-548: The term tehsil is commonly used in all northern states . In Maharashtra , Gujarat , Goa , Karnataka , Kerala and Tamil Nadu , taluka or taluk is more common. In Eastern India , instead of tehsils, the term Subdivision is used in Bihar , Assam , Jharkhand and West Bengal , as well as large parts of Northeast India ( Manipur , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Sikkim and Tripura ). In Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland , they are called circle . Tehsil/tahsil and taluk/taluka and
360-488: 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, town, or village, but subordinate to a larger state or province. India and Pakistan have an intermediate level of hierarchy (or more than one, at least in parts of India):
380-868: Was cancelled and reverted back to the original 2014 plan of a singular capital city at Amaravati on 22 November 2021. The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority is responsible for the administration and governance of the entire region under the Department of Municipal Administration and Urban Development of Andhra Pradesh. The region is partially spread across 6 districts and subdivided into 8 zones for administrative purposes. [1] It consists of 33 complete and 25 part mandals, totaling 58 mandals with 3 municipal corporations , 10 municipalities and 1006 gram panchayats spanning across 953 revenue villages. 16°30′30″N 80°38′30″E / 16.50833°N 80.64167°E / 16.50833; 80.64167 Mandal In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana ,
400-402: Was done for collecting land revenue and administration purposes. But now these subdivisions are governed in tandem with other departments of government like education, agriculture, irrigation, health, police, etc. The different departments of state government generally have offices at tehsil or taluk level to facilitate good governance and to provide facilities to common people easily. In India,
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