Tehsil

A tehsil (also Tahsil, Tahasil, in some areas also taluka, taluk or Taluq, in Andhra Pradesh Mandal ) is an administrative unit in Pakistan and India. In both countries, the Tehsils are under the district level. You have some fiscal and administrative powers. For real property, they are always the highest authority.

Pakistan

In Pakistan, the term tehsil is generally used. In the province of Sindh this administrative level but called Taluka. The Tehsils / Talukas are each subdivided into Union Councils.

India

The term Tehsil is mainly used in North India, as in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, on the other hand, the term taluka is in the South, for example, used in Goa, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Mandal is the official name in Andhra Pradesh. However, all three terms are synonymous.

The tasks of the Tehsils always relate to the administration of the estate. Depending on the state and / or district but other objects can be added as tax administration, depending on whether the Tehsilverwaltung was merged with the block or Subdivision.

The head of a Tehsils is called Tehsildar, the one taluks Talukdar accordingly.

• Geography (India)
• Political Geography