tehsil

A tehsil (or tahsil, tahasil, taluka, taluk, taluq) is a unit of government in some countries of South Asia.Generally, a tehsil consists of a city or town that serves as its headquarters, possibly additional towns, and a number of villages. As an entity of local government, it exercises certain fiscal and administrative power over the villages and municipalities within its jurisdiction. It is the ultimate executive agency for land records and related administrative matters. Its chief official is called the tehsildar or talukdar.
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