Familypedi… Editing (section) Tehsil 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Variations</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Taluka or tehsil can be called suburbs. <i>Tehsil</i> and <i>taluka</i> and their variants are used as <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22English%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22English%20language%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEnglish%20language%7CEnglish%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> words without further translation. Since these terms are unfamiliar to English speakers outside of the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22subcontinent%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22subcontinent%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bsubcontinent%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" class="new" title="Subcontinent (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvU3ViY29udGluZW50P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">subcontinent</a>, the word <i>county</i> has sometimes been provided as a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22gloss%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22gloss%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bgloss%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" class="new" title="Gloss (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvR2xvc3M/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">gloss</a>, on the basis that a <i>tehsil</i>, 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 <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22district%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22district%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bdistrict%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" href="/wiki/District" title="District">district</a> and the <i>tehsil</i>, both of which are sometimes glossed as <i>county</i>. In neither case is the analogy very precise in specific details. </p> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">India</h3> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BSee%20also%7CAdministrative%20divisions%20of%20India%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22See%20also%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​​</div> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">In India the term <i>tehsil</i> is only used in some states. For details see the corresponding article. </p> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Pakistan</h3> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BSee%20also%7CSubdivisions%20of%20Pakistan%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22See%20also%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​​</div> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">In Pakistan, the term <i>tehsil</i> is generally used except in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sindh%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sindh%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSindh%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" href="/wiki/Sindh" title="Sindh">Sindh</a> where the term <i>taluka</i> (<span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Blang-ur%7C%5Cu062a%5Cu0639%5Cu0644%5Cu0642%5Cu0647%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22lang-ur%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Urdu%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Urdu%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a>: <span data-rte-washtml="1" lang="ur" data-rte-attribs=" lang=ur xml:lang=ur">تعلقه</span>​</span>) predominates, e.g., <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Larkana%20Taluka%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Larkana%20Taluka%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLarkana%20Taluka%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" class="new" title="Larkana Taluka (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTGFya2FuYV9UYWx1a2E/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Larkana Taluka</a>.<span data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.lgdsindh.com.pk%5C%2Ftmalarkana6.htm%20Taluka%20Municipal%20Administration%20Larkana%20-%20Government%20of%20Sindh%5D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-2121212847600eaa57634ef%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ4999ae60657ae7b8-nowiki-00000003-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E1%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-2121212847600eaa57634ef%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ4999ae60657ae7b8-nowiki-00000004-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-0%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-0%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2222%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E1%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2223%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" href="#cite_note-0"><span data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> The <i>tehsil</i> is the second-lowest tier of local government in Pakistan; each <i>tehsil</i> is part of a larger <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22District%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22District%23Pakistan%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDistrict%23Pakistan%7CDistrict%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" href="/wiki/District#Pakistan" title="District">District</a> (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3Ezila%5C%2Fzilah%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Zillah%20%28country%20subdivision%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BZillah%20%28country%20subdivision%29%7C%27%27zila%5C%2Fzilah%27%27%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" class="new" title="Zillah (country subdivision) (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvWmlsbGFoXyhjb3VudHJ5X3N1YmRpdmlzaW9uKT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE="><i>zila/zilah</i></a> (<span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Blang-ur%7C%5Cu0636%5Cu0644%5Cu0639%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22lang-ur%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Urdu%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Urdu%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a>: <span data-rte-washtml="1" lang="ur" data-rte-attribs=" lang=ur xml:lang=ur">ضلع</span>​</span>)). Each <i>tehsil</i> is subdivided into a number of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22union%20councils%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Union%20Councils%20of%20Pakistan%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUnion%20Councils%20of%20Pakistan%7Cunion%20councils%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" class="new" title="Union Councils of Pakistan (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVW5pb25fQ291bmNpbHNfb2ZfUGFraXN0YW4/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">union councils</a>. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">In the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" class="new" title="Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvS2h5YmVyLVBha2h0dW5raHdhP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa</a>, <i>tehsil</i> has the same meaning as explained above except in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Malakand%20Division%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Malakand%20Division%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMalakand%20Division%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-2121212847600eaa57634ef" class="new" title="Malakand Division (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTWFsYWthbmRfRGl2aXNpb24/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Malakand Division</a>, where a district (<i>zila/Zilah</i>) has two or more subdivisions and a subdivision has two or more <i>tehsils</i>. The subdivisions in Malakand Division are about the same as <i>tehsils</i> in the rest of the country. </p> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key genealogy:rte-parser-cache:271096 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. 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