Sub-districts
Tehsils, talukas, blocks or mandals (sub-districts but can also refer to division), headed by a Tehsildar or Talukdar, comprise several villages or village clusters. The governmental bodies at the Tehsil level are called the panchayat samiti.
States use varying names for their sub-districts. Detailed information is as follows:
| State or U.T. | Name for sub-district | Number of sub-districts |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Tahsil | 59 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Tahsil/Sub-Tahsil | 109 |
| Punjab | Tahsil | 72 |
| Chandigarh | Tahsil | 1 |
| Uttarakhand | Tahsil | 49 |
| Haryana | Tahsil | 67 |
| Delhi | Tahsil | 27 |
| Rajasthan | Tahsil | 241 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Tahsil | 305 |
| Bihar | C.D.Block | 533 |
| Sikkim | Sub-Division | 9 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Circle | 149 |
| Nagaland | Circle | 93 |
| Manipur | Sub-Division | 38 |
| Mizoram | R.D.Block | 22 |
| Tripura | C.D.Block | 38 |
| Meghalaya | C.D.Block | 39 |
| Assam | Circle | 155 |
| West Bengal | C.D.Block | 341 |
| Jharkhand | C.D.Block | 210 |
| Orissa | Police Station | 485 |
| Chhatisgarh | Tahsil | 97 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Tahsil | 259 |
| Gujarat | Taluk | 226 |
| Daman & Diu | Taluk | 2 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Taluk | 1 |
| Maharashtra | Taluka | 353 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Mandal | 1125 |
| Karnataka | Taluk | 175 |
| Goa | Taluk | 11 |
| Lakshadweep | Sub-Division | 4 |
| Kerala | Taluk | 63 |
| Tamil Nadu | Taluk | 201 |
| Pondicherry | Commune Panchayat | 10 |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Tahsil | 7 |
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