A cantonment (, , or ) is a military quarters. In

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

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and other parts of

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, a ''cantonment'' refers to a permanent military station (a term from the colonial-era). In

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parlance, a cantonment is, essentially, "a permanent residential section (i.e. barrack) of a fort or other military installation," such as

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. The word ''cantonment'', derived from the French word '' canton'', meaning ''corner'' or ''district'', refers to a temporary military or winter encampment. For example, at the start of the

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in 1815, while the

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's headquarters were in Brussels, most of his Anglo–allied army of 93,000 soldiers were ''cantoned'', or stationed, to the south of Brussels.

List of permanent cantonments

Afghanistan

The former

Sherpur Cantonment Sherpur Cantonment, or the British Cemetery, is located in Kabul, Afghanistan. The area was a British military camp or cantonment and the site of the 1879 Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment in the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Now officially called th ...

Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...

, Afghanistan, which was the site of the

Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment The siege of the Sherpur Cantonment was a battle fought in December 1879, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Background On 3 September 1879 Sir Pierre Cavagnari, the British Resident in Kabul, and his escort were massacred by mutinous Af ...

(1879) in the

Second Anglo-Afghan War The Second Anglo-Afghan War (Dari: جنگ دوم افغان و انگلیس, ps, د افغان-انګرېز دويمه جګړه) was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the l ...

(1878–1880), is now maintained as a British Army cemetery.

Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, cantonments are residential quarters for many military personnel aside from soldiers. These individuals include officers, teachers, military doctors, military nurses, junior commanding officers, and non–commissioned Officers. A wide variety of military training is provided in Bangladesh cantonments: *

Alikadam Cantonment Alikadam Cantonment ( bn, আলীকদম সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located outside of Bandarban. The 24th Infantry Division (Bangladesh) inhabits the cantonment. It is one of five cantonments in Chittagong Hill Tracts are ...

Bandarban Bandarban ( bn, বান্দরবান, Chakma: 𑄝𑄚𑄴𑄘𑄧𑄢𑄴𑄝𑄚𑄴) is a district in South-Eastern Bangladesh, and a part of the Chittagong Division. It is one of the three hill districts of Bangladesh and a part of ...

Bandarban Cantonment Bandarban Cantonment ( bn, বান্দরবন সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Bandarban. The headquarter of 69th Infantry Brigade of Bangladesh Army locate here. It is one of five cantonment in Chittagong Hill Tracts ...

Bangladesh Military Academy Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) is the officers training institute for the officer cadets of Bangladesh Army. It is located in Bhatiary, near Chittagong Hill Tracts, in the Chittagong District of south-east Bangladesh, about 13 kilometres ...

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

Chittagong Cantonment Chattogram Cantonment is situated near Bayezid Bostami of Chattogram, Bangladesh. It is the headquarters of 24th infantry division. History An Indian army tank captured by the East Bengal Regiment (based in Chattogram cantonment) near Lahore ...

, Chittagong *

Comilla Cantonment Cumilla Cantonment ( bn, কুমিল্লা সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located near Mainamati, Cumilla city in Bangladesh. The personnel of Bangladesh Army with local civilian inhabit here. The 33rd Infantry Division HQ is ...

Comilla Comilla (; bn, কুমিল্লা, Kumillā, ), officially spelled Cumilla, is the fifth largest city of Bangladesh and second largest in Chittagong division. It is the administrative centre of the Comilla District. The name Comilla was ...

Dhaka Cantonment Dhaka Cantonment ( bn, ঢাকা সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in the northern part of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The headquarters of the Bangladesh Army, and Bangladesh Air Force, Air Force are situated within the cantonment w ...

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

Dighinala Cantonment Dighinala Cantonment ( bn, দীঘিনালা সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment in Dighinala, outside of Khagrachari. 24th Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army inhabit here. It is one of five cantonment in Chittagong Hill Tract ...

Khagrachari Khagrachari ( bn, খাগড়াছড়ি) is a district in the Chittagong Division of Southeastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region. History The Chittagong Hill Tracts was under the reign of the Tripura Sta ...

Halishahar Cantonment Halishahar Cantonment is a cantonment situated at Halishahar in Chittagong. This is one of 28 cantonments across Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-m ...

, Chittagong *

Jahanabad Cantonment Jahanabad Cantonment is the Bangladeshi military cantonment in Khulna, Bangladesh. Education * Cantonment Public College, Jahanabad, Khulna. * Army Service Corps Centre and School (ASC&S) * RVFC Records office * Branch Recruiting Unit, Khulna * ...

Khulna Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 b ...

Jahangirabad Cantonment Jahangirabad Cantonment is located in Bogra, is a Cantonment near Bogra city Bypass road. It is the HQ of 11th artillery brigade. Education * Jahangirabad Cantonment Public School See also * Comilla Cantonment * Alikadam Cantonment * Sava ...

Bogra Bogra ( bn, বগুড়া), officially known as Bogura, is a major city located in Bogra District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. The city is a major commercial hub in Northern Bangladesh. It is the second largest city in Rajshahi Divi ...

Jalalabad Cantonment Jalalabad Cantonment ( bn, জালালাবাদ সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Jalalabad Cantonment is the home of the Bangladesh Army's 17th Infantry Division, the School of Infantry & Tactics ...

Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...

Jamuna Cantonment Jamuna Cantonment (officially known as Bangabandhu Cantonment) is a Bangladeshi military cantonment near Bangabandhu Bridge in Bhuapur Upazila, Tangail District, Bangladesh. The cantonment has been named in line with the name of Bangabandhu Brid ...

Tangail Tangail ( bn, টাঙ্গাইল, ), is a major city within the Dhaka Division in central Bangladesh. It sits on the bank of the Louhajang River, north-west of Dhaka, the nation's capital. It is considered to be the main urban area of ...

Jessore Cantonment Jashore Cantonment is a cantonment located in the southern part of Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a popu ...

Jessore Jessore ( bn, যশোর, jôshor, ), officially Jashore, is a city of Jessore District situated in Khulna Division. It is situated in the south-western part of Bangladesh. It is the administrative centre (headquarter) of the eponymous district ...

Kaptai Cantonment Kaptai Cantonment is a cantonment located at Kaptai in Rangamati District. A navy base and the headquarters of 65th infantry brigade, which was under 24th Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army, are located in Kaptai. In 2015, the brigade was tran ...

, Kaptai *

Khagrachari Cantonment Khagrachhari Cantonment ( bn, খাগড়াছড়ি সেনানিবাস, Khagrachhori Senanibas) is a cantonment located in Khagrachhari, Bangladesh. 203rd Infantry Brigade of Bangladesh Army inhabit here. It is under the jurisdic ...

* Kholahati Cantonment,

Dinajpur Dinajpur ( bn, দিনাজপুর ) is a city and the District headquarters of Dinajpur district situated in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1786. It is located 413 km north-west of Dhaka in Bangladesh. It is bound ...

Majhira Cantonment Majhira Cantonment, also known historically as Bogra Cantonment, is a cantonment about 10 kilometers south of Bogura city in northern Bangladesh. It is the 11th Infantry Division headquarters. The Armoured Corps Center & School (ACC&S), and the ...

, Bogra * Mawa Cantonment, Louhajong,

Munshigonj Munshiganj ( bn, মুন্সীগঞ্জ), also historically known as Bikrampur, is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division and borders Dhaka District. Geography Total land area is 235974 acres (954 km2), ...

* Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka *

Mymensingh Cantonment Mymensingh Cantonment (Officially known as Momenshahi Cantonment) was the headquarters of the 19th Infantry Division of the Bangladesh Army. Presently it has the headquarters of ARTDOC which consists of its Battle Group and all the training instit ...

Mymensingh Mymensingh ( bn, ময়মনসিংহ) is the capital of Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh. Located on the bank of Brahmaputra River, about north of the national capital Dhaka, it is a major financial center and educational hub of north ...

Padma Cantonment Sheikh Russel Cantonment is a Bangladeshi military cantonment near Padma Bridge in Munshiganj and Shariatpur Districts, Bangladesh. The cantonment has been named after Sheikh Russel, younger brother of Bangladesh Prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed ...

Shariatpur Shariatpur ( bn, শরিয়তপুর জেলা, ''Shariatpur Jela'' also ''Shariatpur Zila'') is a district in the Dhaka Division of central Bangladesh. It is bounded by Munshiganj district on the north, Barisal district on the south, C ...

* Postogola Cantonment, Dhaka * Qadirabad Cantonment,

Natore Natore district is a district of Rajshahi Division located in northern Bangladesh. It borders the metropolitan city of Rajshahi, and used to be part of Rajshahi district. History Natore was the District Headquarters of Rajshahi from 1769 to 182 ...

Rajendrapur Cantonment Rajendrapur Cantonment is a cantonment located in Rajendrapur, Gazipur, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. History The illicit weapons in the Purulia arms drop case had stated Rajendrapur in their end user certificate. Institutions *Combined Military H ...

Gazipur Gazipur ( bn, গাজীপুর) is a city in central Bangladesh. It is located in the Gazipur District. It is a major industrial city north of Dhaka. It is a hub for the textile industry in Bangladesh. Its other name is Joydebpur. Demogra ...

Rajshahi Cantonment Rajshahi Cantonment is the Bangladeshi military cantonment in Rajshahi. It is the home of Bangladesh Infantry Regimental Centre. Institutions * Bangladesh Infantry Regimental Centre. *BIRC Training Battalion Education * Rajshahi Cantonment Publ ...

Rajshahi Rajshahi ( bn, রাজশাহী, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city and a major urban, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous Rajshahi Division, division and Rajshahi District ...

* Ramu Cantonment, Cox's Bazar *

Rangamati Cantonment Rangamati Cantonment ( bn, রাঙ্গামাটি সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Rangamati. 305th Infantry Brigade of Bangladesh Army inhabit here under 24th infantry division.. It is one of five cantonment in Chi ...

, Rangamati *

Rangpur Cantonment Rangpur Cantonment ( bn, রংপুর সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Rangpur, Bangladesh. It is the headquarter of 66th Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army. History The mass of the city of Rangpur were protesting a ...

, Rangpur *

Saidpur Cantonment Saidpur Cantonment is the Bangladeshi military cantonment in Saidpur, Nilphamari District, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country ...

, Nilphamari *

Savar Cantonment Savar Cantonment ( bn, সাভার সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The 9th infantry division of Bangladesh Army is garrisoned there. Corps of Military Police Centre & School (CMPC&S) and the ...

, Dhaka *

Shahid Salahuddin Cantonment Shahid Salahuddin Cantonment is a cantonment located in Ghatail Upazila, Tangail District, Bangladesh. Ghatail Area Commander is Major General Sayed Tareq Hussain Syed Tareq Hussain awc, psc is a Major General of Bangladesh Army and incumbent Comm ...

Ghatail Ghatail ( bn, ঘাটাইল) is a town of Ghatail Upazila, Tangail, Bangladesh. The town is situated north of Tangail city and northwest of Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the cap ...

* Sheikh Hasina Cantonment, Lebukhali,

Barisal Barisal ( or ; bn, বরিশাল, ), officially known as Barishal, is a major city that lies on the banks of the Kirtankhola river in south-central Bangladesh. It is the largest city and the administrative headquarter of both Barisal Dist ...

Patuakhali Patuakhali ( bn, পটুয়াখালী ''Potuakhali'') is a town and district headquarter of Patuakhali District located on the southern bank of Laukathi river in the division of Barisal in Bangladesh. It is the administrative headquar ...

Bhutan

The Indian Army maintains a training mission in Bhutan, known as the

Indian Military Training Team The Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT), established since 1961–62, is a training mission of the Indian Army in Bhutan. IMTRAT is responsible for the training of the personnel of the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) and the Royal Bodyguard of Bhutan ( ...

(IMTRAT) which is responsible for the military training of the

Royal Bhutan Army The Royal Bhutan Army (RBA; dz, བསྟན་སྲུང་དམག་སྡེ་, bStan-srung dmag-sde) is a branch of the armed forces of the Kingdom of Bhutan responsible for maintaining the country's territorial integrity and sovereign ...

(RBA) and

Royal Bodyguard A bodyguard (or close protection officer/operative) is a type of security guard, government law enforcement officer, or servicemember who protects a person or a group of people — usually witnesses, high-ranking public officials or officers, ...

(RBG) personnel. All RBA and RBG officers are sent for training at the

National Defence Academy The National Defence Academy (NDA) is the joint defence service training institute of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services i.e. the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force train together before they go on ...

and the

Indian Military Academy The Indian Military Academy (IMA) is one of the oldest military academies in India, and trains officers for the Indian Army. Located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, it was established in 1932 following a recommendation by a military committee set up ...

. Moreover, Project Dantak, a division of the

Indian Border Roads Organisation The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is a road construction executive force in India that provides support to and is now a part of the Indian Armed Forces. BRO develops and maintains road networks in India's border areas and friendly neighboring ...

and subdivision of the

Indian Army Corps of Engineers The Indian Army Corps of Engineers is a combat support arm which provides combat engineering support, develops infrastructure for armed forces and other defence organisations and maintains connectivity along the borders, besides helping the civil ...

, was established in Bhutan on 24 April 1961, with its first commanding officer, Colonel TV Jaganathan. Project Dantak has since been responsible for the construction and maintenance of more than of roads and bridges,

Paro Airport Paro International Airport ( dz, སྤ་རོ་གནམ་ཐང༌།, paro gnam thang) is the sole international airport of the four airports in Bhutan. It is from Paro in a deep valley on the bank of the river Paro Chhu. With surr ...

, a disused airfield at

Yongphulla Airport Yongphulla Airport (also known as Yonphula Airport) is a domestic airport in Bhutan, one of the country's four airports. It is located near Trashigang. History The airport was originally constructed by the Border Roads Organisation in the 1960 ...

, heliports, and other infrastructure. These serve India's strategic defence needs, but also provide economic benefits for the Bhutani citizens.

India

Several cities among the Indian subcontinent, such as

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...

Ambala Ambala () is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border with the Indian state of Punjab and in proximity to both states capital Chandigarh. Politically, Ambala has two sub-are ...

Bellary Bellary, officially Ballari, in the eponymous Bellary district, is a city in the state of Karnataka, India. History Bellary was a part of Rayalaseema (Ceded Districts) which was part of Madras Presidency till 1 November 1956. The Ball ...

Belgaum Belgaum (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma''; also Belgaon and officially known as Belagavi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous ...

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

Danapur Danapur is a Indian satellite town and one of the 6 sub-divisions (Tehsil) in Patna district of Bihar state.Jabalpur Jabalpur is a city situated on the banks of Narmada River in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. According to the 2011 census, it is the third-largest urban agglomeration in Madhya Pradesh and the country's 38th-largest urban agglomeration. J ...

Kanpur Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (help·info)) is an industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations o ...

Bathinda Bathinda is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda District. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa Region, west of the capital city of Chandigarh and is the fifth l ...

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

Meerut Meerut (, IAST: ''Meraṭh'') is a city in Meerut district of the western part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city lies northeast of the national capital New Delhi, within the National Capital Region and west of the state capital ...

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...

Ramgarh Ramgarh may refer to: Bangladesh * Ramgarh Upazila, a sub-district of Khagrachari District India * Ramgarh, Bihar, a village near Munger, Bihar * Ramgarh, Kaimur, a town in Kaimur district, Bihar * Ramgarh, Uttarakhand, a hill station in Nainital ...

Secunderabad Secunderabad, also spelled as Sikandarabad (, ), is a twin cities, twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana. It ...

, and

Trichy Tiruchirappalli () ( formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with bein ...

, contained large cantonments of the former

British Indian Army The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...

, with Meerut and Ramgarh being two of the most important cantonments in northern India, second only to the headquarters at Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). Meerut was established in 1803 and for 150 years was the largest cantonment in the region. Although cantonments in India were considered to be semi-permanent in the 18th and 19th centuries, by the turn of the 20th century they had transitioned to being permanent garrisons. They were further entrenched as such, via the military reforms of Lord Kitchener in 1903, and the Cantonments Act of 1924.Sheikh, M. O. Lahore Cantonment https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/momers_termpapers/ss153LahoreCantonment.htm&date=2009-10-26+02:56:58 There are sixty-two "notified cantonments" in India, occupying an area of 157,000 acres: twenty-five in Central Command, nineteen in Southern Command, thirteen in Western Command, four in Eastern Command, and one in Northern Command. Major cantonments and garrisons include the following:

Notified Cantonments

Agra Cantonment Agra Cantonment (station code: AGC) is the main railway station in the Indian city of Agra. It is located near the Sadar Bazaar towards the southwest of the city. It lies on the main Delhi–Chennai and one of the Delhi–Mumbai lines. Overvi ...

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

, Central Command #

Ahmedabad Cantonment Ahmedabad Cantonment is situated between Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujara ...

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

, Southern Command # Ahmednagar Cantonment,

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

, Southern Command # Varanasi Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Ajmer Cantonment,

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

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Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...

Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Almora Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command #

Ambala Cantonment Ambala Cantonment is a cantonment town in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India. It is 200 km north of Delhi and 55 km southwest of Chandigarh. This cantonment was established in the year 1843 and is an important centre for ma ...

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

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Amritsar Cantonment Amritsar Cantonment is a cantonment town in Amritsar District in the state of Punjab (India), Punjab, India. Demographics India census, Amritsar Cantonment had a population of 11,300. Males constitute 63% of the population and females 37%. Amri ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

, Western Command #

Aurangabad Cantonment Aurangabad Cantonment (Chawni), is a cantonment town in Aurangabad district in the state of Maharashtra, India. History The Aurangabad City was founded in 1610 by Malik Ambar, the Prime Minister of Murtuza Nizam Shah II, on the site of a vil ...

, Maharashtra, Southern Command # Ayodhya Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Babina Cantonment, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, Southern Command # Badamibagh Cantonment, Jammu and Kashmir, Northern Command # Bakloh Cantonment,

Chamba District Chamba is the northwestern district of Himachal Pradesh, in India, with its headquarters in Chamba town. The towns of Dalhousie, Khajjhiar and Churah Valley are popular hill stations and vacation spots for the people from the plains of northe ...

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

, Western Command #

Bareilly Cantonment Bareilly Cantonment is a cantonment town located in the Bareilly district of the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. History The city of Bareilly, along with the entire Rohilkhand region, came under the suzerainty of the British East India ...

, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Barrackpore, West Bengal, Eastern Command #

Belgaum Cantonment Belgaum Cantonment is a cantonment in Belgaum district in the state of Karnataka, India. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given po ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

, Southern Command #

Bellary Cantonment Bellary Cantonment, was a cantonment area in Madras Presidency in the British Raj. Bellary, today in Karnataka, came under British administration in 1800, and was the headquarters of the Bellary District Bellary, officially known as Ballari ...

, Southern Command #

Cannanore Cantonment Kannur Cantonment (or Cannanore Cantonment the old English name), situated in Burnassery or Burnshire(the anglicized name), is a cantonment town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala, between Kannur town and Kannur City. The cantonmen ...

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

, Southern Command # Chakrata Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Clement Town Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Dagshai Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command #

Dalhousie Cantonment Dalhousie cantonment is a town in Chamba district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. History In the wake of the 1857 War, the Military Department of the Government of India, expanded its survey of lower Himalayas, to identify suitable ...

, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command #

Danapur Cantonment Danapur Cantonment or Danapur Cantt is a cantonment town in Patna District in the state of Bihar, India. Danapur is a category II Cantonment, established in 1765. The board consists of 14 members including 7 elected members. Danapur cantonmen ...

, Bihar, Central Command #

Dehradun Cantonment Dehradun Cantonment is a cantonment town in Dehradun district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It was established in 1913. Demographics India census, Dehradun Cantonment had a population of 30,102. Males constitute 52% of the population a ...

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

, Central Command # Yol Cantonment,

, Western Command # Dehu Road Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command # Delhi Cantonment, Delhi, Western Command # Deolali Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command # Dum Dum Cantonment, West Bengal, Eastern Command #

Faizabad Cantonment Faizabad Cantonment, officially known as Ayodhya Cantonment is a cantonment town in Faizabad in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, close to the city of Faizabad. Established in the year 1858, today the Faizabad Cantonment is a Class I,2,3,4,5 ...

, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Faizabad New Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Fatehgarh Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Ferozepur Cantonment, Punjab, Western Command #

Gopalpur Cantonment Gopalpur (Hindi/Bengali/Oriya) or Gopalapuram (Telugu/Tamil/Malayalam) may refer to: Bangladesh * Gopalpur Upazila, a sub-district of Tangail District, Dhaka Division ** Gopalpur, Tangail, Bangladesh, a town which is the seat of that sub-distric ...

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

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Jabalpur Cantonment Jabalpur Cantonment is a cantonment town in Jabalpur District in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of ...

, Madhya Pradesh, Central Command #

Jalandhar Cantonment Jalandhar Cantonment is a cantonment town in Jalandhar District in the Indian state of Punjab. The Cantonment is located between latitude 30° 18' and longitude 75° 37' on the southwest and at a distance of 2 km from Cantonment Railway S ...

, Punjab, Western Command #

Jalapahar Jalapahar is a ridge as well as a locality in the hilly town of Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. There was a British military camp in this locality in the Raj days. This ridge meets Katapahar ridge at Observatory Hill. St. Pau ...

Darjeeling Darjeeling (, , ) is a town and municipality in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the easternmost province of Nepal, ...

, West Bengal, Eastern Command (India), Eastern Command # Jammu Cantonment, Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, Western Command (India), Western Command # Jhansi Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Southern Command # Jutogh, Jutogh Cantonment, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command # Kamptee Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command # Kanpur Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Kasauli Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command # Khas Yol Cantonment, Kangara, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command # Kirkee, Kirkee Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command # Landour, Landour Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Lansdowne, India, Lansdowne Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Lebong, Darjeeling, West Bengal, Eastern Command # Lucknow Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Mathura Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Meerut Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Mhow Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh, Central Command # Morar Cantonment, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, Southern Command # Nainital Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Nasirabad Cantonment, Rajasthan, Southern Command # Pachmarhi Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh, Central Command # Pune Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command # Ramgarh Cantonment, Jharkhand, Central Command # Ranikhet, Ranikhet Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Roorkee Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Saugor Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh, Southern Command #

Cantonment, Telangana, Southern Command # Shahajahanpur Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Shillong Cantonment, Meghalaya, Eastern Command # St. Thomas Mount Cantonment, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Southern Command # Subathu Cantonment, Shimla Hills, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command # Wellington Cantonment, Tamil Nadu, Southern Command

Unlisted Military Cantonments

#Abohar Cantonment (Abohar, Punjab) # Varanasi Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command #Akhnoor Cantonment (Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir) #Baddowal Cantonment (Ludhiana, Punjab) #Bangalore Cantonment (Bangalore, Karnataka) #Bikaner Cantonment (Bikaner, Rajasthan) #Bhatinda Cantonment (Bhatinda, Punjab) #Bhuj Cantonment (Bhuj, Gujarat) #Bhopal Cantonment (Madhya Pradesh) #Chandimandir Cantonment (Chandigarh) #Faridkot Cantonment (Faridkot, Punjab) #Fazilka Cantonment (Fazilka, Punjab) #Gandhinagar Cantonment (Gandhinagar, Gujarat) #Gopalpur Cantonment (Brahmapur, Orissa) #Narengi Cantonment (Guwahati, Assam) #Hisar Cantt (Hisar, Haryana) #Itarana Cantonment (Alwar, Rajasthan) #Jaipur Cantonment (Jaipur, Rajasthan) #Jaisalmer Cantonment (Jaisalmer, Rajasthan) #Jodhpur Cantonment (Rajasthan) #Bharatpur Cantonment (Rajasthan) #Joshimath, Joshimath Cantonment (Joshimath, Uttarakhand) #Kapurthala Cantonment (Kapurthala, Punjab) #Khasa Cantonment (Amritsar, Punjab) #Kollam Cantonment (Kollam, India) #Ludhiana Cantonment (Punjab) #Mamun Cantonment (Pathankot, Punjab) #Missamari Cantonment (Missamari, Assam) #Nagrota Cantonment (Nagrota, Jammu & Kashmir) #Pathankot Cantonment (Pathankot, Punjab) #Patiala Cantonment (Punjab) #Pithoragarh, Pithoragarh Cantonment (Pithoragarh , Uttarakhand) #Dipatoli Cantonment (Ranchi, Jharkhand) #Shahjahanpur Cantonment (Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh) #Solmara Cantonment (Tezpur, Assam) #Sri Ganganagar Cantonment (Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan) #Suratgarh Cantonment (Suratgarh, Rajasthan) #Thiruvananthapuram Cantonment (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) #Tibri Cantonment (Hoshiarpur, Punjab) #Udhampur Cantonment (Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir) #Vadodra Cantonment (Vadodra, Gujarat)

Ghana

*Cantonments, Accra

Nigeria

Cantonments in Nigeria refer to permanent military installations which house active personnel and their families. Cantonments in Nigeria include: *Airforce Cantonment, Ikeja, Lagos *Armed forces resettlement centre, Oshodi-Isolo, Oshodi, Lagos *Army Ordnance Cantonment, (also known as Abalti Barracks), Yaba, Lagos, Yaba, Lagos *Arn Cantonment, Yaba, Lagos *Badagry Cantonment, Badagry, Lagos *Dodan Cantonment, Ikoyi, Lagos *Ikeja Cantonment, Ikeja, Lagos *Marda Cantonment, Yaba, Lagos *Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos, Ojo, Lagos *Ojo Cantonment (also known as Palm Barracks), Ojo, Lagos, *Bonny Camp, Victoria Island, Lagos, Victoria Island * Jaji military cantonment, kaduna, *Dalet cantonment, kaduna, *Mogadishu cantonment, *Abiyssinia cantonment, *.Burma cantonment, *Adshanti cantonment, *Nigerian Defence Academy, Afaka, Kaduna

Pakistan

*Abbottabad Cantonment *Attock Cantonment *Allama Iqbal Cantonment *Bannu Cantonment *Bhawalpur Cantonment *Chaklala Cantonment *Clifton Cantonment, Karachi *Dera Ismail Khan Cantonment *Faisal Cantonment, Karachi *Faisalabad Cantonment *Gujranwala Cantonment *Hyderabad (Pakistan), Hyderabad Cantonment *Jhelum Cantonment *Kamra Cantonment, Kamra Cantonment *Karachi Cantonment *Kharian Cantonment *Khuzdar Cantonment *Korangi Creek Cantonment, Karachi *Lahore Cantonment *Walton Cantonment: Created out of the southern parts of the original Lahore Cantt., Walton, Lahore *Loralai Cantonment *Malir Cantonment, Karachi *Mangla Cantonment *Manora Cantonment, Karachi *Mardan Cantonment *Multan Cantt, Multan Cantonment *Murree Cantonment *Nowshera Cantonment *Okara, Pakistan, Okara Cantonment *Ormara Cantonment *Pano Aqil Cantonment *Peshawar Cantonment *Quetta Cantonment *Rawalpindi Cantonment *Sanjwal Cantonment *Sargodha Cantonment *Shorkot Cantonment (PAF Rafiqui) *Sialkot Cantonment *Taxila Cantonment *Wah Cantonment *Zhob Cantonment

Singapore

In Singapore, the term is used to denote a police cantonment.

South Africa

* Thaba Tshwane

Sri Lanka

*Panagoda Cantonment

United States

The United States military commonly uses the term "cantonment" to describe the permanent facilities at U.S. Army training bases as opposed to the field training areas. Cantonment areas often include housing (such as barracks and maid-service quarters), dining facilities, training classrooms, exchanges, and paved air fields.

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