mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

is a local government area, similar to a tehsil, in parts of India. Mandal may also refer to:

People

Mandal (surname) Mandal ( sa, मण्डल, maṇḍala) also spelled Mondal, is a surname or title which is prevalent in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. The word "mandal" has various meanings depending upon the context, such as circle, orb, disc, ring, sphere, ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name

Places

India

* Mandal tehsil, Bhilwara district, Rajasthan *

Mandal taluka, Ahmedabad district Mandal is a taluka of Ahmedabad District, India. History Mandal is a historical town. When, in 1347, the Emperor Muhammad bin Tughluq came to restore order in Gujarat, the Rana of Mandal and Patri, helped him and was honoured with robes and re ...

, Gujarat **

Mandal, Gujarat Mandal is a town in Mandal taluka of Ahmedabad district, India. History Mandal is a historical town. When, in 1347, the Emperor Muhammad bin Tughluq came to restore order in Gujarat, the Rana of Mandal and Patri, helped him and was honoured w ...

Mandal, Uttarakhand Mandal is a village in the Garhwal Himalayas of 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" (lite ...

Mongolia

Mandal, Selenge Mandal ( mn, Мандал) is a sum (district) of Selenge Province in northern Mongolia. The Züünkharaa city is Mandal sum center. The Kherkh urban-type settlement is 5 km south from Züünkharaa city center, separated with Kharaa Gol ri ...

Norway

* Mandal, Norway, Lindesnes municipality, Agder county ** Mandal (municipality), a former municipality **

Mandal Airfield Mandal Airfield ( no, Mandal flyplass) was a military air base situated at Vestnes in Lindesnes municipality, Norway. It featured a wooden runway measuring . Built by the German Luftwaffe in 1940 after Nazi Germany occupied Norway, it remained in u ...

* Mandalselva ('Mandal River'), a river

United States

* Mandahl, U.S. Virgin Islands, or Mandal

Other uses

* Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal, commonly known as Mandal, a historical institute in India *

Mandal Commission The ''Mandal Commission'' or the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Commission (SEBC), was established in India in 1979 by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister Morarji Desai with a mandate to "identify the socially or educa ...

, a 1979 commission in India on affirmative action *Mandal, a lever or latch on a qanun musical instrument *Mandal, a dialect of Nyimang language *Mandal, Rigveda has 10 books or mandals, Mandala 1 to Mandala 10.