A hobli, nad or mágani is a cluster of adjoining villages administered together for tax and land tenure purposes in the states of

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and

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. This clustering of villages was formed mainly to streamline the collection of taxes and maintenance of land records by the

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department of the state. Each ''hobli'' consists of several villages and several hoblis together form a ''

taluk 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 ...

''. Hobli are further subdivided into revenue-circles or revenue blocks known as firka or phut mágani.

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