Tehsils

The Tehsil office is primarily responsible for land revenue administration, besides election and executive functions. It is the ultimate executive agency for land records and related administrative matters. The chief official is called the tehsildar or, less officially, the talukdar or taluka muktiarkar. In the Indian administrative context Tehsil or taluk is considered a sub-district. In some instances, tehsils overlap with "blocks" (panchayat union blocks or panchayat development blocks or CDBs). Tehsils fall under the land and revenue department and are headed by the tehsildar, whereas blocks fall under the rural development department and headed by the block development officer. Although they may cover the same or similar geographical areas, the two perform different administrative functions.