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Zila (country subdivision)
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A zilā or zilla or zillah or jela or jilha is a country subdivision in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. It is translated as district.
Zilas in Bangladesh[edit]
Zilas in India[edit]
A district (zilā) is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. In some cases districts are further subdivided into sub-divisions, and in others directly into tehsils or talukas. As of 2021 there are a total of 748 districts, up from the 640 in the 2011 Census of India and the 593 recorded in the 2001 Census of India.[1]
District officials include:
Each of these officials is aided by officers from the appropriate branch of the state government.
Most districts have a distinct headquarters; but the districts of Mumbai City, in Maharashtra,[2] Hyderabad in Telangana and Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, are examples where there is no distinct district headquarters, although there are district collectors.Zilas of Nepal[edit]
Zilas in Pakistan[edit]
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Provisional Population Totals: Number of Administrative Units" (PDF). Census of India 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ↑ Official site of Mumbai City Collectorate (A district)
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