India uses a plethora of terms to denote the large number of subdistricts across its 28 states and 8 union territories. The most commonly used term, prevalent across states in North India and widely used by the union government is tehsil. Other terms such as taluks, subdivisions, mandals, circles are officially used in the administration of respective states. The current terms have replaced earlier geographical terms, such as pargana and thana. Most subdistricts in India correspond to an area within a district including the designated city, town, hamlet, or other populated place that serves as its administrative centre, with possible additional towns, and usually a number of villages. Statewise subdistricts States use varying names for their sub-districts. Detailed information is as follows (as of 2018): See also List of community development blocks in India References Map of tehsils each states Interactive map of tehsils of india Tehsils of India India 3 Sub-districts, India