Tehsil

तहसील

Uttarakhand land records glossary · People & Offices

What is Tehsil?

The revenue subdivision of a district; your land 'belongs' to one tehsil.

Districts are divided into tehsils (Kotdwar, Vikasnagar, etc.). Land records are maintained tehsil-wise, and that is where you get certified copies, file mutation applications and attend revenue-court hearings. Development 'blocks' are a separate, parallel division used for schemes - a village is in both a tehsil and a block.

Related terms

More in People & Offices

  • Patwari / Lekhpal - The village-level revenue official who maintains land records.
  • Kanungo - Supervisor of patwaris; checks and verifies their records.
  • SRO (Sub-Registrar Office) - The office where deeds are registered and copied into the record.
  • Mauza - The revenue village - the unit for which records and maps are kept.
  • Tok - A hamlet or named cluster of fields within a hill village.

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