CH 7 OUR COUNTRY – INDIA

What are four administrative divisions? Bengaluru. Belagavi. Kalaburagi. Mysuru.

Administrative division, administrative unit, country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, independent sovereign state (country) is divided.

India has 28 states and 7 union territories. The division of these states and union territories is based mainly on the respective languages spoken in these areas. States are further divided into districts.

seven provincesNepal is divided into seven provinces. The provinces are divided into districts.

Administrative units are set up on a hierarchical/cascade structure. For example, from country to province, then district, division and location. This could also be explained as a form of a parent unit to a child unit relationship.

Mahe districtMahe district (Malayalam: മയ്യഴി ജില്ല) is one of the four districts of the union territory of Puducherry, India. It consists of the whole of the Mahé region. Mahe is the smallest district of India by size. The total area of Mahe district is surrounded by North Malabar of Kerala State.

Collector/ District MagistrateThe head of the district administration is the Collector/ District Magistrate/ Deputy Commissioner who is drawn from Indian Administrative Service.

A country may be divided into several parts like regions or states or provinces, then further divided into municipalities or counties.

About 6,612 blocks were present in India in 2012. Andhra Pradesh had the highest number of blocks that year

In some cases, districts are further subdivided into sub-divisions, and in others directly into tehsils or talukas. As of April 2022, there are a total of 773 districts, up from the 640 in the 2011 Census of India and the 593 recorded in the 2001 Census of India.