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[]

These paragraphs are an excerpt from Districts of Bangladesh.[]
The divisions of Bangladesh are divided into 64[1] districts or zila.[2] The headquarters of a district is called a district seat (jela shodor). The districts are further subdivided into 492 sub-districts or upazila.[3]

Zilas in India[]

These paragraphs are an excerpt from List of districts in India.[]

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.[4]

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,[5] 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[]

These paragraphs are an excerpt from List of districts of Nepal.[]

Districts in Nepal are second level of administrative divisions after provinces. Districts are subdivided in municipalities and rural municipalities. There are seven provinces and 77 districts in Nepal.

After the state's reconstruction of administrative divisions, Nawalparasi District and Rukum District were divided into Parasi District and Nawalpur District, and Eastern Rukum District and Western Rukum District respectively.

Zilas in Pakistan[]

These paragraphs are an excerpt from Districts of Pakistan.[]
The Districts of Pakistan (Urdu: اِضلاعِ پاكِستان); are the third-order administrative divisions of Pakistan, below provinces and divisions, but forming the first-tier of local government. In total, there are 160 districts in Pakistan including the Capital Territory and the districts of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan.[6][7] These districts are further divided into Tehsils, Union Councils.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Bangladesh National Portal.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh - Government and society". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  3. ^ "Upazilla List". Bangladesh National Portal. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  4. ^ "Provisional Population Totals: Number of Administrative Units" (PDF). Census of India 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  5. ^ Official site of Mumbai City Collectorate (A district)
  6. ^ "Dividing governance: Three new districts notified in G-B - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  7. ^ "Administrative Setup". ajk.gov.pk. Archived from the original on April 9, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2010.


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