Administrative divisions of India

Indian states and territories frequently use different local titles for the same level of subdivision (e.g., the mandals of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana correspond to tehsils of Uttar Pradesh and other Hindi-speaking states but to talukas of Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu).

Zonal Councils were set up vide Part-III of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.

[15] The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India allows for the formation of autonomous administrative divisions which have been given autonomy within their respective states.

The two autonomous councils in the union territory of Ladakh was created by the state of Jammu and Kashmir (1952 – 2019).

They are purely geographic regions; some correspond to historic countries, states or provinces.

If this was to be done, it would presumably require that the boundaries of the regions be slightly modified so that they correspond exactly with their constituent districts.

In some states (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala) they are called Revenue Divisions.

They are governed by rural local bodies like gram panchayats, unlike statutory towns.

Blocks are district sub-divisions primarily for the purpose of Rural Development departments and Panchayati Raj institutions.

Certain governmental functions and activities - including clean water availability, rural development, and education - are tracked at a sub-village level.

[67] A metro area usually comprises multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighbourhoods, townships, cities, exurbs, suburbs, counties, districts, states, and even nations like the eurodistricts.