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Gautam Buddha Nagar district is a district of Uttar Pradesh, named after Gautama Buddha. [2] It is a part of Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) and is divided into 3 sub-divisions (Tehsils) of Noida, Dadri and Jewar.
Noida, short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (ISO: Navīna Ōkhalā Audyōgika Vikāsa Prādhikaraṇa), [5] is a city [6] located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Noida is a satellite city of Delhi and is a part of the National Capital Region.
In the Indian administrative context, states adopt various nomenclatures for their sub-district divisions, including Tehsil, Taluk, Circle, Subdivision, and Mandal. Notably, Tehsil predominates in North Indian states , whereas Taluk is prevalent in South Indian states .
A tehsil (Hindustani pronunciation:, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka) is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative centre, with possible additional towns, and usually a number of villages . [ 1 ]
The administrative divisions of India are subnational administrative units of India; they are composed of a nested hierarchy of administrative divisions.. 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 ...
The majority of districts are named after their administrative centre. Some are referred to by two names, a traditional one and one that uses the name of the town that is the headquarters. Since most of the districts are named after a town, the word "district" is appended to distinguish between the town and the district.
Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, has 75 districts and 1 temporary district.These districts, most of which have populations above 12 lakhs, are grouped into 18 divisions for administrative convenience.
"Tehsil" is presumably an Arabic word meaning "revenue collection", and "dar" is a Persian word meaning "holder of a position". [ citation needed ] Mamlatdar is a synonymous term used in some Indian states that comes from the Hindi word māmala (मामला), which is derived from the Arabic muʿāmala (مُعَامَلَة – "conduct ...