For the purpose of civil administration, the state of Punjab is divided into 5 divisions, these divisions are divided into 22 districts and the
? As of January 2020, the total number of tehsils in Punjab is 91 and the number of sub-tehsils is 81.
The lastest addition to the list of tehsils is Dina Nagar in Gurdaspur district, which was created in May 2018. A new sub-tehsil Chanarthal Kalan in Fatehgarh Sahib district was also created in May 2018.
NOTE: In March 2019, Punjab chief minister Capt. Amrinder Singh announced the upgradation of Sham Chaurasi to sub-tehsil.
Some of the latest changes to the tehsils and sub-tehsils in Punjab are given below in the reverse chronological order:
Is there any difference between Tehsil and Sub Division? In Punjab, we can say that there is no difference between a tehsil and a sub-divison. Every tehsil of Punjab is also a sub-divison and vice versa. They share the same boundary.
But this is not the case for all states of India. You are reading this page on punjab data dot com. The tehsils and sub-divisons are different in some states of India.
In general, districts are divided into Sub-Divisions for the civil administration purpose. A Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) is the officer incharge of a sub-divison and is selected from the State Civil Services (like Punjab Civil Services or PCS) cadre.
In most of the states, the sub-divisions are further divided into Tehsils or Taluks for the purpose of land records and revenue. The revenue officer, who is incharge of a tehsil is called as "Tehsildar".
There are total 91 tehsils & 81 sub-tehsils in Punjab. The district with highest number of tehsils is Sangrur, which has total 9 tehsils.
District Barnala and Pathankot have lowest number of tehsils, with each having 2 tehsils. The following table shows the district wise number of tehsils and sub-tehsils in the state of Punjab.
For a list of tehsils and sub-tehsils in your district, see the next section of this page.
QUESTION - How many tehsils are there in Punjab?
As of January 2020, there are 91 tehsils in Punjab.
QUESTION - What is the number of sub-tehsils in Punjab?
The total number of sub-tehsils in Punjab is 81.
QUESTION - Which district has the highest number of tehsils?
The district Sangrur has the maximum number of tehsils. There are total 9 tehsils in Sangrur district.