In India: an administrative district, comprising a number of villages; a subdivision of a zilla.

A province; a revenue division. Cf. circar, n.

In South Asia, esp. India and Bangladesh: an administrative district forming a subdivision of a province, state, or division.

spec. In British India: a division or subdivision of a province or presidency, constituting the most important unit of civil administration, having…

In South Asia: a territorial division; a division of an estate or tract of land forming a unit let out for farming or hunting purposes. Also: a ward…

originally. A hereditary estate belonging to a native proprietor; also, more usually, a subdivision of a zillah or district, comprising a number of…

Chiefly in South Asia: a neighbourhood or municipal ward, frequently one inhabited by a particular social group. Cf. mahal, n. 3.