All states in India are divided into districts. There are some kinds of sub divisions of districts which are known as Tehsils.
Tehsildar is a revenue officer in
India,
Pakistan and
Bangladesh in charge of obtaining
taxes from a
Tehsil. The term is of
Mughal origin made of 2 different words "Tehsil+Dar". "Tehsil", an
Islamic word derived from
Arabic, means "Revenue collection" and "Dar",
Persian means "holder of a position", together these 2 words make the word
Tehsildar which simply means a Tax Collector. The role of Tehsildar continued during the period of
British Rule and was subsequently used by Pakistan and India following their independence from the British. The immediate subordinate of a Tehsildar is known as a
Naib Tehsildar.