Sarkar (administrative division)

Sarkar (Hindi: सरकार, Urdu: سركار, Punjabi: ਸਰਕਾਰ, Bengali: সরকার also spelt Circar)^[1] was a historical administrative division,^[2] used mostly in the Mughal Empire. It was a division of a Subah^[2] or province. A sarkar was further divided into Mahallas or Parganas.^[2]

The Sarkar system was replaced in the early 18th century by the Chakla system.^[3]

Examples

• Northern Circars, the five individual districts making up a former division of British India's Madras Presidency
• Rajamundry Sarkar, one among the Northern Circars
• Pakhli, an ancient sarkar now part of Hazara, Pakistan
• Pakhal Sarkar, an area of Mansehra district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

See also

• Administrative divisions of India
• Subah or Taraf, Pargana or Mahal, Mauza or Pir