Block (country subdivision)

A block is an administrative division of some South Asian countries. In the United States it refers to a small part of a city or town.

Bhutan

In Bhutan, a block is called a gewog. It is essentially a group of villages. Gewogs are official administrative units of Bhutan. The country is composed of 205 gewogs.

Each gewog is headed by a gup or headman.

India

Administrative setup in India

Block is a district sub-division which is next to Taluk level administration. For planning purpose district is divided into four levels

1. Taluks
2. Blocks
3. Gram Panchayats
4. Villages

A taluk may consist of one or more number of blocks. Blocks are normally Planning & Development units of district in addition to taluks. Block would represent a compact area for which effective plans will prepared & implemented through Village Panchayats.

For example Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh has 7^[1] blocks namely:

Block Development Officer

The Block Development Officer is the official in charge of the block. Block Development Officers monitor the implementation of all the programs related to planning and development of the blocks. Coordination of development and implementation of plans amongst more than one block is provided by a Chief Development Officer (CDO).

United States

In the United States a "block" refers to an area of a municipality such as a city or town which is surrounded by streets on all sides; such a piece of land is more fully known as a city block. For walking purposes, a "block" is the land distance between two streets, about 1/10 or 1/12 of one mile.

References

See also

• Community Development Block in India