Chakla () was a district-level

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during the Mughal period. The chakla system was used at least in

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and

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provinces. The chakla was the major administrative division in a subah (province). It was further subdivided into parganas; each pargana consisted of several villages.

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Subdivisions of the Mughal Empire Awadh Bengal Subah History of Uttar Pradesh Former subdivisions of Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-hist-stub

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