Chakla (administrative division)

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Chakla (Persian: چکلہ) was a district-level administrative division in Indian subcontinent during the Mughal period.{{cite book |last=Akhtar |first=Shirin |year=2012 |chapter=Chakla System |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chakla_System |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh}} The chakla system was used at least in Bengal and Awadh{{cite book|last1=Mukherjee|first1=Rudrangshu|title=Awadh in Revolt 1857-1858|date=2002|isbn=81-7824-027-0|page=2}} provinces. The chakla was the major administrative division in a subah (province). It was further subdivided into parganas; each pargana consisted of several villages.