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class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area is administered by a <a href="/wiki/Block_(country_subdivision)#Block_Development_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Block (country subdivision)">Block Development Officer</a> (BDO), supported by several technical specialists and village-level workers.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A community development block covers several <a href="/wiki/Gram_panchayat" title="Gram panchayat">gram panchayats</a>, the local administrative units at the village level. A block is a rural subdivision and typically smaller than a tehsil. A <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">tehsil</a> is purely for revenue administration, whereas a block is for rural development purposes. In most states, a block is coterminous with the <a href="/wiki/Panchayat_samiti" title="Panchayat samiti">panchayat samiti</a> area.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nomenclature">Nomenclature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_development_block&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Nomenclature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The nomenclature varies from state to state, such as common terms like "block" and others including <i>community development block</i>, <i>panchayat union block</i>, panchayat block, <i>panchayat samiti block</i>, <i>development block</i>, etc. All denote a CD Block, which is a subdivision of a <a href="/wiki/District#India" title="District">district</a>, exclusively for rural development.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_development_block&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The concept of the community development block was first suggested by Grow More Food (GMF) Enquiry Committee in 1952 to address the challenge of multiple rural development agencies working without a sense of common objectives.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on the committee's recommendations, the community development programme was launched on a pilot basis in 1952 to provide for a substantial increase in the country's <a href="/wiki/Agricultural_science" title="Agricultural science">agricultural programme</a>, and for improvements in systems of communication, in rural health and hygiene, and in <a href="/wiki/Rural_development" title="Rural development">rural</a> education and also to initiate and direct a process of integrated culture change aimed at transforming the social and economic life of villagers.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The community development programme was rapidly implemented. In 1956, by the end of the <a href="/wiki/Five-Year_plans_of_India#First_Five-Year_Plan,_1951–1956" class="mw-redirect" title="Five-Year plans of India">first five-year plan period</a>, there were 248 blocks, covering around a fifth of the population in the country. By the end the <a href="/wiki/Five-Year_plans_of_India#Second_Five-Year_Plan,_1956–1961" class="mw-redirect" title="Five-Year plans of India">second five-year plan period</a>, there were 3,000 blocks covering 70 per cent of the rural population. By 1964, the entire country was covered.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Block_Development_Officer">Block Development Officer</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_development_block&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Block Development Officer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In India, a Civil service officer of the rank of <b>Block Development Officer</b> (BDO) is the in-charge of a CD Block in India. BDO are usually officers of representative state-governments. BDO reports to the <a href="/wiki/Sub_Divisional_Magistrate" class="mw-redirect" title="Sub Divisional Magistrate">Sub Divisional Magistrate</a> (SDM). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Blocks_statewise">Blocks statewise</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_development_block&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Blocks statewise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>State </th> <th>CD Block </th> <th>Number of <br /> CD Blocks </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_mandals_in_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh">Mandal</a></td> <td>668 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a></td> <td>Block</td> <td>129 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></td> <td>Block</td> <td>239 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Administration_in_Bihar" title="Administration in Bihar">Block</a></td> <td>534 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a></td> <td>Block</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>146 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu">Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>342 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>250 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a></td> <td>Block</td> <td>143 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>88 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Jammu and Kashmir</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>287 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a></td> <td>Block</td> <td>264 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Karnataka" title="Local government in Karnataka">CD Block</a></td> <td>235 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Kerala" title="Local government in Kerala">Block</a></td> <td>152 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>31 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>313 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Maharashtra" title="Local government in Maharashtra">CD Block</a></td> <td>352 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>70 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>54 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mizoram" title="Mizoram">Mizoram</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagaland" title="Nagaland">Nagaland</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Nagaland" title="Local government in Nagaland">CD Block</a></td> <td>74 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>314 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>153 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>353 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>33 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="Local government in Tamil Nadu">Taluk</a></td> <td>388 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_mandals_in_Telangana" title="List of mandals in Telangana">Mandal</a></td> <td>594 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>58 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>826 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_community_development_blocks_of_Uttarakhand" title="List of community development blocks of Uttarakhand">CD Block</a></td> <td>95 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></td> <td>CD Block</td> <td>345 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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