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<p>In <a href="India" title="India">India</a>, a <b>community development block</b> (<b>CD block</b>) or simply <b>Block</b> is a sub-division of <a href="District" title="District">District</a>, administratively earmarked for planning and development.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In tribal areas, similar sub-divisions are called <b>tribal development blocks</b> (<b>TD blocks</b>).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area is administered by a <a href="Block_(country_subdivision)" 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="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="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="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>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nomenclature">Nomenclature</h2></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="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>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></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="Agricultural_science" title="Agricultural science">agricultural programme</a>, and for improvements in systems of communication, in rural health and hygiene, and in <a href="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="Five-Year_plans_of_India" 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="Five-Year_plans_of_India" 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>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Block_Development_Officer">Block Development Officer</h2></div>

<p>A Block Development Officer (BDO) is an administrative officer in India responsible for the overall development of a Community Development Block (CD Block), a sub-division of a district. They are appointed by the state government and report to the Chief Development Officer (CDO) or District Development Commissioner or the similar position.

</p><p>They typically fall under the purview of the Rural Development Department or Department of Panchayats of the respective state government. The BDO is responsible for overall supervision of all the antipoverty schemes and execution of the Developmental works.

</p><p>The BDO functions as the Secretary of the <a href="Panchayat_Samiti" class="mw-redirect" title="Panchayat Samiti">Panchayat Samiti</a>/<a href="Block_Panchayat" class="mw-redirect" title="Block Panchayat">Block Panchayat</a> and exercises supervision and control over the extension officers and other

employees of the Panchayat Samiti and the staff borne on transferred schemes.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Blocks_statewise">Blocks statewise</h2></div>

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<th>State

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<th>CD Block

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<th>Number of <br> CD Blocks

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<td><a href="Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>9

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<td><a href="Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a></td>

<td><a href="List_of_mandals_in_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh">Mandal</a></td>

<td>668

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<td><a href="Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a></td>

<td>Block</td>

<td>129

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<td><a href="Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></td>

<td>Block</td>

<td>239

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<td><a href="Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></td>

<td><a href="Administration_in_Bihar" title="Administration in Bihar">Block</a></td>

<td>534

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<td><a href="Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a></td>

<td>Block</td>

<td>3

</td></tr>

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<td><a href="Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>146

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<td><a href="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

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<td><a href="Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>342

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<tr>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>12

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<td><a href="Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>250

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<td><a href="Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a></td>

<td>Block</td>

<td>143

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<td><a href="Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>88

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<td><a href="Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Jammu and Kashmir</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>287

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<td><a href="Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a></td>

<td>Block</td>

<td>264

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<td><a href="Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a></td>

<td><a href="Local_government_in_Karnataka" title="Local government in Karnataka">CD Block</a></td>

<td>235

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<td><a href="Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a></td>

<td><a href="Local_government_in_Kerala" title="Local government in Kerala">Block</a></td>

<td>152

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<td><a href="Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>31

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<td><a href="Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>10

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<td><a href="Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>313

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<td><a href="Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></td>

<td><a href="Local_government_in_Maharashtra" title="Local government in Maharashtra">CD Block</a></td>

<td>352

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<td><a href="Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>70

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<td><a href="Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>54

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<td><a href="Mizoram" title="Mizoram">Mizoram</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>28

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<td><a href="Nagaland" title="Nagaland">Nagaland</a></td>

<td><a href="Local_government_in_Nagaland" title="Local government in Nagaland">CD Block</a></td>

<td>74

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<td><a href="Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>314

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<td><a href="Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>6

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<td><a href="Punjab%2C_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>153

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<td><a href="Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>353

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<td><a href="Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>33

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<td><a href="Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></td>

<td><a href="Local_government_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="Local government in Tamil Nadu">Taluk</a></td>

<td>388

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<td><a href="Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a></td>

<td><a href="List_of_mandals_in_Telangana" title="List of mandals in Telangana">Mandal</a></td>

<td>594

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<td><a href="Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>58

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<td><a href="Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>826

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<td><a href="Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a></td>

<td><a href="List_of_community_development_blocks_of_Uttarakhand" title="List of community development blocks of Uttarakhand">CD Block</a></td>

<td>95

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<td><a href="West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></td>

<td>CD Block</td>

<td>345

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</style><div id="Articles_on_third-level_administrative_divisions_of_countries172" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Articles on third-level <a href="Administrative_division" title="Administrative division">administrative divisions</a> of <a href="List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">countries</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Departments_of_Burkina_Faso" title="Departments of Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></li>

<li><a href="Communes_of_Cameroon" title="Communes of Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li>

<li><a href="Districts_of_Ethiopia" title="Districts of Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li>

<li><a href="Sub-prefectures_of_Guinea" title="Sub-prefectures of Guinea">Guinea</a></li>

<li><a href="Departments_of_Ivory_Coast" title="Departments of Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li>

<li><a href="Clans_of_Liberia" class="mw-redirect" title="Clans of Liberia">Liberia</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_municipalities%2C_communes%2C_and_arrondissements_of_Morocco" title="List of municipalities, communes, and arrondissements of Morocco">Morocco</a></li>

<li><a href="Postos_of_Mozambique" title="Postos of Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li>

<li><a href="Communes_of_Niger" title="Communes of Niger">Niger</a></li>

<li><a href="Arrondissements_of_Senegal" title="Arrondissements of Senegal">Senegal</a></li>

<li><a href="Chiefdoms_of_Sierra_Leone" title="Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li>

<li><a href="Municipalities_of_South_Africa" title="Municipalities of South Africa">South Africa</a></li>

<li><a href="Payam_(administrative_division)" title="Payam (administrative division)">South Sudan</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_wards_of_Zimbabwe" title="List of wards of Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Municipalities_of_Bolivia" title="Municipalities of Bolivia">Bolivia</a></li>

<li><a href="Municipalities_of_Brazil" title="Municipalities of Brazil">Brazil</a></li>

<li><a href="Communes_of_Chile" title="Communes of Chile">Chile</a></li>

<li><a href="Municipalities_of_Colombia" title="Municipalities of Colombia">Colombia</a></li>

<li><a href="Districts_of_Costa_Rica" title="Districts of Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></li>

<li><a href="Parishes_of_Ecuador" title="Parishes of Ecuador">Ecuador</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_communes_of_Haiti" title="List of communes of Haiti">Haiti</a></li>

<li><a href="Corregimientos_of_Panama" title="Corregimientos of Panama">Panama</a></li>

<li><a href="Minor_civil_division" title="Minor civil division">United States</a></li>

<li><a href="Municipalities_of_Uruguay" title="Municipalities of Uruguay">Uruguay</a></li>

<li><a href="Parishes_of_Venezuela" title="Parishes of Venezuela">Venezuela</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Upazila" title="Upazila">Bangladesh</a></li>

<li><a href="Villages_of_Brunei" title="Villages of Brunei">Brunei</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_communes_in_Cambodia" title="List of communes in Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li>

<li><a href="County-level_divisions_of_China" title="County-level divisions of China">China</a></li>

<li><a href="Sucos_of_East_Timor" class="mw-redirect" title="Sucos of East Timor">East Timor</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_subdistricts_in_India" title="List of subdistricts in India">India</a></li>

<li><a href="Districts_of_Indonesia" title="Districts of Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li>

<li>Israel

<ul><li><a href="Local_council_(Israel)" title="Local council (Israel)">local council</a></li>

<li><a href="City_council_(Israel)" title="City council (Israel)">city council</a></li>

<li><a href="Regional_council_(Israel)" title="Regional council (Israel)">regional council</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Municipalities_of_Japan" title="Municipalities of Japan">Japan</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_municipalities_of_Lebanon" title="List of municipalities of Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li>

<li><a href="Bags_of_Mongolia" title="Bags of Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li>

<li><a href="Townships_of_Myanmar" title="Townships of Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_districts_in_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts in Nepal">Nepal</a></li>

<li><a href="Barangay" title="Barangay">Philippines</a></li>

<li><a href="Divisional_Secretariats_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li>

<li><a href="Township_(Taiwan)" title="Township (Taiwan)">Taiwan</a></li>

<li><a href="Jamoats_of_Tajikistan" title="Jamoats of Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li>

<li><a href="Tambon" title="Tambon">Thailand</a></li>

<li><a href="Commune-level_subdivisions_(Vietnam)" title="Commune-level subdivisions (Vietnam)">Vietnam</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Communes_of_Albania" title="Communes of Albania">Albania</a></li>

<li><a href="Municipality_(Austria)" title="Municipality (Austria)">Austria</a></li>

<li><a href="Arrondissements_of_Belgium" title="Arrondissements of Belgium">Belgium</a></li>

<li><a href="Municipalities_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li>

<li><a href="Municipalities_of_Finland" title="Municipalities of Finland">Finland</a></li>

<li><a href="Arrondissements_of_France" title="Arrondissements of France">France</a></li>

<li><a href="Municipalities_of_Germany" title="Municipalities of Germany">Germany</a></li>

<li><a href="Municipalities_and_communities_of_Greece" title="Municipalities and communities of Greece">Greece</a></li>

<li><a href="Comune" title="Comune">Italy</a></li>

<li><a href="Elderships_of_Lithuania" title="Elderships of Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_parishes_of_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="List of parishes of Portugal">Portugal</a></li>

<li>Russia</li>

<li><a href="List_of_municipalities_and_towns_in_Slovakia" title="List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li>

<li><a href="Comarcas_of_Spain" title="Comarcas of Spain">Spain</a></li>

<li><a href="Municipalities_of_Switzerland" title="Municipalities of Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li>

<li><a href="Hromada" title="Hromada">Ukraine</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Local-level_governments_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Local-level governments of Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="List_of_administrative_divisions_by_country" title="List of administrative divisions by country">List of administrative divisions by country</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><div class="zim-footer">

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