title: Sarkar (administrative division)
text: # Sarkar (administrative division)
  
  Sarkar (Hindi:सरकार, Urdu:سركار, Punjabi:ਸਰਕਾਰ, Bengali:সরকার also spelt Circar) is a historical administrative division, used mostly in the Mughal Empire. It was a division of a Subah or province. A sarkar was further divided into Mahallas or Parganas.
  
  The Sarkar system was replaced in the early 18th century by the Chakla system.
  
  