Nawabganj (IPA: [nbb'gnd]; Hindi: , navbganj ? Urdu: , navbganj ?) (also spelled as Nawabgunj[2] and Nawabgunge[2] in British Raj) is a Nagar palika and an administrative subdivision (or tehsil or pargana) of Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. A Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), also called Sub Divisional Officer (SDO), or pargana-adhikari (literally pargana-officer) is the head official. Under the three-tier Panchayat Raj Institution (PRI) system,[3] Nawabganj comes under Bareilly Zila (district) Panchayat (ZP) and is a headquarters of kshettra (area) panchayat (KP) covering 86 gram panchayat (GP)s.[4][5][6] There are 1007 gram panchayats in Bareilly district[7] and 52,002 Gram Panchayats in the Uttar Pradesh state.[3]
