A block is an administrative division of some South Asian countries. In the United States it refers to a small part of a city or town.
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In Bhutan, a block is called a gewog. It is essentially a group of villages. Gewogs are official administrative units of Bhutan. The country is composed of 205 gewogs.
Each gewog is headed by a gup or headman.
Block is a district sub-division which is next to Taluk level administration. For planning purpose district is divided into four levels
A taluk may consist of one or more number of blocks. Blocks are normally Planning & Development units of district in addition to taluks. Block would represent a compact area for which effective plans will prepared & implemented through Village Panchayats.
For example Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh has 14[1] blocks namely:
| Sr. No. | Block Name | Sr. No. | Block Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kookra | 8 | Budhana |
| 2 | Bhagra | 9 | Shahpur |
| 3 | Purkazi | 10 | Kandla |
| 4 | Charthawal | 11 | Kairana |
| 5 | Morna | 12 | Un |
| 6 | Jansath | 13 | Shamli(MALHENDI) |
| 7 | Khatauli | 14 | Thanabhavan |
Block Development Officer is the incharge of the block. BDO monitor the implementation of all the programs related to planning and development of the blocks. To make the co-ordination in the development work and for implementation of various schemes at various blocks, there is an officer i.e. Chief Development Officer(cdo).
In the United States a "block" refers to an area of a municipality such as a city or town which is surrounded by streets on all sides. A piece of land with four streets running around it would be a "city block." For walking purposes, a "block" is the land distance between two streets, about 1/10 or 1/12 of one mile.