- The province is divided into the following police administrative areas :-(i)the Range, consisting of a group of districts;(ii)the District, which is normally divided into sub-divisions. Railway Police districts are not normally so divided;(iii)the Subdivision, containing one or more police circles;(iv)the Circle, consisting of a group of police-stations;(v)the Police-station, which is divided into unions. The police-station as defined in section 4(1)(s) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, is the unit of investigation. Outposts exist in certain police-stations, as subordinate police posts, but they are not investigating centres.
