The four tiers of the Local Government in Jaffarabad are District Council, Town Committee and Municipal Committee and Union Councils. They provide a micro level democracy and institutions but their performance is less effective than expected as they lack funds.

 There are two sub-divisions in the district Usta Mohammed and Jhatpat. There are two tehsils Usta Muhammad and Jhatpat and two sub-tehsils Kandaka and Pahwar Sanri. There are no Levy Thanas and 10 Police Stations. There are a total of 21 Patwar circles (9 in Usta. Mohammad and 12 in Jhatpat). The total number of Mozas is 230. The distribution of Mozas in sub-divisions is as follows: Usta Mohammad 136 and Jhatpat 94.

 Jafferabad has 29 polling stations for men, 29 for women and 15 combined ones. The combined polling stations are used mostly because of the lack of female staff available for polling duties. The 7 combined polling stations in the Nasirabad district cater for the PB 22 (actually in Jaffarabad district). There is a National Assembly seat (NA 203) for the two districts of Nasirabad and Jaffarabad. The total number of registered voters in 1996 for both districts was 417,554.

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