Rural administration

Cbse class 6, Social Studies

India has number of villages
Agriculture is the main occupation of people living in villages
Gandhiji’s statement of villages:
If villages of India Perish, India will perish too
In India. Ministry of rural development, super heads the development and welfare of rural areas
India is divided into States
States are divided into Districts
Districts are further divided into Tehsils/ Talukas
A Tehsil is a collection of small towns and villages
Higher officer in the district is known as District collector
District collector is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Main function of Collector is to maintain the Law and Order in the district
District Collector is assisted by Tehsildars and Patwaris
Tehsildars are land revenue officers

Function of Tehsildars:

Some of the important offices in village are

Role of Patwari:

Each village Patwari records how much land is owned by a farmer
After measuring land, land map is generated to ensure the boundaries for each land owned by farmer
Patwari fix the land revenue according to the size of the land
Patwari collects land revenue from farmers
Patwari records the crops being grown in season and inspect the harvest
Patwari update the land records every year if there are any changes

Role of Police:

Police station is important link between the village people and district administration
Villagers conflict are registered as written complaint.
First Information Report is registered for the complaint/ case

Technological changes in villages are use of tractors, harvesters, solar panels, organic farming and others

Organic farming are used nowadays

Use of organic manures make the crop healthier, rich in nutrients and greater yield/harvest

Important Facts:

Mughal Emperor Akbar was a great administrator
He collected tax on the basis of ten year assessment known as Dahsala
Hindu Succession Amendment Act, 2005 was passed in 1956. Law proposed that daughters and mothers have equal share in land
This law was a landmark in promoting the equality
Largest village in India is Gahmar located in Ghazipur, in district of Uttar Pradesh
Most of the persons in this village are soldiers, who fought in the World war I
There is a memorial in this village for these Martyrs
First Solar park in India is in Charanka village in Gujarat
It accounts for 66% India’s Solar power
It generates 600MV of the power

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