RURAL ADMINISTRATION(LESSON-6)

 *BUND:The boundary between plots of agricultural land is called bund.

*Area of a Police Station:The area which comes under a police station termed as the area of a police station.

*S.H.O:Station House officer(The head of a police Station)

*PATWARI:The village officer who keeps and updates land records of village or villages is termed as PATWARI.

*DISTRICT COLLECTOR:Head of revenue department of a district is also a district collector.

*TEHSILDAR:Tehsildar is the head of a Tehsil who supervises the work of patwaris and Kanungoes.

1,Work of the Police:

*To maintain law and order in its area.

*To register cases of theft,accident,injury,fights,disputes etc.

*To inquire,investigate and take action on the cases within its jurisdiction.

2List two things that the work of a Patwari include:

*To measure land

*To maintain and update records of land

*To collect revenue(lagaan)

*Inform government about crops grown.

3,What is the work of a tehsildar?

*Hear the land disputes

*Supervise the work of patwari and ensure that the land records are maintainrd.

*Supervise collection of revenue.

*Provide copy of records to farmers or caste certificates to students.

4,How many villages are there in India?

more than 6 lakh villages

5,What are the important needs of villages?

*water

*Electricity

*Road connections

*Sanitation

*Maintenance of land records

*Resolution of conflicts

6,Comment on the area of a police Station.

*Every police station has an area under its control.

*All the people of this area can report cases and inform the police station about theft,accident,injury or fight

*The police enquiries,investigates and takes action on the cases filed with the police station.

7,Which names are generally given to sub-divisions of a district?

*Tehsil

*Taluka

*Pargana

8,Describe the provisions of Hindu succession Amendment Act,2005?

*Till the amendment women did not had right to share family agricultural land

*After the death of father his land was distributed among his sons only.

ACCORDING TO THE NEW LAW :

*Sons,daughters and their mother get equal share in the land.

*The law applies to all the states and the union territories.

*Patwari will transfer the land to all sons,daughters and their mother and record their names in the revenue records.