Rural administration oversees the needs of villages such as water, electricity, roads, and land records. A police station has jurisdiction over a fixed area, where people can register complaints about crimes or accidents. At the police station, complaints are recorded in a First Information Report and the Station House Officer is in charge of investigations. Land records are maintained by the Patwari, who measures land and collects revenue from farmers. Districts are divided into sub-units governed by revenue officers called tehsildars, who resolve land disputes and provide copies of records to farmers.

1. Civics/Chapter 6
Rural Administration
• CLASS-VI (CIVICS)
• SUBJECT- SOCIAL
SCIENCE
• PREPARED BY-
PAVAN KR SAHU
(TGT-SOST)
• KV,BARGARH

2. Rural Administration
• Administration in villages called Rural
administration.
• It take care of peoples need of water,
electricity, road connections etc.
• In addition maintenance of land records, and
dealing with conflicts are its work.

3. Area of the Police Station
• Every police station has a fixed area which
comes under its control.
• All persons of a particular area can register
complaints in their local police station.
• → The complaints can vary from theft,
injury, fight or accident.

4. The work at the Police Station
• The report lodged is known as First Information Report
(F.I.R.).
• The Station House Officer (S.H.O.) is in charge of every
police station.
• To get a case registered, one has to report in writing at
the police station.
• → Then, the police officials examine the case and take
action as per the law.
• In the rural areas, disputes occur over land very often.

5. Maintenance of Land Records
• The Patwari is known by different names in different states - in
some villages such officers are called Lekhpal, in others
Kanungo or Karamchari or Village Officer etc.
Functions of Patwari
• The Patwari maintains and updates the records of the village.
• Measuring land and keeping land records is the main work of
the Patwari.
• Responsible for organising the collection of land revenue from
the farmers and providing information to the government
about the crops grown in this area.

6. Management of Landof Village
• All states in India are divided into districts.
• These districts are further sub-divided known by different names
such as tehsil, taluka, etc.
• At the head is the District Collector and under her are the revenue
officers, also known as tehsildars.
• The revenue officers or tehsildars come under the district collector.
• The tehsildar is responsible for supervising the work of Patwari
regarding collection of land revenue.
• They also perform administrative tasks like providing farmers with
copies of their land records and hearing land disputes.

7. A New Law: Hindu Succession
Amendment Act (2005)
• The Hindu Succession Amendment Act
(2005) came into force from September
2005.
• In the new law sons, daughters and their
mothers can get an equal share in the
land.
• The same law will apply to all states and
union territories of the country.