District administration grade -6

1. District Administration
GRADE : 6
SUBJECT : SOCIAL SCIENCE
Presented by
Arun kumar & Naveen AP
Chikkamagaluru

2. District Administration

3. District Administration
 Many conflicts in our societies need the intervention of other authorities like the police
or the land record keepers to be resolved in this chapter , we will study the role of the
police and the land record keeper

4. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE
District is the basic unit of administration in India. The Oxford Dictionary
defines it as a 'territory marked off for special administrative purpose'. A
district is generally named after the largest town or city of the territorial area
of the concerned district Therefore, a district is an administrative unit in the
hierarchy of administration which consists of a number of territorial areas,
namely, villages, towns and cities. Hence, the word 'District Administration'
means the management of the tasks of government as it lies within an area
legally recognised as a district. The five types of the district in India are the
rural district, urban district, industrial district, backward district and the hill
district.

5. Features of District Administration
Generally, the district administration has the following features.
1. It is at district level that the state government comes into contact with the people.
2. District administration is a field work as opposed to staff or secretariat functions.
3. The problems at the district level are local relating to the district.
4. At district level, policy formulation ends and the implementation begins.
5. The District Officer is the last agent of the state government and the 'man of the spot' for any activity or
incidence in the district; and
6. At the district, there is functional aggregation of units. A large number of departments have their field
agencies located in the district.

6. Role of police

7. Role of police :-
 Officers
 to prevent crimes and to punish the offenders a police force required
 The highest police officer at the district level is the supperident of police
 She/he helped by other police officers in maintaining law and order in the districts.
 In a police station , the station house officers (SHO)are in in charge of the police
station

8.  Under her / him we find several constable who carry out her /his orders .
 The main function of the local police is maintain law and order in their respective
areas

9. 1) Which police station will you approach , if you want to register a complaint ?
2) How can we cooperate with the police if we have witnessed an accident on the
road ?

10. Reporting a crime
 For every police station , be it in towns or villages there are only some
areas that come under its control
 People within an area can report cases or inform the police about any theft
, accident injury , fight etc.
 Only in the police station witch cover their areas.

11. FIR
• The written compliant lodged with the police is known as an FIR ( FIRST
INFORMATION REPORT )
• It is an important document because it is only after the FIR is registered in the police
station that the police start the investigation process.
• the police may not investigate the case even if you have filled an FIR if the case is not
of a serious nature or if the police feel that there is not enough ground to investigate
• However police must record the reasons for not doing so

12. MAINTAINANCE OF LAND RECORDS
People on the village are dependent on land . Hence there are bond to be conflicts related to land and
acquisition.
Such land disputes are settled by the village sarpanch with the help of land record officers and police

13. Role of the land record officers called
patwari in the village
Patwari
• Patwari is an important and effective official at the village level
• He has different names in different villages , some villages called LEKHPHAL some other
villages called KHARMACHARI or VILLAGE OFFICER

14. DUTIES OF PATWARI
Maintenance of records of the crops grown at every harvest
Maintaining and updating the records of rights that is , who owns
which fields in the village and who would inherit it
Measuring land and organising the collection of land revenue
from the farmers.
Provides information to the government about crops based on
harvest inspection

15. RESPONCIBLITIES OF PATWARI
 Report art once all serious calamities affecting the land or the crops and all severe outbreaks of dieses
amongst men and beasts
 Headmen in revenue collection
 He / she keeps a dairy and a workbook
 The entries should be made on the day on which the events come to the notice of the patwari
 Responsible for the safe custody of all the records, maps and equipment's of the area that are in her/his
in charge
 Farmers may change the crops cultivated by them or facilities like wells or tube wells may be dug at
places were did not exist earlier. It becomes important that the patwari keeps record updated.

16.  The maintenance of land records by the patwari including maps , etc helps
to resolve any dispute in the village that relateves to property and its
ownership.
 The patwari conducts the field harvest inspections . In the month of October
, febrevery and April ,
 Records facts regarding crops grown , soil classification , and cultivatable
capacity of the cultivators
 The first six monthly inspection starting from 1 October is called kharif
parhtaal while the second commencing from 1 febrevery is called rabhi
parhataal . In the month of April the zaid parhataal is done

17. 1) Why is it important for a patwari to
regularly update his records?
2) who is it became easier to maintain
land records in modern times ?

18. Khasra
The khasra number is the plot number given to a specific
piece of land in the village . The khasra number in village are
ceated once the settelement officials take the village as a
whole and its map start from northeast and allot a number
to each and every lot in each direction and each plot in all
the directions .
Khasra is register of harvest inspection whitch the patwari
conducts in the months of October , febrevery and April

19. 1) Witch crops grown in kharif , Rabi, and
Zaid paratha in your state?

20. Administration of a district
• All Indian sates are divided into a number of districts. At the head of district administration is
the DISTRICT COLLECTOR or DEPUTY COMMISSIONER.
• The districts are further subdivided to facilitate administration . These subdivisions are
known as tehsils , taluka, etc
• These are headed by other officers under the district collector known as tahsildars ,
Kanungo's , lek paals , or patwaris
• These officers resolve the disputes moreover they also supervise the work of the patwaris
and check that the land revenue is properly assessed and collected by them
• Tahsildar office is also the place where land disputes are heard .
• If the parties involved are not satisfied with the decision they can go the district cour. But
such cases are very rare as generally land dispute are settled at the local level itself.

21. NEW INHERITANCE LAW
 When it comes to inheritance of agricultural property it is generally the men who benefited.
 An agricultural property divided among sons of a family while the daughters are excluded.
 To remove this discrimination , the government as changed the existing law of inheritance
 It is known as the HINDU SUCCESSION AMMENDENT ACT, 2005 . It come into force on 9
September 2005.
 The 2005 Act brings all agricultural land at per with other property and makes Hindu humans
inheritance rights on land legally equal to those of men in all the states.
 This can benefit millions of women depend on agricultural for their survival.

22. • The act also gives all daughters ( married or not ) the right to reside
in or seek portion of the family house .
• Earlier married women did not even have right to reside at their
parents home and unmarried daughters had residence but no right
in the partitioned property
• This law is helped women to be at per with men as far as the
agricultural and residential property concerned.

23. Presented by
Arun kumar & Naveen AP
Chikkamagaluru