Land Administration

Administration of Land

The land administration is a two tier system in Tamilnadu. The first is revenue administration and another is local administration. The village is the basic unit of both the systems of administration.

Revenue Administration

The whole nation is divided into state which is further divided into Revenue Districts headed by District Collector. The districts are further divided into Revenue Divisions headed by Revenue Divisional Officer or Deputy Collector.

Each division is sub-divided into Taluks or Tahsils headed by Tahsildars, which is still divided into Zones managed by Zonal Deputy Tahsildars (DT).

Each zone is divided into Fikhas liaisoned by Revenue Inspectors (RI), the firka is divided into gram or villages  administered by Village Administrative officers (VAO). Each village is identified by a number and the land in the village is divided as per the holdings by individual subjects of the village and allotted with numbers called survey numbers.

Local Administration

Small villages (Hamlets) are combined and administrated by Panchayat office. Adjacent panchayats are grouped or unified and administered by Panchayat Union.

Area larger than the village is called town and is administered by Town Panchayat. The cosmopolitan towns are called Nagaram or Municipal Town and administered by Municipal council or simply Municipality. The metropolitan towns are called City and administered by Municipal corporations or simply Corporations.