Notes of Chapter 6 Rural Administration Class 6th Civics
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.
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.
Maintenance of Land Records
• Measuring land and keeping land records is the main work of the Patwari.
called Lekhpal, in others Kanungo or Karamchari or Village Officer etc.
Functions of Patwari
Management of Land of 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.
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.