Revenue Village

A Revenue Village is a small administrative region in India, a village with defined borders. One revenue village may contain many hamlets.[1][2] Each revenue village is headed by a Village Administrative Officer (VAO).[3]

History

Revenue village is a concept introduced during British Indian administration. It is designed as the lowest administrative unit in the settlement hierarchy. It was designed to improve revenue collection mechanism and regulate the process and not for village planning and development.[4]

References

"Census of India - Census Terms". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
"Concepts and Definitions". Seventh All India Educational Survey. 30 September 2002. Archived from the original on 17 December 2005. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
"Revenue Department, Policy Note 2003-2004" (PDF). cms.tn.gov.in. p. 9.
Ramachandraiah, C. (1995). "Revenue Village vs Real Village: Under-Enumeration and Non-Enumeration under Srisailam Project". Economic and Political Weekly. 30 (37): 2301–2302. JSTOR 4403211.

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[1] "Census of India - Census Terms". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

[2] "Concepts and Definitions". Seventh All India Educational Survey. 30 September 2002. Archived from the original on 17 December 2005. Retrieved 16 August 2008.

[3] "Revenue Department, Policy Note 2003-2004" (PDF). cms.tn.gov.in. p. 9.

[Revenue_village_vs_Real_village-4] Ramachandraiah, C. (1995). "Revenue Village vs Real Village: Under-Enumeration and Non-Enumeration under Srisailam Project". Economic and Political Weekly. 30 (37): 2301–2302. JSTOR 4403211.