A Revenue Village is a small administrative region in India , a village with defined borders. One revenue village may contain many hamlets . Each revenue village is headed by a Village Administrative Officer (VAO) .
5-562: Arasur is a revenue village in the Thiruvennainallur taluk of Viluppuram district , in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu , and the headquarters of Arasur revenue block . Arasur is within Thiruvennainallur taluk, which is in the southwestern part of Viluppuram district. It covers 6.79 square kilometres (2.62 sq mi) of land in the southeastern part of the taluk. The village
10-423: Is at the intersection of National Highway 38 and State Highway 68 , and is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) southeast of Thiruvennainallur , the taluk headquarters, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of Viluppuram , the district headquarters, and 150 kilometres (93 mi) southwest of the state capital of Chennai . In 2011 Arasur had a population of 3,021 people living in 687 households. 1,547 (51.2%) of
15-516: The aid of native rulers. Though at times the system broke down and was deployed unevenly within the Mughal Empire , it was the underlying basis of the later day revenue system introduced in British Indian administration. The revenue village was and is still designed as the lowest administrative unit in the settlement hierarchy. It was designed to improve revenue collection mechanism and regulate
20-466: The concept revenue village dates back to the system of land reform introduced by Raja Todar Mal , minister of revenue in the court of Emperor Akbar . The essence of the reform was the assessment of the land revenue according to the extent of cultivation, the nature of the soil and the quality of the crops. In the 18th century, the Marathas were to excel in the preparation of area maps of revenue villages for
25-411: The inhabitants were male, while 1,474 (48.8%) were female. 368 children in the town, about 12.2% of the population, were at or below the age of 6. 63.0% of the population was literate, with the male rate of 71.8% being notably higher than the female rate of 53.9%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 46.8% and 0.03% of the population, respectively. Revenue village The advent of
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