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A revenue division is positioned below the district and encompasses several taluks within its administrative purview. Each revenue division is headed by a Revenue Divisional Officer or a Sub Collector, who is also the Sub-divisional magistrate and assisted by Senior Superintendent among others. [1] Administrative map of Kerala
The States Reorganisation Act of 1 November 1956 elevated Kerala to statehood. Kerala is divided into districts, revenue divisions, taluks, and villages for revenue administration, and for rural development, it is divided into blocks. Each state government department has its own administrative divisions, usually all functioning at the district ...
The Department of Revenue and Land Survey is a government department under Government of Kerala that manages all government owned lands and decides land use policies in the Indian state of Kerala. The department is also a government agency, deriving various taxes on land, as well as lease amounts from various government lands, which are ...
Taluks comprises several revenue villages. A revenue division is headed by a Revenue Divisional Officer/Sub Collector, and taluk is headed by a Tehsildar. The Tahsildar is assisted in each revenue village by village officers and village assistants. Village offices functions as the grassroot of the revenue administration.
In Kerala, the administrative divisions below the district are called taluks.There are 78 taluks with 1670 villages (including group villages). [1] [2]For revenue administration, a district subdivided into revenue divisions, each comprising multiple taluks within its jurisdiction.
For administrative convenience, Kerala State has been divided into 14 districts, 27 revenue divisions, 75 taluks, 152 CD blocks, and 1453 revenue villages. For local governance, the state has 941 gram panchayats, 152 block panchayats, 14 district panchayats, 6 corporations , and 87 municipalities.
The district covers an area of 2,192 square kilometres (541,655 acres). At the 2011 census, it had a population of 3,301,427, [6] [7] making it the second most populous district in Kerala after Malappuram district. [8] Its population density is the highest in Kerala, with 1,509 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,910/sq mi). [9]
Tirur Taluk comes under Tirur revenue division in Malappuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. [1] Its headquarters is the town of Tirur. [1] Tirur Taluk contains four municipalities - Tanur, Tirur, Kottakkal, and Valanchery. [1] Most of the administrative offices are located in the Mini-Civil Stations at Tirur, Kuttippuram, and Tanur.