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District Revenue Officer
Room No. 112,First Floor,
Collectorate
Nagapattinam-611 003
Phone: [4365]-253050
FAX: [4365]-253048
Mobile:9445000921


Tourism Plays a Key Economy for the District even though Agriculture and Fishing are the Major ones. Shrines, Places of Hindu Faith, Mosques forms the Spritual Tourism for the district. Annual Festivals and functions marks glory of the Year. Heritages like Tarangam padi Fort, Poompuhar speaks of the rich civilization of this land.

One of the major economies of the District, Agriculture contributes a higher share of Rice Production in the State. We have raised so many important agricultural crop in our District. Rice, Groundnut, Pulses, Gingelly, Sugarcane and Cotton.

Revenue Department

The Revenue Administration of the District which also handles the Disaster Management and mitigation subjects is headed by the District Revenue Officer. The office is located in the Collectorate Master Complex. This is divided into the following two Revenue divisions. headed by a Revenue Divisional Officer or a sub collector

Revenue Divisions
  1. Nagapattinam
  2. Mayiladuthurai

The Divisions manage taluk or a group of taluks as the next level of Revenue management unit. The Taluk is administered by the Tehsildar, assisted by Revenue Inspectors and Village Administrative Officers.  The first division contains the following taluks

Taluks
  1. Mayiladuthurai
  2. Sirkazhi
  3. Tarangam Padi
  4. Kuttalam
where as the later one contains the following taluks.
  1. Nagapattinam
  2. Vedaranyam
  3. Thirukuvalai
  4. Kilvelur

The Taluks contains 'firkas', a village or a group of villages  as the revenue units managed by a Revenue Inspector (RI). The last and least unit of the revenue administration is the 'Village' called as a 'Revenue Village'. managed by a Village Administrative Officer (VAO).The Taluk is administered by Tehsildar, also called as Revenue Administrator

The Main functions includes

  1. Land Management
  2. Home Functions
  3. Disaster/Litigation Management

Subjects & Sections in the Collectorate
Name of the-Section Subject Charge officer
A-Section Revenue Staff Establishment & Disciplinary Proceedings Personal Assistant (General) 

C-Section Cinema, Law & Order, Arms Act & rules, Explosive Act & rules, Passport, Character Verification, Foreigners

D-Section Natural calamity, Election, Revenue Recovery Act, Conduct of Examinations, Census.
R-Section Maintenance of Records, Fair copy.
G-Section VAOs' & Menials Establishment, Tenancy Appeal, Staff meeting, Urban Land Tax.
B-Section Land Aquisition Additional Personal Assistant (APA)
J-Section Lease, Land Assigment, Eviction of Encroachment
Y-Section Alienation, Trees, Forest, Revenue Buildings
M-Section Public Grievances, CM Relief Fund, Accident Relief Fund  Special Deputy Collector(PGRC)

E-Section Pay bills, Motor Vehicles, Loans and Advances. Personal Assistant (Accounts)
V-Section Sanction of House Building Advance, Audit, Reconcilation
H-Section Teachers Establishment, Maintenance of School Buildings, Most Backward Class hostel Special Deputy Collector (Kallar Reclamation)
I-Section Inspection of Offices. Cell Officer
K-Section Local Administration, Establishment, Public Health Committee Meeting, Education. Personal Assistant (Panchayat Development)
L-Section Adi-Dravida Welfare, Acquisition of House site, Maintenance of Schools and Hostels, Sanction of Scholarships to Adi-Dravida Students. District Adi-Dravida Welfare Officer
N-Section Irrigation, Wasteland Devlopment. Personal Assistant (Agriculture)
P-Section Public Distribution System, Essential Commodity Act. District Supply Officer

S-Section Maintenance of Survey and Land Records, Town Survey Assistant Director (Survey)
W-Section Backward Class Welfare, Hostel Maintenance, Scholarship to Backward & Most Backward Class Students District Backward Class Welfare Officer

X-Section Prohibition and Excise  Assistant Commissioner (Excise)