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Manipur
is a small state with a geographical area of 22,327 sq. km and around 23.88 lakh
population as per 2001 census. Geographically, the state is divided into hill
and valley regions. The land system comprises of surveyed and unsurveyed land.
All the valley districts are survey land and hill districts are having survey land and
unsurvey land.
Manipur was
a single district up to October, 1969 thereafter a number of district re-organisation
took place. At present there are 9(nine) districts. There are five hill
districts namely, viz.
Chandel, Churachandpur, Senapati,
Tamenglong and Ukhrul. And four valley 4 districts namely, viz. Bishnupur,
Imphal East,
Imphal West
and
Thoubal with
3(three) A.D.Cs namely Jiribam, Kangpokpi and Moreh.
The Revenue
Department is setup for efficient land administration and collection of
land revenue in the valleys and house tax in the hills.
The
Directorate of Settlement and Land Records conducts Survey Operation and
preparation of land records. Once the preparation is over the records are transferred to the Deputy
Commissioner, who is then
responsible for their custody, maintenance, correction and updating.
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