Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is set to undertake a large-scale restructuring of revenue village boundaries, with 1,635 new revenue villages slated for notification.
The move is part of a broader effort to improve land governance and bring hamlets with sufficient population into the formal land records system.
The Revenue and Disaster Management Department has issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to ensure accurate demarcation of the new boundaries and avoid overlaps with existing ones.
“Every villager hopes their settlement will be recognised as a revenue village so that it appears on the Indian map. As per the new guidelines, hamlets with a population of 250 or more and located over 500 meters from an existing revenue village can be considered for notification,” said Revenue & Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari while speaking to reporters.
The minister pointed out that between 1991 and 2024, only around 1,000 villages were declared as revenue villages. In contrast, the current government has notified more than 500 new revenue villages within the last 12 months alone.
“Once notified, a village is incorporated into the ‘Bhulekh’ land records system. New plot numbers, book numbers, and maps are created. However, of the 1,000 revenue villages declared between 1991 and 2024, only 300 were mapped by the previous government. Mapping for the remaining 700 remains pending,” Pujari said.
He added that the government now plans to complete mapping for those 700 villages, along with the newly notified 1,635, as part of a comprehensive overhaul. To facilitate the process, dedicated mapping cells will be established in each tehsil.
