Revenue Department notification creating Kuthalam Taluk
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Revenue Department, in Government Order (Nilai) No. 444, Revenue (Revenue 1(1)) Department, dated 25 November 2009, notified the creation of a new Kuthalam Taluk by bifurcating Mayiladuthurai Taluk in Nagapattinam District. The notification states the headquarters of the new taluk, lists the firkas and revenue villages placed under it, and says certain villages from Kuthalam firka will instead be attached to Manalmedu firka in Mayiladuthurai Taluk.
What this notification does
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Revenue Department, in Government Order (Nilai) No. 444, Revenue (Revenue 1(1)) Department, dated 25 November 2009, created a new Kuthalam Taluk in Nagapattinam District by splitting Mayiladuthurai Taluk into two.
The notification says Kuthalam will be the headquarters of the new taluk. It also says the new taluk will function with the territorial limits formed by the firkas listed in the schedule.
Who this affects
This matters to people whose land, records, tax, patta, revenue administration or taluk office work falls in the villages moved into the new Kuthalam Taluk.
It also affects people in the villages specifically kept with Mayiladuthurai Taluk after the split.
Main changes
- A new taluk called Kuthalam Taluk is formed.
- Kuthalam is named as the taluk headquarters.
- The powers then exercised by the Mayiladuthurai Taluk Tahsildar over the areas included in the new taluk will thereafter be exercised by the Kuthalam Taluk Tahsildar.
- The change takes effect from 25 November 2009.
Areas included in Kuthalam Taluk
The schedule shows three firkas in the new Kuthalam Taluk:
- Kuthalam firka
- Manganallur firka
- Palaiyur firka
The listed revenue villages include, among others:
- Alangudi
- Vanathirajapuram
- Kadalangudi
- Kuthalam
- Inam Kuthalam
- Sethirabalapuram
- Thozhuthalangudi
- Sennai Nallur
- Inam Senniya Nallur
- Mekkiri Mangalam
- Thiruvavaduthurai
- Thirunalkondacheri
- Asikkadu
- Ezhumagalur
- Karuppur
- Maruthur
- Sivanagaram
- Konerirajapuram II
- Srikandapuram
- Kothangudi
Villages kept with Mayiladuthurai Taluk
The notification separately says that after the bifurcation, revenue villages 32, Thirumangalam, and 33, Murugamangalam, from Kuthalam firka will be attached to Manalmedu firka in Mayiladuthurai Taluk.
Why a property holder should check this
If your village is in the schedule, your taluk administration may have shifted from Mayiladuthurai to Kuthalam from 25 November 2009. That can affect which Tahsildar office handles your revenue records and related applications.
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Common questions
Was Kuthalam Taluk newly created by this gazette notification?
Yes. The Government of Tamil Nadu, Revenue Department, notified that Mayiladuthurai Taluk in Nagapattinam District was bifurcated and a new Kuthalam Taluk was formed.
From when did the new Kuthalam Taluk start functioning?
The notification states that the change takes effect from 25 November 2009.
Which office would handle revenue administration for the new taluk area?
The notification says the powers then exercised by the Mayiladuthurai Taluk Tahsildar over the included areas would thereafter be exercised by the Kuthalam Taluk Tahsildar.
Did all villages from Kuthalam firka go into Kuthalam Taluk?
No. The notification specifically says that Thirumangalam and Murugamangalam revenue villages from Kuthalam firka would be attached to Manalmedu firka in Mayiladuthurai Taluk after the bifurcation.
