Koodaranhi village office

About Office

Koodaranji village was established on 08/11/1985 and located in the south east side of Thamarassery Taluk of Kozhikode district, which was formed by dividing Thiruvambady village of koodaranhi desam and has an area of 15569.01 acres of land. This village is the second largest village in Thamarassery Taluk and lion part of the land consists in unsurveyed. North and east sides of this village includes scenic hills and mountains of Western Ghats. The village office building was constructed in the property donated by Koodaranhi church. The building was inaugurated on 1986 by the Hon’ble Minister of Revenue Sri. P. J. Joseph. This village consists of a population of 19970 out of which male 10048 and female 9922. After 31 years of operation in the former building, on 23/10/2017, a new building for village office is constructed near to the former building and it was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Minister of Revenue Sri. E. Chandrasekharan.

Functions

The major functions carried out by village offices are as follows * Maintenance and updation of Land records and act as custodian of Government land. * Collection of Basic Tax, Plantation Tax, Building Tax etc  * Revenue Recovery. * Conduct of Elections including revision of electoral rolls * Assignment of Government lands to various categories of institutions/organisations/ * Issuance of various certificates for general public purpose  * Transfer of Government lands between Departments * Conservation of Government lands and trees * Implementation of calamity relief operations and disbursement of funds to eligible * Operations of Chief Minister’s Distress Relief fund (CMDRF)  * Implementation of various pension schemes e.g. Freedom fighter’s pension, cancer/ Destitute/Hiv patients,etc *Implementation of various housing schemes  * Management and control of natural resources * Regulation of sand mining, granite mining etc  * Issuance of Arms License, Explosive license etc.   Executive Magisterial Functions.