5. Division of State into revenue areas.-

For the purposes of this Code, the State shall be divided  into revenue areas comprising of divisions which may consist of two or more districts, and each  district may consist of two or more Tahsils and each Tahsil may consist of one or more parganas,  and each pargana may consist of two or more villages.  

6. Constitution of revenue areas.-

(1) The State Government may, by notification, specify- 

(i) the districts which constitute a division;  

(ii) the tahsils which constitute a district;  

(iii) the villages which constitute a tahsil.  

(2) The State Government may, by notification, alter the limits of any revenue area referred to in  sub-section (1) by amalgamation, re-adjustment, division or in any other manner whatsoever, or  abolish any such revenue area and may name and alter the name of any such revenue area, and in  any case where any area is renamed, then all references in any law or instrument or other  document to the area under its original name shall be deemed to be references to the areas as  renamed unless expressly provided otherwise:  

Provided that before passing any order under this sub-section on any proposal to alter the  limits of any revenue area, the State Government shall publish, in the prescribed manner, such  proposals for inviting objections, and shall take into consideration any objection to such  proposals.  

(3) The Collector may, by an order, published in the prescribed manner, arrange the 11 villages in a tahsil into Lekhpal circles and the Lekhpal circles into Revenue Inspector circles and  specify also the headquarters of each Revenue Inspector within his Circle.  

(4) The divisions, districts, tahsils, parganas, Revenue Inspector circles, Lekhpal circles and  villages, as existing at the commencement of this Code shall, until altered under the preceding  sub-sections, be deemed to be the revenue areas specified under this section.