Hobli Explained

A hobli, nad or mágani is a cluster of adjoining villages administered together for tax and land tenure purposes in the states of Karnataka India.^{[1] [2]} This clustering of villages was formed mainly to streamline the collection of taxes and maintenance of land records by the revenue department of the state.^{[3] [4]} Each hobli consists of several villages and several hoblis together form a taluk. Hobli are further subdivided into revenue-circles or revenue blocks known as firka or phut mágani.

Notes and References

1. Book: Mandelbaum, David Goodman. 1970. Society in India: Change and continuity. Berkeley, California. University of California Press. 2. 385, note 3. 978-0-520-01634-7.
2. Book: Rice, Benjamin Lewis. 1897. Mysore: Mysore, by districts. revised. Mysore: A Gazetteer Compiled for Government, volume 2. Westminster, England. A. Constable. 555. 5035047.
3. Book: Grover, Verinder . Arora, Ranjana. 1996. Encyclopaedia of India and her states: Indian federalism and centre-state relations. New Delhi. Deep & Deep. 3. 340. 978-81-7100-722-6.
4. Book: Kulkarni, Krishnarao Ramrao. 1962. Theory and practice of co-operation in India and abroad. Bombay. Co-operators' Book Depot. 3. 274. 13909924.