What is the process to get the name of a village changed?

943 votes

Changes in the names of villages, towns etc. should be discouraged as far as possible. No change should be agreed to unless there are compelling reasons to justify it and all proposals should be referred to the Ministry of Home Affairs before any change is made.Names of villages etc. having a historical connection should not be changed as far as possible.
Change should not be made merely on grounds of local patriotism or for linguistic reasons, e.g. villages etc. should not be renamed after national leaders merely to show respect to them or for satisfying local sentiment in the matter of language etc. An exception can,

Advocate Bala Murali LawRato

617 votes

If you want to change your village name so for that you need to meet with you village sarpanch and with village elders thereafter you can meet with in person with an advocate where they can provide you better guidelines regarding your matter in the regard your matter you can have a better guidelines regarding the matter.

LawRato LawRato

919 votes

Hi
you have to approach the Revenue DIvisional officer and Collector.
You should get the representation signed by the people, panchayat/gram sabha and forward it to Revenue Divisional officer who in turn will forward it to collector.
Collector will forward the report to Government and government will order an public hearing and if majority concur for change of name, then will pass resolution to change the name either through Assembly or through gazette.
The process will take 18 months time and can be speeded up if you have any ruling party politician supportive of your cause.

Advocate Rajagopalan LawRato