(1)For the purpose of administration, appointment and working of the Grama Rakshi, each police-station within a district shall be considered as one unit. Each unit shall be divided into areas to be called Beats taking into consideration the population coverage, geographical conditions and facility of communication. Generally one Grama Rakshi shall be appointed for each beat, but the Superintendent of Police of the district may appoint one Grama Rakshi for more than one beat, where conditions so justify.(2)Subject to such variations which may be made by Government from time to time the following principles should as far as practicable be followed in delimitation of each police-station area into beats :(a)The area of a beat shall not ordinarily have a population coverage exceeding 1,000 in tribal areas, flood affected areas and also in areas where due to nature of the terrain and difficult communications a similar coverage may be considered necessary for proper management of the beat;(b)The population coverage of a beat shall not ordinarily exceed 2,000 in the remaining areas.
