WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Within the villages, the power of jotedars was more effective than that of Zamindars because the Zamindars who often lived in Urban areas whereas the jotedars were located in the villages and exercised direct control over a considerable section of poor villagers.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Jotedars opposed the moves of Zamindars to increase the Jama of a village. The Jotedars lived in villages only. Hence they were in a better position to interact with and influence the peasants. Jotedars were rich and owned big areas of land under cultivation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Within the villages of Bengal, jotedars were more powerful than the zamindars. They were most powerful in North Bengal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jotedars belonged to the upper castes Bengalis. They also levied taxes on production of crops, handicrafts, fishing etc. This class used to employ the share croppers on landless peasents in their lands for tilling. After the royalty, zamindars used to wield the highest power in rural Bengal.

Detailed explanation-5: -This class of rich peasants came to be known as jotedars. They had a control over vast areas of land. Sometimes they had even a control on many thousand acres of land. They even controlled local trade and money lending. They exercised immense power over the poor cultivators of the region.