Manusmriti
ग्रामस्याधिपतिं कुर्याद् दशग्रामपतिं तथा । विंशतीशं शतेशं च सहस्रपतिमेव च ॥ ११५ ॥
Let him appoint a lord over (each) village, as well as lords of ten villages, lords of twenty, lords of a hundred, and lords of a thousand.
english translation
grAmasyAdhipatiM kuryAd dazagrAmapatiM tathA । viMzatIzaM zatezaM ca sahasrapatimeva ca ॥ 115 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript