Counterpart of lease

Parmanent

Permanent tenancy at fixed rate

Big.

Barren Land (Sour Clay).

A measure of area.

Harvest produce

Estimation of harvest produce.

The Regular Settlement is taken up where no previous record exists. On this Settlement__ the complete measurement is done with the help of survey equipment and new record-of-rights is prepared for the first time.

The Regular Settlement is taken up where no previous record exists. On this Settlement__ the complete measurement is done with the help of survey equipment and new record-of-rights is prepared for the first time.

Unit of Length and varies from tehsil to tehsil and district to district.

Fixed

Progress Report.

Cultivator.

Layout__ Sketch.

Hand sketch of map

Land not cultivated for whole year.

Portion of crop that has failed to come due some calamity

Autumn harvest.

This is the survey number or the plot number assigned to a land parcel. Also termed as DAG number. It is a unique number given to a land parcel in a village. In urban areas__ it is the assigned survey number. A khasra is a legal agricultural document used in India that specifies land and crop details. Khasras traditionally detail “all the fields and their areas__ measurement__ who owns and what cultivators he employs__ what crops__ what sort of soil__ what trees are on the land.” An area of land determined by a number called as survey number or khasra number in Land Records. Sometimes__ Khasra Girdawari is also referred to as Khasra in short.

It is a register of harvest inspections unlike the Jamabandi__ which is Khewat-wise__ the Girdawari__ is Khasra-wise. The Patwari conducts a field to field harvest inspections every six months in the month of October and April. He records the plot-wise details regarding crop grown__ land description and status of the cultivator This register is considered important as it acts as master file for the preparation of many returns and reports. This document is retained in the custody of Patwari for the period of 12 years after which it is retrieved from him and destroyed. No presumption of truth is attached to this record though entries in it are often used as evidence in courts. Changes in the tenancy however are made through mutations in view of Section 10-A on the Tenancy Act.

The Khasra number is nothing but a plot number given to a specific piece of land in the village. Same way as one or more Khatonies form a Khewat__ similarly one or more Khasra form a khatoni. The Khasra numbers in a khatoni may or may not be mentioned sequentially and once a khasra number has appeared in a khatoni__ it can not figure in another Khatoni except in the case if the Khasra is ’Min’. But if it is min then it can not repeat in the same Khatoni. The Khasra numbers in a village are created once settlement of village starts. The settlement officials take village as a whole and on its map start from North East and give number to each and every plot in each direction and reach to North East direction again after giving number to each plot in all the directions. Khasra number may get divided due to sale__ gift etc. during the mutation and is given a new number with denominator. For example__ because of mutation__ Khasra number 100 is divided into two parts then during mutation two divisions of this khasra i.e. 100/1 and 100/2 will be created and transaction takes place. Once all the mutations have taken place the rearrangement of Khasra i.e. numbering is done by Patwari. How this renumbering/rearrangement is done is explained below

Khata describes all landholding of a family or individuals. And it is essentially a revenue document assessing the size__ location and build-up area of a property. It also identifies the person liable for the payment of property tax.

This document has details of about land holdings of cultivators and it is essentially an account book that specifies all landholdings and details of the landowner. It can also be considered an abstract based on the khasras of a village that lists out all the holdings of an individual or family in that village. In other words__ all khasras that belong to a given individual will be listed in the khatauni of that individual. Holding slips prepared at re-measurement in most cases of inspection.

New Record of Right of land after bandobast/ chakbandi measurements.

Record of rights

As Khewat number refers to a set of owners__ khatoni number refers to a set of cultivators in the same sense. This khatoni number is given to the cultivators in the Khewat and runs sequentially in the village starting from 1 to N. Each Khewat will have at least one khatoni or more khatonies but will appear in a sequence within the Khewat and in the village. The Khatoni number if in one sense shows the cultivators then in another sense will show who are the persons who have the possession of the Khatoni consisting of various Khasras in the Khewat. In still another sense it also shows who are the persons who are owners of various khasras in the khatoni. In the same way as in case of Khewat where owner may sell__ gift or mortgage__ same type of transaction also takes place in the Khatoni also. Before the things start confusing you__ the example shown below would help you to understand this issue. Say__ A__ B & C are owners in Khewat number 5 and this Khewat has three Khatonies number 5__ 6 and 7. In Khatoni number 5__ it is written ’Kast Va Kabja Swayam’ and has got three khasras. Then this means that these three khasra are collectively possessed and cultivated by all the three owners mentioned in Col.4 i.e. Owners Details of Jamabandi. In the next khatoni i.e. Khatoni number 6 which say has one khasra and it is written ’A__ B__ C Hissadar Baya X Mustari Kast Va Kabja Swayam Mustari’. This description means that the Khasra in the khatoni number 6 has been sold by all the three owners collectively i.e. A__ B & C to X who is the owner in ’Khana Kast’. This is because of the fact that owners A__ B and C have sold a particular khasra number to X and X will be shown in khatoni number 6 as buyer and possession is also with X i.e. the purchaser. The purchaser will not get any Khewat number for the reason that khasra sold was earlier under the possession with all the three owners. Purchaser X will get another Khewat only when this Khewat number gets divided and shares are worked out based upon the area owned by each owner. Beneath the khatoni number__ another number is written (underlined in computerised print) in red ink in the manually written Jamabandi) which shows the Khatoni number of current Khatoni in the previous Jamabandi. In the manually written Jamabandi this number is not shown. But once the mutations take place through this software and Khatonies are rearranged__ then under each current Khatoni number__ old Khatoni number would be shown as underlined. As explained under section 2.2__ that in the manually written Jamabandi__ sometimes a bata (denominator) is added to show the Khewat inserted in between. It is also true in case of Khatoni.

It is a number that is assigned to landowners who jointly own a parcel of land. It can also be understood as the account number granted to various owners.

The Khewat number normally referred as ’KHATA NUMBER’ by revenue officials is the account number given to owner(s) which form a set of co-sharers who own the land in same or different proportions. It therefore__ can be understood as the account number given to various owners in the Khewat. The Khewat number in the Jamabandi runs sequentially starting from 1 to N. The Khewat Number may get changed in the next Jamabandi due to rearrangements i.e. same owners who were owners in some Khewat earlier may get another Khewat number in next Jamabandi. To clarify the things further__ let us assume that there are 10 Khewats in a village and owners A__ B & C were earlier in ownership of the Khewat 5 and did some transactions to a person say X who may be an owner in this village already or may appear in the Shajra and Jamabandi of the village due to this transaction for the first time. Now due to mutation(s)__ it may be the case that owners in Khewat number 5 sold complete land to X. If complete Khewat is sold and owner ’X’ already exists in the village__ then all the land will shift to Khewat that belongs to X. In case owner ’X’ is a new owner and was not there in the Jamabandi earlier__ then during mutation entry Khewat number 5 will cease to exist and instead Khewat number 5/1 will be given to ’X’. During final rearrangement / sequencing of Khewat number__ then it may be the case that depending upon the caste/sub-caste of the Owner ’X’ now Khewat number 5/1 (Khewat created from 5) may get another number. The arrangement__ which has been shown above is a simple one for the purpose of understanding but in real situations it may be more complicated one depending upon the nature and type of mutations taking place in the village. You may say if above is the case then what is the way to know the Khewat of owners in the previous Jamabandi. This can be known with the help of Khewat number written with red ink (in computerized print it is shown as underlined) beneath the current Khewat number. In case you see Khewat number 6 (in blank ink) and beneath that Khewat a number say 5 is written in red-ink__ then you can simply assume that present owners of Khewat number 6 in the current Jamabandi were owners in Khewat number 5 in the previous Jamabandi. Sometimes__ a denominator is attached to a Khewat number also. This happens because of the fact that during the writing of Jamabandi and arrangement of Khewat numbers__ a Khewat is left inadvertently and has to be inserted in between. For example though there were 10 Khewats and Patwari tried wrote the details for 10 Khewat in sequence one after another but forgot to mention a Khewat in between. Such Khewat if is to be inserted after Khewat 6 will be given number 6/1 or if is to be inserted after 8 will be given number 8/1. Though this practice of writing Khewat number is wrong but there is no immediate solution available. A facility has been given to enter such Khewats also by giving additional field i.e. bata (denominator) for such Khewat number. However__ after the mutations__ once a new Jamabandi is prepared__ such denominators will not be allowed. Above is true in case of khatoni number also. But for denominator of Khasra__ there is specific meaning and it has been explained in the section 2.4 ’Khasra Number’.

A combined Khewat & Khatauni.

This document indicates that land is being cultivated by its owners__ not cultivators.

Small.

In good shape.

Rectangular measurement

Type of land

Village or part of village

Instalment of rent or revenue

Repaying the loan in the form of installment and fixing the time for each installment

Cadastral survey [or] Patwari's account book or account in which the details of the area etc. of the fields are written.

The Number mentioning the khasra number in jamabandi

Under-raiyat

Impounding a property