A Khasra Girdawari (
Hindustani: ख़सरा or خسره گرداوری) is a legal
Revenue Department document used in
India
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and
Pakistan
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that specifies land and crop details.
It is often used in conjunction with a ''
shajra'' (or ''shajra kishtwar''), which is a family tree of owner ;used for reference map of the
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
that administers the land described by the ''khasra girdawari''.
''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''.".
In Indian Land record system, "Khatauni" is an account book, "Khasra girdawari" is a survey book and "Sajra" is the village map. At village level, patwari is appointed to update and maintain these land records.
History
Systematic ''khasra'' documentation in the
Indian subcontinent
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has existed for several centuries, far predating the
British colonial period. Medieval ''khasra'' documents are a useful source for historians in reconstructing the economic history in specific areas of India and Pakistan.
See also
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Banjar, Jungle, Abadi, Shamlat, Gair Mumkin
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Barani, Nahri, Chahi, Taal
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Bigha
The bigha or beegah (, , Assamese: বিঘা) is a traditional unit of measurement of area of a land, commonly used in northern & eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal. There is no "standard" size of bigha and it varies considerably from place ...
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Doab
''Doab'' () is a term used in South Asia Quote: "Originally and chiefly in South Asia: (the name of) a strip or narrow tract of land between two rivers; spec. (with) the area between the rivers Ganges and Jumna in northern India." for the tract ...
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Khadir and Bangar
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Measurement of land in Punjab
The measurement of land in Punjab, India is an important aspect of agriculture and land management in the region. Punjab has a unique system of measuring land, typically done in units of bigha and acre. The measurements can vary slightly depending ...
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Patwari
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Shajra
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Zaildar
Zaildar was an officer in charge of a Zail which was an administrative unit of group of villages during the Sikh Empire, British Indian Empire in Punjab and Dogra dynasty rule in Jammu and Kashmir (princely state). The Settlement Officer, with ...
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Village accountant
References
Law of India
Law of Pakistan
Land law
Land management in India
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