Revenue
Terminology for Land Records
Most
Common used words for Revenue Record.
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Abadi Deh |
In inhabitant site of village |
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Badastur |
Unaltered |
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Banjar |
Uncultivated land |
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Banjar Jadid |
New fellow (land not cultivated for
continuous four harvests though it was cultivated
earlier. |
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Banjar Kadim |
Old fallow (If continued to be
uncultivated for next four harvests) |
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Barani |
Dependent on rainfall |
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Bigha |
A measure of area (It is different in
different areas) |
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Biswa |
One twentieth of a bigha |
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Biswansi |
One twentieth of a biswa |
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Chahi |
Irrigated from well |
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Chahi Nahri |
Irrigated partly from a well and partly
from canal. |
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Chari |
A kind of millet (g.v.) grown for fodder |
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Chaukidar |
Village Watchman |
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Chkota |
Lump grain rent or rent consisting of a
fixed amount of grain in the rabi and kharif. |
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Dholi |
Death bed gift or a small plot of land to
a Brahmin |
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Gair-Mumkin |
Barren |
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Girdawar |
Kanungo or Supervisor of Patwaris |
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Girdawari |
Harvest Inspection |
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Gosha |
Corner |
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Jawar |
A kind of millet (Sorghum Val gave) |
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Kalar |
Barren Land (Sour Clay) |
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Kanal |
A measure of area |
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Kanungo |
Supervisor of Patwaris |
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Karam |
Unit of Length |
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Kharaba |
Portion of crop which has failed to come. |
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Kharif |
Autumn harvest |
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Khasra |
List of fields, field register |
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Khasra Girdawari |
Harvest Inspection Register |
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Khata |
Holding of tenant |
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Khatauni |
Holding slips prepared at re-measurement |
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Khewat |
A list of Owner’s holding |
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Khewat/Khatauni |
A combined Khewat & Khatauni |
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Khud Kashat |
Cultivated by the owner himself |
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Killabandi |
Rectangular measurement |
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Lamaberdar |
Village Headman |
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Latha Girdawari |
Cloth copy of the Patwari’s Map |
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Marla |
Measuring of Area |
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Masri |
A small pulse |
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Mauza |
Village |
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Min |
Portion / Part |
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Misal Haqiyat |
Record-of-Right |
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Musavi |
Mapping Sheet |
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Nahri |
Irrigated from canal |
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Naib-Tehsildar |
The Deputy or Assistant of Tehsildar |
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Parat Patwar |
Patwari copy of the new settlement record |
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Parat Sarkar |
Government Copy of the new settlement
record |
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Patwari |
A Village Accountant or Registrar |
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Rabi |
Spring Harvest |
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Sabik |
Former |
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Sub-Division |
A sub division of a district |
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Sub-Divisional Magistrate |
In-charge of a tehsildar |
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Taccavi |
Loan granted by a Government to landowner
for agriculture purposes. |
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Tehsildar |
In-charge of a tehsil |
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Waris |
Successor |
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Wasil Baqi Nawis |
Revenue Accountant in the Tehsil |
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Wattar |
Diagonal Line |
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Zamindar |
Landowner |
