Read this before using anything on this page.
Land is a State subject. Every statute, provision, charge basis, restriction and portal named here is set by a State
and is amended regularly, sometimes annually. This page is an orientation written from published sources on
the date shown — it is not legal advice, it is not a statement of the current operative law, and it has not been
reviewed by an advocate practising in this State. Secondary sources on state land law go stale badly and frequently
repeat positions that were repealed years ago. Confirm every point with that State's own revenue or planning
authority on official
gov.in / nic.in sources and with a local advocate before you act or
advise. AgriZameen is an independent private platform and is not a government body.- Tenure & records law
- Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006, which consolidated a large body of earlier tenancy and revenue legislation including the UP Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950. Holdings are recorded as khatauni entries with bhumidhar classes.
- Ceiling
- UP Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960.
- Conversion route
- Change of land use under the Revenue Code, through the revenue authorities, with development authority involvement inside planned areas.
- Conversion charge basis
- Commonly described on a per-square-metre basis. Development authority areas attract separate development charges. Confirm current rates.
- Who may buy agricultural land
- Generally described as open to any Indian citizen, subject to ceiling limits and to restrictions on transfers by members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes without permission.
- Official portals
- UP Bhulekh (khatauni) · UP Bhu-Naksha (maps) · IGRSUP (registration)
- Revenue & planning hierarchy
- Lekhpal → Kanungo → Tehsildar → Sub-Divisional Magistrate → District Magistrate → Board of Revenue.
What differs most from Rajasthan. Bhumidhar with transferable rights and bhumidhar with non-transferable rights are distinct classes and the distinction governs whether a holding can be sold at all. It is the UP equivalent of the खातेदार / गैर-खातेदार check in Level 1.
Before you act on any of this
Run the six checks from Level 3, Lesson 8: which statute governs, whether your buyer is eligible to purchase at all, the conversion charge basis and what else is levied, the realistic timeline from someone who has done it recently, the land's classification in that State's records, and a local advocate. Confidence transfers across a state line; competence does not.