Buy part of a land parcel — ज़मीन का हिस्सा ख़रीदें

What buying part of a parcel means

हिस्सा ख़रीदने का मतलब

A seller may own more land than you need — ten bigha when you want two. Buying part of it is possible, but the part has to become a separate piece on the record, not only on the ground. That means it is measured, sold by its own registered deed, and entered in the land record in your name by a separate mutation, with its own sub-division of the khasra (in Rajasthan, the sub-map drawn when a khasra is divided is called a ततीमा, tatima).

Two situations look alike and are not:

• A marked-out piece of a holding the seller alone owns. The piece can be divided off, if the state's rules allow a holding of that size to be divided.
• A share of land held jointly with others (a joint khata). Nobody owns a specific patch until partition (batwara) is recorded. Read Batwara: partitioning a joint khata first.

How it works with AgriZameen

AgriZameen के साथ कैसे होता है

1. You ask. On WhatsApp, or with “Buy part of this land” on a listing. Say how much you need and which side if it matters (road, well).
2. We ask the seller. Some sellers already offer part — those listings say “Part sale”. Others may agree when asked; some will not.
3. The holding is checked. Is it jointly owned? Is it large enough to divide under the state's rules? Does the record match what is being offered? Take these to a lawyer before any payment.
4. The part is measured. The boundary of your part is measured and marked on the ground and on the map by the revenue staff or a licensed surveyor, as the state requires.
5. A separate registry. A sale deed for your part alone is registered at the sub-registrar's office, with the stamp duty and fees that state charges.
6. A separate mutation. The land record is updated in your name for your part, by the revenue office's order. This is the step that makes “your part” exist on paper.

The order and the names of these steps differ from state to state. The revenue office decides the mutation and any sub-division; neither AgriZameen nor the seller can.

Rules differ by state — Rajasthan as the example

हर राज्य के नियम अलग — उदाहरण राजस्थान

Most states limit how small agricultural land may be divided, and some bar creating a “fragment” in notified areas. The numbers and the laws are the state's own. We have read and sourced Rajasthan's; for any other state, ask the tehsil office and a lawyer, and do not rely on a figure quoted without its section.

• Dividing a holding. Rule 24E of the Rajasthan Tenancy (Government) Rules, 1955 sets the minimum for Section 53(1) of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 at five acres, or 2.5 acres where the tenant has Class I irrigated land. Read the rule and what it does not say.
• Transferring so as to create a fragment. Section 8 of the Rajasthan Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1954 says no land in a notified area shall be transferred or partitioned so as to create a fragment below the standard area set for that area. Whether your land is in a notified area, and what standard area applies, are questions for the revenue office.
• Dividing is not converting. A part stays agricultural unless it is separately converted, which is its own process. See land conversion.

Outside Rajasthan: read the land record for your state (how to read it, state by state) and ask the tehsil office what applies before you commit.

Papers to look at before you pay

पैसा देने से पहले कौन-से काग़ज़ देखें

• The current record of rights for the whole holding, showing every owner and their share (jamabandi, khatauni, 7/12 or your state's equivalent).
• The village map extract for the khasra, and after division, the sub-division entry for your part.
• The mutation history that created the seller's ownership.
• If the khata is joint: every co-owner identified, agreeing, and on the deed — or partition recorded first.
• The measurement of your part, and the seller's identity matching the record.

Our buying checklist and legal help desk go through these in detail.

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