दस्तावेज़ डिकोडर · Tap-to-Read the Papers
Land looks complicated only until someone points at each line. Tap any field on these sample documents and read — in Hindi and English — what it means and what to check.
छह लाल झंडे · Six red flags before you pay
- Khasra number doesn’t match across record, map and deed.
- Holder (खातेदार) name doesn’t match the seller’s ID or the deed chain.
- An unresolved रहननामा (mortgage) or red-ink / pending entry.
- You’re buying a share (जोत ½) but expecting a demarcated piece of land.
- बंजड़ / गैर-मुमकिन class, or non-agri use planned without conversion (90A).
- No mutation behind the last transfer — record still names the old owner.
The Land Documents Master Guide · भूमि दस्तावेज़ मास्टर गाइड
Jamabandi, mutation, registry, agreement, patta & every supporting paper — with annotated sample documents, a follow-one-deal timeline, fake-patta spotting, scam lines, costs, and a tappable 12-point before-you-pay checklist.
Read the guide →How to Read a Jamabandi · जमाबंदी कैसे पढ़ें
Column-by-column walkthrough of the record of rights, the red-ink rule, and how the same record changes name and shape across 15 states — with every official portal listed.
Read the guide →What the courts say about these papers · अदालतें क्या कहती हैं
A jamabandi entry is not a title deed, and a GPA or an agreement to sell is not a sale. The Supreme Court and Rajasthan High Court rulings behind those rules, in plain language, each with its sources.
Open the register →Land records by state · हर राज्य का ज़मीन रिकॉर्ड
What the record of rights is called in all 36 states and union territories, how many columns it carries, the language it is kept in, and the official portal the Government of India itself lists — including the states where no portal exists at all.
Open the table →How to read your state's land record · अपने राज्य का रिकॉर्ड कैसे पढ़ें
One guide per record family — what the document is, how to read it part by part, what it does not prove and where the official copy comes from. English, with a Hindi summary and a short summary in the record's own language.
- Rajasthan — Jamabandi
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa — 7/12 and Form 7
- Tamil Nadu, Puducherry — Patta, Chitta, A-Register
- Andhra Pradesh — Form 1-B and Adangal
- Telangana — ROR-1B and Pahani
- Karnataka — RTC / Pahani
- Kerala — Thandaper
- Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal, Odisha, Tripura, Sikkim — Khatiyan
- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi — Khatauni
- Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh — Khasra and B-1
- Punjab — Jamabandi / Fard
- Haryana, Himachal, Chandigarh, J&K, Ladakh — Jamabandi / Nakal
- Assam and the North-East
Verify a plot, state by state · प्लॉट की जाँच — हर राज्य
The record of rights is one document. Whether the plot is mortgaged, whether the deed chain is clean, what the master plan permits, whether the municipal body has dues against it and whether a building plan was ever sanctioned all sit elsewhere. This directory lists the government portal for each of those, in all 28 states and 8 union territories, plus the development authority and municipal body of 101 cities.
Open the directory →Pocket Cheat Sheet (PDF) · पॉकेट चीट-शीट
One A4 sheet, two sides — English on side A, हिंदी on side B. All key pointers, scam lines, and the printable 12-tick checklist. Print it, fold it, take it to the tehsil.
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