Glossary · Land records
What is Jamabandi?
Also called: Record of rights, Nakal (Haryana), Register II (Bihar)
A jamabandi is the record of rights for land in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, Rajasthan and other states, showing the owners, cultivators, shares and area of each holding.
The jamabandi is the core land record in much of north India. For each holding it lists the owner (in the khewat), the cultivator (in the khatauni), the khasra numbers, areas, land type and shares.
It is prepared by the patwari and revised periodically — every five years in Punjab and Haryana — with mutations in between recorded against it. Punjab’s jamabandi is online through PLRS; Rajasthan’s through Apna Khata; Haryana’s through the Haryana Jamabandi portal.
A certified copy of the jamabandi is called a fard in Punjab and a nakal in Haryana.
Why it matters if you live abroad
The cultivator column matters as much as the owner column: if someone else is recorded as cultivating your land for years, it can be used against you in a possession dispute.
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