Glossary · Land records
What is Khasra?
Also called: Khasra number, Gata number, Survey number, Killa number
A khasra is the unique number given to a single plot or field on the village revenue map in north India, used to identify that land in every record.
A khasra number identifies one specific piece of land on the village map (the shajra or naksha). It works like a plot’s address: if you know the district, tehsil, village and khasra number, you can find the land in the records.
In Uttar Pradesh the same number is often called a gata number, and in Punjab and Haryana land consolidated into rectangles is identified by a mustatil (square) and killa number. Southern and western states use a survey number instead.
In some states the word khasra also refers to the field register kept by the patwari or lekhpal, which records the area, soil type and crop for each plot.
Why it matters if you live abroad
The khasra number is usually all you need to find your land online and on a map — it’s also all PlotPehra needs to start watching it.
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