Bhu Abhilekh (Khasra / Khatauni) in Madhya Pradesh
The revenue department register recording who is shown in possession of a survey number, the extent, the classification of the land and the crops or tenancy noted against it.
The record of rights for a parcel, identified by a parcel id rather than a plain survey number. MP has begun issuing a unique land parcel identification number alongside it.
Issued through MP Bhulekh.
What it proves
- Who the revenue authority currently records as the holder of the survey number
- The extent and the classification of the land — patta, government, assigned, inam or forest
- The sequence of mutation entries by which the revenue record moved from one name to another
What it does not prove
- Ownership. In most of India the record of rights is presumptive evidence of possession for revenue purposes and is expressly not a document of title
- That the registered deed chain agrees with it. Revenue records and registration records are maintained by different departments and routinely disagree
- That the land can be sold to you. Classification as assigned, inam or government land can bar transfer regardless of whose name appears
How to obtain it
- Look the survey number up on the state land-records portal, or obtain a certified extract from the village or taluk revenue office
- Pull the mutation register alongside it — the current entry alone hides how the name got there
- Match the extent and boundaries against the sale deed and against the cadastral map before relying on any of it
Where people get caught
- The land-nature or classification column is the one that decides whether a sale is even possible. Assigned and government land can carry a permanent or long-period alienation bar, and a clean-looking holder name does not cure it
- Digitised records inherit the errors of the manual registers they were keyed from. A name, extent or classification can be wrong in the portal and right in the physical register, or the reverse
- Subdivision lags reality. One survey number in the record may be several plots on the ground, and the extent shown may be the parent extent, not what you are buying