Khasra Number Meaning: Field and Killa Numbers in Haryana

What is the meaning of a khasra number?

A khasra number is the survey number of a parcel in a village's revenue records. It appears on the village map and in the record of rights, so ownership, area, land class and mutations are all tied to it. The word also names the field register itself in some states. Khasra numbers are unique only within one village, so village, tehsil and district must always be stated alongside.

What is a killa number in Haryana and Punjab?

Many villages went through consolidation of holdings (chakbandi) under the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948. There, land was laid out in large rectangles, called murabba or mustatil, each divided into 25 killas of about one acre. The khasra number then has two parts: rectangle number, a double slash, and killa number. "45//12" is killa 12 of rectangle 45. A divided killa becomes 45//12/1 and 45//12/2, and "min" written after a number means only part of it is involved.

A standard killa measures 36 × 40 karam. With the Haryana-Punjab karam of 5.5 ft that is 198 × 220 ft, exactly one acre, 8 kanal or 160 marla. Villages never consolidated, and the old abadi inside the lal dora, do not follow this pattern.

How do other states number land?

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Uttar Pradesh records are online at upbhulekh.gov.in. Haryana's ownership register is explained in Jamabandi (Haryana Land Record).

A worked area from killa entries

Kanal-marla areas convert to acres and square feet with two fixed ratios: 20 marla to a kanal and 160 marla to an acre. Suppose a holding lists killa 45//12 at 8 kanal 0 marla and part of 45//13, written 45//13/1, at 3 kanal 12 marla. The total is 11 kanal 12 marla, or 232 marla. Dividing by 160 gives 1.45 acres. With the Haryana-Punjab marla of 272.25 sq ft (9 square karam of 5.5 ft), the same holding is about 63,162 sq ft. When we measure it on the ground the drawing shows this recorded figure beside the measured one, because bunds shift over the years.

Common mistakes with khasra numbers

Most confusion comes from numbers quoted without their context.

• Dropping the village name. Khasra 45//12 exists in many villages; on its own it identifies nothing.
• Using pre-consolidation numbers. Old khasra numbers were replaced during chakbandi, and older deeds may still quote them.
• Ignoring the subdivision. 45//12/1 and 45//12/2 are different parcels with different owners.
• Treating killa sides as exact. 36 × 40 karam is the standard; the field on the ground may be a little different.

How khasra and killa numbers appear on our drawings

Every Mezux land drawing for consolidated villages carries the killa grid with its numbers. Rectangle and killa labels such as 45//12 sit inside each square, and killa sides are shown in karam and metres. The client's portion is hatched with its area in acres, kanal-marla and square metres. Corner coordinates from satellite-based positioning, in WGS84 UTM, let the same parcel be found later on a phone or in GIS, and the drawing names the reference station used. Nationally, the Department of Land Resources is adding a 14-digit Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN, also called Bhu-Aadhaar) to parcels under the Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme. It is an extra identifier linked to the record, and the khasra number stays in the revenue papers.

How does a surveyor use khasra and killa numbers?

To find the field on the ground and draw it in real coordinates. We start from a recent jamabandi copy and the shajra or a tatima sketch. Rectangle and killa lines are located from roads, field bunds and surviving marks, the killa sides are measured, and the corners are fixed by DGPS (differential global positioning system). The way DGPS works here, a base station on a control point corrects a rover GPS receiver at each corner, so the old karam grid lands on real coordinates. Where trees along a bund block GPS signals, the corner is carried in by total station from a control point tied to ground-based reference stations. The drawing shows the killa grid, the client's portion, the area in acres and kanal-marla, and UTM coordinates. Revenue-record demarcation is priced after we have seen the papers.

A private survey is a technical record, not legal demarcation; official demarcation is done by revenue staff. On linear projects the list of affected khasras runs alongside the utility conflict matrix; we have the Utility Conflict Matrix explained in this glossary. For buried services in the same strip, read: SUE survey.

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Frequently asked questions

Is a khasra number the same as a sector plot number?

No. Sector plots in planned towns get numbers from the development authority after the land is acquired and laid out; the khasra refers to the original revenue land.

Where can I find my khasra number online?

For Haryana, on the state jamabandi portal at jamabandi.nic.in; for Uttar Pradesh, on upbhulekh.gov.in. Certified copies come from the tehsil.

Can a private surveyor do legal demarcation?

No. Legal demarcation is a revenue process. We provide the field survey and drawing; see land survey services: scope, time and cost.

Does a khasra number change after consolidation?

Yes. Consolidation replaces old field numbers with the rectangle and killa scheme, so deeds older than the consolidation may quote numbers that no longer appear on the map.

What is a tatima?

A supplementary sketch drawn when a numbered field is divided, showing the new sub-numbers and their shapes so the village map stays readable.

Is ULPIN a replacement for the khasra number?

No. It is an additional parcel identifier linked to the land record; the khasra or killa number remains the reference in revenue documents.

Written by Saniya Parveen · Technically reviewed by Rahul Rai · Updated 8 November 2026