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3 LAND RECORDS INFORMATION IN GUJARAT
3.1 PRESENT SYSTEM
The Government, through its organization, performs mainly two functions:
Maintenance and updation of land records (textual records, including village form no 6,
Hakpatrak and Village Form no 7/ 12 (Satbara-detail of record of ) and Spatial records namely
village maps and field measurement books commonly known as Tippans in rural areas.
Maintenance and updation of the textual and the spatial records in urban areas. In urban areas,
the textual record is commonly known as the Property Card.
In rural areas, the textual record is maintained and updated by the Taluka Mamlatdars at Taluka
level. Earlier this record was maintained at village level by village Talati.
CREATION OF DIFFERENT LAND RECORDS
The Land Record starts with the field survey of land in possession and cultivated by farmers. The
original survey (the survey for the first time) for the areas under present state of Gujarat had been
carried out from 1880 – 1915. The technology used for the survey was chain and cross staff. The
measurements for each field were written (not drawn on the map) on a paper which is known as the
Tippan for that particular parcel of land. This parcel of land was assigned a unique number and was
known as the survey number of this land parcel. The area based on the measurements taken for the
land parcel was calculated manually by using a ready reckoner. The calculations of the area of land
parcels have been preserved in a land record known as Gunakar books. The survey number, its area,
the occupant of this parcel and various other characteristics of this land parcel were tabulated in a
land record known as the Aakar Bandh. The sum total of the areas of all survey numbers in a village
not only gave the total area of the village, but also the land area under various categories such as the
cultivated land, the cultivable land, the uncultivable waste land, land under roads and other public
purposes.
The spatial record was also prepared by drawing the map of the land parcel based on the
measurements recorded in the tippan of the survey number. All these sketches/ maps of all the
survey numbers of the village were mosaiced to generate the village map. The survey number, its
area and the occupant recorded at the time of survey was used to generate the village form no 7/12.
The mutations (i.e. The change in ownership due to sale, the death of the occupant, etc) and any
encumbrances on this land like bank loan, mortgages, etc are also recorded in village form no 7/12
and mutation register i.e. Village form no 6 of that village.
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