How to download Bhu-Naksha map sheets in Bihar
Bihar keeps three records of the same land on two portals. Where the cadastral map for a Khesra number comes from, what anchal and mauza mean for the request, and how to assemble a partitioned holding.
Bihar has two records of the same land made a lifetime apart, and a third document that draws it. The Khatiyan is the survey record from the cadastral settlement. The Jamabandi on Bihar Bhumi is the live register of who pays revenue now. The Bhu-Naksha is the map. Most people know about one of the three, and the one they know is rarely the one they need.
Get the vocabulary right first
- Mauza
- The revenue village — the unit the cadastral survey was carried out over, and the unit Bhu-Naksha serves maps for. A mauza and a panchayat village need not be the same thing.
- Anchal (Circle)
- The revenue unit above the mauza. Both Bihar Bhumi and Bhu-Naksha organise their village lists under it, so you cannot get to a map without knowing yours.
- Khesra number
- One parcel within the mauza. The number a map sheet is keyed on, and the number that gets sub-divided after a partition.
Start from the Jamabandi
Pull the Jamabandi on Bihar Bhumi first. It gives you the anchal, the mauza and the Khesra numbers as the department writes them — and that spelling is what the map request is keyed on. Searching by raiyat name works when you do not have the numbers, though common names return many results and the Khata number is what disambiguates them.
If your paperwork is old, it may name Khesra numbers from the Khatiyan that the current Jamabandi has since re-cut. Reconcile the two before requesting a sheet; otherwise the number you type either returns nothing or returns someone else's parcel.
Getting the map sheets
- Open the Bhu-Naksha Bihar portal and select district, anchal and mauza from the dropdowns.
- Enter a Khesra number. The viewer highlights it on the sheet it falls on, and offers that sheet for download or print.
- Repeat for every Khesra number in the holding. After a batwara these are almost never adjacent, and a family holding routinely spans several sheets.
- Check each sheet before moving on: mauza name, sheet identifier, and that the Khesra number is legible where it meets the sheet edge.
Why Bihar holdings are the hardest to see whole
Bihar produces more partitioned holdings than almost anywhere. Generations of batwara mean one family's land commonly sits in eight or ten scattered Khesra numbers, several mauzas apart in the worst cases, each on its own sheet. Nobody has ever seen that holding as a single drawing, because no single drawing of it exists until somebody makes one.
That is the job. Download every sheet the Khesra numbers fall on, line them up along the boundaries they share, and export one continuous map. It is the drawing a batwara file, a dakhil-kharij application, a valuation or a court annexure actually needs — and the first time most families see their own land as one shape.
🔗 Bihar land records: documents, districts and anchals →Frequently asked questions
Can I download a Bihar village map online?+
Yes, through Bhu-Naksha Bihar, one sheet at a time, by district, anchal, mauza and Khesra number. Bihar Bhumi holds the Jamabandi and the scanned Khatiyan; the map is on the separate Bhu-Naksha site, which is what most searches miss.
What is the difference between anchal and block in Bihar?+
The anchal is the revenue circle and the block is the development unit. They usually share a name, which is why they get confused, but land records are organised under the anchal — that is what both Bihar Bhumi and Bhu-Naksha key their village lists on.
How many sheets can I join into one map?+
There is no limit. Join two Khesra numbers or twenty, the sub-divided sheets of one Khesra after a partition, every sheet of a large mauza, or sheets from two adjoining mauzas. It is one canvas and the export is one map.