How to get cadastral map sheets in Manipur
Where the cadastral map for a Manipur valley Dag number comes from, what Louchapathap shows, what exists for hill land under customary tenure, and how to join the sheets.
The first question for any land in Manipur is whether it is in a surveyed valley village or in the hills. The valley around Imphal was cadastrally surveyed, and its villages have cadastral maps with every plot drawn and numbered. Most hill land is held under customary tenure, through the village chief or the village authority, and was never brought into that survey. What you can get, and from whom, follows from that.
What you are actually asking for
- Cadastral map
- The survey map of a valley village, drawn across several sheets, with every plot and its Dag number.
- Dag number
- The number of one plot on that map. It is unique only within its village, so always quote the two together.
- Patta
- The record of the holding. Not a map, but the source of the exact village and Dag numbers every map request is keyed on.
In the valley: start with the Patta
Take the district, sub-division and village from the Patta or the Jamabandi, as the revenue record spells them, and list every Dag number in the holding. A request on a village name as people say it, rather than as the record has it, is the most common reason for getting the wrong sheet.
Getting the valley sheets
- Open Louchapathap (louchapathap.nic.in) and find your district, sub-division and village.
- Look up each Dag number and note which map sheet it falls on. Where the village runs to several sheets, take every sheet your plots touch, not just the first.
- Where a sheet is not online, ask the revenue office for your sub-division, quoting the village and Dag numbers from the Patta.
- Check each sheet: the village name, the Dag numbers, and that the edges are legible, because the edges are what you will line up.
In the hills: what exists instead
For most hill villages there is no cadastral sheet to download, and no page should pretend otherwise. Land is held under the village's own customs, and a holding is usually evidenced by a certificate from the village chief or the village authority. The drawings people have are survey sketches, made by the district office or a licensed surveyor for a particular purpose. The Deputy Commissioner's office for the district can tell you what record exists for a given village.
Joining the sheets
A holding of several Dag numbers, a plot near a sheet edge, or land on a village boundary all end the same way: several sheets, each showing a fragment. Line them up along the boundaries they share so the lines crossing the join continue, and you have one continuous map. Survey sketches from the hills join the same way, as long as they share a boundary you can match.
🔗 Manipur land records: documents, districts and sub-divisions →Frequently asked questions
Where can I see the cadastral map for my land in Manipur?+
For a surveyed valley village, start on Louchapathap, searching by district, sub-division and village. Where the sheet is not online, the revenue office for your sub-division holds the map.
Why can I not find my hill village on Louchapathap?+
Because most hill land in Manipur is held under customary tenure and was never brought into the valley's revenue survey, so there is often no cadastral record to publish. Ask the Deputy Commissioner's office what exists for that village.
How many sheets can I join into one map?+
There is no limit. Join two sheets or twenty, every sheet of a village, or sheets from two neighbouring villages. It is one canvas and one exported map.