How to get cadastral map sheets in Sikkim
Where the cadastral map for a Sikkim plot number comes from, why the revenue block matters, what to quote to the land revenue office, and how to join the sheets.
Sikkim keeps its land records by revenue block, not by village. Each block has a cadastral map with every plot drawn and numbered, and a Khatiyan that records who holds which plots. On a hillside the plots are small and irregular, and a block's map runs across several sheets, so most holdings need more than one.
What you are actually asking for
- Cadastral map
- The survey map of one revenue block, drawn across several sheets, with every plot and its plot number.
- Plot number
- The number of one plot on that map. It is unique only within its block, so always quote the two together.
- Parcha Khatiyan
- The holder's copy of the record of rights. Not a map, but the source of the exact block and plot numbers every map request is keyed on.
Start with the Parcha Khatiyan
Take the district, sub-division and revenue block from the Parcha Khatiyan as the record spells them, and list every plot number in the holding. The block is the part people get wrong, because it does not always match the name a locality goes by, and a request on the wrong block comes back with the wrong sheet.
Getting the sheets
- Check the Land Revenue & Disaster Management Department's current online services for what is published for your block.
- Otherwise ask the department's office for your district, quoting the sub-division, revenue block and plot numbers from the Parcha Khatiyan.
- Ask for every sheet your plots fall on, not just the first. On a steep, irregular block the boundary you care about is often on the next sheet.
- Check each sheet: the block name, the plot numbers, and that the edges are legible, because the edges are what you will line up.
Before you rely on the map for a purchase
Sikkim's old laws on land continue under Article 371F of the Constitution, and Revenue Order No. 1 restricts the transfer of Bhutia-Lepcha land. Who may acquire a particular plot is a question for the land revenue office and an advocate. Ask it before you commission a survey, not after.
Joining the sheets
A holding of several plots, a plot near a sheet edge, or land on the boundary between two blocks 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 of the holding, ready to print or attach to a partition, a loan file or a building application.
🔗 Sikkim land records: documents, districts and sub-divisions →Frequently asked questions
Where do I get the cadastral map for my land in Sikkim?+
From the Land Revenue & Disaster Management Department. Check its current online services first; otherwise ask its office for your district, quoting the revenue block and plot numbers from your Parcha Khatiyan.
Why do I need the revenue block as well as the plot number?+
Because plot numbers restart in every block. The same plot number exists in many blocks, so on its own it does not identify a plot.
How many sheets can I join into one map?+
There is no limit. Join two sheets or twenty, every sheet of a block, or sheets from two neighbouring blocks. It is one canvas and one exported map.