How to get Shajra map sheets for a Chandigarh village
Where the village map for a Chandigarh Khasra number comes from, why sector sites work differently, what to ask the Patwari for, and how to join the sheets.
Chandigarh has two kinds of land record. A site inside a planned sector is a site number in that sector, recorded by the Estate Office, and its map is the sector plan. Land in the revenue villages around the sectors is recorded the Punjab way: each field is a Khasra number on the village Shajra, and the Jamabandi says who holds it. This guide is about the second kind.
First, check which system your land is in
Look at your deed or allotment papers. If they give a sector and a site or house number, the record is the Estate Office file, and a Shajra will not help you. If they give a village and Khasra numbers, read on. Much village land was acquired for the sectors over the years, so an old deed can name Khasra numbers that now lie under a sector or a road. The tehsil can tell you whether a number still stands as a village holding.
What you are actually asking for
- Shajra
- The field map of the revenue village, with every Khasra number and its boundaries. A village runs across several sheets.
- Jamabandi
- The record of rights: who holds each Khasra and its area. It tells you which numbers to ask the map for.
- Lal Dora
- The inhabited core of the village, marked on the map. House plots inside it often have no Khasra of their own.
Getting the sheets
- Get the Jamabandi or a Fard for your land first. It gives the village as the tehsil spells it and the exact Khasra numbers in your Khewat, including any that were split.
- Ask the Patwari for your village, or the tehsil office in the Deputy Commissioner's complex, for the Shajra sheet each of those Khasra numbers falls on.
- Where the village runs to several sheets, take every sheet your numbers fall on, not just the first, because the boundary you care about is often on the next one.
- Check each sheet: the village name, the Khasra numbers, and that the edges are legible, because the edges are what you will line up.
Joining the sheets
A holding spread over several Khasra numbers, a field near a sheet edge, or land on the edge of a village 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. It also shows at a glance how the holding sits against the Lal Dora and the nearest sector boundary.
🔗 Chandigarh land records: documents, tehsil and village maps →Frequently asked questions
Does my sector plot have a Khasra number?+
Not one you can use. A sector site is identified by its sector and site number, and its record is the Estate Office file. Khasra numbers and the Shajra matter for land in the revenue villages outside the sectors.
Who keeps the Shajra for a Chandigarh village?+
The Patwari for the village, working under the tehsil in the Deputy Commissioner's office. Ask there for any sheet you cannot find online.
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.