How to get Shajra and Musavi map sheets in Jammu and Kashmir
Where the village map for a Jammu and Kashmir Khasra number comes from, what Aapki Zameen Aapki Nigrani shows, what to ask the Patwari for, and how to join the sheets.
Jammu and Kashmir's land records follow the system Punjab and Haryana use, and the map is part of it. Each field is a Khasra number. The Shajra is the village map that draws them, derived from the Musavi, the settlement map the village was surveyed onto. The Jamabandi lists who holds each Khasra; the map shows where it is.
What you are actually asking for
- Shajra Kishtwar
- The field map of the revenue village, with every Khasra number and its boundaries. A village runs across several sheets.
- Musavi
- The scaled settlement map the Shajra derives from. It is what the revenue office works from when a measurement is in doubt.
- Tatima
- A supplementary sketch drawn when a Khasra is divided. If your field was partitioned, the Tatima shows its current parts.
Start with the Jamabandi
Pull the Jamabandi first. It gives the district, tehsil and village as the department spells them, and the exact Khasra numbers in your Khewat, including any that were split. A map request on the wrong number, or on the number from before a Tatima, comes back with the wrong sheet.
Getting the sheets
- Open Aapki Zameen Aapki Nigrani (landrecords.jk.gov.in) and find your district, tehsil and village. Many villages' revenue records and map sheets have been digitised there.
- Download or view the sheet for each Khasra number in your holding. Where the village runs to several sheets, take every sheet your numbers fall on, not just the first.
- Where a sheet is not online, or a Tatima is missing, ask the Patwari of your Halqa. The Patwari keeps the village's Shajra and can tell you which sheet a Khasra is on.
- Check each sheet: the village name, the Khasra numbers, and that the edges are legible, because the edges are what you will line up.
When the boundary on the ground is the question
If a neighbour disputes where the boundary runs, that is a demarcation request to the revenue office, not a map request. The revenue staff mark the Khasra's limits on the ground from the settlement map. Having the whole holding already joined into one drawing makes that visit, and the conversation before it, much shorter.
Joining the sheets
A holding spread over several Khasra numbers, a field 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 of the holding, ready to print or attach to an Intiqal, a loan file or a court annexure.
🔗 Jammu and Kashmir land records: documents, districts and tehsils →Frequently asked questions
Where can I see the Shajra for my village in Jammu and Kashmir?+
On Aapki Zameen Aapki Nigrani (landrecords.jk.gov.in), which carries digitised revenue records and, for many villages, the map sheets. Where a sheet is not online, the Patwari of your Halqa keeps the village's Shajra.
What is the difference between the Shajra and the Musavi?+
The Musavi is the scaled settlement map a village was surveyed onto. The Shajra sheets derive from it and are what you are usually given. When a measurement is in doubt, the revenue office works from the Musavi.
How many sheets can I join into one map?+
There is no limit. Join two Khasra sheets or twenty, every sheet of a village, or sheets from two neighbouring villages. It is one canvas and one exported map.