//West Bengal
West Bengal land records, explained
Khatian, Dag, Mouza, mutation, RS and LR — the terms are unfamiliar and the official portal assumes you already know them. These guides explain how each lookup actually works, and what to do when Banglarbhumi won't cooperate.
- Guides
- 29
- Language
- English · বাংলা
- Cost
- Free to read
Portal steps checked against banglarbhumi.gov.in on 20 Jul 2026
Record details shown are demo data.
//Common tasks
What do you need to do?
Six things people arrive for most. Each one goes straight to the guide that answers it.
//The full index
All 29 guides
Grouped by what you are trying to do, and numbered so you can see where you are in the set.
Start here
What the Banglarbhumi portal is, what you can check without an account, and where each task lives.
When the portal won't cooperate
Login failures, CAPTCHA loops and downtime — the problems the official portal doesn't document.
- Banglarbhumi login not working — what to tryYou need a Banglarbhumi account to get a record out of the portal, so a failed sign-in blocks the whole job. Here is what actually goes wrong, and what each failure means.
- Banglarbhumi CAPTCHA not working — why, and what to doThe CAPTCHA on Banglarbhumi fails for a handful of specific, fixable reasons. Almost none of them are that you typed it wrong.
- Banglarbhumi site not opening — how to work out whyHalf of these failures are the portal's servers and half are your browser or connection. The fixes are completely different, so it's worth spending two minutes finding out which one you have.
- Banglarbhumi registration: how to get the account you needBanglarbhumi will not hand over a record until you are signed in. Registering is free and quick — the mobile number is the part that decides whether it stays usable.
- Mobile Number update Against Khatian on BanglarbhumiRead the next paragraph before anything else: this service sits behind a login, so if a stale mobile number is what is keeping you out, it is not the fix you need.
- Khatian not found on Banglarbhumi — what it actually meansAn empty result almost never means the land has no record. It usually means the search was pointed at the wrong Mouza, the wrong record generation, or the wrong Dag number.
- Filing and tracking a grievance on BanglarbhumiThe grievance route is where a stuck application finally gets a human attached to it — but it is the wrong tool for a wrong record, and using it that way costs you months.
Looking up a record
Step-by-step guides for the searches that need no account at all.
- How to search a Khatian online in West BengalTwo things stand between you and a Khatian: being signed in to a Banglarbhumi account, and pointing the search at the right Mouza. Neither is obvious until it stops you.
- How to find your Mouza name and JL numberAlmost every land search in West Bengal starts here, and the answer is usually sitting in your own paperwork before you ever open the portal.
- How to check mutation (Dakhil Kharij) status onlineBanglarbhumi has two mutation status screens with almost the same name. They answer different questions, and most people are sent to the wrong one.
- Deed search in West Bengal — what it proves, and what it doesn'tRegistration and mutation are two separate acts by two separate departments, on two separate portals. Confusing them is one of the most consequential mistakes in West Bengal land transactions.
Maps and certified copies
What the portal will actually give you, what it charges for, and what it won't.
- Mouza map download in West Bengal — the honest versionMost guides tell you to click a download button that doesn't exist. The portal does provide mouza maps — but as a paid, signed-in request, and only where a map has been digitised at all.
- Plot map download in West Bengal — Plot Map Request explainedTwo different map services on Banglarbhumi get used interchangeably, and they produce different documents. Getting this wrong means paying for the wrong thing.
- Porcha (RoR) download — free view or certified copy?Almost every problem people have with Porcha downloads comes from not knowing there are two entirely different things called the same name. Sort that out first and the rest is straightforward.
Applying and paying
Filing a mutation, converting classification, settling revenue — the login-gated side of the portal.
- How to apply for mutation (Dakhil Kharij) online in West BengalRegistering a deed does not put your name on the land record. Mutation is the separate application that does — and on Banglarbhumi you will need to be signed in to file it.
- Land conversion in West Bengal — classification, application and statusChanging a plot's recorded classification is a decision the department makes on your application, not a fee you pay for an outcome. You will need a Banglarbhumi login to file.
- Warish application in West Bengal — succession and inherited landA Khatian showing a grandfather who died decades ago is not a records error. It is inherited land that was never mutated — and fixing it usually takes two steps, not one.
- How to pay Khajna (land revenue) online in West BengalPaying land revenue online is four screens, not one — and the reason people get stuck is that the portal separates applying, generating a challan, and paying into different menus.
- Khajna payment status and GRN search on BanglarbhumiMoney left the account and the portal shows nothing. It is the most alarming failure on Banglarbhumi and usually the most recoverable — if you know which of the three status screens to look at.
- No Due Certificate for land in West BengalA bank or buyer has asked for a no-due certificate and you're not sure what they want. It certifies one narrow thing — that no land revenue is outstanding — and nothing else.
- What Banglarbhumi charges for — and what it doesn'tFree is not the same as open: a lookup costs nothing but still needs a sign-in. Which side of the fee line a service sits on is worth more than any particular amount.
Understanding the records
Plain-language explanations of the terms that make West Bengal land records confusing.
- RS Khatian vs LR Khatian — the difference explainedTwo records, one piece of land, different numbers on each. Understanding why is the difference between a search that works and one that returns nothing.
- Sabek dag to hal dag — matching old and new plot numbersAn old number that returns no result is the single most common dead end in West Bengal land searches. Usually nothing is wrong — the plot has simply been renumbered.
- Dag number explained — what it is and how to read oneThe dag number is the most quoted figure in West Bengal land records, and the most often misunderstood. It identifies a plot — but only inside one Mouza.
- Mouza and JL number — the foundation of every land searchKhatian and dag numbers mean nothing on their own. The Mouza is what makes them mean something — which is why this is the first thing to get right.
- West Bengal land measurement units — katha, bigha, decimal, satakThe Bengal units are standardised, so the conversions are straightforward. What trips people up is assuming a bigha means the same thing outside West Bengal — and forgetting that the recorded area governs, not the arithmetic.
- Bargadar records in West Bengal — what the record of rights showsA recorded bargadar is a sharecropper whose cultivation is entered in the record of rights — and that entry carries statutory weight that neither party can afford to be vague about.
Apps and alternatives
What happened to the official app, and what the options are now.
//The app
The same lookups, on a phone
The portal sends you to a different screen for each of these. Bhumir Tathya is our own unofficial Android app — free, bilingual, and records you have opened stay readable offline.
First run
Every service
Search a record
Matching records
Read the Khatian
Every owner on a plot
Track a mutation
Check a payment
Saved records
Works offline
Honest empty states
Sign in
Language & storage
Check land records on your phone
Bhumir Tathya is an unofficial Android app for West Bengal land records — Khatian, plot details and mutation status, in Bengali or English, with saved records readable offline.