Land Record Extract in Assam (Jamabandi and Chitha via Dharitree)

What is the Assam land record and who issues it?

Assam land record means the Jamabandi, the record of rights that names the pattadar of a plot, and the Chitha, the field-wise register that records each dag with its area, class and possession. The Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Government of Assam maintains both, and the Circle Office of the revenue circle: headed by the Circle Officer and worked on the ground by the Lat Mandal: is the office that owns the entry for your village.

Assam does not use the word "Bhulekh". The state's land record stack is branded ILRMS, the Integrated Land Records Management System, and sits at ilrms.assam.gov.in. Under ILRMS, Dharitree is the application officials use to update land records, Bhunaksha carries the cadastral maps, e-Panjeeyan covers document registration, Basundhara delivers services under Mission Basundhara, and Sewa Setu is the citizen service portal where a certified copy is actually applied for.

An Assam land address has five levels: district, revenue circle, mouza, village (lat), and then the plot itself, identified by a Dag number within a Patta number. You need at least the dag or the patta number to find anything.

Who can apply for an Assam land record extract?

Anyone can view a Jamabandi free on ILRMS, the view-only Jamabandi is a public record and needs no login.

You can apply for a certified copy if:

• You are the recorded pattadar of the plot, which is the applicant condition Sewa Setu states for this service.
• You are a co-pattadar named in the same patta.
• You are a legal heir of a deceased pattadar and can produce a succession or legal heir document.
• You hold a power of attorney for the pattadar.

You cannot apply and will not get a certified copy where:

• Land revenue is in arrears; Sewa Setu asks for an up-to-date land revenue receipt or a land revenue clearance receipt, so unpaid revenue stops the application at the document stage.
• You cannot supply a dag or patta number and only have a rough description of the plot.
• The land lies in an area whose records have not been digitised, or in an autonomous council area with its own service variant. Sewa Setu runs separate services for the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) and the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC), and applications must be filed under the correct one.
• You are a third party with no interest in the land seeking a certified copy of somebody else's holding. Free viewing remains open to you; a certified copy does not.

There is no income limit, no caste criterion and no domicile test for a land record extract. The only real test is whether your name, or the name of the person you claim through, appears in the register.

What documents are needed for an Assam Jamabandi certified copy?

Sewa Setu's document list for the Certified Copy of Jamabandi or Records of Right/Chitha is short:

1. Up-to-date land revenue receipt or land revenue clearance receipt for the plot.
2. Any other land-related document supporting the claim; sale deed, patta copy, mutation order, or an earlier Jamabandi page.

Alongside those, you will need identity proof to open the Sewa Setu account, a working mobile number and email for the SMS and email notification, and the dag and patta numbers for the plot.

What does an Assam land record cost?

Free viewing on ILRMS and landhub.assam.gov.in costs nothing.

For the certified copy, Sewa Setu lists these heads:

• Application fee, Rs 20
• Convenience fee, Rs 10
• Service charge at a Public Facilitation Centre or Common Service Centre: Rs 30
• Printing charge: Rs 10 per page
• Scanning charge — Rs 5 per page

A self-filed application from home therefore costs Rs 30 in fees. The service charge, printing and scanning heads apply when a facilitation centre files it for you. No agent is entitled to anything beyond these published amounts. If somebody quotes several hundred rupees to "get your Jamabandi cleared", they are selling you access that the Government of Assam already gives you at the counter price above.

How to get an Assam land record online: step by step

1. View the record free first. Open ilrms.assam.gov.in, choose the Jamabandi service, and select District, Circle, Mouza and Village. Search by Patta number, Dag number or land owner name. Note the exact patta and dag numbers and the spelling of the pattadar name as the register carries them, you will need them exactly for the certified copy.
2. Register on Sewa Setu. Go to sewasetu.assam.gov.in and create a citizen account with your mobile number and email, then log in.
3. Open the right service. Search for "Certified Copy of Jamabandi or Records of Right/Chitha" under the Revenue and Disaster Management Department. If your land is in Karbi Anglong or Dima Hasao, choose the KAAC or NCHAC variant instead.
4. Fill the application. Enter district, circle, mouza, village, patta number and dag number, and the applicant details.
5. Upload the documents. Attach the up-to-date land revenue receipt and any other land document you are relying on.
6. Pay online at submission. Sewa Setu requires payment at the time of submission. Pay the application and convenience fee by UPI, card or net banking.
7. Save the reference number. The portal issues a reference number on successful submission. This is your only tracking handle.
8. Download the certified copy. Within the 5-day charter timeline the Circle Office processes the file. On approval, Sewa Setu sends an SMS and email, and the certified copy is downloadable from the ARTPS portal.

How to get an Assam land record offline?

1. Visit the Circle Office of the revenue circle where the land lies, or a Public Facilitation Centre or Common Service Centre.
2. Ask for the certified copy of Jamabandi or Chitha and give the mouza, village, patta and dag numbers.
3. Produce the up-to-date land revenue receipt and identity proof, and pay the counter fee including the Rs 30 service charge and per-page printing and scanning charges.
4. Collect the acknowledgement with the reference number and return, or wait for the SMS, at the end of the 5-day timeline.

The offline route matters most where the land is not fully digitised, where the record shows an error, or where the dag has been split and no clean online entry exists.

How do I check my Assam application status?

Log in to sewasetu.assam.gov.in and open the applications or dashboard section, then enter the reference number issued at submission. Sewa Setu shows whether the file is pending with the Circle Office, approved, or rejected with a reason. The portal also pushes an SMS and email when the certificate is generated. If the 5-day charter period lapses with no movement, the Assam Right to Public Services Act 2012 gives you the ground to escalate. The whole point of the ARTPS notification is the enforceable time limit.

How long is an Assam land record valid?

A Jamabandi or Chitha extract does not expire, but it is a snapshot of the register on the date of issue. Banks, courts and buyers routinely insist on a copy issued within the last 30 to 90 days, because a mutation, partition or sale registered after your copy was printed would not appear on it. Treat it as perishable in practice even though no expiry is printed on it.

Why are Assam land record applications rejected?

• Land revenue in arrears: no up-to-date revenue receipt, no certified copy.
• Wrong dag or patta number, or a dag entered under the wrong mouza.
• Name mismatch between the applicant's identity document and the pattadar name in the register, usually a spelling or surname difference.
• Applicant is not a pattadar and no heirship or authority document is attached.
• Application filed under the wrong jurisdiction, a Karbi Anglong or Dima Hasao plot filed under the general state service instead of the KAAC or NCHAC service.
• Unreadable uploads, a dark phone photograph of a revenue receipt is the commonest avoidable rejection.
• Pending mutation: where a mutation case is live on the dag, the Circle Office may hold the certified copy until the case is decided.

Where do I complain if my Assam land record is wrong or delayed?

Start on Sewa Setu itself: the portal carries a grievance route, and the ARTPS framework provides for appeal to a designated appellate authority when a notified service misses its timeline. The Sewa Setu helpline number published on the portal is 1800 345 3574, though the portal has at times flagged it as temporarily unavailable and directed queries to its published query email instead, check the live notice on sewasetu.assam.gov.in before relying on the phone line.

For a factual error in the record itself, a wrong name, wrong area, a missing heir, a dag not updated after a sale, the remedy is not a grievance ticket but a mutation or correction case before the Circle Officer. Carry the registered deed, the existing Jamabandi copy and the revenue receipts. Corrections to the record of rights are quasi-judicial and are decided by the Circle Officer, not by the portal.

Finally, remember that both the free view and the certified copy are delivered by the Government of Assam directly. Use ilrms.assam.gov.in and sewasetu.assam.gov.in, pay only the listed fees, and do not hand your patta papers to a middleman promising a faster Jamabandi.