Service Guide · Madhya Pradesh · MP Bhulekh

Khasra and B1: Two Documents, One Truth

Madhya Pradesh keeps its land truth in a pair. The khasra is the plot's own card, number, area, class, holder, season notes, one entry per field; the B1 khatauni is the village's khata register, one line per holding family, listing their khasra numbers together. Neither document alone answers a buyer's question, and MP Bhulekh's integrated window serves both from the same screen, which is the state's quiet invitation: read them together, because that is how the record was designed to be read.

Quick Reference
RecordsKhasra (plot) + B1 khatauni (khata)
PortalMP Bhulekh, integrated window
Plot keyKhasra number
Family keyThe khata in the B1
Field officerThe Patwari
Free viewYes, both documents
WatchShares and the remarks
Bottom lineThe khasra knows the field. The B1 knows the family. Buyers need both introductions.
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What the khasra and khatauni B1 actually hold

Definition

MP Bhulekh serves Madhya Pradesh's paired land records through one integrated window: the khasra, the plot-wise field record carrying number, area, land class, the recorded holder and cultivation notes, and the B1 khatauni, the khata-wise village register grouping each family's khasra numbers with holders and shares. Free copies serve reading; digitally signed copies through the same portal serve official use.

Read the khasra as the plot's biography and the B1 as its family tree. The khasra tells you what this field is, its class, its area, who is recorded on it, what the seasons have noted; the B1 tells you where it belongs, which khata, beside which sibling plots, shared among which holders in what fractions. A seller describes one field; the B1 shows the estate around it, and estates are where MP's complications live.

The shares question runs through everything, as across the Hindi belt: undivided family khatas with many names are ordinary, the fraction beside the seller's name is what is actually for sale, and every other fraction is a signature the deal requires. The B1 states the arithmetic; believe the register over the narration.

Then the margins. Land class decides what the field may lawfully do, and remarks carry the record's warnings, orders, disputes, mortgage notes, entries under process. Both documents earn a full read, and where their entries disagree with each other or with the deed, the Patwari and the tehsil are where the disagreement gets its answer before money makes it expensive.

State-specific note: Madhya Pradesh holds large tribal populations, and land in notified areas carries transfer protections, restrictions on non-tribal purchases among them. The khasra's holder details and class signal it; confirm the position at the tehsil before pricing any such plot.
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How to check the khasra and B1 on MP Bhulekh

One window, both documents, free.

Online method

1
Open MP Bhulekh
The state's integrated records window.
Free search needs no login for viewing.
2
Select district, tehsil, village
MP's revenue geography, top down.
Village names repeat; the tehsil settles it.
3
Pull the khasra by number
The plot's card: area, class, holder, notes.
Save the copy; note the khata it cites.
4
Open the B1 for the khata
The family register around the plot.
Shares and sibling khasra numbers, read whole.

Offline (Patwari / tehsil)

1
Sit with the Patwari
The pair's keeper reads both at sight.
2
Use the tehsil for attested needs
Where a process wants counter-issued copies.
3
Chase every remark
Orders and disputes have files; ask for each.
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Khasra vs B1: who answers what

Route each question to the right half of the pair.

Your question Which document What it shows
What is this field?The khasraNumber, area, class, notes
Who is recorded on it?The khasraThe holder, as entered
What else does the family hold?The B1 khatauniThe khata's full plot list
In what fractions?The B1 khatauniShares, name by name
What warnings exist?Both marginsOrders, disputes, mortgage notes
Good sign: A khasra and B1 telling one story: matching numbers, a class that fits the plan, shares that add up, and margins empty or explained to your lawyer's satisfaction.
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Common khasra and B1 issues, and the fix

Pair-reading fails four MP ways.

The khasra read alone
The plot checked, the estate ignored.
Fix: open the B1 behind every khasra; fractions and co-holders live there.
A fraction priced as a farm
One holder's share pitched as the whole.
Fix: the B1's arithmetic governs; count the signatures it requires.
Class treated as decoration
Agricultural land priced on non-agricultural dreams.
Fix: the class line binds until diversion changes it; read it first.
Protected land assumed ordinary
Tribal-area restrictions discovered at registration.
Fix: confirm the transfer position at the tehsil before the advance.
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One window, whole record

MP's integrated window rewards a simple habit: in one sitting, pull the khasra, open its B1, and view the plot on the map service beside them, three documents, one screen, fifteen minutes.

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Answers everything before the first broker call
That sitting answers identity, family, fractions, class and shape before a single phone call to a broker.
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Why the pair is always the first appointment
Everything deeper, the registered chain on SAMPADA, the mutation trail, the diversion position, keys off what the pair told you, which is why the pair is always the first appointment.
Red flag: A seller fluent about their field but reluctant to open the B1 behind it is keeping the family out of the frame. In Madhya Pradesh the register is free and instant; treat that reluctance as the disclosure it is.
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Frequently asked questions

What are the khasra and khatauni B1?
Madhya Pradesh's paired records: the khasra is the plot-wise field card; the B1 khatauni is the khata-wise village register of holdings and shares.
How do I check them online?
On MP Bhulekh's integrated window: district, tehsil and village, then the khasra by number, with the B1 opened for its khata.
Are the copies free?
Viewing and informational copies are free. Digitally signed copies for official use issue through the same portal for a small fee.
What does the shares column mean?
Each holder's fraction of the khata. A sale moves a fraction, and the remaining fractions' holders must sign for anything more.
Why does land class matter?
The class binds lawful use until diversion changes it, and some classes and areas carry transfer restrictions, tribal protections among them.
The khasra and B1 disagree?
Treat the gap as the finding. The Patwari and tehsil reconcile the pair before any money should move.

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