The Jamabandi: Rajasthan's Account, In Your Hands
Rajasthan named its portal with intent: Apna Khata, your own account. The jamabandi is that account, the record of rights listing holders, shares and khasra numbers village by village, and the nakal is its working copy, the printout that rides in glove compartments and file folders across the state. Pulling your nakal takes minutes on the e-Dharti system; reading it properly, holders, fractions, remarks, is the part this page slows down for.
What the jamabandi actually holds
Definition
The jamabandi is Rajasthan's record of rights, kept khata-wise per village: holder names with their fractions, every khasra number under the account with its area, the land's classification, and a remarks column where orders and restrictions accumulate, maintained through settlement cycles and served on Apna Khata's e-Dharti system. The nakal is its extract, downloadable as an informational copy and obtainable as a certified copy for official use.
Start where Rajasthan's disputes start: the shares column. Desert holdings pass through big families, and a khata carrying many names over undivided land is the default, not the exception; the fraction beside the seller's name is what they can actually sell, and the names beside theirs are the signatures the deal will need. The nakal states this arithmetic plainly, which is precisely why it should be read before the conversation, not after.
Then the khasra numbers, matched against deed and map, with the classification beside each, because command-area, barani and irrigated classes carry different values and sometimes different rules. And always the remarks: entries under objection, orders of revenue officers, restrictions on transfer, the column where the account confesses its complications.
Note the record's rhythm too. Jamabandis are rewritten in settlement cycles, so the nakal shows both the standing record and the entries that have amended it since; an account read together with its recent Namantaran history is the full picture, and the Patwari can walk you through both in one sitting.
Pulling the nakal on Apna Khata
Free informational copies; certified nakal for anything official.
Online method
Offline (Patwari / tehsil)
The jamabandi's columns, and their weight
Five readings that decide Rajasthan deals.
| Column | Contents | The stake for you |
|---|---|---|
| Holders and shares | Each name, each fraction | What the seller can truly sign away |
| Khasra numbers | The plots under the account | Each must match deed and map |
| Classification | Irrigated, barani, command, allotted | Value and transfer rules follow it |
| Remarks | Orders, objections, restrictions | The account's confessions |
| Namantaran references | Recent amendments | The account's current tense |
Common jamabandi issues, and the fix
Jamabandi readings fail four Rajasthani ways.
Why the nakal leads every Rajasthan file
Everything else in this hub keys off the account: the Girdawari tells you what the khasra numbers grow, the map draws them, the Namantaran amends them, the certified nakal proves them, and the e-Panjiyan chain must reconcile with them.
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