Dharitree Assam: Jamabandi, Chitha and Dag Numbers Online (2026 Guide)

At a glance

Dharitree is the software the Assam Revenue Department has used at circle offices since the 2000s to maintain land records and process mutation. Today citizens reach those records through ILRMS and related portals rather than through Dharitree directly.

Dharitree, ILRMS and where records live

Dharitree (ধৰিত্ৰী) began as a land records computerisation project of the Assam Revenue Department with technical support from NIC Assam. A Computer Society of India e-governance case study records a pilot in Sonitpur in 1991, further phases in the 1990s, and a third phase from 1 January 2004 that was extended across the state from February 2006. It automates mutation workflows at circle offices and generates the jamabandi from the chitha.

The current citizen entry point is ILRMS (Integrated Land Records Management System), designed by NIC Assam, with data owned by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department. The ILRMS home page links to:

• "View Jamabandi copy" and a version "with transliteration" for reading the record in other scripts.
• Basundhara, for mutation and other revenue services.
• Bhunaksha, for cadastral maps. Our Bhu-Naksha guide explains how parcel maps work.
• NGDRS, the registration system, and Sewa Setu, the state's online service delivery portal.
• A link to view legacy records of land registration.

The Dharitree login itself is listed on ILRMS under "For Government", meaning it is used by officials, not citizens.

Jamabandi and chitha explained

Jamabandi (জমাবন্দী) is the Record of Rights. The Revenue Department describes it as the "Records of Rights", and the Dharitree case study calls it the land ownership register. It is organised by patta: each patta entry lists the pattadars (holders), their shares, and the dag numbers and areas covered.

Chitha (চিঠা) is the Field Index Register, the plot-wise register for a village. It is organised by dag number and records each plot's area, land class and the patta under which it is held. The Dharitree case study explains that the jamabandi is generated from the chitha, so the two should always agree.

A buyer reads both: the jamabandi to see who holds the land and with what shares, and the chitha to see the plot itself. Where the jamabandi shows several co-pattadars, every co-sharer's position matters. Our regional land terms guide places these Assamese terms alongside the equivalents used in other states.

Patta numbers, dag numbers and patta types

A patta (পট্টা) is the settlement under which land is held from the government, and the patta number identifies that holding within a village. A dag number (দাগ নম্বৰ) identifies an individual plot in the village survey. The Revenue Department asks applicants for a jamabandi copy to quote the Patta No., Dag No., Revenue Village and Mouza, which shows how the records are indexed. One patta can cover several dags, and one dag can be split between pattas after partition.

The type of patta matters more than anything else on the record:

• Periodic patta (ম্যাদী পট্টা, myadi). The Directorate of Land Requisition, Acquisition and Rehabilitation refers to periodic patta lands as lands "with transferable rights". The Basundhara SOP describes conversion to periodic patta as giving a "permanent, heritable and transferable right of use and occupancy".
• Annual patta (একচনীয়া পট্টা, eksonia). The same Directorate describes annual patta lands as "without heritable and transferable rights". Annual patta land is settled year to year.

Basundhara offers a service called "Conversion from Annual Patta to Periodic Patta". Its page states that no premium is charged for conversion "only for rural areas"; we could not confirm the premium payable for other areas.

Land in Assam is commonly measured in bigha, katha and lessa. See our land measurement units guide before comparing areas in the jamabandi with a seller's description.

Step by step: viewing a jamabandi online

1. Open ilrms.assam.gov.in and choose "View Jamabandi copy" under Jamabandi in the citizen services.
2. Select the District. The page lists district names in Assamese and English.
3. Select the Circle (the revenue circle office that holds the record).
4. Select the Village/Town. The page offers a letter grid to filter villages by the first letter of their Assamese name.
5. Find the patta and dag numbers the seller gave you and open the record.
6. Compare the pattadar names, shares, dag numbers, area and patta type with the sale agreement and the seller's identity documents.
7. If the text is in Assamese and you need another script, use the "View Jamabandi copy with transliteration" link on ILRMS.

The ILRMS page itself notes that if a record is not found online, you should contact the circle office. A missing record is not proof of a problem, but it means you cannot rely on the online view.

Certified copies and online services

The online view is for information. For a sale, a loan or a court matter, you need a certified copy. The ILRMS page directs users to apply for a certified copy of jamabandi or record of rights online through the RTPS portal, without visiting the office.

The Sewa Setu Basundhara service group lists, among others:

• Certified Copy of Jamabandi or Records of Right/Chitha
• e-Chitha for Patta Land for Current Year
• e-Khajana (online land revenue payment)
• Land Valuation e-Certificate
• Partition of Land (Both Urban and Rural)
• Name Correction and Area Correction

The Revenue Department's offline procedure describes the copy being prepared by the copyist and Lot Mandal, validated by the Lot Mandal or Supervising Kanungo, and signed by the Circle Officer. Applicants must submit an up-to-date land revenue receipt. We could not confirm the current fee or delivery time for certified copies; check the service page on Sewa Setu.

Mutation through Mission Basundhara

Mission Basundhara is a Government of Assam initiative to clear the backlog in updating land records. Its portal (basundhara.assam.gov.in) lists online services including "Mutation by right of inheritance", "Mutation after Deed registration", "Partition for undisputed cases", "Conversion from Annual Patta to Periodic Patta", "Striking Names from RoR under Rule 116, ALRR, 1886" and "Legacy Data Updation". For the mutation and partition services, the portal states that no user fee applies.

According to the Basundhara SOP:

• Mutation after deed registration needs a copy of the deed and, for a sale, a copy of the land sale NOC, with the deed number, date and value and the NOC number and date.
• Mutation by inheritance is made under Section 53A(1) of the ALRR, 1886, and needs a death certificate plus a next-of-kin certificate, a certificate from the Gaon Pradhan or Ward Member, a probate, or an affidavit.
• Uploads are limited to 2 MB per file in PDF, JPG or PNG.

The Basundhara about page notes that the application window for some phases has closed, and refers to "Mission Basundhara 2.0" for settlement-related services. We could not confirm which services are open for new applications today or the processing time; check the portal or Sewa Setu. For the general logic of name changes after a sale, see our mutation guide.

What to check before you rely on it

• The jamabandi shows annual patta, or the land is described as government khas land.
• The seller is one of several co-pattadars and the others have not joined the sale.
• The dag number in the sale agreement does not appear under the seller's patta.
• The area on the chitha differs from the area in the jamabandi or the agreement.
• No sale NOC is available for a transfer that requires one.
• The land revenue receipt is not current.
• The record is missing online and the circle office has not given a copy.

Work through our land due diligence checklist and have the title reviewed by a local advocate before paying.

Frequently Asked Questions

Sources

• Revenue and Disaster Management, Assam: ILRMS portal (accessed November 2026)
• ILRMS Assam: View Jamabandi copy
• Mission Basundhara: About
• Mission Basundhara: Service details
• Mission Basundhara: SOP for Basundhara services
• Sewa Setu Assam: Basundhara service group
• Revenue and Disaster Management, Assam: Certified copies of chitha, jamabandi and maps
• Revenue and Disaster Management, Assam: Copy of jamabandi
• Directorate of Land Requisition, Acquisition and Rehabilitation, Assam: Periodic and annual patta lands