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Girdawari Punjab: Crop Record and e-Girdawari Guide (2026)
What girdawari is, how e-Girdawari works in Punjab, how to get entries, and why land buyers should check them.
Girdawari is the patwari's crop inspection record for each khasra number. Punjab has an e-Girdawari service and app, but we could not confirm a public online search, so get entries from the patwari or tehsil.
What is girdawari?
Girdawari (เคเคฟเคฐเคฆเคพเคตเคฐเฅ) is the crop inspection record. The patwari visits fields, usually each crop season, and notes who is cultivating each parcel, which crop is standing and how it is irrigated. Entries are made by khasra number. Girdawari feeds the cultivation columns of the Jamabandi, explained in khasra and khatauni explained.
It is also the basis for crop-loss compensation after floods, hail or heavy rain, which is why you hear about a "special girdawari" after a disaster.
e-Girdawari in Punjab
The Punjab Land Records portal, jamabandi.punjab.gov.in, lists "Online recording of Khasra Girdawari (e-Girdawari)" among the e-services launched by the Chief Minister. The Tribune reported in June 2022 that patwaris have a mobile app to register girdawari on the spot.
In April 2023 the Tribune reported that the app records a field's location, a photo and the khewat and khasra numbers, but was used only in some districts such as Fazilka, Muktsar and parts of Bathinda because of poor connectivity. Elsewhere patwaris still verified physically. We have no confirmation of how widely the app is used today.
Can you view girdawari online?
The portal menu we saw (View Jamabandi, View Mutation, View Roznamcha, View Registered Deed, Fard Request Status) has no obvious public "View Girdawari" search. The e-Girdawari app is described as a tool for patwaris, not for the public.
Unconfirmed: whether the public can see girdawari entries online. Verify on the portal or at the tehsil before you rely on it.
How to get girdawari details
- Identify the village and khasra numbers from the Jamabandi (Jamabandi Punjab).
- Ask the village patwari for the current and previous seasons' girdawari entries for those khasra numbers.
- If you need a certified extract, ask the tehsil. Fee and timeline were not confirmed from an official source, so ask for the current charge and a receipt.
Ask for two or three seasons
One season can be a fluke. A run of seasons shows who has really been farming the land.
What it shows and how to read it
| Entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Khasra number | The parcel inspected |
| Cultivator name | Who is actually farming, which may differ from the owner |
| Crop and season | What was sown (for example kharif or rabi) |
| Irrigation source | How the field is watered |
| Remarks | Fallow land, damage or other notes |
Girdawari does not prove ownership. It records possession and cultivation. Column layout can differ, so ask the patwari to explain any entry you do not understand.
What it means for a land buyer
- If the cultivator is not the seller, ask why. It may be a tenant or an informal arrangement that you will inherit.
- Fallow or unrecorded land can signal a dispute or encroachment.
- A third party in long possession can complicate vacant possession. Take legal advice if the records show one.
- Combine girdawari with the Jamabandi, a Fard (Fard Punjab online) and the buyer rules in agricultural land rules in Punjab.
- Understand units with marla, kanal and killa in Punjab.
Girdawari is a possession check, so read it with the ownership records, not instead of them.
Special girdawari after floods
A special girdawari is a damage assessment, not a routine crop entry. The Tribune reported that after the Punjab floods, patwaris completed a first round in affected areas and kanungos and tehsildars were to verify it. Once finalised, the reports were to be published and handed to sarpanches, panches and lambardars, and people left out could file objections. Lists had already been published for several hundred villages.
For a buyer this matters in two ways. First, a flood year may show damaged or unsown land in the entries, which is a reason, not a defect in title. Second, ask whether any flood relief was claimed on the land and by whom; we could not confirm who is entitled when owner and cultivator differ.
How compensation relates to the entries
The same report said farmers with crop damage above 33 per cent were eligible, at Rs 20,000 per acre, made up of Rs 6,800 from the Centre and Rs 13,200 from the state. These were figures for that flood relief round and may differ for other events. We could not confirm a standing rate. If the land is sold mid-season, settle in writing who is entitled to any pending relief.
Red flags to look for in the entries
- A different cultivator name every season, with no explanation.
- Blank or fallow entries across several seasons on land described as productive.
- A cultivator who is not a co-owner, with no written lease you can see.
- Entries that do not match what you see standing in the field.
Visit in season
Walk the land during a sowing or harvest month and compare what is standing with the patwari's entry for that season.
Planning your site visit around girdawari
Because girdawari records what was actually grown in a season, the best time to compare it with reality is when a crop is standing or just harvested. We could not confirm the exact dates of the recording seasons in Punjab, so ask the village patwari when the latest entries were made. Visit the land at least once in the season, note what is growing, and compare it with the entry. Ask neighbours who cultivates the land, but treat their answer as a lead, not proof.
A mismatch is not automatically fraud, since crops can fail or be replaced, but it is a reason to ask more questions. Read this alongside the Punjab jamabandi and fard.
