BuySellProperty
LoginPost Property
Guides · 5 articles

Land and plots

Buying land asks more of you than buying a flat: the records differ by state, the units differ by region, and agricultural land carries its own rules. Read the plot checklist first, then how to read your state's land records.

Read them in this order

  1. 8 MIN READ

    Plot buying checklist

    Land has fewer moving parts than a building and far more ways to go wrong. Work through these in order.

  2. 6 MIN READ

    Land records by state: Khatauni, Jamabandi, 7/12 and RTC

    Each state names its land record differently. Here is what to look up, where, and what it can tell you about a plot.

  3. 7 MIN READ

    Kanal, marla and bigha: land units by state

    Why a bigha in one state is not a bigha in another, and how to convert safely before you price land.

  4. 8 MIN READ

    Agricultural land: who can buy it and what to check

    Whether you can buy farmland depends on your state, your status as an agriculturist and your residency. Conversion and land records decide what you can do with it after.

  5. 8 MIN READ

    Buying industrial land or sheds in India: the basics

    Most industrial plots in organised estates are leasehold allotments from a state agency, so the allotment terms, transfer rules and your activity's consents matter as much as the price.

Tools for this topic

Work out your own figures and check the records these guides talk about.

Terms to know

Plain-language meanings of the words these guides use most.

Other topics

Every guide sits under one topic.

These guides are general guidance, not legal or financial advice.