Tenant or sharecropper rights and record

Start here

If you cultivate land as a tenant or sharecropper, ask the revenue office whether you are recorded as a tenant in the register and how to make a claim.

Who is responsible

• Circle Officer (Anchal Adhikari)Implements mutation at circle level: hears objections, conducts inquiry and passes the dakhil-kharij order.
• Revenue and Land Reforms Department, BiharOwns mutation policy, land records and Circle Officer implementation of dakhil-kharij in Bihar.

Tenancy rights of cultivators in Bihar are governed by the state tenancy law. A person cultivating land without being recorded may obtain a record of cultivation, and security of tenure against eviction is available to recognised tenants; the correct register and forum should be confirmed with the revenue office.

Important condition: Tenancy protection depends on the cultivator's status and the date of cultivation, which are judged on records and local enquiry.

Set your district to see local office numbers

1. You

   Your home, village, or ward — where the problem is.

2. Start here

   If you cultivate land as a tenant or sharecropper, ask the revenue office whether you are recorded as a tenant in the register and how to make a claim.

3. Revenue circle

   Circle Officer (Anchal Adhikari)

   Implements mutation at circle level: hears objections, conducts inquiry and passes the dakhil-kharij order.

4. State

   Revenue and Land Reforms Department, Bihar

   Owns mutation policy, land records and Circle Officer implementation of dakhil-kharij in Bihar.

   1800-345-6215 · revenue-bih@gov.in

5. State

   Government of BiharPatna · state headquarters

   State government; departments deliver citizen services through ServicePlus and department portals.

If that does not work

1. 1

   Ask for your entry in the tenant/cultivation register

2. 2

   If eviction is attempted, seek protection through the revenue forum

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3. 3

   Take a written view of the district revenue office