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How to Check Land Records (ROR, Khata, Khasra) Online in Manipur

Updated for 2026 · Claw Editorial

Manipur keeps its computerised land records in an online system called Loucha Pathap, run by the Directorate of Settlement and Land Records, where you can view the Jamabandi, the Patta and the Record of Rights for surveyed land. The record tells you who holds the Patta, which Dag (plot) numbers it covers and the land classification, which is what a buyer, a bank or an heir needs before acting. But Manipur has a sharp divide: the valley districts are surveyed and largely online, while most hill-district land is unsurveyed and held under customary community tenure, so it may not appear as a clean online Patta at all. This page shows how to open your Manipur record on Loucha Pathap, how to search by Patta and Dag, what land tax and mutation you can see there, and why the valley and hill districts must be treated differently. Last verified October 2026.

01What the Manipur record shows

For surveyed land, the Manipur record set includes:

• the Patta, the landholding account, naming the recorded holder;
• the Dag (plot) numbers under that Patta and their area;
• the Jamabandi and Record of Rights with the land classification;
• the land-tax position and mutation entries.

The Patta identifies who the state treats as the holder on paper. It is not by itself a title deed, so always read it with the registered sale deed and the mutation history before relying on it.

02Check your record on Loucha Pathap

Manipur uses one portal for its computerised land records:

• Open louchapathap.nic.in, the Directorate of Settlement and Land Records portal.
• Choose the option to view or download the Jamabandi, Patta or Record of Rights.
• Select your district, then the circle and the village.

The portal also lets you check and pay land tax and see the Minimum Guidance Value for a location. Coverage has been expanding across the surveyed districts, so if your village is not listed yet, check with the local circle office.

03Search by Patta and Dag

Manipur land is addressed by Patta and Dag, so keep those ready:

• Select district, then the circle, then the village.
• Enter the Patta number (the holding account) and the Dag number (the plot) to pull the record.

If you do not know the Patta or Dag number, the earlier registered deed or an old land-tax receipt usually carries it. Match the holder name, the area and the Dag numbers across the deed and the record; any mismatch is the first thing to fix before you buy or borrow against the land.

04Land tax and mutation

Loucha Pathap is also where you handle the follow-on tasks for surveyed land:

• Land tax: view and pay the land tax due on a Patta online.
• Mutation: after a sale, inheritance or gift, apply so the Patta shows the new holder. Online mutation is generally available only after the property is registered and the record is finally published.
• Correction: a spelling, area or Dag error is corrected on application to the circle office, usually after a check and a notice.

If someone objects to a mutation, the revenue officer hears it before deciding, and an order against you can be challenged before the higher revenue authority.

05Valley and hill districts

This is the most important point for Manipur, and it is often missed:

• Valley districts are cadastrally surveyed, the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act 1960 applies, and records are largely on Loucha Pathap.
• Hill districts are mostly unsurveyed, and much land is held under community or customary tenure, not an individual Patta. The 1960 Act does not apply in the same way, so there may be no online record to pull.

For a hill-district plot, do not expect a clean online Patta. Ownership is often established through the village authority and customary arrangements, so take local advice before you treat such land as freely transferable.

06When the record is disputed

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Many record problems are fixed at the circle office by mutation or correction. But some become a real dispute: a mutation is challenged, two people claim the same Dag, a boundary is contested, or a sale is attacked because the land was community or customary land. A mutation dispute is dealt with by the revenue authorities and can be appealed, while a fight over ownership, a boundary or the cancellation of a deed goes to the civil court. If your matter reaches a court or revenue tribunal, you can create a FREE Claw account and track it by case number or party name across the forum that hears it, so you see each hearing date and order as it is posted. Claw searches across 9,102 courts, benches and forums and returns results in under 5 seconds, and it does not use your searched names or documents to train its AI models. Tracking a case is information and case management, not legal advice.

Before you buy or when a title looks doubtful, run a case search across Indian courts by the seller name, and see how land-dispute case tracking works. A registered sale over disputed land is affected by lis pendens under Section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act.

07Sources and further reading

• Loucha Pathap (Manipur land records): louchapathap.nic.in
• Government of Manipur: manipur.gov.in
• eCourts (case status if it reaches court): ecourts.gov.in
• National Judicial Data Grid: njdg.ecourts.gov.in
• Claw: clawlaw.in

This page is general information for readers in India, not legal advice. Hill-district and customary land is specific; take local counsel before a purchase or a dispute.

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