Patta (land deed)

Patta (Hindi: पट्टा) is a type of land deed issued by the government to an individual or organization. The term is used in India[1] and certain other parts of South Asia for a small piece of land, granted by the government to an approved cultivator with a land revenue exemption. The period of exemption is what is required to bring the land under cultivation.[2] These land deeds were associated with the process of land reform in India, after the colonial period.[3] A person holding a patta is known as a pattadar.[4]

References

Bhagat, Pamela (2004). India. Oxfam. p. 62. ISBN 9780855984953.
Siok-Hwa, Cheng (2012). The Rice Industry of Burma, 1852-1940: (First Reprint 2012). Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 139. ISBN 9789812304391.
Beck, Tony (1994). The Experience of Poverty: Fighting for Respect and Resources in Village India. Intermediate Technology. p. 112. ISBN 9781853392184.
Subrahmanyam, Sanjay (2004). Land, Politics, and Trade in South Asia. Oxford University Press. p. 259. ISBN 9780195667073.

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[1] Bhagat, Pamela (2004). India. Oxfam. p. 62. ISBN 9780855984953.

[2] Siok-Hwa, Cheng (2012). The Rice Industry of Burma, 1852-1940: (First Reprint 2012). Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 139. ISBN 9789812304391.

[3] Beck, Tony (1994). The Experience of Poverty: Fighting for Respect and Resources in Village India. Intermediate Technology. p. 112. ISBN 9781853392184.

[4] Subrahmanyam, Sanjay (2004). Land, Politics, and Trade in South Asia. Oxford University Press. p. 259. ISBN 9780195667073.