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]

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