Kharab Land

Also known as: kharab, A kharab, B kharab

Kharab is the portion of a survey number classified in the revenue record as uncultivable, and B-kharab in particular is land reserved for public purposes that cannot be sold.

A-kharab is uncultivable land assessed to the holder and generally transferable with the holding. B-kharab is set aside for public use - paths, drains, burial grounds - and remains government land regardless of what a sale deed says. Sellers routinely quote the gross extent of a survey number without deducting kharab, so a buyer can pay for area that cannot lawfully be conveyed or built on. The RTC states the kharab extent separately, which is why reconciling deed extent against RTC extent is a standard check.

What it does not prove

Inclusion of B-kharab in a sale deed does not transfer it - the land stays government land and the sale is void to that extent.

Applies in

Karnataka