The Lahore Property GuideOwnership records
Khasra, Khewat and Khatooni explained simply
By Adil Builders · Updated 25 September 2026
Someone says "Khewat 42, Khatooni 87, Khasra 101/2" and you start wondering whether you are buying a plot or memorising a password. These numbers are simpler than they sound.
Khasra: which piece of land?
A Khasra number identifies a specific parcel or field in the revenue record and its map. Long before housing societies and Plot 123s existed, Lahore was villages and fields. The revenue system needed a way to say "this piece of land" and the Khasra number is that way.
A Khasra is the identity of a parcel of land in the revenue map. It is not the owner, not the plot, and not an address.
When a Khasra is split up, it gets numbers like 101/1 and 101/2, and a supplementary map called a Tatima Shajra shows the split.
Khewat: whose account?
Broadly, Khewat is the ownership or holding account in the revenue record.
Khasra answers: which parcel?
Khewat answers: which ownership account?
That is why Khasra 101 does not mean "Ahmed owns it." It only says parcel 101 is the one being talked about. Ownership is recorded separately, and one Khasra can have several owners with different shares.
Khatooni: another account reference
Khatooni is another account reference in the revenue record, historically linked to cultivation, tenants and holdings. As a buyer you do not need to master it. You need to know it is an identifier, not a separate piece of land.
Why so many numbers?
Think of your bank. There is a bank, a branch, an account number, an IBAN and a customer ID. They all point to the same relationship, and each does a different job. Land records work the same way: they have to describe the land, the parcels, the ownership accounts and how these relate.
Khasra, Khewat and Khatooni are identifiers and accounts inside the land-record system. They are not three different pieces of land.
Why this matters when buying a society plot
A society calls your plot "Plot 123, Block A." The land record calls the same ground by Khasra numbers. These are two different numbering systems, and linking them is real work. The most useful question you can ask about any Lahore plot is:
Yeh plot kis Khasra ya Khasras par hai, aur approved layout mein iska mapping kya hai?
Which Khasra or Khasras does this plot sit on, and how is it mapped in the approved layout? See plot number vs Khasra number.
From Chapter 3, Fard, Registry and Intiqal of Understanding Property in Lahore, built from PLRA, LDA and FBR sources.