What is Bhulekh Odisha?
Bhulekh(literally “land writing”) is Odisha’s digitised land-records system, maintained by the state Revenue & Disaster Management Department. Every plot of land in the state has a Record of Rights (RoR), also called a khatiyan, that names the owner, the plot, its classification and its area. The portal makes these records viewable online for free — you no longer have to visit the tahasil office for a basic lookup.
Before you start, know the location
The portal is organised by administrative hierarchy, so it helps to know:
- District — one of Odisha’s 30 districts (e.g. Cuttack, Khordha, Ganjam).
- Tahasil — the revenue sub-division within the district.
- RI circle & Village — the revenue inspector circle and the specific village (mouza).
- One of: a khata (khatiyan) number, a plot number, or the owner’s name.
Step-by-step: checking a record
- Open the official Bhulekh portal. Go to the Odisha government land-records portal at bhulekh.odisha.gov.in. This is the free, official source for every village Record-of-Rights (RoR) in the state.
- Choose your district, tahasil and village. Pick the District, then the Tahasil (sub-division), then the RI circle and Village from the dropdowns. Odisha has 30 districts, each split into several tahasils, and every tahasil holds dozens of villages — so know roughly where the land sits before you start.
- Pick how you want to search. The portal lets you pull a khatiyan four ways: by Khatiyan (khata) number, by Plot number, by Tenant (owner) name, or by viewing the RoR front page. If you only know the owner’s name, use the Tenant search.
- Enter the value and the captcha. Type the khata number, plot number or owner name, complete the captcha, and submit. The portal then renders that khatiyan on screen.
- Read and save the khatiyan. The khatiyan shows the owner block, plot numbers, kisam (land classification) and area. Use the print/download button to save it as a PDF for your records.
The terms you’ll see
- Khatiyan / Khata — the record (and its number) grouping all plots held by an owner or set of co-owners in that village.
- Plot (Plot no.) — the individual surveyed parcel of land.
- Kisam — the land’s classification (e.g. cultivable, homestead, government, water body). This decides what the land can legally be used for.
- Area — recorded in acres and decimals (100 decimals = 1 acre).
Not sure what each column means? Our companion guide breaks it down field by field: How to read an Odisha khatiyan.
Why doing it one record at a time is slow
The official portal is built to show one khatiyan at a time. If you need every owner in a village, you’re re-entering captchas dozens or hundreds of times, the records are in Odia script, and there’s no way to export to a spreadsheet. For a single plot that’s fine — for a whole village, a survey, or any kind of analysis, it’s hours of manual work.
That’s the gap Bhu Sathi fills: we parse the official Bhulekh records for an entire village and hand you a single, sortable Excel file — every owner, plot, kisam and area in one place, with a separate government-land sheet and an owner-wise summary.