Paimaish (measurement/demarcation)
पैमाइशUttarakhand land records glossary · Measurements
What is Paimaish (measurement/demarcation)?
Official measurement of a plot's boundaries by revenue staff.
Paimaish is the formal survey of a plot against the shajra map, done by the patwari/kanungo on the tehsildar's order, usually because of a boundary dispute or before construction. Get a paimaish done before buying land whose fencing looks 'approximate'.
Related terms
More in Measurements
- Nali - The standard hill land unit in Kumaon/Garhwal - 16 muthi; about 200 sq m.
- Muthi / Mutthi - One-sixteenth of a nali - the smallest customary hill unit (~12.5 sq m).
- Bigha & Biswa - Plains units used in Haridwar/US Nagar; 1 bigha = 20 biswa (size varies!).
- Hectare (official unit) - What the khatauni actually records - 10,000 sq m ≈ 2.47 acres.
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