The Land Record and Survey Department ( bn, ভূমি রেকর্ড ও জরিপ অধিদপ্তর) is a government department responsible for surveying and keeping records of land in Bangladesh. It is located in

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History

The Land Record and Survey Department traces its origins to the Joint Directorate of Land Record and Survey Department which was established in 1885. Land Record Department became an independent department in 1888. The survey department was renamed the Survey of India. The

government of Bangladesh The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Co ...

created the Department of Land Records and Surveys in 1975. In 2009 the Land Record and Survey Department took surveys of rivers in the Bangladesh-India border area with the Indian Land Record and Survey Department. In July 2011, the government of Bangladesh started the 'Digital Land Management' project to digitize land records in Bangladesh. According to the project a data centre will be built at the Land Record and Survey Department headquarters in Dhaka. By October 2017 650 thousand bhumi khatians (records of land rights) were digitized.

References

Government departments of Bangladesh 1975 establishments in Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka Land management in Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-org-stub