Land and property guides for Bangladesh

Registration, mutation (namjari), khatian and porcha, deed types and ownership verification — explained step by step.

The offices, documents and order of steps for registering a property deed in Bangladesh, and what registration does not do.

What mutation is, why a registered deed is not enough on its own, how to apply, and what you receive at the end.

What a khatian records, how the CS, SA, RS and BS surveys differ, and how to check a record on e-Porcha.

Saf-kabala, heba, will, partition, exchange and baynapotra — which instrument fits which transaction.

A due-diligence checklist: the record, the chain of deeds, mutation and khajna, the mouza map, and encumbrances.

How to look up a khatian, order a certified copy, apply for mutation and pay khajna online.

What you actually pay to register a property, which components vary by district, and which side of the table each one falls on.

What an approved plan covers, how to check the storeys actually built match it, and what an unapproved floor means for a buyer.

When a power of attorney must be registered, what it can and cannot authorise, and how a buyer checks one is still in force.

How undivided shares work in Bangladesh, what one co-owner may sell without the others, and why partition comes before a specific plot.

How inherited land passes in Bangladesh, what a warish or succession certificate proves, and the mutation that has to follow it.

The checks to make before accepting keys to a new flat in Bangladesh, from utility connections to the deed and the common areas.

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