Key Data Tables and Statistics

Table 1: Comparative Revenue Systems in Medieval Rajasthan

Feature	Marwar (Jodhpur)	Amber/Jaipur	Mewar (Udaipur)	Mughal Ajmer Subah
Primary assessment unit	Rekh	Patta-based zabt	Rekh (local variant)	Bigha (Akbari)
Primary documentation	Nainsi ki Vigat (1664–65)	State jamabandi	Mewar Khasra	Ain-i-Akbari (1590)
Land classification system	Polaj-Parauti-Chachar-Banjar	Modified zabt categories	Traditional rekh	Todar Mal's 4-tier
Key revenue official	Diwan + Kamdars	Diwan + Nazim	Diwan + Kamdars	Faujdar (Mughal)
Jagir proportion (17th c.)	~75% jagir, ~25% khalisa	~60% jagir, ~40% khalisa	~70% jagir, ~30% khalisa	Direct collection (khalisa)
Key reform period	Nicholson Settlement (1891–95)	British-supervised 1880s–1900s	Early 20th century	N/A

Source: B.L. Bhadani, Peasants, Artisans and Entrepreneurs: Economy of Jodhpur in the 17th Century (1999); Col. James Tod, Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan (1829–32)

Table 2: Administrative Hierarchy — Pre-British vs. Post-Settlement

Function	Pre-British Title	Post-Settlement Title	Jurisdictional Level	Key Change
Chief Revenue/Admin	Diwan	Revenue Secretary	State	Functions separated from military
District Military-Revenue	Faujdar	Collector/District Officer	Pargana/District	Revenue separated from policing
Sub-district revenue	Hakim	Tahsildar	Tahsil	Written records, British-model
Urban law enforcement	Kotwal	Police Inspector + Tax Officer	Town	Functions split into police/revenue
Village revenue record	Patwari	Patwari (retained)	Village	ROR (Record of Rights) introduced
Village headman	Chaudhary	Sarpanch (post-1959)	Village	Elected vs. hereditary

Source: Col. James Tod, Annals (1829); Rajasthan Revenue Records; A.P. Nicholson, Marwar Settlement Report (1895)

Table 3: Jagirdari Abolition — Key Statistics

Item	Data	Source/Year
Total jagirs abolished	~16,000	Rajasthan Land Reforms Act, 1952
Date of Act	1952 (effect from 1 January 1954)	Rajasthan Gazette
Cultivators made statutory tenants	~10 lakh estimated	Planning Commission estimate, 1957
Compensation basis	8–10 years' average net revenue	Act provisions
Bhoodan donations in Rajasthan	~2.5 lakh acres	Bhoodan-Gramdan Movement records, 1960s
Land ceiling surplus (Rajasthan)	~2.25 lakh hectares	Rajasthan State records, 1980s
Ceiling limits — irrigated (double)	7.28 hectares	Rajasthan Ceiling Act, 1973
Ceiling limits — unirrigated	21.9 hectares	Rajasthan Ceiling Act, 1973
Apna Khata (digital records) launch	2016	Rajasthan Government

Source: Rajasthan Land Reforms and Resumption of Jagirs Act, 1952; Rajasthan Imposition of Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1973; Rajasthan Economic Review 2024–25

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