More than 60,000 families apply for land in Jhapa, committee reports

Jhapa, November 5, 2026 — A total of 60,570 families have registered applications seeking land ownership in Jhapa, including landless Dalits, other landless households and people living on unregistered land, according to the Land Problem Resolution Committee.

Committee Chair and Chief District Officer Shravan Kumar Pokharel said 2,896 applications were received from landless Dalit families, 15,783 from other landless families and 41,851 from informal settlers, the largest group among the applicants.

The committee also reported that applications from 5,296 families had remained incomplete or unresolved under previous commissions.

Pokharel said the revenue rates for land management had been revised. Under the new arrangement, revenue has been set at 12 percent of the minimum valuation for residential land and seven percent for agricultural land.

He said committee officials and staff members were working continuously to resolve land-related problems faced by the public as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration Pratibha Rawal visited landless families in various local governments across the district on Monday and Tuesday.