What is meant by Mahalwari Settlement?

1.	What is meant by Mahalwari Settlement?
Answer» Under the Mahalwari System, the unit of land revenue was not the field of the farmer, rather it was the entire village or mahal. The work of collecting land revenue fixed for a particular village through settlement and to deposit it with the government was that of the head of the village.

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Under the Mahalwari System, the unit of land revenue was not the field of the farmer, rather it was the entire village or mahal.

The work of collecting land revenue fixed for a particular village through settlement and to deposit it with the government was that of the head of the village.

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