West Bengal Land and Land Reforms Manual, 1991 is the indispensable procedural guidebook issued by the Board of Revenue, Government of West Bengal, designed for all state-level land administration functions:

• Compiled in 1991 (effective from January 1, 1992), the manual consolidates administrative procedures across 19 chapters: record-of-rights creation and revision, mutation rules, recording bargadar names, ceiling area computation, vesting surplus land, land conversion protocols, and dispute resolution norms.

• Authored under the guidance of senior officers (P. K. Dutta et al.), it offers authoritative instructions aligned with the Land Reforms Act, 1955 and land reform amendment Acts through 1986.

• Includes detailed sections on schedule-tribe rights, tea garden/industrial land ceilings, agricultural census, mining/quarrying of minor minerals, and administrative jurisdiction mapping.

• Compact paperback editions (~350–370 pages) are widely distributed via Eastern Law House or Swastik Books. This version remains the canonical guide for revenue department officers, legal advisors, NGOs, community-level practitioners, and land rights researchers.