The State of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) has geographical area of 2,22,236 Sq. kms. which includes an area of Indian territory of 1,20,849 Sq.kms. unlawfully occupied by Pakistan and China. It lies between 32° 10' 12" N to 36° 34' 48" N Latitude and 73° 15' 36" E to 80° 18' 00" E Longitude and it is the northernmost state, sharing borders with the States of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.
More than 90% of the state’s territory is mountainous. It has got three regions, the Kashmir Valley also known as ‘the Lesser Himalayas’ or ‘the Jhelum Valley’; ‘the Outer Himalayas’ or ‘the Southern Mountain Region’ ( Jammu Province) and ‘the Inner Himalayas’ or ‘the Indus Valley’ (Ladakh and the Frontier areas)’.
The State has around 20,230 sq.kms of the area under forests which accounts for 19.9 % of the geo-graphical area (1, 01,387 sq.kms.). 825 thousand hectares area is under cultivation which is around 8% of its geographical area. The population of the state as in March, 2011 was 1.25 crores (provisionally).
As per the NLRMP guideline, Department of Revenue and Financial Commissioner Revenue, Govt. of J&K have created a project management unit in the state. to address the land records Modernisation programme and subsequent management of the records in the state the PMU was register as Society and named as Jammu & Kashmir Kashmir Land Records Management Agency (JaKLaRMA). The administrative and functional structure of the society is very comprehensive with inclusion of all covering departments, agencies and office within the state. The Society is chaired by Chief Secretary and Financial Commissioner Revenue, is the chief executive. the other members of the society are ..
Chief Secretary, Govt. of J&K
Financial Commissioner, Revenue, J&K
Chairman
Member Secretary/CEO
Financial Commissioner, Planning, Dev. & Monitoring Deptt.
Ex-Officio Member
Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir
Ex-Officio Member
Principal Secretary to Govt. Finance Deptt.
Ex-Officio Member
Divisional Commissioner, Jammu
Ex-Officio Member
Commr/Secretary to Govt. Housing & Urban Dev.
Ex-Officio Member
Commissioner Survey & Land Records, Srinagar
Ex-Officio Member
Secretary to Govt. information Technology Deptt.
Ex-Officio Member
11.Secretary to Govt. Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs.
Ex-Officio Member
Regional Director, Survey & Land Records, Jammu.
Ex-Officio Member
Regional Director, Survey & Land Records, Srinagar.
Ex-Officio Member
State Informatics Officer (NIC)