Department of Land Records and Surveys

The department is focused on accelerating the nationwide transition to a fully digital, ownership-based land management system while curbing corruption and resolving boundary disputes.

established_year: DLRS traces origins to 1885 (Survey Department) and 1888 (independent directorate); reconstituted in its current departmental form in 1975 post-independence. Wikipedia and BSS/TBS sources both confirm 1975 as the operative independent establishment date; 1888 is used as the legal founding in some official documents. staff_count: 2,524 is the sanctioned-post count from the November 2024 DLRS job circular (dlrs.teletalk.com.bd), covering 14 categories including surveyors, record keepers, khariz assistants, and peshkars -- this is the vacancy count in one circular and is a lower-bound proxy for sanctioned strength, not the full permanent establishment. annual_budget_bdt: not separately published; DLRS budget is embedded in the Ministry of Land and project-specific DPP allocations. current_head: multiple DLRS web pages list 'Md. Mahmudul Hasan' (also rendered 'Mahmud Hasan') as Director General Grade-1; an earlier listing showed 'Md. Saidur Rahman' -- the Mahmudul Hasan listing appears on the more recent officer page. head_since is null because no primary source gives the appointment date. verification_status is 'partial' because (a) the DG appointment date and current-head identity could not be confirmed from a dated primary source with SSL-verified access, and (b) annual budget figure is not publicly disaggregated. Key institutional note: DLRS and the Survey of Bangladesh (SoB, sob.gov.bd) are distinct -- SoB handles topographic and national mapping while DLRS handles cadastral records and mauza maps. The e-mutation platform is at mutation.land.gov.bd and is operated by the Ministry of Land, not DLRS directly, but DLRS provides the underlying cadastral data. The 10 million resolved / 500,000 pending e-mutation figures are from the BSS special report (May 11, 2026) citing Ministry of Land data -- these figures cover the national e-mutation system, not DLRS alone.