ownership of the cultivatable land and it is usually left uncultivated for community usage, such as grazing or for building future facilities like schools, dispensaries, johad, etc. Shamlat Deh (शामलात देह) is the community land jointly belonging to all land owners of the village. Shamlat Panna (शामलात पाना) is the community land belonging to all land owners of a panna in a village, whereas pana itself is a habitation subdivision of villagers in Jat villages, which is also called Shamlat Patti (शामलात पत्ती) in the non-Jat villages. It is also called as Taraf (towards/direction). Shamlat Thola (शामलात ठोला) is the community land belonging to a thola in a village, which is a habitation subdivision of panna in the Jat villages usually made up of people belonging to the same gotra lineage. Shamlat Thola is also called Shamlat Thok (शामलात ठोक) in the non-Jat villages. Other useful terms Other useful terms in the measurement of land in Haryana and Punjab are Bigha, Khasra, Patwari (Village accountant), Shajra, Zaildar, Manish faujdar, etc. Doab Since North India are coursed by a multiplicity of Himalayan rivers that divide the plains into doabs (i.e. regions between two rivers), the Indo-Gangetic plains consist of alternating regions of river, khadir and bangar. The centers of the doabs consist of bangar and the peripheries, which line the rivers, consist of khadir. Historically, villages in the doabs have been officially classified as khadir, khadir-bangar (i.e. mixed) or bangar for many centuries and different agricultural tax rates applied based on a tiered land-productivity scale. In some areas, these terms have become incorporated in several village names themselves, such as Murshidpur Bangar and Ranchi Bangar-Khadir in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh. Other places include Chilla Saroda Bangar, Gharonda Neemka Bangar, Pehlad Pur Bangar, Rampur Bangar and Salarpur Khadar. See also Regions Bagar region Barani, Nehri, Nalli Bhattiana Deshwali Jangladesh Punjab region Nardak Languages of related regions Bagri dialect Haryanvi language Rajasthani language Related concepts Dhani (settlement type) Doab Johad Nardak Similar sounding Khaddar cloth References Geography of India Geography of Pakistan Geography of Haryana