If you know how many Xatras are in Assam please let us knowbecause Assam Government does not know and finding an answer.
It has three sets offigures
Deputy Commissioners – 593
Archaeology Deptt. – 875
Revenue Deptt.- 648
The embarrassing contradiction in the total numbers ofxattras came to light when the Revenue and Disaster Management department ofthe State government asked the deputy commissioners and also the Directorate ofArchaeology to submit the information in this regard.
Interestingly, the information submitted by the DC from the district suggested that 593 xattras existed but the Archaeology directorate came up with the number 875. There was a difference of a huge number of 282 Xattras.
Shocked with the gape, the Revenue and Disaster Managementdepartment carried out a compilation of the information and found that thereare 648 xattras in the State.
The Revenue and Disaster Management Department further foundthat the 648 xattras are located in 19 districts of the State. The total landof these xattras, according to the department, is 99,018 bigha, 4 katha and 9lecha.
This issue is particularly embarrassing for Assam Governmentas it came to power on the slogans of retrieving the Xattra land from theencroachers.
