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Partition deed (bantonnama) costs
Dividing jointly owned family land between its co-owners is one of the cheapest registrations there is — no sale, no consideration, no source tax. This page publishes the fee table from the Registration Act itself. It deliberately has no calculator: one part of the bill could not be verified to the standard this site holds itself to, and you deserve to know which part.
The fee, from section 78B of the Registration Act 1908: ৳500 on a value up to ৳3 lakh · ৳700 up to ৳10 lakh · ৳1,200 up to ৳30 lakh · ৳1,800 up to ৳50 lakh · ৳2,000 above ৳50 lakh. Source tax: none (partition deeds are exempt, rule 6(5)). Local government tax: none.
The section 78B fee table
| Value of the property being partitioned | Registration fee |
|---|---|
| Up to ৳3,00,000 | ৳500 |
| Above ৳3,00,000 and up to ৳10,00,000 | ৳700 |
| Above ৳10,00,000 and up to ৳30,00,000 | ৳1,200 |
| Above ৳30,00,000 and up to ৳50,00,000 | ৳1,800 |
| Above ৳50,00,000 | ৳2,000 |
So a partition of joint property valued at ৳1,20,00,000 carries a registration fee of ৳2,000 — the top bracket. Compare a sale of the same property: the buyer-side percentage charges alone would run to several lakh. The difference is the whole point of the deed: it divides what the family already owns.
The small charges — labelled provisional
Why partition is cheap — and when it is not the answer
A partition deed works because ownership does not change hands for a price: each co-owner already owns an undivided share, and the deed converts those shares into specific plots. That is why the Act prices it by a small fee table instead of percentages, and why rule 6(5) of the Source Tax Rules 2026 exempts it from the section 125 tax entirely.
Two cautions. First, a partition followed immediately by a sale of one share is two deeds and two bills — the partition at the fee above, the sale at full sale-deed charges including source tax. Second, if one co-owner is really buying out the others for money, that is not a pure partition, and dressing it as one invites the charges (and the questions) the family was trying to avoid. Take advice on the actual arrangement before choosing the deed.
The words on the deed
- দলিল — dolil — the deed itself; the document that transfers the property
- মৌজা — mouza — the smallest land-record area; your plot sits in exactly one
- খতিয়ান — khatian — the record of rights for a plot: who owns what share
- নামজারি — namjari (mutation) — updating the land record into the buyer’s name after registration
- বায়না — baina — the registered agreement for sale, signed before the deed
- হেবা — heba — a gift of property under Muslim personal law, made by declaration
- বণ্টননামা — bantonnama — a partition deed dividing joint property between co-owners
Questions
How much does a partition deed (bantonnama) cost?
The registration fee is set by section 78B of the Registration Act: ৳500 up to ৳3 lakh of value, ৳700 up to ৳10 lakh, ৳1,200 up to ৳30 lakh, ৳1,800 up to ৳50 lakh and ৳2,000 above ৳50 lakh. Small charges (stamp, affidavit, e-fee, court fee, copying) come on top. There is no source tax — partition deeds are exempt under rule 6(5) of the Source Tax Rules 2026 — and no local government tax.
Why is partition so much cheaper than a sale?
Because nothing is sold. A partition deed divides property the co-owners already own between them; there is no consideration moving, so the percentage charges that price a sale deed (1% + 1.5% + 2–3% plus source tax) do not apply. The fee is a small bracketed amount set by the Act itself.
Why is there no partition calculator on this page?
Because one part of the bill could not be verified to this site’s standard. The registration fee is in the Registration Act (section 78B) and is printed above as law. The small charges rest on practitioner-published charge lists rather than a fee table we could read in full — so they are labelled provisional here instead of being dressed up as a calculated answer. When the fee table is confirmed, the calculator follows.
Can we partition and then immediately sell one share?
You can, but budget for two deeds and two bills: the partition at the section 78B fee, then the sale of that share at full sale-deed charges including source tax. Offices also look closely at partitions executed purely to route around sale charges.