Sources and Methodology
Where the figures and references on this site come from, how we match them to a village or sector, how the text is checked, and what none of it can tell you about a particular plot or field.
Who publishes this site
Yamuna ExpressWay Plots is published by Brainguru Technologies. We are not YEIDA, a developer or a seller, and we are not affiliated with any government body. We take enquiries and, where the enquirer agrees, refer them to a seller, broker or professional. We do not verify title, arrange site visits, handle registry or arrange loans. The Disclaimer sets out these limits in full.
Sources we use
- YEIDA: scheme brochures, notifications, the master plan and other documents published by the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority. Plot, sector and scheme pages cite the document and its date.
- Census of India 2011, Village Directory: the District Census Handbook village directory for Uttar Pradesh (catalog 1260). It gives each village’s total area, land use (net sown, irrigated, fallow and other land), sources of irrigation, main crops and some amenities.
- Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract: the district files for Gautam Buddh Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura and Agra (catalog 6332 to 6337). It gives households, population, literacy and the number of cultivators and agricultural labourers.
- Land record portals: UP Bhulekh (khatauni), Bhu-Naksha (village maps) and IGRSUP (registered documents). We link to these so you can check a parcel yourself. We do not copy individual land records onto this site.
- Dated notifications and news reports: where a page relies on a notification or a published report, it names the source and the date.
How village figures are matched to a page
A Census figure appears on a village page only when we can tie the page to one Census village with confidence. We accept a match in four cases: the page already cites that village’s six-digit Census code; the page carries a revenue village code recorded from an earlier review; or the village name, after removing spelling differences such as Khader and Khadar, matches exactly one Census village in the same district, and the Census sub-district agrees with the page’s tehsil where the page names one. Fourth, for pages that had no exact match, the name may differ from the Census only in romanisation (for example Utravali and Utrawali), provided it is the single closest name in the same district and the same tehsil, no other page already uses that Census village, and a second check of every pair confirmed it is the same name. Pages matched this way say so next to the Census figures.
Pairs that differ by a sound or syllable that could mark a different village (for example Bilara and Bhilara) were rejected. Where two Census villages share a name, where the tehsil disagrees, or where the Census name carries a qualifier such as (Rural) or (Dehat) that marks a different unit, the page shows no Census figures. When the Census spells a village differently from the page, the page says how the Census records it.
Checks on the figures
- A village’s figures are used only if they are internally consistent: the sown area is not more than the village area, and the irrigated area is not more than the sown area. Villages that fail these checks are left out, including from the sub-district comparisons.
- Fields the Census left blank are either left out of the table or shown as “Not recorded”. We do not fill them with estimates.
- Crop names in the Census files are often run together or spelled in different ways. We separate and standardise them, and drop words we cannot identify rather than guess.
- All Census figures are for 2011 and for the whole village. They may have changed, and they do not describe any one field, plot or khasra number.
How the text is written and checked
Some text on this site, including the Census data sections and the Hindi summaries, is drafted with software tools from the sources cited on the page. Before publishing, it is checked against those sources: names, figures, dates and links. The Hindi summaries are checked against the English text on the same page. We do not publish figures that we cannot trace to a cited source.
What our pages cannot tell you
A village or sector page describes the area, not a particular property. It cannot confirm who owns a plot or field, whether a seller can sell it, what dues are outstanding or what you may build on it. For any offer, check the current khatauni, the map, registered dealings and the permitted use for that parcel, with your own lawyer. The farmland buying checklist and the khatauni guide explain how.
Corrections
If you find a figure, name or date that does not match its source, tell us through the Contact page. Please include the page address and, if you can, the source you are comparing with. We check every report against the source and correct the page where we got it wrong.
Common questions
From the Census of India 2011: the Village Directory for land use, irrigation and crops, and the Primary Census Abstract for households and farm workers. Each village page links to the Census catalog it used.
We show figures only when the page can be tied to one Census village with confidence. Where names are shared, spellings differ too much or the tehsil disagrees, we leave the figures out rather than risk showing another village’s data.
Use the Contact page and include the page address and the source you are comparing with. We check each report against the source and correct the page if it is wrong.