Demra Land Office is providing digital, modern and harassment-free services. Md. Zakir Hossain, Assistant Commissioner (Land), Demra Revenue Circle, Dhaka, has been providing harassment-free services to the beneficiaries in various matters including land registration, online land development tax collection and miscase settlement since he joined on 24-04-2025. Assistant Commissioner (Land), Md. Zakir Hossain said, we are doing our utmost to provide harassment-free services to the people. Due to the violence, harassment of external brokers and a class of dishonest officials, there is a negative perception among the people about the land office, which he has overcome and changed the image of Demra Land Office. Recently, some land grabbers have started running around to register their names through fake documents. Necessary action must be taken against them now.He issued a strict warning against land grabbers. Md. Zakir Hossain, a skilled, competent, smart, dedicated, and dutiful officer of the 37th batch of BCS, performed his duties with honesty and sincerity. Recently, a vested interest group has been providing false and misleading information to journalists to tarnish his reputation. A group is spreading propaganda through various media for malicious purposes. He is the victim of conspiratorial outrage for preventing various immoral activities of land robbers. Within just a few months of joining, Md. Zakir Hossain, Assistant Commissioner (Land) of Demra Revenue Circle, has settled several thousand and fifty name cases and hundreds of mis-cases. Where it used to take six months to a year to reject land, now it takes only 28 days. This officer has eliminated the ever-present complications of the Demra Revenue Circle (Land) office. When talking to some service recipients, they said, "Acland Sir listens to our problems very well and solves them quickly. Not only that, he has made this office digital and modern." It can be seen on the ground that the entire office is neatly arranged. The office flow chart is at the entrance of the gate. Next to it is the Citizen Charter. It contains the cost of registering land, the cost of preparing the Khatian, what to do for Khas land settlement, and how to contact whom for any issue. All this information is written. All the activities of the land office should be carried out according to the correct policies and rules, so that the trust and confidence of the people remain intact. The idea that corruption and irregularities occur in the land office should be changed and the issue of trust should be awakened. The office of Assistant Commissioner (Land), Demra Revenue Circle, Dhaka is located on the second floor of the building built on the 0.1650 acre property of Wari Mouza, Total number of plots under the circle: 1,66,561. Total number of Khatians (City Main Khatian): 53,265. Total land area: 11291.5609 acres. Total agricultural land area: 9237.5782 acres. Total non-agricultural land area: 1458.8919 acres. Total Khas land area: 565.1443 acres. Total settleable land area: 76.9961 acres. Total vested property area: 577.3347 acres. Total number of metropolitan police stations: 4. Demra, Jatrabari, Sabujbagh and Khilgaon. Latest updated holding information: 1,41,113 (up to April/2023). The office of Assistant Commissioner (Land) was bifurcated from Demra Circle in March 2012 and converted into Motijheel Circle.
The Office of the Assistant Commissioner (Land) is a grassroots institution at the field level to provide services to the people regarding land and revenue management. Updating of records through registration and cancellation of deposits, including preservation of title deeds. Activities related to conservation and management of government land, management of VP and vested property, assessment and collection of land development tax, and management of Sairat Mahal are carried out.