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How was the Mahalwari System different from the Permanent Settlement?

Social StudiesClass 8CBSEAnswered 27 Mar 2026

Answer

Differences between Mahalwari System and Permanent Settlement are given below.

Mahalwari System	Permanent Settlement
Holt Mackenzie devised it, and it came into effect in 1822	Permanent Settlement was brought by Lord Cornwallis in 1793
The epicentre of the system was a village	There was no such epicentre
Villages were called ‘Mahal’	–
The estimated revenue of each plot within a village was added up to calculate the revenue that each village (mahal) had to pay	The revenue was fixed that each zamindar had to pay to the company
The revenue was to be revised periodically	Revenue was fixed
The charge to collect the revenue was on the village headman	The charge to collect the revenue was on the village zamindar (rajas/taluqdars)

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