Maximum land that can be owned by a huf of 5 in karnataka

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Ceiling on agricultural land holdings: Under the Act, the ceiling on agricultural land holding for a person who is not a member of a family or for a family of up to five members is 10 units. The Ordinance increases this limit to 20 units. A unit is one acre of A-Class land of a specified soil classification value. A-class lands are lands having facilities for assured irrigation (through government canals and tanks) to support growing two crops of paddy or one crop of sugarcane in a year. For a family of more than five members, the Ordinance increases the ceiling from 20 units to 40 units. Further, for a person who is a tenant engaging in aquaculture in the districts of Uttara Kannada and Dakshina Kannada, the ceiling area is increased from 40 units to 80 units.