How to Get a Survey Number: 6 Ways to Find Land Parcel Details

Last updated: October 2026

How to get a survey number depends on what you already hold. The most direct sources are the sale deed and the land record, and the state portal and the village office cover the rest.

• Sale deed: the schedule of property lists the survey and sub-division numbers
• Land record: the 7/12 in Maharashtra, the RTC in Karnataka, the Patta and Chitta in Tamil Nadu, the 1-B in Andhra Pradesh
• Portal: search by owner name or location, where the state allows it
• Map: click the plot on the cadastral map
• Office: ask the taluk, tehsil or village revenue officer

Write down the survey number and the sub-division number together. Two plots can share the first number and differ in the second.

A survey number is the number given to one land parcel in the revenue survey of a village. The record lists each number with its area, land type and holder. Southern and western states use this term, and northern states say Khasra. Read the guide to the Khasra number for the northern records.

It can have sub-divisions, such as 45/2 in Karnataka, where the second part is the hissa number. A city plot may instead carry a plot number or a municipal property number.

Six sources give it, and the first two cost nothing.

Last reviewed: October 2026

Begin with the paper you hold, and use the portal to check it.

Each state names its record differently, so use the table.

For Tamil Nadu, the encumbrance certificate also quotes the number, as the guide to the Villangam certificate explains. For the Andhra Pradesh map, read Bhunaksha Andhra Pradesh.

The sub-division number identifies the part of a parcel that is being sold. Two parts of the same parcel can have different owners, areas and dues.

In Karnataka, the RTC shows the number with the hissa number at the top. If you do not know the hissa, enter only the first number, and the portal lists the hissa numbers under it. Always quote both numbers in the sale agreement and in every search. A search with only the first number can show someone else's parcel.

Compare 3 records for the same number.

1. Read the number in the sale deed.
2. Open the land record for that number, and check the owner and the area.
3. Check the map for the same number, and compare the boundary with what you see on the ground.
4. Run a title check, such as the encumbrance certificate, for the same number.

A gap between the area in the record and the area on the map is a warning, as the guide to Bhunaksha Rajasthan shows with a worked gap. Ask the revenue office to explain any gap in writing before you transfer money.

Consider Deepa, a 36-year-old architect in Bengaluru with a household income of Rs. 1.5 lakh a month and a CIBIL score of 757, buying a plot with a sale deed that quotes survey 45, hissa 2.

Deepa asks the seller to correct the deed and registers it only after the corrected papers match the RTC. She does not pay the balance until then.

Bajaj Finance ties its legal check to one parcel, so the survey and sub-division numbers must match across the deed, the record and the map. Read how the checks work in the guide to legal and technical verification.

Last reviewed: October 2026

Approval timelines can extend where the parcel number differs between documents, and minimum income thresholds can differ by city. Check your Home Loan Eligibility.