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Joining village maps, explained
Guides for anyone who downloads a village survey map from the Commissionerate of Survey and Settlement and needs to put the sheets back together.
How to get FMB sketches and village maps in Puducherry (Pondicherry)
Where the FMB sketch and village map for a Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahé or Yanam survey number come from, what to quote when you ask, and how to join the sheets into one map.
Old and new survey numbers in Puducherry: Patta, Chitta and the correlation
Why an old Puducherry deed can name a survey number the current FMB does not show, how the correlation statement matches them, and what the Patta and Chitta each tell you.
How to get Shajra and Musavi map sheets in Jammu and Kashmir
Where the village map for a Jammu and Kashmir Khasra number comes from, what Aapki Zameen Aapki Nigrani shows, what to ask the Patwari for, and how to join the sheets.
How to read a Jammu and Kashmir Jamabandi and Fard
Khewat, Khasra, Kanal and Marla: what each column of a J&K Jamabandi tells you, what a Fard is, and why the Girdawari and the Intiqal matter before a purchase.
How to get survey plans for Goa land
Where the survey plan for a Goa survey number and subdivision comes from, what to quote when you ask, and how to join several plans into one map.
How to read Form I & XIV in Goa, and where Matriz and Inscrição fit
What each part of Goa's Form I & XIV tells you, why a mundkar or tenant entry matters, what a mutation is, and how Portuguese-era Matriz, Descrição and Inscrição entries relate to today's survey numbers.
How to get Tatima and Shajra map sheets in Himachal Pradesh
Where the village map and Tatima for a Himachal Pradesh Khasra number come from, what HimBhoomi shows, what to ask the Patwari for, and how to join the sheets.
How to read a Himachal Pradesh Jamabandi
Khewat, Khatauni and Khasra: what each column of a Himachal Jamabandi tells you, how area is recorded, and why the Girdawari, the Intkal and Section 118 matter before a purchase.
How to get Mouza map sheets in Tripura
Where the Mouza map for a Tripura Dag number comes from, what Jami Tripura shows, what to quote to the revenue office, and how to join the sheets into one map.
How to read a Tripura Khatian
Khatian number, Dag number and area: what each part of a Tripura Khatian tells you, why it can lag behind a sale deed, and what to check before a purchase.
How to get cadastral map sheets in Manipur
Where the cadastral map for a Manipur valley Dag number comes from, what Louchapathap shows, what exists for hill land under customary tenure, and how to join the sheets.
How to read a Manipur Patta and Jamabandi
Patta number, Dag number and area: what the valley record tells you, why it can lag behind a sale deed, and how hill land under customary tenure is evidenced instead.
How to get cadastral map sheets in Sikkim
Where the cadastral map for a Sikkim plot number comes from, why the revenue block matters, what to quote to the land revenue office, and how to join the sheets.
How to read a Sikkim Parcha Khatiyan
Khatiyan number, plot number and revenue block: what each part of a Sikkim Parcha Khatiyan tells you, why it can lag behind a transfer, and what to settle before a purchase.
How to get the land sketches for a plot in Meghalaya
Meghalaya has no Bhu-Naksha and no state-wide cadastral map. What maps a plot does have, who holds them, and how to join sketches drawn at different times into one plan.
How to read a Meghalaya land holding certificate and what sits behind it
Ri Kynti or Ri Raid, A'king and Nokma, the Autonomous District Councils and the 1971 transfer law: what a Meghalaya land holding certificate tells you and what else to check.
How to get the land sketches for a plot in Nagaland
Nagaland has no state-wide cadastral map. What maps a plot has under customary tenure, what the revenue areas around Dimapur keep, and how to join sketches into one plan.
How to read a Nagaland land holding certificate and what sits behind it
Article 371A, clan and community land, the Village Council, the Gaon Bura and the circle officer: what a Nagaland land holding certificate tells you and what else to check.
How to get the LSC plot sketches for land in Mizoram
Mizoram has no state-wide cadastral map. The map of a plot is the sketch on its Land Settlement Certificate. Where to get it, what e-Ram covers, and how to join several into one plan.
How to read a Mizoram Land Settlement Certificate (LSC)
LSC, Periodic Patta, passes and leases: what each Mizoram land document gives you, what to check on an LSC, and why the name transfer matters before a purchase.
How to get the plot sketches for land in Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh has no state-wide cadastral map. The map of a plot is the sketch with its LPC or land allotment. Where to get it from the circle office, and how to join several into one plan.
How to read an Arunachal Pradesh Land Possession Certificate (LPC)
What an LPC records, how the 2018 amendment tied it to ownership, how it differs from a land allotment, and what customary land and the Gaon Bura have to do with it.
How to get village map sheets in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Which land in the islands has a village map at all, where the sheets for a survey number come from, what to quote to the tehsil office, and how to join them.
How to read a Record of Rights in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Survey number, holder, area and classification: what an Andaman and Nicobar Record of Rights tells you, how it relates to the Patta, and why it can lag behind a transfer.
How to get Shajra map sheets for a Chandigarh village
Where the village map for a Chandigarh Khasra number comes from, why sector sites work differently, what to ask the Patwari for, and how to join the sheets.
How to read a Chandigarh Jamabandi and Fard
Khewat, Khatauni and Khasra: what each part of a Chandigarh village Jamabandi tells you, what a Fard is, and why the Intiqal matters before a purchase.
How to get village map sheets in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu
Where the village map for a Silvassa, Daman or Diu survey number comes from, what to quote when you ask, and how to join the sheets into one map.
How to read a land record in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu
What the 7/12 extract and the record of rights tell you, why the format differs between districts, what a mutation is, and why tribal land restrictions matter before a purchase.
How to get Shajra map sheets in Ladakh
Where the village map for a Khasra number in Leh or Kargil comes from, what to ask the Patwari for, and how to join the sheets into one map.
How to read a Ladakh Jamabandi and Fard
Khewat, Khasra, Kanal and Marla: what each part of a Ladakh Jamabandi tells you, what a Fard is, and why the Girdawari and the Intiqal matter before a purchase.
How to get plot sketches and island survey maps in Lakshadweep
Where the sketch for a Lakshadweep survey number comes from, what to ask the island's revenue office for, and how to join several sketches into one map.
How to read a Lakshadweep land record extract
Survey numbers, Tharavad holdings, Pandaram land and mutation: what a Lakshadweep land record tells you and what to check before relying on it.
How to get your mouza map and Dag sheets in West Bengal
Where the cadastral sheets for a West Bengal Dag number come from, why the J.L. number matters more than the mouza name, and what to do when the sheet you need is not online.
How to read a Porcha, and what the Khatian and Dag actually mean
What each column of a West Bengal record of rights tells you, how the Khatian and the Dag differ, and why an RS number and an LR number can describe the same piece of ground.
How to get your village map and Khasra sheets in Rajasthan
Why the Rajasthan map and the Rajasthan record live on two different sites, how to get the Bhu-Naksha sheets for a Khasra number, and what to do when the map still shows an undivided parcel.
How to read a Rajasthan Jamabandi, and what Khatedari means
What each column of a Rajasthan record of rights tells you, what Khatedari tenancy is, and why a Charagah entry stops a purchase before it starts.
How to get your Musavi and Shajra sheets in Haryana
How Murabba and Killa numbers decide which map sheet you need, where the Musavi comes from, and why a partitioned holding needs its Tatima as well.
How to read a Haryana Jamabandi, and what a Fard actually is
What each column of a Haryana record of rights tells you, how Kanal and Marla convert, and why a registered sale deed and an updated Fard are two different things.
How to get your Shajra and village map sheets in Punjab
Why a Shajra request needs the Khasra number and not the Khewat, how to get the sheets through PLRS or the Patwari, and what the Shajra Nasab is not.
Khewat, Khatauni and Khasra: how to read a Punjab Fard
The three numbers on a Punjab record of rights and what each one is for, where the Roznamcha fits, and why a registered sale and an updated Fard are two different events.
How to get your village map and Khasra sheets in Uttarakhand
How to get the Bhu-Naksha sheets for a Khasra number, why a hill holding needs more sheets than a plains one, and what to do when the map and the ground disagree.
How to read an Uttarakhand Khatauni, and which unit it is written in
What each column of an Uttarakhand record of rights tells you, how Nali and Bigha differ, and what Nazul and Van Panchayat land mean for a purchase.
How to get your village map and Khasra sheets in Chhattisgarh
How Bhuiyan and the Bhu-Naksha module divide the record between them, how to get the sheets for a Khasra number, and what a Scheduled Area means for a purchase.
How to read a B-1 and a P-II in Chhattisgarh
What the two halves of a Chhattisgarh land record tell you, what the Kisam column decides, and where the Rin Pustika fits.
How to get your cadastral map and Khesra sheets in Jharkhand
Where the map sheets for a Jharkhand Khesra number come from, what to ask for at the anchal office, and why the CNT and SPT Acts come before any of it.
Panji-II and Khatiyan: how to read a Jharkhand land record
What the current register and the settlement record each tell you, why the CNT and SPT Acts come first, and what a Lagan receipt is actually evidence of.
How to get your Bhu-Naksha map sheets in Odisha
Where the cadastral sheets for an Odisha plot number actually come from, why Bhulekh and Bhu-Naksha are two different sites, and what to do when your Khata spans more than one sheet.
How to read an Odisha RoR: Khata, plot, Kisam and Hal/Sabik
What each column of the Record of Rights on Bhulekh Odisha actually says, which parts a buyer should check first, and how the RoR and the Bhu-Naksha fit together.
How to get the Shajra and village map for a Delhi Khasra number
Delhi's land records are village records. Where the Shajra Kishtwar for a revenue village comes from, what the Lal Dora line means on it, and how to assemble sheets that span a holding.
How to read a Delhi Khatauni: Khasra, Khata, Girdawari and Lal Dora
What the Khatauni for a Delhi revenue village records, why the Girdawari matters more here than the farming it describes, and what a buyer should check before relying on either.
How to download Bhu-Naksha map sheets in Madhya Pradesh
MP Bhulekh serves the Khasra record and the village map from one portal but one sheet at a time. How to pull every sheet a holding spans, and why the map often lags the record.
How to read an MP B-1 and Khasra: holder, class, Batankan and diversion
What each part of the Madhya Pradesh record of rights says, what Nistar rights mean for a buyer, and which lines to check before relying on a downloaded B-1.
How to get the village map for a Gujarat survey or block number
Why AnyROR gives you the 7/12 but not the map, where the village map sheets actually come from, and how survey numbers and block numbers describe the same ground.
How to read a Gujarat 7/12 utara: tenure, hissa, 8A and the map
What each part of the 7/12 utara records, why Juni Sharat versus Navi Sharat decides whether a sale is even possible, and how the 8A tells you how many map sheets you need.
How to download Bhu-Naksha map sheets in Bihar
Bihar keeps three records of the same land on two portals. Where the cadastral map for a Khesra number comes from, what anchal and mauza mean for the request, and how to assemble a partitioned holding.
Khatiyan or Jamabandi? How to read Bihar's two land records
Why Bihar keeps a settlement record and a live revenue register that disagree, which one answers which question, and what Gair Mazarua land means for a buyer.
How to get your village map and FMB sheets in Telangana
Where the cadastral sheets for a Telangana survey number actually come from, what to ask for at the mandal office, and what to do when the map you need is not online.
How to read a Telangana Pahani (Adangal)
What each part of the Pahani is telling you about a survey number, and the three things worth checking on it before you rely on one.
How to get your Gaav Nakasha and Bhu-Naksha sheets in Maharashtra
Where Maharashtra's village map sheets come from, why the Gat number on your 7/12 is the thing to search on, and what to do when your land sits on two sheets.
How to read a 7/12 extract (Satbara)
The two forms a 7/12 is made of, what the other-rights column is really telling you, and why the name on it may not be the person selling.
How to get your Bhu-Naksha village map sheets in Uttar Pradesh
Why the map is not on Bhulekh, which portal actually has it, and how to find the right Gata number before you go looking.
How to read a Uttar Pradesh Khatauni
What the Khatauni records, how it differs from the Khasra, why it carries a Fasli year, and the entry that decides whether land can be sold.
How to get your Tippan and village map sheets in Karnataka
What a Tippan is, how it differs from the village map, when you need an 11E sketch instead, and how survey requests are actually filed.
How to read a Karnataka RTC (Pahani)
What the RTC records about a survey number, why the crop column matters more than people expect, and what it cannot tell you.
How to get your village map and FMB sketches in Kerala
Why an old survey number may not match the current map, what the Village Office issues, and which sketch answers which question.
Kerala land records: what each document is for
Thandaper, Basic Tax Register, possession and location certificates, which one answers which question, and which one a bank will actually ask for.
How to get your Mouza map and Dag sheets in Assam
How Assam organises land by Mouza rather than by village, who to ask at which level, and why the patta type is the first thing to check.
How to read an Assam Jamabandi and Chitha
The two registers behind an Assam holding, what each is for, and the entries worth checking before a purchase.
How to get your village map and FMB sketches in Andhra Pradesh
Which record answers which question in Andhra Pradesh, what the Adangal and 1-B are each for, and where the map itself comes from.
How to read an Andhra Pradesh Adangal
What the Adangal records against a survey number, why the crop column is worth reading closely, and what it will never tell you.
What is the F-line in a survey? Meaning, sketch & F-line application
'F-line' means two different things. On an FMB sketch it is the field boundary of a survey number. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana an 'F-line application' is a petition to re-fix that boundary on the ground. Here's both, explained.
Tamil Nadu Land Records Online: What You Can Download and What Still Needs an Office Visit
A clear breakdown of which Tamil Nadu land documents you can download from tnlandsurvey.tn.gov.in (village maps, FMB, chitta, A-Register) and which ones (UDR FMB, Old FMB, OSR, RSR, inam registers) you can only get from the Taluk or District Collector office.
Get your FMB sketch the easy way: order online, we source it for you (from ₹199)
Don't want to wrestle with OTPs, dropdowns and a portal that keeps timing out? Tell us your district, taluk, village and survey number(s), pay from ₹199, and we source your FMB sketch from the official Tamil Nadu e-Services portal, joining them into one map when you need more than one, and send it to your WhatsApp shortly after payment.
Get your whole village map joined into one: done for you (₹1699, print-ready PDF)
Your village map comes as separate sheets (S1, S2, S3, S4) and joining them correctly is tricky. Let us do it: we source the sheets from the Survey & Settlement portal, stitch the adjacent sheets into one continuous map, and deliver a print-ready PDF in 1–4 hours for a flat ₹1699.
What is the G-line in a survey map, and how do you read it?
Spotted a thick outer line on your FMB sketch or village map marked 'G'? That's the G-line, the village boundary. Here's what the G-line means, how it differs from the F-line, and how to read it on your survey sheet.
Tamil Nadu Village Map Joiner: combine your village map sheets into one
Bought or downloaded a village map in Tamil Nadu and got several separate sheets? Tamil Nadu Village Map Joiner stitches the adjacent survey sheets into one continuous, high-resolution map, right in your browser: a flat one-time ₹199 for 24 hours of editor access.
How to get your FMB sketch and village map in Tamil Nadu (2026 guide)
Where and how to download your FMB sketch, Patta, A-Register and full village survey map online in Tamil Nadu, from the official Survey and Settlement and e-Services portals, and how to join the sheets into one map.
Downloaded a village map from the Survey and Settlement website? Here's how to join the sheets
If you downloaded a village survey map from the Commissionerate of Survey and Settlement, Tamil Nadu and it came as several separate sheets, Village Map Joiner stitches them back into one continuous map: right in your browser.
Tamil Nadu land records glossary: Patta, Chitta, FMB, A-Register & more
A plain-English (and Tamil) glossary of the land-record terms you'll meet on the official portals: Patta, Chitta, A-Register, Adangal, FMB, Nanjai, Punjai, Natham, Poramboke, TSLR and the officials behind them.
Step by step: from downloaded survey sheets to one joined village map
A simple walkthrough: collect your sheets from the Survey and Settlement portal, upload, auto-arrange, fine-tune the seams, and export one clean map.
What are S1, S2, S3, S4? Understanding adjacent village survey sheets
A quick explainer on why village survey maps are split into numbered sheets, how they fit together, and how to join them without losing detail.
How to download a digital village map in Tamil Nadu
Stop queuing at the Taluk office, download your village map online from tnlandsurvey.tn.gov.in. Here's the step-by-step, the small fee, and what to do if it says 'Not Available'.
Patta, Chitta, Adangal & A-Register: what's the difference?
Patta shows who owns the land, Chitta its classification, Adangal what's growing on it, and the A-Register is the 'mother record' behind them all. What each Tamil Nadu land record means, how they differ, and where to get each one online.
How to apply for a Patta name transfer online (without a middleman)
Save money by doing your own Patta name transfer. Here's the portal to use, the documents you need, and how to track your application with the reference number.
FMB Full Form & How to Read an FMB Sketch
FMB stands for Field Measurement Book. What every line, number and unit on the sketch of your survey number means: F-line, G-line, the measurement ladder, chains and links.
What is 'Natham' land? (And why it's sometimes missing online)
Living in the old village centre? Your land record may be different. A quick explainer on Natham settlements, the Natham survey, and Thoraya vs clean patta.
The history of land survey in Tamil Nadu: from chains to drones
Your land was likely first measured by a British colonel in the 1800s. A short history of surveying in Tamil Nadu, from the Great Trigonometrical Survey to modern DGPS resurvey.
Old survey number vs new: how to use the Correlation Statement
Got an old deed with an old survey number that doesn't match your current patta? The Correlation Statement tool links old survey numbers (OS) to new resurvey numbers (RS).
Licensed surveyors in Tamil Nadu: the list, fees & who to call
Need your land measured in Tamil Nadu? Here's who to call: government (Firka) surveyors vs private licensed surveyors, how to find the official district-wise list, what they charge, and when you don't need a surveyor at all.