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.
In Goa, land is described by survey number and subdivision within a village, and the drawing of it is the survey plan. The Directorate of Settlement & Land Records keeps the survey and issues the plans. The revenue record that goes with them, Form I & XIV, is kept by the Mamlatdar's office for the taluka. You need the record to ask for the right plan, and the plan to see what the record describes.
What you are actually asking for
- Survey plan
- The drawing of a survey number and its subdivisions, with their boundaries and the neighbouring numbers.
- Form I & XIV
- The record of rights for a survey number and subdivision: area, occupant, any tenant or mundkar, and crops. Not a map, but the source of the exact numbers every plan request is keyed on.
- Survey number and subdivision
- The pair that identifies a parcel within a village. Most Goan properties are described by both together.
Start with Form I & XIV
Before asking for any plan, take the taluka, village, survey number and subdivision from a current Form I & XIV. Village names in Goa have Portuguese, Konkani and English spellings, and the record's spelling is the one the office will search on. If all you have is an old deed that gives a Matriz, Descrição or Inscrição number instead of a survey number, the first job is tracing that entry to the current survey numbers, which is work for the land-records office and an advocate.
Getting the plans
- Note the taluka and village as Form I & XIV spells them, and list every survey number and subdivision the property covers.
- Check the Government of Goa's current online services for survey plan requests. Where a plan is not available online, apply to the Directorate of Settlement & Land Records or its survey office for your taluka.
- Ask for a plan for each survey number the property touches, not just the main one. A property across two survey numbers is at least two plans.
- Check each plan when it arrives: the village name, the survey number, the subdivisions shown, and that the boundary lines at the edges are legible. The edges are what you will line up later.
When the property crosses a village boundary
Survey numbers restart in each village, so survey number 12 in one village has nothing to do with survey number 12 in the next. If a property sits on a village boundary, you need the plans from both villages, each requested under its own village name, and the join happens along the village boundary line.
Joining the plans
Almost nobody ends up with one plan. Several subdivisions, several survey numbers or two villages all mean several drawings, each showing a fragment. Line them up along the boundaries they share so the lines crossing each join continue, and you have one continuous map of the property to print or send to a buyer, a bank, an architect or an advocate.
🔗 Goa land records: documents, districts and talukas →Frequently asked questions
Can I get a Goa survey plan online?+
What can be requested online changes, so check the Government of Goa's current online services first. Where a plan is not available online, the Directorate of Settlement & Land Records or its survey office for your taluka issues it against the village, survey number and subdivision.
Is the survey plan the same as Form I & XIV?+
No. The survey plan is the drawing of the land. Form I & XIV is the record of rights that says who is recorded against it, with the area and crops. You usually need both.
How many plans can I join into one map?+
There is no limit. Join two subdivisions or twenty survey numbers, or plans from two neighbouring villages. It is one canvas and one exported map.