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.
In Lakshadweep each inhabited island is its own revenue village, and land on it is described by survey number and subdivision. The plot sketch draws one survey number; the island survey map shows every number on the island together. The land record extract says who holds each one.
What you are actually asking for
- Plot sketch
- The survey drawing of one survey number, with its boundary lines and any subdivisions. One sketch per number.
- Island survey map
- The map of a whole island, across several sheets. It shows where a plot sits among its neighbours, paths and the shore.
- Land record extract
- The record of who holds each survey number and how it is classified. It tells you which numbers to ask the map for.
Getting the sketches
- Get the land record extract for your land first. It gives the island and the exact survey and subdivision numbers, including any created by a partition.
- Ask the revenue office for your island or sub-division for the plot sketch of each of those numbers, naming the island every time, since numbers repeat between islands.
- If you need to see where the holding sits, ask for the island survey map sheets your numbers fall on, every sheet, not just the first.
- Check each sketch: the island, the survey numbers, and that the boundary lines are legible, because the edges are what you will line up.
Joining the sketches
A coconut garden or house plot made of several survey numbers or subdivisions ends up as several sketches, each showing a fragment. Line them up along the boundaries they share so the lines crossing the join continue, and you have one continuous map of the holding, ready to print for a partition, a mutation, a loan file or a boundary question.
🔗 Lakshadweep land records: documents and sub-divisions →Frequently asked questions
Where do I get a plot sketch in Lakshadweep?+
From the Lakshadweep Administration's revenue office for your island or sub-division. Quote the island and the current survey and subdivision numbers from your land record extract.
Why do I need to name the island with the survey number?+
Because each island is its own revenue village with its own numbering, so the same survey number can exist on more than one island.
How many sketches can I join into one map?+
There is no limit. Join two sketches or twenty, or the sheets of a whole island. It is one canvas and one exported map.