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.
The Adangal is the village land register, kept survey number by survey number: who holds it, how much there is, what class of land it is, and what has been grown on it. It is the record a purchase, a loan and a dispute all start from, and because Andhra Pradesh publishes it openly it is usually the first land document anyone here actually reads.
What each part is telling you
- Survey number and sub-division
- The parcel's identity. A sub-division suffix means the number has been split, and each share carries its own entry and its own sketch.
- Extent
- The recorded area. Where it is disputed, the older settlement records, the Re-settlement Register and the Diglot, are what the question is resolved against.
- Pattadar
- Who the record says holds the land, which is not always who is in possession or who is selling.
- Classification
- What kind of land it is recorded as. It governs lawful use, so it matters as much as extent to anyone buying to build.
- Crop entries
- Season by season cultivation, often the clearest evidence on the page of who has actually been working the land.
Adangal, 1-B, passbook
Three documents describe the same holding from different angles. The Adangal is organised by land. The 1-B is organised by holder, every survey number one person holds in the village. The Pattadar Passbook is issued to the holder as proof of holding, and is what a bank or a sub-registrar will ask to see. Buyers usually want the first two; lenders usually want the third.
What it cannot show
A boundary. The Adangal gives an extent and never a shape, so where the line runs between you and the next survey number is the FMB sketch and the village cadastral sheet, and where those are unclear on the ground it is a survey request at the mandal office.
A holding across several survey numbers arrives as several sketches, each showing one parcel alone. Joined along the boundaries they share, they become the single continuous map the Adangal's extent figure is describing.
🔗 Andhra Pradesh land & survey glossary →Frequently asked questions
What is the Adangal?+
Andhra Pradesh's village land register, kept for each survey number: the holder, extent, classification and crops. It is the state's working record of rights.
Do I need the 1-B as well?+
If you want to see everything one person holds in a village, yes: the 1-B is organised by holder where the Adangal is organised by land. For a single parcel the Adangal is the one to read.
Does the Adangal prove ownership?+
It records who is shown as holding the land and is what most parties will read. Title questions turn on the registered documents behind it, which is why both are examined together.