Glossary

Andhra Pradesh land & survey glossary

Plain-language meanings for the words on your Adangal / 1-B (ROR) and village map / FMB sketch, what each one is, and which of them you actually need before joining your sheets.

Adangalఅడంగల్

The village land register showing, for each survey number, the holder, extent, classification and crops. Andhra Pradesh's working record of rights and the starting point for any land check.

1-B Register1-B

The holder-wise register: every survey number one person holds in a village, with extents. Where the Adangal is organised by land, the 1-B is organised by holder.

Meebhoomiమీభూమి

The state's land-records portal, where the Adangal, the 1-B and related records are published for public viewing and download.

Pattadar Passbook

The book issued to a landholder listing the survey numbers they hold, used as proof of holding for loans and registration.

Re-settlement RegisterRSR

The register prepared at re-settlement listing each survey number with its extent and assessment. Like the Sethwar it is a founding record, consulted when a current extent is disputed.

FMB sketchFMB

The Field Measurement Book sketch for a survey number, showing its measured boundaries. One number per sketch, so a holding across several numbers needs them joined to show its full extent.

Survey numberసర్వే నంబర్

The parcel number in the village survey. Sub-divisions are written as suffixes, each with its own record and sketch, which is why a partitioned parcel arrives as several sheets.

Diglot

The bilingual settlement register pairing survey numbers with their extents and classifications. Used alongside the RSR when older records have to be reconciled with current ones.

Tahsildar

The revenue officer in charge of a mandal, responsible for land records, mutations and certified copies within it.

Mandalమండలం

The revenue sub-division between district and village: the level at which land records and survey requests are administered.

Webland

The departmental land-records application behind the public Meebhoomi views, used by revenue staff to maintain the Adangal and 1-B entries.

Village mapగ్రామ పటం

The cadastral map of a revenue village showing survey numbers and boundaries, issued as adjacent sheets for a large village: joined together to see a holding in full.

The full Andhra Pradesh guide · Tamil Nadu's glossary