Patta Chitta Online: View, Verify and Read Your TN Land Record

You can view your Tamil Nadu patta and chitta online for free at eservices.tn.gov.in: pick district, taluk and village, enter your patta number or survey number, and confirm a one-time password sent to an Indian mobile. This guide shows each field in order, explains every column on the extract, and tells you what to do if the record changes when you did not expect it.

What are patta, chitta and the A-register, and what do they prove?

A patta is the revenue department's record of who holds a piece of land, under a patta number. The chitta sits with it and lists each survey number under that patta, its area and its class of land. Online, the two come together as one patta-chitta extract.

The A-register is the village's master land register. It lists every survey number in the village with its classification, original owner and changes over time. It is useful when you need the history of one survey number rather than one family's holding.

Two sketches round out the set. The FMB (field measurement book) sketch shows the shape and measurements of a rural survey number. In towns, the TSLR (town survey land register) extract and sketch take the place of patta-chitta, searched by ward and block.

How do you check patta chitta online, step by step?

Open eservices.tn.gov.in and choose View Patta / Chitta / FMB - (Rural / Natham) from the Land Records menu. Have the patta number, or the survey and subdivision number, ready.

1. 1

   Choose district, taluk and village

   Pick the district and taluk where the land lies, then the revenue village. If your village is missing, try the neighbouring taluk; several taluks have been split in recent years.
2. 2

   Pick how to search

   Choose Patta Number for the full chitta, or Survey Number for the chitta with the FMB sketch. If the taluk has natham (village house-site) land, you will also be asked to pick Rural or Natham.
3. 3

   Enter the numbers

   For a survey number like 24/2, type 24 as the survey number and 2 as the subdivision. If there is no subdivision, type a hyphen. When searching by patta number, the portal also asks for one survey number under that patta.
4. 4

   Get and enter the OTP

   Type a 10-digit Indian mobile number and press Get OTP. Enter the 6-digit code within the two-minute countdown and verify it.
5. 5

   Save a dated copy

   Download or print the extract. Note its reference number so you can verify it later.

For the village register, use View A-Register Extract with the same district, taluk, village, land type and survey fields. Our land record finder shows the equivalent search in other states, and the state-wise guide covers all 20 portals.

How do you read each column of a patta-chitta extract?

The top of the extract names the district, taluk, village and patta number. Below it come the holders, then a table of survey numbers with area and tax split by class of land. Here is an illustrative example with invented names.

Holders on this patta: 1. Owner A, son of Owner C. 2. Owner B, daughter of Owner C.

• Patta number. The account under which all these survey numbers are held. One family may have several pattas in the same village.
• Owner name and relation. Each holder is listed with a father's or husband's name. Joint holders appear one after another; the patta usually does not show each person's share, so shares come from your deeds or succession papers.
• Survey and subdivision number. The parcel itself. A new subdivision (for example 112/3A becoming 3A1 and 3A2) usually means part of the land was sold or partitioned.
• Nanjai, punjai and others. Nanjai is wet (irrigated) land, punjai is dry land, and a third column covers other classes. Area is in hectares and ares: 0.40.50 means 0 hectares, 40.50 ares.
• Tax (theervai). The land revenue assessment in rupees and paise for each class. It is small, but a change in it is a sign the classification changed.
• Remarks. Notes such as a pending order or restriction. Anything new here deserves a question.

To convert hectare-are into acres and cents, use our land unit converter. One are is about 2.47 cents, and 100 cents make an acre.

How do you get a copy that banks and buyers will accept?

The online extract is the copy most people use now. Every patta-chitta issued online carries a reference number, and anyone can check it on Verify Patta / Chitta - (Rural / Natham) by entering that number, an OTP and a captcha. That is how a bank or buyer can confirm a copy is genuine.

If an office insists on a signed copy, a relative can ask at the taluk office or a Common Service Centre (e-Sevai centre). To see the order that made a change, use View Patta Order Copy on the same portal.

Patta transfer fees, set by the state:

• Without subdivision: Rs 60 processing fee, paid on the Tamil Nilam citizen portal or at a CSC.
• With subdivision: Rs 60 plus Rs 400 per subdivision in rural areas, Rs 500 in towns and Rs 600 in corporations such as Chennai or Coimbatore.

Fees are from G.O.(Ms) No. 370 (Revenue and Disaster Management Department, 21 July 2020), as listed on the e-Services fee page.

How do you transfer a patta after buying or inheriting land?

Patta transfer is Tamil Nadu's form of mutation. Apply on the Tamil Nilam citizen portal (tamilnilam.tn.gov.in/citizen) after registering with your name, mobile number and address, or at a Common Service Centre. The portal accepts sale, settlement, partition and gift deeds, plus ID and residence proof.

For inherited land, the taluk office usually asks for the death certificate and a legal heir certificate as well. Track the request under Application Status on e-Services. Our guide to mutation across India explains why a patta left in a late parent's name is a common opening for trouble.

What goes wrong on the portal, and how do you fix it?

Most problems are small and have a quick fix.

• "Enter valid mobile no". The portal accepts only 10-digit Indian numbers starting with 6, 7, 8 or 9. Foreign numbers will not work.
• OTP never arrives or "maximum attempts". SMS can be slow while roaming. Wait, then try again later; the portal limits OTP requests per number.
• Village or survey number not listed. Check the taluk (many were split) and whether the land is rural or natham. For urban land, use the TSLR extract with ward and block instead.
• Name only in Tamil. Records are kept in Tamil. Search by survey number rather than by name, and check spellings with someone who reads Tamil.
• "Invalid access to the site". Each link is one-time. Go back to the home page and click the service again.
• Site slow or down. Try early morning India time.

If the online record is wrong, apply for correction at the taluk office. For older registers or orders that are not online, an RTI application to the taluk office is a reliable route.

How do you spot a suspicious change, and who do you contact?

Compare each new extract with your last saved copy. Three changes matter most: a holder's name added or removed, a survey number subdivided or missing from your patta, and a change in area or remarks.

If something changed without your knowledge, act the same week:

1. Save evidence. Download the extract and use View Patta Order Copy to see the order behind the change.
2. Check registrations. Pull an encumbrance certificate for the survey number to see if a sale or settlement deed was registered. Our EC guide for NRIs shows how.
3. Write to the revenue office. The village administrative officer (VAO) and revenue inspector handle the field report; the tahsildar passes patta transfer orders. Send a written objection with your deed and ask for an acknowledgement.
4. Appeal in time. A tahsildar's patta order can generally be challenged before the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO). Time limits apply, so talk to a local property lawyer quickly.

How can NRIs manage this from abroad?

The main hurdle is the OTP. Keep one Indian number active with SMS roaming, or agree with a trusted relative that they read the OTP to you while you do the search yourself. You do not need to give anyone a power of attorney just to view or verify a record.

If a relative visits the taluk office for you, give them a dated printout, the reference number and a short signed letter for that one errand. Taluk offices keep government working hours, so plan calls for your evening if you are in North America. Our Tamil Nadu state guide covers local risks and units.

How do you keep watch over your patta without checking every week?

Checking by hand works if you do it every few months: same survey number, same saved copy, a two-minute comparison. The weak point is the gap between checks, because a patta transfer can be ordered and acted on in that time.

PlotPehra checks the official Tamil Nadu record for your survey number every week and flags any new holder, subdivision, area or remarks change. A person reviews every alert and explains it in English and Tamil. Satellite imagery covers the ground side, such as new digging or a structure, which no register shows.

Save today's extract, note its reference number, and keep it with your deeds. That one copy is what every later check is compared against.