ULPIN (Bhu-Aadhaar): Full Form, 14-Digit Land ID & How to Find It

ULPIN stands for Unique Land Parcel Identification Number: a 14-character alphanumeric ID given to one piece of land, also called Bhu-Aadhaar. It belongs to the parcel, not the owner, and it shows on your state's land record once your state has assigned it.

If you have seen a strange code on a fresh 7/12, RTC or Ente Bhoomi printout, that is probably it. This guide explains what the number is, where to find it, which states show it, and the myths that have grown up around it.

What is ULPIN, or Bhu-Aadhaar?

ULPIN is a national ID for land parcels, created under the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP). Each parcel gets one code, so the same piece of land can be matched across the revenue record, the map and other systems.

Key facts, in brief:

The idea grew out of Andhra Pradesh's earlier Bhudhaar project and was announced nationally in 2020. In the Union Budget of 23 July 2024, the Finance Minister said rural land reforms with the states would include "assignment of Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) or Bhu-Aadhaar for all lands", along with digitising cadastral maps and surveying sub-divisions, to be completed within three years with fiscal support.

How is a ULPIN different from a khasra or survey number?

A khasra or survey number is unique only inside one village. Survey number 112 exists in thousands of villages. A ULPIN is unique across India, so it identifies the parcel without needing the state, district, tehsil and village.

A ULPIN does not replace your khasra, khata or survey number. Records keep all of them. When a parcel is divided, the new pieces are new parcels on the map, so expect new IDs for them.

How do you find your ULPIN?

Open your parcel's land record on your state's portal and look for a field labelled ULPIN, unique land parcel ID or property UID. If it is there, save a dated copy.

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   Find your state's record

   Use our record finder or the state-wise guide to check land records online. You need the village and your khasra, survey or gat number.
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   Open the parcel's record or map

   On map-based portals such as Kerala's Ente Bhoomi, click the parcel; the pop-up shows the ULPIN. On text records, look near the top or in a column for the parcel.
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   Save it with your papers

   Write the ULPIN on the front of your property file, next to the khasra and khata numbers. Quote it in letters to the tehsil or a lawyer.
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   If there is none, wait or ask

   No ULPIN means your state or village has not assigned one yet. Ask the tehsil or land records office; there is nothing for you to apply for.

What is ULPIN in 7/12?

On Maharashtra's 7/12 (satbara) extract, the ULPIN is the unique property ID printed for that survey or gat number on newer extracts. Maharashtra's Bhulekh portal asks "Do you know your 11 digit Property UID Number?" and, if you do, lets you pull up the 7/12 with it instead of choosing district, taluka and village. Note that Maharashtra's own property UID is 11 digits, while the national ULPIN format is 14 characters. Our 7/12 utara guide shows every other field on the extract.

Which states show the ULPIN on land records?

These are the records where we have seen the ULPIN shown on the public record ourselves. Many other states are assigning it too, so absence from this table does not mean your state has none.

What does a ULPIN do, and what doesn't it do?

A ULPIN makes your parcel easy to identify without confusion. It does not decide who owns it.

What it helps with:

• One parcel, one ID across the revenue record, the map and, over time, registration and bank systems.
• Fewer mix-ups between similar survey numbers in neighbouring villages.
• Linking the map to the record, because the ID is tied to the geo-referenced boundary.
• Credit and farm services: the Budget said these land reforms, with links to a farmers registry, would ease credit flow.

What it does not do:

• It is not a title. Ownership still comes from your sale deed, inheritance or partition.
• It does not stop fraud on its own. A forged deed can still be registered and a wrong mutation can still be entered against a parcel that has a ULPIN. The ID makes the parcel easier to track, but someone still has to look.
• It does not settle boundaries. If the map is wrong, the ULPIN points to the wrong shape. Raise errors during your state's resurvey.

What are the common ULPIN myths?

• "I need to link my Aadhaar to get a ULPIN." No. ULPIN is for the land. Some states separately ask owners to link their own Aadhaar to land accounts, such as Kerala's Unique Thandaper, but that is a different scheme. See our thandaper guide.
• "A ULPIN means the land is safe from encroachment." No. It is a number on paper. It says nothing about who is on the ground.
• "If my record has no ULPIN, my land is not registered." No. Many parcels simply have not been assigned one yet.
• "The ULPIN changes when the land is sold." It should not; it belongs to the parcel. The owner's name in the record changes after mutation.

How should NRIs use their ULPIN?

Treat it as the best label for your land. Write it on your property file, give it to your lawyer and relatives, and quote it whenever you write to the tehsil, so nobody confuses your parcel with another.

Then keep watching the things a ULPIN cannot protect: the owner names and mutation entries in the record, and the land itself. Compare two copies of your record line by line with the land record change checker, or read our guide on how to check if your land has been sold.

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ULPIN roll-out differs from state to state and is still going on. Check your state's land records portal for the current position, and talk to a local property lawyer about anything to do with title.