An honest comparison
How should you keep an eye on land you can’t visit?
Short answer: combine them. People can act on the ground. PlotPehra watches the two places trouble shows up — the land itself, from space, and the official land record, every week — and a person reviews every alert, without favours or awkward phone calls. Here is how each option stacks up.
Comparison table
| Relative / neighbour | Paid caretaker | Property manager | Record alerts | PlotPehra (space + records) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typical cost | Free — but costs favours | Monthly wage | A monthly fee or % of rent | Free or low cost | From $15 / plot / month |
| How often it checks | When they pass by | Depends on the person | Scheduled visits | When you remember to check | Every clear satellite image + the record weekly |
| Sees physical changes | Yes, if they look | Yes | Yes | No — paper only | Yes — field- and building-scale (10 m) |
| Sees paper changes (new owner, mutation) | Rarely | Rarely | Sometimes | Yes, if you check | Yes — weekly, in 19 states |
| Monsoon months | Rarely visited | Often skipped | Often skipped | Unaffected | Clouds can hide the ground for weeks (we say so); record checks continue |
| Dated evidence | Rarely | Sometimes photos | Visit reports | Record entries | Dated images + record snapshots, reviewed by a person |
| Independent of local interests | Not always | Not always | Varies | Yes | Yes |
| Can act on the ground | Yes | Yes | Yes — rent, repairs | No | No — we only watch |
| Needs power of attorney | Sometimes | Sometimes | Often | No | Never |
Want the long version? Read relative, caretaker, property manager or satellite — an honest comparison.
The difference
Stop waiting for news. Start seeing for yourself.
A whole year of Land Watch costs less than one flight home.
The way most families do it
- How you find outA phone call from someone — sometimes years later
- How oftenWhenever someone happens to pass by
- If the papers changeYou find out at the tehsil office — if you ever go
- Who you rely onRelatives, tenants or a caretaker
- What you can showHearsay and old memories
- What it costsFlights home, favours and sleepless nights
With PlotPehra
- How you find outA message from our team, with the evidence
- How oftenEvery clear satellite view, and the record every week
- If the papers changeWe read your official land record every week
- Who you rely onSatellites, the official records and a real person
- What you can showDated satellite views and copies of the record
- What it costsFrom $15 a month
Questions
Choosing what’s right for you.
Not always. Satellites can’t collect rent, fix a wall or talk to a tenant. What monitoring does well is watch objectively — every clear satellite image plus a weekly check of the land record — and give you a dated trail. Many families use both: a person for the practical work and independent monitoring to keep everyone honest.
They catch paper changes like a new mutation or owner, which is the early warning for a forged sale. But they can’t see someone farming, fencing or building on your land. PlotPehra does both: a weekly land-record check in 19 states plus satellite watching, with a person reviewing every alert.
Check your land record online every few months (free), ask someone you trust to visit when they can, and add low-cost monitoring that watches both the land (from space) and the record (weekly) so nothing goes unwatched.
Ready to see your land for yourself?
Tell us the village or drop a pin — it takes about two minutes. We confirm the boundary with you before your first report.