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State guide · Kerala· നിങ്ങളുടെ ഭൂമി

Protecting your land in Kerala, from wherever you live.

Almost every Malayali family abroad — in the Gulf especially — has a house plot, a rubber or coconut holding, or ancestral land back home. In Kerala your holding is tracked through the thandaper register and your annual land tax receipt, and the state has moved its records onto the Ente Bhoomi portal as it carries out a digital resurvey. Land is measured in cents, and small differences in a boundary wall matter a lot.

Kerala land records at a glance

Land record
Thandaper register and land tax receipt
Check online
Ente Bhoomi — Kerala’s integrated land records portal
Plot number
Survey / resurvey number and thandaper number
Ownership change
Pokkuvaravu
Land units
Cent, are, acre, hectare
Report languages
Malayalam, English

Terms explained: mutation, khasra, girdawari, encumbrance certificate. Convert local units with the land unit converter or jump straight to cent to sq ft, cent to acre and are to cent.

What to watch for

Common risks for NRI land in Kerala

  • Digital resurvey producing new survey numbers and areas; an owner abroad may not notice if their area or boundary was recorded differently.
  • Unoccupied houses and plots becoming overgrown, which hides encroachment and invites neighbours to shift a boundary wall.
  • Paddy land and wetland classification issues when someone else fills or converts the land.
  • Land tax not paid for years, which weakens the paper trail that shows you are the holder.

What helps

Practical tips

  • Check your details on Ente Bhoomi and compare the resurvey number and area with your old deed and tax receipts.
  • Pay land tax every year (it can be paid online) and keep the receipts — they are everyday evidence of your holding.
  • NORKA Roots is the Kerala government agency for non-resident Keralites and can be a starting point for guidance.

How it works

Three minutes to set up. Then we keep watch.

बस सर्वे नंबर या लोकेशन पिन भेजिए — बाकी काम हमारा।

  1. Step 1

    Tell us where your land is

    Drop a pin on the map, or give the village and the survey, khasra, gat or dag number. About three minutes. No documents to upload, no power of attorney, no visits.

  2. Step 2

    We watch it on two fronts

    Every clear satellite image of your plot is compared with its own history — crops, digging, new building. And in 19 states we read your official land record every week for new owners or mutations.

  3. Step 3

    A person tells you what it means

    Each month a short update lands in your email. If something changes, our team checks it first, then explains it on WhatsApp or a call — in English or your home language.

Families from Kerala we help, around the world

Questions

Kerala: questions NRIs ask

Ente Bhoomi is Kerala’s integrated land records portal, linking revenue, survey and registration information as the state digitally resurveys land. It is where you check your resurvey details and land records online.

Pokkuvaravu is Kerala’s term for mutation — transferring the thandaper (holding) into the new owner’s name after a sale, gift or inheritance. Without it, the land tax is still collected in the old name.

Guides for Kerala landowners

Free tools for Kerala land

All 55 free tools

Mutation After Death Checklist

Intkal, varsai, dakhil-kharij: the papers and steps to put land in the heirs’ names.

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Measure Land Area on Map

Tap the corners of your plot on satellite imagery — get acres, kanal, bigha and sq ft.

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Look at your land tonight. Sleep easier tomorrow.

Three quick questions, about two minutes. No documents or power of attorney needed to start.

  • Full refund if we can’t find your plot
  • A real person confirms the boundary with you
  • Cancel anytime

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