Checking a survey number on Bhu Bharati before buying a plot

Patient Meerkat 63

For anyone buying open land: before you even visit, look up the survey number on Bhu Bharati (it replaced Dharani). Check:

the owner's name matches the seller
the extent matches what is being sold
the land type (patta, assigned, government, etc.)
whether there is any prohibition on the record

Then compare the parcel's shape with the state's cadastral map, which BuyBloc shows as a sketch. It is not a legal boundary, so get a licensed surveyor to mark the plot on the ground before you pay.

Careful Swan 74

Very important point about assigned land. It usually cannot be sold, and many buyers find out too late.

Golden Parrot 92

Also check that the village on the record is the village the seller says. Plots near village borders are sometimes recorded under the next village.

Patient Meerkat 63

Yes. That happened to a friend. The documents named one village and the cadastral map put the parcel in the next one.