Land records

Patta, chitta, and EC, in broker language

Dated 14 October 2026. Brokers in Tamil Nadu are asked for patta, chitta, and EC before a buyer visits. You can say what each paper is. You should not say “title is clear” because a printout looked tidy.

The words

  • Patta: the revenue record naming the person entered as the holder.
  • Chitta: the village-account extract that carries classification, extent, and the patta details. People say “patta chitta” as one request. They are related extracts, not a magic combined certificate.
  • EC, encumbrance certificate: a registration-department search of registered documents in a period you choose. It is not a survey of unregistered deals.
  • FMB: the field measurement sketch. Buyers ask for the lines on the ground. It is not the price.

Open eservices.tn.gov.in for patta and chitta views, and tnreginet.gov.in for EC. How to read that search is on encumbrance certificate online. Estavik does not log into those sites for you. Other states use other names. Maharashtra’s 7/12 and Karnataka’s khata are in the glossary.

Kanyakumari buyers who want a longer explanation can read the buyer guides on kanyakumariproperties.com. That site is not the broker app.

Example only. This is not a live listing, not a customer, and not a price guide.

What you may write on a listing
Patta: to be checked on eservices. Survey number ____. EC: not yet seen. Do not write “clear” until you have read the papers. Owner phone stays in the vault.

Guideline value, which buyers mix up with patta, is a different page: guideline value. How patta moves after a sale, including NISD and ISD, is patta transfer online. Layout approval is DTCP and CMDA.

Tamil Nilam map

The Tamil Nilam GI viewer is the revenue department’s map viewer, reached from tamilnilam.tn.gov.in, for seeing survey and subdivision boundaries. Use it alongside the FMB sketch, not instead of a surveyor. The exact page path was not re-read on 11 November 2026, so this page links to the portal home.

Questions

A patta is the revenue record of who is entered against the land. It is not, by itself, the sale deed, and it is not a promise of a clear sale. A lawyer or the buyer’s own check still matters. This page is not legal advice.

Tamil Nadu’s e-services site is eservices.tn.gov.in. Encumbrance certificates are looked up on tnreginet.gov.in. Confirm the .gov.in domain before you type a survey number.

For a Tamil Nadu sale that does not split the survey number, patta can move to the buyer at registration when the seller’s name, survey number and extent match the online patta and the land has no encumbrance. News reports on 3 and 4 July 2026 said a revised order in June 2026 also covers a sale signed by family members together, or by a valid power of attorney. A sale that splits the land still needs an application on Tamil Nilam. This page prints no fee.

The urban Tamil Nilam site says applicants get SMS updates. Status can also be viewed on the state’s AnyTime Anywhere e-services portal, eservices.tn.gov.in, or in the Tamil Nilam mobile app.

Apply for a survey or a subdivision through the Tamil Nilam citizen portal, tamilnilam.tn.gov.in/citizen/. The fee and the click-path were not verified for this page, so they are not printed. Use the portal. This is not legal advice.

It is the revenue department’s map viewer, reached from tamilnilam.tn.gov.in, for seeing survey and subdivision boundaries. Use it alongside the FMB sketch, not instead of a surveyor. The exact page path was not re-read on 11 November 2026, so this page links to the portal home.

Keep the owner’s number on your phone

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