Overview
In Karnataka, a plot's survey number lives in the RTC (Pahani) on the Bhoomi portal, and the Dishaank app maps it by GPS. Zoom to your land on the map above and its survey-number boundary appears — you don't need to know the number to start.
Below: what the survey number is actually called in Karnataka, which official portal to use for what, and how to find any plot's number by location.
One plot, many names — which one is the ‘survey number’?
1. Survey Number (ಸರ್ವೆ ನಂಬರ್):
The unique ID for a parcel. A Hissa number identifies a share/sub-division of it.
2. RTC / Pahani (ಪಹಣಿ):
Record of Rights, Tenancy & Crops — the core land record with survey number, owner, extent and crop. RTC and Pahani are two names for the same document.
3. Bhoomi:
The government portal that issues the RTC / Pahani.
4. Dishaank:
The Survey Settlement & Land Records (SSLR) GPS app that shows a survey-number boundary from where you stand.
5. Mojini / Tippani / FMB:
The survey sketch and field measurement for a survey number.
6. Mutation (MR):
The record of an ownership change against a survey number.
Which record, which portal — for what
Different tasks need different records and portals. Here is the map.
What you want to do
Record / term
Where — official & free
Find a survey number by location
—
The 1acre map, or the Dishaank GPS app
Get the RTC / Pahani by survey no.
RTC · Pahani
Bhoomi: landrecords.karnataka.gov.in
See the survey sketch
Mojini / FMB
Bhoomi (Mojini)
Check ownership change
Mutation (MR)
Bhoomi
Encumbrance Certificate (title history)
EC
Kaveri Online: kaverionline.karnataka.gov.in
What you want to do
Record / term
Where — official & free
Find a survey number by location
—
The 1acre map, or the Dishaank GPS app
Get the RTC / Pahani by survey no.
RTC · Pahani
Bhoomi: landrecords.karnataka.gov.in
See the survey sketch
Mojini / FMB
Bhoomi (Mojini)
Check ownership change
Mutation (MR)
Bhoomi
Encumbrance Certificate (title history)
EC
Kaveri Online: kaverionline.karnataka.gov.in
RTC and Pahani are two names for the same Record of Rights. For registration or a loan, use the digitally-signed RTC from Bhoomi or a Nada Kacheri centre — the free view copy is for reference.
The one thing the government portal can't do
Bhoomi asks for the survey number, owner name or account before it shows you anything. 1acre works the other way round: start from the land. Search a village or drop a pin on the plot and the survey-number boundary appears on the map. Then take that number to the official portal for the certified record. Map-first is the search a land buyer actually needs — and no state portal offers it.
Go deeper — free Karnataka record guides
Primary reference
Karnataka Bhoomi (RTC / Pahani) — landrecords.karnataka.gov.in
Survey-number GPS app
Dishaank, by Survey Settlement & Land Records (SSLR)
Registration / EC
Kaveri Online Services — kaverionline.karnataka.gov.in
Coverage
All revenue villages, Karnataka
Data format
Vector (GeoJSON) + Raster Tiles
Last verified
July 2026
Note
The official portal is free. Avoid look-alike sites that charge a fee to check land records.

