What is Ente Bhoomi?
Definition
Ente Bhoomi, the Integrated Land Information Management System (ILIMS), is the Kerala revenue department's unified portal at entebhoomi.kerala.gov.in, serving the RoR, thandaper details and digital resurvey records as coverage rolls out with the resurvey. The encumbrance certificate issues separately through the registration department's PEARL system at the sub-registrar.Kerala's land memory has two keepers. The village office, now surfacing on entebhoomi.kerala.gov.in, holds who: the RoR entry, the thandaper account, the tax assessment. The sub-registrar, through PEARL, holds what was signed: deeds, mortgages, partitions. Every purchase reads both keepers and reconciles them.
The system's distinctive feature is the ground it stands on: a full digital resurvey, remeasuring the state village by village, so the records coming online are freshly verified rather than merely scanned. The thandaper ties a holder's parcels into one account, and the humble land tax receipt remains the state's everyday proof that record and possession agree.
Two limits matter. Coverage is phased, so unserved villages still work through the village office counter. And nothing on the records side shows a mortgage or a registered chain; the EC through PEARL, and for buildability, the paddy-wetland data bank, are separate and mandatory stops.
Ente Bhoomi or PEARL: where each service lives
Revenue and registration are separate departments in Kerala, and one more register, the paddy-wetland data bank, sits above both for anything you plan to build.
| Question | Where it lives | Service |
|---|---|---|
| Who holds this land, and what class is it? | Ente Bhoomi / village office | RoR view |
| What does this person own here? | Ente Bhoomi / village office | Thandaper account |
| What was registered against it? | PEARL (sub-registrar) | Encumbrance Certificate |
| Can it ever be built on? | Data bank (village office) | Paddy-wetland check |
| Where do the boundaries run? | Survey records / e-Rekha | Maps and sketches |
| Did the sale or death reach the record? | Village office | Pokkuvaravu |
The habit to build: record and account questions to the revenue side, chain and charge questions to PEARL, buildability to the data bank, and no single counter trusted for all three.
All Ente Bhoomi services, with a guide for each
Nine guides across the two departments. The PEARL badge marks the registration side; everything else runs through the revenue chain and its counters.
Records & accounts
5 guidesThe village office's registers, surfacing on entebhoomi.kerala.gov.in as the rollout reaches each district.
The village office entry online: holder, extent, nilam or purayidam class, and the thandaper behind them.
Search by owner nameResolve a name to a thandaper and read the account outward, the standard route for NRI and inheritance tracing.
Pokkuvaravu (mutation) P1The transfer of registry after a deed or a death, finished only when the tax receipt issues in the new name.
Certified RoR copyThe village office's issued extract, paired with the tax receipt, that banks and registrars actually act on.
Thandaper numberKerala's holder account: one number gathering a person's parcels and carrying the land tax assessment.
Registration (PEARL)
1 guideThe sub-registrar's memory: registered deeds, charges and partitions, served through the registration department's system.
Survey & resurvey
2 guidesTwo eras of measurement, the archive that serves the old and the resurvey writing the new, with a correspondence sheet between them.
Viewer coverage, e-Rekha's survey archive and the old-versus-new numbering that keeps the eras straight.
Digital resurvey recordsThe remeasurement rewriting Kerala's fabric village by village, and the objection window owners must not miss.
Conversion
1 guideOne guide for Kerala's land-use question, where the data bank speaks before any application does.
Getting started on the portal
Every guide assumes you can name the parcel and the holder precisely; Kerala gives you two keys for that.
Survey number and thandaper: the two keys
The survey number, old or resurvey era, names the ground; the thandaper names the holder's account, and it prints on every land tax receipt the family has ever kept. Between the two, and the village office when both fail, every lookup resolves.
| Step | Online | Offline |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Access | Open entebhoomi.kerala.gov.in where your district is covered | The village office counter serves every village regardless |
| 2. Identify the parcel | Search by survey number, reconciling old and resurvey eras | An old tax receipt's thandaper number is the shortcut |
| 3. Use the service | Pick the service; its guide above covers the rest | Akshaya centres file requests where queues are impractical |
| 4. Keep evidence | Save the views; certified extracts come from the village office | Issued extracts plus the current tax receipt are what count |
Offline Kerala runs through the village office and the Village Officer, with Akshaya centres as the filing counter for certificates and applications, and the taluk and RDO tiers above for what the village cannot decide.
Which service do you actually need?
Name the question, and the table points at the guide built for it.
| You want to | Use this service | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Read the core land record | RoR view on Ente Bhoomi | RoR guide |
| Trace family or NRI holdings | Name to thandaper trace | Name search |
| Check loans and the title chain | EC through PEARL | EC guide |
| Move the record after a deed or death | Pokkuvaravu | Pokkuvaravu |
| Understand the holder's account | Thandaper number | Thandaper |
| See the plot's boundaries | Bhu Naksha and e-Rekha | Maps guide |
| Read the new survey records | Digital resurvey | Resurvey |
| Build on the land lawfully | Class check, then conversion | Conversion |
The order a careful buyer runs these in
Kerala rewards a strict order, because the class question and the survey-era question can each invalidate everything checked after them.
- Read the RoR and its class first. Holder, extent and the nilam-or-purayidam entry decide whether the deal fits your plans at all. Guide: RoR view
- Check the data bank on anything buildable. A parcel in the paddy and wetland register changes the question from price to possibility. Guide: Conversion guide
- Pull the EC through PEARL, thirty years. Kerala's partition-heavy chains need the full window; map the branch that leads to your seller. Guide: Encumbrance Certificate
- Reconcile the survey eras. Old number, resurvey number and the correspondence sheet must agree before extents mean anything. Guide: Resurvey records
- Read the seller's thandaper and tax trail. The account lists what they truly hold, and current tax in their name is possession's heartbeat. Guide: Thandaper
- After the deed, drive pokkuvaravu home. The RoR, the thandaper and finally the tax receipt in your name close the purchase properly. Guide: Pokkuvaravu
Common issues across the portal
Four snags account for most stuck Kerala searches and purchases.
Rollout follows the resurvey in phases. The village office holds the same registers; portal absence says nothing about the land.
Old and resurvey eras coexist. Get the correspondence sheet from the village office before comparing deeds, records or extents.
Fill does not change the register. Check the data bank and the RoR class before pricing anything as buildable ground.
Deed done, record unmoved. Drive pokkuvaravu to the tax receipt in the new name; the receipt is the finish line.
Rules buyers should know
Notified paddy and wetland sits under the conservation regime, and lawful exits are narrow. Check the register before the price talk.
Nothing on the revenue side shows a mortgage or a chain. Thirty years through PEARL, reconciled against the RoR, before any advance.
Current tax in the seller's own name is Kerala's everyday proof that record and possession agree. Its absence is a question, not a detail.
The objection window is when the record gets rewritten. Owners present shape their entry; absentees inherit whatever settled without them.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Ente Bhoomi?
Kerala's Integrated Land Information Management System (ILIMS), serving the RoR, thandaper and resurvey records online as the digital resurvey completes district by district.
Is Ente Bhoomi available everywhere in Kerala?
Coverage follows the digital resurvey and arrives in phases. Where a village is not yet served, the village office remains the authoritative counter.
How do I check land ownership in Kerala?
Read the RoR entry, the thandaper account and the current tax receipt together. One name across all three is the healthy pattern.
Where does the encumbrance certificate come from?
From the sub-registrar through the registration department's PEARL system. The village office does not issue it.
What is pokkuvaravu?
Kerala's mutation: the transfer of registry moving the RoR and thandaper to a new holder after a deed or succession, at the village office.
What is the thandaper number?
The village office's account for a landholder, gathering their parcels and carrying the land tax assessment. It prints on every tax receipt.
Can paddy land be built on in Kerala?
Notified paddy and wetland in the data bank sits under the conservation regime, and lawful exceptions are narrow. Check the data bank before pricing any plot.
Why do records show two survey numbers?
Old survey and digital resurvey numbering coexist during the transition. The village office issues the correspondence between them.