Land Records
What is Adangal?
The village record for the Telugu states — and the one place where Telangana's Dharani rollout has genuinely changed what a buyer can check.
The short answer
Adangal is the village land record in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana — the survey number, the extent, the holder, the classification, and what was cultivated.
In Andhra Pradesh you check it on Meebhoomi, alongside the 1-B register. In Telangana, land records were consolidated into Dharani.
What an adangal contains
- Survey number and subdivision
- The holder's name (pattadar)
- The extent of the land
- The classification — wet, dry, and whether agricultural
- The crops cultivated, by season
- Land revenue assessed
- The nature of possession — owner-cultivated, tenanted
- Water source
It is a village-level record, historically maintained by the Village Revenue Officer.
Adangal and the 1-B register
| Adangal | 1-B Register | |
|---|---|---|
| Organised by | The land — survey number | The person — the pattadar |
| Tells you | Everything about this plot: extent, classification, crops, holder | Everything this person holds in the village, across all survey numbers |
| Use it to | Verify the plot being sold | See what else the seller owns — and whether the holding is joint |
Check both. The adangal tells you about the plot. The 1-B tells you about the person selling it — including whether they hold it jointly with anyone they haven't mentioned.
Telangana: Dharani
Telangana consolidated its land records into the Dharani portal — integrating the record of rights, mutation and registration into a single system.
The intent was to make land records and registration talk to each other, so that a sale updates the record automatically rather than requiring a separate mutation months later.
The practical effect for a buyer is real: you can verify the record yourself, online, before you pay anything.
That was materially harder before. Use it.
The system has been through several iterations and policy changes since launch. Check the current position rather than relying on anything written a year ago — including this page.
How to check
- Andhra Pradesh: Meebhoomi. Telangana: Dharani.
- Select the district, mandal, village.
- Search by survey number, or by the holder's name / Aadhaar.
- Check the name matches the seller, exactly.
- Check the extent.
- Check the classification — agricultural land needs conversion before you can build.
- Check the 1-B (Andhra) to see what else the seller holds, and whether jointly.
- Look for prohibited-land flags. Both states maintain lists of land barred from registration — government land, assigned land, endowment land. Check the property is not on one.
Both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh maintain lists of prohibited property — land which cannot lawfully be registered. Government land. Assigned land given to the landless, which cannot be sold on. Endowment land. Land under dispute.
Land on that list cannot be registered to you, however much you pay for it.
People have paid, in full, for land they could never own. Check the list. It is free, it is public, and it takes minutes.
If you're buying a flat
No individual adangal — a flat owner holds an undivided share of the land, which cannot appear as its own record.
Check instead: the record for the project land in the promoter's name; that it is not on the prohibited list; that the land use was converted; and your undivided share in the sale deed.
Frequently asked questions
What is adangal?
The village land record in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, recording the survey number, the holder, the extent, the classification and the crops cultivated. In Andhra Pradesh you check it on Meebhoomi; in Telangana, land records were consolidated into Dharani.
What is the difference between adangal and the 1-B register?
The adangal is organised by LAND — it tells you everything about a specific survey number. The 1-B register is organised by PERSON — it tells you everything a particular pattadar holds in the village. Check both: one verifies the plot, the other tells you what else the seller owns and whether the holding is joint.
What is Dharani?
Telangana's consolidated land records portal, integrating the record of rights, mutation and registration into a single system so that a sale updates the record automatically. Its practical benefit is that a buyer can verify the record themselves, online, before paying anything. The system has been through several iterations — check the current position.
What is the prohibited property list?
Both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh maintain lists of land that cannot lawfully be registered — government land, assigned land given to the landless, endowment land, land under dispute. Land on that list cannot be registered to you, however much you pay for it. People have paid in full for land they could never own. The list is free and public. Check it.
Do flats have an adangal?
Not individually. A flat owner holds an undivided share of the land, which cannot appear as its own record. Check instead the record for the project land in the promoter's name, that it is not on the prohibited list, that the land use was converted, and your undivided share as stated in the sale deed.