Land Records
Read this before clicking anything below: Delhi does not have one unified land-records system the way most states do. Land here is controlled by three separate bodies, the Delhi (GNCTD) Revenue Department, the DDA (Delhi Development Authority), and L&DO (Land & Development Office), which is a central government body under the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, not a Delhi government department. Which one is relevant to a given plot depends entirely on who administers that land. There is no single "Patta" equivalent, we've split that row into three below rather than force a false match.
Official Resources
Guideline Value / Circle Rate GOV.IN Definition ↗
The government-notified minimum property value for an area, used to calculate stamp duty on a sale deed. Not the same as fair market value, see the Glossary.
Delhi's circle rates have gone largely unrevised since 16 February 2015, the only adjustment since is a temporary 20% COVID-era discount layered on top of the 2015 rates, not a fresh revision.
Open Delhi Revenue Department →Property Registration / e-Search GOV.IN
Search registered sale deeds through DORIS: Delhi Online Registration Information System. Active registration itself has moved to the national NGDRS portal; DORIS now mainly serves older records (2005 to January 2024) plus search tools.
Open DORIS →Land Ownership Record
Delhi has no single ownership-record system, it depends on who administers the land. Use whichever of the three applies to the plot in question.
FMB: Field Measurement Book Definition ↗
No clean citizen-facing plot-survey-sketch equivalent found. The closest concept, "Field Book," is an internal component of the Revenue Department's Khasra-Khatauni computerization program, not a public downloadable document the way TN's FMB is.
Not applicableCRZ Guidelines Definition ↗
Not applicable: Delhi is landlocked; CRZ notifications apply only to coastal/tidal states.
Not applicableGIS / Land Parcel Maps GOV.IN
DDA's GIS viewer, the "DDA Maps Geo-Portal", aggregates parcel and layer data from DDA, the local bodies, DUSIB, L&DO and DSIIDC into one map.
Carries its own explicit "for reference purpose, not for legal/litigation" disclaimer. dlrc.delhi.gov.in also runs a separate GIS layer of its own, covering land under Revenue Department jurisdiction.
Open DDA GIS →Land Use / Zoning Maps GOV.IN
Delhi's master-plan zoning documents, published by DDA.
MPD-2021 (notified 2007) is the currently operative law. MPD-2041 is still an unnotified draft as of 2026, roughly 33,000 public objections remain with the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs. Don't assume MPD-2041 already governs anything on the ground.
Open DDA Master Plans →Wetlands GOV.IN
Delhi's notified wetlands and buffer-zone rules, maintained by the Wetland Authority of Delhi (constituted 2019). Around 1,040 waterbodies have been inventoried, most GIS-mapped. Worth checking for plots near a lake, drain, or waterbody.
Open Wetland Authority of Delhi →Industrial Development GOV.IN
DSIIDC is Delhi's single consolidated agency for industrial land development and allotment (Bawana, Narela, Baprola and others), unlike Tamil Nadu's separate large-estate/small-estate split, one agency covers all of it here.
Open DSIIDC →Extra for Delhi
Three things about Delhi's governance that don't map onto Tamil Nadu's structure.
NDMC is a separate municipal body governing the New Delhi/Lutyens' core, distinct from the MCD, which governs the rest of the city: Delhi has at least two parallel municipal authorities inside one urban area, unlike TN's one-per-city model.
L&DO also runs a paid property-certificate/verification tool known as the e-Dharti Geoportal, covering roughly 60,000 L&DO leasehold properties. We couldn't confirm its exact subdomain URL this round, so rather than publish a guessed link, we're pointing you to L&DO's own site (ldo.gov.in), navigate to e-Dharti from there.
A Delhi Cantonment Board, administered by the Ministry of Defence, reportedly has its own separate building rules for its area. This has not been independently verified, flagging it honestly as an open item for a future pass, not as a confirmed fact.
Frequently asked
Why doesn't Delhi have a single land-ownership record like Patta?
Because land in Delhi is administered by three separate authorities depending on the plot, the Revenue Dept (Khasra/Khatauni for villages), DDA (leasehold land), and the central government's L&DO (including Lutyens' Delhi), so which record applies depends on who administers that specific plot.
Does CRZ apply in Delhi?
No. Delhi is landlocked, so CRZ notifications don't apply.
Is Delhi's MPD-2041 master plan already in force?
No. MPD-2021 (notified 2007) is still the currently operative law. MPD-2041 remains an unnotified draft as of 2026, with roughly 33,000 public objections still pending with the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.
How current are Delhi's circle rates?
They've gone largely unrevised since 16 February 2015, the only adjustment since is a temporary 20% COVID-era discount layered on the 2015 rates, not a fresh revision.