Mahabhunakasha Maharashtra: How to Check Online (2026 Guide)

At a glance

An impact study of the land records programme in Maharashtra, issued by LBSNAA, records that citizens can view village maps through Mahabhunakasha on the Mahabhumi portal. Digitisation was uneven: the same study found map digitisation complete in some districts and ground-truthing done in only a few villages.

What Mahabhunakasha shows

Every village in Maharashtra has a village map on which land is divided into numbered parcels. In villages where land consolidation was carried out, the parcels carry Gat (गट) numbers; elsewhere they carry survey numbers, often split into Hissa (हिस्सा) sub-divisions. Mahabhunakasha draws these parcels from digitised versions of the village map and related sheets, such as the tippan (टिप्पण), the field measurement sketch, and the phalni (फाळणी) or partition sheet.

When you select a plot, the viewer shows its number and outline and, in most villages, a short report with area and holder details drawn from the land records database. You can usually see the neighbouring Gat numbers on all sides, roads, nalas and the village boundary.

The map is a revenue map. It tells you how the department has drawn the plot, not where fences or bunds stand today. Where land was divided within a family without a formal measurement, the map and the ground often differ. Our guide to Bhu Naksha cadastral maps explains the general limits of revenue maps.

Rural Gat maps and urban city survey maps

Maharashtra keeps two kinds of land maps, and you need to pick the right one.

• Rural maps. Agricultural land in villages is mapped by Gat or survey number and linked to the 7/12. This is what most farmland buyers need.
• Urban maps. Land in city survey areas is mapped by city survey (CTS) number and linked to the property card. In Mumbai Suburban, for example, the Collectorate says city survey maps are kept at 1:500 scale for 86 villages surveyed between 1963 and 1970.

If a plot on the edge of a town cannot be found by Gat number, it may now fall in a city survey area. Our property card guide explains how urban land is recorded.

Step by step: view and print a plot map

1. Open mahabhunakasha.mahabhumi.gov.in on a laptop or desktop. The map loads more reliably on a large screen.
2. Choose the category if asked (rural or urban), then the district, taluka and village.
3. Wait for the village map to load. Zoom in to see the parcel numbers.
4. Search for the Gat or survey number, or click the parcel on the map.
5. Open the plot details. Note the area, the holder names shown, and every neighbouring number.
6. Use the print or report option to save the plot map and details as a PDF or paper copy for your file.
7. Write the date on the printout. The map can change after a mutation or measurement, so an old printout may be out of date.

Linking the map with the 7/12

The map tells you where the plot is. The 7/12 tells you who holds it and on what terms. Use them together:

1. Pull the current 7/12 and 8A for the same Gat number from Mahabhulekh; our 7/12 guide walks through it.
2. Compare the area on the 7/12 with the area shown in the plot report. A small gap is normal; a big one needs an explanation.
3. Check that every holder on the 7/12 is a seller, and that the plot on the map is the land they showed you.
4. Pull the ferfar entries behind each name; see our e-Ferfar guide.
5. If the 7/12 shows a Hissa sub-division, check whether the map shows it. Many sub-divisions exist on paper but were never drawn.

Areas are usually in hectares and ares. For guntha or acre quotes, use our land measurement units guide.

When you need a measured map: e-Mojani

If the map and the ground disagree, or you are buying part of a Gat, you need a measurement (मोजणी) by the land records department. Applications can be made online through e-Mojani, and the Mumbai Suburban Collectorate says the measurement fee is shown after you apply. The surveyor measures on site and gives a map of the measured boundary. Neighbours are usually notified, so expect the process to take weeks. Ask the seller to be present on the day, and make sure the surveyor marks the boundary points on the ground, not just on paper, so that you can fence the land after purchase without a fresh dispute. Our demarcation guide covers what to expect.

Common errors and fixes

• Village map blank or slow. Retry on a desktop, at a quieter time of day, or with a different browser.
• Gat number not found. Check whether the village uses Gat or survey numbers, and whether the number has a Hissa suffix.
• Old survey number on the sale papers. After consolidation, old survey numbers may appear only in older records. Ask the Talathi for the matching Gat number.
• Wrong village. Village names may be in Marathi with similar spellings. Confirm the taluka.

What to check before you rely on it

• Map versus site. Walk the land with a printout and match at least two fixed features.
• Road access. Check whether the plot touches a road or cart track on the map; if not, ask how access works.
• Undrawn sub-divisions. If you are buying part of a Gat, get it measured before registration.
• Rules on who can buy. Read our agricultural land rules for Maharashtra.
• Map is not title. Have a local advocate check the registered deeds.

Frequently Asked Questions

Sources

• Settlement Commissioner and Director of Land Records, Maharashtra: Mahabhunakasha
• Revenue Department, Maharashtra: Mahabhumi services
• Revenue Department, Maharashtra: Mahabhulekh 7/12 and 8A
• Land Records Department, Maharashtra: Bhumi Abhilekh
• Collector Mumbai Suburban District: Land records
• LBSNAA: Impact assessment study of DILRMP in Maharashtra, executive summary