Land Digitization
South Asia · State Government
Land & Revenue
Digitizing 5 Million Land Records for a State Revenue Department
The Challenge
A state revenue department managed land records dating back over 150 years — entirely on paper, distributed across thousands of village-level offices. The result was rampant land fraud, an estimated 60% of civil court cases related to land disputes, and mutation processes that took an average of 45 days. Smallholder farmers could not access credit because their land tenure was unverifiable.
The Solution
Terracis deployed a state-wide Land Information System integrating GIS satellite imagery, physical survey data, and digitized historical records into a tamper-proof, government-hosted database. A citizen self-service portal allowed online mutation requests, document access, and fee payment. 1,800+ village revenue officers were trained and onboarded to the system in a phased 18-month rollout.
Technology Stack
GIS (ESRI ArcGIS + OpenLayers), Oracle Database, Java Spring microservices, React citizen portal, mobile survey application, PKI digital signatures for record authenticity.
5M+
Records Digitized
68%
Dispute Reduction
3 Days
Avg. Mutation Time
99.8%
Record Accuracy
82%
Online Transactions
$240M
Revenue Unlocked (Yr 1)