In Telangana (and also Andhra Pradesh), Pahani is an important land revenue record maintained by the Revenue Department. It is also known as Adangal in some areas.

📑 What is Pahani?

A Pahani/Adangal is an official record that contains detailed information about a piece of agricultural land for a particular year.

🔑 Key Details in a Pahani:

1. Survey Number & Extent – Identification of the land parcel and its area.
   
   

2. Landowner’s Details – Name of the landowner(s).
   
   

3. Cultivator / Tenant Details – If land is cultivated by someone other than the owner, their name is entered (important for Protected Tenancy).
   
   

4. Type of Land – Wet (irrigated), dry, agricultural, etc.
   
   

5. Crops Grown – What crop is being cultivated in that agricultural year.
   
   

6. Source of Irrigation – Whether from well, borewell, tank, canal, or rainfed.
   
   

7. Land Revenue Assessment – Tax/cess details.
   
   

8. Occupancy Rights – Whether land is under owner cultivation, tenant cultivation, or government assigned.
   
   

🏛️ Purpose of Pahani:

• Proof of ownership and cultivation.
  
  

• Used for agricultural loans from banks.
  
  

• Required for land transactions (sale, lease, mortgage, etc.).
  
  

• Helps government track crop patterns and land usage.
  
  

📌 Access Today:

In Telangana, Pahani records are digitized and available online through the Dharani Portal (https://dharani.telangana.gov.in). Citizens can download Pahani copies by entering survey number or pattadar (landowner) details.

👉 In short:
Pahani = Annual land record showing ownership, cultivation, crop details, irrigation source, and tenancy status.

✅ Simple Way to Remember

• Adangal = Raw village record (survey + crops + cultivation details).
  
  

• Pahani = Official annual extract of land records (ownership + crops + liabilities), used for legal and financial purposes.