584 Sub-Registrar Offices across 38 districts, and the 21,787 villages they serve between them. Which office holds your parcel decides which register your deed sits in, and how far back that register goes.
Registration costs 11 per cent of value and does not transfer the patta. What buying land in Tamil Nadu actually costs.
Office and village mapping from TNREGINET, Tamil Nadu Registration Department, retrieved March 2026. Town and city wards are counted separately from villages on each district page.