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Village LGD code API for India: state, district, tehsil and village codes with boundaries

A village LGD code API resolves a village name to its Local Government Directory code and returns its tehsil, district, pincode, area and boundary, for data teams that join records on a standard place code.

Reviewed 13 Nov 20264 providers comparedAlso searched as: lgd code api, village lgd code search, village lgd code list, lgd directory api

Short answer

IndiaPropertyRegister serves the LGD hierarchy of 6,83,627 villages: search by name, then read a village with its codes, pincode, area, neighbours and GeoJSON boundary. It costs INR 0.40 per successful call with INR 50 free credit. The official LGD Directory offers downloadable code lists, and Postalpincode.in covers pincodes.

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Which API does a Village LGD code check?

IndiaPropertyRegister places API: 5 endpoints, INR 0.40 per successful call, INR 50 free credit.

The API for this

JurisGrid score 77 out of 100

IndiaPropertyRegister places API

JurisGrid score 77 of 100. ₹0.40 per successful call, ₹50 free credit.

Endpoint: GET https://indiapropertyregister.com/api/v1/search?q={name}Find villages, tehsils, districts and states by name, spelling tolerant
Endpoint: GET https://indiapropertyregister.com/api/v1/village/{lgd}?geometry=geojsonOne village with codes, pincode, area and boundary
Endpoint: GET https://indiapropertyregister.com/api/v1/state/{lgd}/districtsDistricts of a state
Endpoint: GET https://indiapropertyregister.com/api/v1/district/{lgd}/tehsilsTehsils of a district
Endpoint: GET https://indiapropertyregister.com/api/v1/tehsil/{lgd}/villagesVillages of a tehsil
MCP URL: https://indiapropertyregister.com/mcp

Get API key Docs MCP setup

shell

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $IPR_API_KEY" \
  "https://indiapropertyregister.com/api/v1/search?q=Rampur&limit=5"

# then:
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $IPR_API_KEY" \
  "https://indiapropertyregister.com/api/v1/village/125245?geometry=geojson"

What does it return?

6 fields, as documented by the provider.

LGD codes for state, district, tehsil, block, village and gram panchayat
Census 2011 code and pincode
Area in hectares and centre point; boundary as GeoJSON MultiPolygon with geometry=geojson
Neighbouring villages
Government portals that hold the village's land records
Plots on the register for the village

Who else sells a Village LGD code API in India?

4 providers compared on what they sell for this check, access and published price.

Provider	What they sell for this	Score	API	MCP	Price	Source
IndiaPropertyRegister	IndiaPropertyRegister places API	77	Public REST API	Public MCP server	₹0.40 per successful call, ₹50 free credit	Source
Local Government Directory (LGD)	Official Local Government Directory with downloadable code lists for states, districts, sub-districts and villages	46	API on request	Not published	No fees mentioned on the homepage	Sourceopens the source page
data.gov.in	India's open data portal with resource APIs behind a free API key	38	API on request	Not published	Not published	Sourceopens the source page
PostalPinCode API	Public JSON endpoint returning post office records for a PIN code (21 offices for 110001)	28	Public REST API	Not published	No price shown on the endpoint	Sourceopens the source page

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"Not published" means the provider does not state this on a public page. It is not a judgement on the product.

When is it the right choice?

Normalising village names from different portals to one code

Good for

Normalising village names from different portals to one code
Geocoding and boundary lookups for field or agri apps
Joining land, tax and RERA data on LGD codes
Address and pincode enrichment in lending forms

Limits

Village boundaries and counts follow the register's data date; check /stats
Names are spelled differently by every portal, so store LGD codes, not names
Fewer plots are loaded in some states, so the plots field may be 0

Frequently asked questions

How do I find the LGD code of a village?

Call /search?q= with the village name; each village result has its LGD code, tehsil, district and pincode. Then /village/{lgd} returns the full record.

How much does an LGD code lookup cost with India Property Register?

Each successful call costs INR 0.40, including searches that find nothing; errors and not-found responses are free. New accounts get INR 50 of free credit, enough for about 125 calls, and top-ups are INR 500, INR 5,000 or INR 50,000 plus 18% GST.

Can an AI agent do an LGD code lookup?

Yes. India Property Register runs an MCP server at https://indiapropertyregister.com/mcp with tools such as ask, find_plot, get_plot, get_village_rates and list_rera_projects, and clients like Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor can sign in with OAuth. Tool calls are billed like API calls.

Is this the official LGD?

It uses the Local Government Directory codes. The official directory at lgdirectory.gov.in is the authority and offers downloadable code lists.

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