VAHAN is the Government of India's national vehicle registration database, maintained by MoRTH and holding records for over 35 crore vehicles across all 36 states and union territories. This guide explains what details VAHAN 4.0 contains — owner name, RC status, insurance, PUC and fitness — and how to check them by number plate.
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VAHAN — short for Vehicle Registration — is the Government of India's national vehicle registry, managed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) through the National Informatics Centre (NIC). It stores the Registration Certificate record of every motor vehicle in India — over 35 crore vehicles across all 36 states and union territories — and is the source of truth relied on by RTOs, insurers, traffic police and courts. This is an independent guide; the official portal is vahan.parivahan.gov.in.
| Category | Key fields |
|---|---|
| Owner information | Owner name, father's/husband's name, address, owner number (1st, 2nd…) |
| Registration | RC number, registration date, registered RTO, RC status and validity |
| Vehicle specifications | Make and model, fuel type, body type, engine capacity, seat capacity, colour |
| Compliance | Insurance company and validity, PUC validity, fitness certificate, tax paid up to |
| Chassis and engine | Partially masked chassis/engine numbers, BS4/BS6 emission norms, blacklist status |
| Finance and permit | Financer name, hypothecation status, permit type and validity |
Chassis and engine numbers are partially masked for privacy; the full numbers are available only to RTOs, police and authorised agencies.
Go to vahan.parivahan.gov.in, open "Know Your Vehicle Details", select the state, enter the registration number, solve the CAPTCHA and search.
Use the free RC search to get the same VAHAN data instantly by entering the number plate — no CAPTCHA required for basic details.
Open Vehicle Search in the official government app and enter the number; results load from VAHAN in real time. See the full mParivahan app guide for setup steps.
VAHAN began as siloed state-level databases, gained partial national connectivity with version 2.0, achieved full pan-India rollout with version 3.0 between 2015 and 2019, and became today's real-time national platform with VAHAN 4.0 in 2019 — adding API access for authorised parties, mParivahan integration and FASTag linkage.
RTOs update VAHAN as they process changes, but manual processing can add a 24–48 hour lag, and insurance or PUC renewals may take one to three days to reflect after the insurer or PUC centre uploads them. If details remain wrong beyond that, contact the issuing RTO with proof. VAHAN covers vehicles only; driving licence data lives in the separate Sarathi system — both are part of the wider Parivahan Sewa platform. And if you are checking a vehicle before buying it, pair the RC lookup with a pending challan check.
VAHAN is the Government of India's national vehicle registration database, maintained by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). It contains registration records for over 35 crore vehicles across all 36 states and union territories. The current version, VAHAN 4.0, is accessible at vahan.parivahan.gov.in.
VAHAN shows the owner name and address, registration number and date, registered RTO, make and model, fuel type, insurance company and validity, PUC and fitness validity, tax paid date, hypothecation details, partially masked chassis and engine numbers, and blacklist status.
On the official portal, go to vahan.parivahan.gov.in, open 'Know Your Vehicle Details', enter the registration number, select the state, solve the CAPTCHA and search. Alternatively, use GaadiInfo's RC search for an instant result from the same VAHAN database without a CAPTCHA.
Yes, VAHAN shows the registered owner's name. This is especially useful when buying a used vehicle — you can verify that the seller's name matches the registered owner before completing the transaction.
VAHAN covers vehicle registration data — RC details, owner, insurance and fitness. Sarathi covers driving licence data — DL number, vehicle class, validity and holder details. Both are sub-systems of the Parivahan Sewa platform run by MoRTH.
No. GaadiInfo is a private, independent platform not affiliated with the Government of India's VAHAN portal or Parivahan Sewa. GaadiInfo queries the VAHAN database through authorised channels and displays results without CAPTCHAs. For the official portal, visit vahan.parivahan.gov.in.