How to Find Vehicle Owner Details by Registration Number?
You see a vehicle rashly brush against someone on the road but flee the scene in fear of getting berated for it.
Even though you manage to note their registration number, you do not have any immediate recourse to know other details of the vehicle or the driver.
You eventually end up at your Regional Transport Office, go through mammoth documentation and bureaucratic procedure, after all of which you manage to find the details you were looking for.
Sounds familiar?
What if we told you that there’s another way how to find vehicle owner details by registration number? That’s right. You can find it with VAHAN.
VAHAN is a national vehicle registry which was launched back in 2011 by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in collaboration with the National Informatics Centre.
As per the official website of VAHAN, it holds data of more than 25 crore motor vehicles, in respect to their registration certificates.
As of March 2020, there is a total of 285,768,212 digitized vehicles on the Vahan website. This includes all vehicles registered in the country, such as cars, bikes, auto rickshaws, cabs, buses and more.
It was launched with the objective of collating all details related to motor vehicle registration certificates and driving licenses from the Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) and District Transport Offices (DTOs) across India.
As of 2019, it has collated these details from nearly 90% of such offices pan-India.
Vahan Number plate format - eg. AB06CD 1234
AB : The first part indicates the state or Union territory, this is denoted by two letters. For example, in the state of Maharashtra, a vehicle number plate starts with the code ‘MH, in Delhi as ‘DL’. The 2 most significant alphabets of the state’s name are used. This method began in the 1980s.
06 : The next 2 digits refer to a district’s sequential number. Since every state has at least one district in it, the district itself handles the registration of new vehicles. For this purpose, each district has its own Regional Transport Office (RTO), which is in-charge of the driver and vehicle registrations.
CD : The third part of the license plate is a unique number which helps to identify the vehicle. If a number is unavailable then letters are used to replace the last digit. This ensures a surplus number of codes for all vehicles. It is often a common practice to buy custom numbers for a premium price.
1234 : The fourth and final part is an oval logo which reads, “IND”, the acronym for India; this oval also has a chromium hologram on top of it which resembles a “Chakra”. This is used in High-Security Registration Plates (HSRP). These are tamper-proof plates that were introduced in the year 2005 with an intention to reduce vehicle theft. Though it is mandatory for all motor vehicles to have these, certain states are yet to adopt the practice.
You can find the following details in the VAHAN website upon entering your vehicle’s registration number:
Registration date
Chassis number (Mentioned in full)
Engine number (Mentioned in full)
Owner’s name
Vehicle class
Fuel type
Model and manufacturer details
Vehicular fitness duration
PUC or Pollution Under Control Certificate number
Motor Vehicle (MV) Tax validity
Details of motor vehicle insurance
Registration Certificate Status
Name of the financier
- Enter Your Vehicle Registration Number and Click on "Vehicle Jankari Check Karo" Button.
Why vehicle/vahan owner details are important and how you can find vehicle details by number plate online?
While buying a vehicle second hand, to get complete information about vehicle or vahan is very important and tough task or to verify complete vehicle model number, vehicle makers info. People can fool buyers by making some duplicate documents of vehicle, can faraud you. So it is always vetter option to verfiy vehicle/vahan details. You can check following things of vehicle/vahan by number plate : vahan information, Vahan RTO Registration Number, Chassis Number, Engine Number. RTO vehicle Information Database also includes details of Regional Transport Office of vahan/vehicle in India.