Bylaw Calculator
Based on the Telangana Building Rules, 2012 (G.O.Ms.No.168) with its amendments. Rules as of —.
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Each result in the calculator names the rule and order it comes from.
Scope and assumptions
- The Bylaw Calculator covers individual residential, apartment, commercial, office and institutional buildings up to 18 m. High-rise and TDR rules are not covered yet (G.O.Ms.No.16/2026 pending).
- The new Cyberabad and Malkajgiri municipal corporations are assumed to follow GHMC norms until G.O.Ms.No.45/2026 and No.55/2026 are incorporated.
- Development charges outside the HMDA area are pending G.O.Ms.No.225/2016 and No.226/2016, and are not included in fee estimates there.
- The GHMC building permit fee is not included in the fee estimate until the official fee schedule is incorporated.
- Staircase: the risers-per-flight limit is set to 12 (sources differ between 12 and 15). You can change it on the page.
Read but not yet applied
These orders cover high-rise buildings, podium parking and specific areas. They will apply when high-rise support is added.
- G.O.Ms.No.50/2019 and No.65/2019: high-rise setbacks and road widths (Table IV)
- G.O.Ms.No.103/2021, Memo 5544/2022 and Memo 15579/2022: podium parking
- G.O.Ms.No.14/2022: no height limit for sites of 7.5 acres and above in Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills
Unit Converter
Land units follow the conventions used in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Metric and imperial conversions use the exact international definitions (1 ft = 0.3048 m).
| Unit | Square feet | Square metres |
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1 acre = 40 guntas = 100 cents · 1 cent = 48.4 sq yd · 1 gunta = 121 sq yd · 1 ankanam = 8 sq yd
Road widths use the rounded equivalents in G.O.Ms.No.168, Rule 5(f)(xvii): 30 ft = 9 m, 40 ft = 12 m, 60 ft = 18 m and so on.
Staircase
The preset limits for riser, tread, width and risers per flight are typical values from the National Building Code of India (NBC). Check the current edition of the code and your authority’s rules, and edit the limits on the page for your project.
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