Khammam RTO: TG-04 with unit offices at Sattupalli and Wyra

Break TG 04 AB 1234 into its four pieces to read a Khammam plate. The first two letters stand for Telangana, 04 identifies the Khammam district offices, AB is the series, and 1234 at the end is the four-digit number.

Worth knowing: A car registered at Wyra or Sattupalli carries the same 04 as one from Khammam town, as the unit offices have no number of their own on the code lists. Drive a TG-04 car to a new home in Kothagudem and it still shows 04, as the code changes only if the car is re-registered outside Telangana or its registration details are changed. Older TS-04 plates are reported to remain valid, with TG used only for new registrations.

Whether your Khammam car needs a new plate depends on when it was first registered. Cars sold new from 1 April 2019 already have a High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) fitted by the maker and dealer, and older ones need it installed.

The Telangana transport department website names the booking portal for that installation and shows the date that applies to you, and our Telangana RTO guide has the other plate rules.

Every new registration in Khammam district today is given TG-04. Directories and the code list in our Telangana RTO guide give it to Khammam, while the department’s own directory lists the RTA and the two unit offices by name, with no code beside them.

What confuses owners is the 2016 reorganisation. On 11 October 2016 the towns from Kothagudem and Palvancha to Bhadrachalam became Bhadradri Kothagudem district with TG-28, and the Bayyaram and Garla mandals went to Mahabubabad, which uses TG-26.

An AP-20 plate is a Khammam car from the years before Telangana, when the district used Andhra Pradesh codes. AP-04, which people sometimes take for the Khammam code, was the Kadapa office.

All three Khammam offices register vehicles, issue licences and collect tax for the mandals on their lists. Their addresses and area lists come from the Transport Department’s Citizens’ Charter, where each office is open from 10:30 am to 5:00 pm, and applications are taken up to 2:00 pm.

Khammam RTO office (RTA Khammam), TG-04

The main office stands near the Bypass Road, and one directory places it in Burhanpuram. In the department’s directory, a Deputy Transport Commissioner is shown in charge of it.

Sattupalli unit office, TG-04

Sattupalli’s unit office is on Vemsoor Road in Sathupally, the spelling the charter uses for the town. A Motor Vehicle Inspector (MVI) runs it, and its list starts with Sathupally, Penubally and Kalluru.

Wyra unit office, TG-04

The Wyra unit office is beside the DSP office on the Wyra to Thallada road. Madhira and Bonakal appear on its list in the charter, so owners there do not need to go to Khammam town.

Your mandal decides which of the three Khammam offices handles your car, and a few towns that used to be in Khammam district now belong to other districts altogether. Use the tables to match the address on your RC.

Worth knowing: Bhadradri Kothagudem has its own DTO at Kothagudem and a unit office at Bhadrachalam, so a new car bought by a Palvancha or Bhadrachalam family is registered there under TG-28.

The number finder at the top of the page tells you which office a TG or TS number belongs to.

Shifting from Madhira to Khammam town changes nothing on the plate. The RC needs the new address, and after that, inform your insurer.

Khammam owners pay the Telangana life tax, once, at first registration, and Wyra or Sattupalli charge the same as the RTA. The percentage depends on the price band and on whether the car is owned by an individual, a company or an owner who already has a car.

Add the ₹5,000 road safety cess charged once on every new car registered since 1 March 2026, which brings the private buyer’s bill for that hatchback to ₹63,500. New motorcycles and scooters are taxed at 9% to 18%.

The fee list is national, so Sattupalli, Wyra and the Khammam RTA all charge what the Kothagudem office charges for the same job. Fees are paid on the Vahan portal, and on a new car the dealer includes them in the on-road price.

Battery-operated vehicles are registered with no RC fee.

For example: A family in Madhira that finances a new car and registers it at the Wyra unit office pays ₹2,300 to the RTO before any life tax, ₹600 of it for registration, ₹200 for the smart card RC and ₹1,500 for recording the hypothecation.

At 15 years a private car’s registration renewal costs ₹5,000, rising to ₹10,000 beyond 20 years, and every month of delay adds ₹500 for a car or ₹300 for a motorcycle.

Life tax, the ₹5,000 cess, the plate and any other state service charge come on top of these amounts.

Started at the dealer on Vahan, finished by the office for your mandal

A new Khammam car is registered from the showroom. Telangana dealers have issued temporary registrations on Vahan since 23 March 2026, and the permanent TG-04 number comes from the office covering the buyer’s mandal, whether that is the RTA, Sattupalli or Wyra.

Sell or buy a used TG-04 car and the transfer is made by the Khammam office that registered it, which for an old TS-04 car from Palvancha is still Khammam. The application starts on Vahan with Form 29 from the seller and Form 30 signed by both sides, for ₹300 on a car or ₹150 on a motorcycle.

Insurance has to catch up within 14 days, when the buyer has the policy moved into their name.

Removing a loan (hypothecation) from a Khammam RC

After the last loan instalment, take the lender’s No Objection Certificate (NOC) and Form 35 to the office on your RC. There is no central fee, a state service charge may apply, and the full document list is in our Telangana RTO guide.

Since 23 March 2026, Khammam vehicle services have run on the Vahan portal, and licence applications go through the Sarathi portal. A visit to the RTA or a unit office is left for the steps that cannot be done online.

Duplicate RC and RC status check in Khammam

A duplicate RC comes from the office that issued the original, so a car first registered at Sattupalli goes back there. Fill in Form 26, check the charge in the fees table, and see any number’s details with the Kiwi Insurance RC status check.

Driving licence services in Khammam

Learner’s licences, driving licences and test bookings are handled on Sarathi. The department’s own portal still offers tax validity and vehicle searches, and our Telangana RTO guide covers the other services.

Khammam traffic challans are linked to the vehicle number, so typing a TG-04 or TS-04 number into echallan.parivahan.gov.in or the mParivahan app brings up any that are unpaid, each with its amount.

Our Telangana RTO guide carries the wider table of offences and fines.

Moving to Khammam from Warangal or anywhere else in Telangana leaves the number alone and only changes the RC address. A car registered in another state is re-registered under TG-04 if it stays in Telangana beyond 12 months.

A Telangana High Court judgment of December 2024 held that a car registered and taxed in another state, which is in Telangana only for a while and is not re-registered, cannot be charged Telangana life tax.

Leaving Telangana with a TG-04 car reverses the steps. Book a slot and apply online for the NOC on Form 28 from the office on the RC, with the RC, the policy, tax receipts, a Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate and a police verification certificate.

Worth knowing: Inform your insurer the same day your car gets a new number or address, and use our Telangana RTO guide for the complete form list.

Owners who may be posted outside Telangana can ask the Khammam dealer for a Bharat series (BH) number instead of TG-04. When the job moves, from Khammam to Vijayawada for instance, the car needs no No Objection Certificate (NOC) and no re-registration.

If you work in the private sector, your employer must have offices in 4 or more states or union territories and give you Form 60. The format is YY BH #### XX, where YY is the year of first registration, the four digits are allotted at random, and XX represents the alphabetic series, which can be a single letter or two letters. It is black on a white plate, like any other private car.

See our Telangana RTO guide for who qualifies and how the BH tax is charged.

Khammam applications now begin on the Vahan portal or the Sarathi portal, so print a PDF only when the office wants a paper form from you.

When to use each form is explained in our Telangana RTO guide, and other forms are in the list of RTO forms on the Parivahan Sewa website.

How insurance links to the Khammam RTO

The dealer must show a valid policy before any Khammam office registers a new car. When a car is sold, the RC changes first and the policy within 14 days, and when the number or address changes, inform your insurer so both documents match.

Worth knowing: The zone does not change when a Khammam owner moves, so a TG-04 car stays Zone B even in Hyderabad. The new address still goes on the policy, so inform your insurer.