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District guide
Buying Land in Araria
A Nepal-border district on the Kosi plain with an airstrip revival plan, expressway proposals, jute and maize farming, and heavy August flood risk.
2,830 sq km
Area (district portal)
28.1 lakh
Population (2011)
1,608 mm
Normal annual rainfall
45%
Tubewell share of irrigation
*Indicative range across districts and land types. Stamp duty, registration and conversion charges are additional. Local measurement units vary — every listing states the unit it is priced in. Not a valuation or an offer.
District land record — Araria
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Bihar
Sub-divisions
Two sub-divisions and nine blocks per the district portal (Araria district administration): Araria sub-division with Araria, Jokihat, Kursakanta, Raniganj, Sikti and Palasi; Forbesganj sub-division with Forbesganj, Narpatganj and Bhargama
Key markets
Forbesganj and Jogbani · Araria town · Raniganj · Narpatganj · Jokihat · Palasi
Demand anchors
Forbesganj airstrip approved for development, October 2026 · Gorakhpur–Siliguri expressway proposed (Prabhat Khabar, November 2026) · Patna–Purnia expressway ending in neighbouring Purnia (Prabhat Khabar, February 2025)
Rail
Araria Court, Forbesganj and Jogbani stations on the Katihar–Jogbani line (Northeast Frontier Railway); no metro
Size and population
2,830 sq km and 28,11,569 people at the 2011 Census, a density of about 994 per sq km (Araria district administration)
Pricing unit
Asking prices are usually quoted in kattha or decimal; no sourced price series is shown
Local units
Kattha and bigha vary in size across Bihar and are not fixed by a single official conversion; 1 decimal is one-hundredth of an acre (435.6 sq ft). Always convert to acres or sq ft on the deed.
Land records portal
biharbhumi.bihar.gov.in for Jamabandi, mutation and maps
Land law is state law. These rules are maintained on the Bihar page and apply to every district within it.
Araria — land purchase legal rules
Bihar does not reserve agricultural land for farmers the way Gujarat or Maharashtra do, so an Indian resident who is not a cultivator can usually buy farmland here. The limits that bite are different: a family land ceiling, a conversion permission before any non-farm use, an unfinished statewide resurvey that is rewriting old records, and the usual NRI bar under FEMA. Most buyer problems in Bihar come from the records, not from the law.
Who can buy agricultural land? We found no provision in Bihar’s tenancy or ceiling laws that limits farmland purchases to agriculturists. What the Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961 controls is how much a family may hold, and section 16 bars any acquisition by transfer, exchange, lease, mortgage or settlement that would take the buyer’s family above its ceiling. Inheritance, bequest and gift are outside that bar.
Ceiling limits: Section 4 of the 1961 Act sets the ceiling for a family of up to five by land class: 15 acres for land irrigated by government works and double-cropped, 18 acres for land on private tubewells or lift irrigation, 25 acres for one-season irrigated land, 30 acres for other land including orchards, 37.5 acres for diara or chaur land and 45 acres for hilly, sandy or perennially submerged land. Each extra family member adds one-tenth of the ceiling, up to one and a half times the limit. A “family” is a person, spouse and minor children, and companies, trusts and institutions count as persons.
Conversion to non-farm use: The Bihar Agriculture Land (Conversion for Non-Agriculture Purposes) Act, 2010 requires prior permission from the Sub-Divisional Officer before agricultural land is used for anything else. The fee is 10% of market value as set by the Collector under the Stamp Act, the SDO must decide within 90 days, and converting without permission draws a penalty of half the fee on top of the fee. The Act does not apply inside municipal areas or areas notified as urban, commercial or industrial through a master plan, where building and layout rules take over instead.
Mutation and the Jamabandi: A registered deed is not the end of the job. The buyer has to apply for mutation, called Dakhil Kharij, so that the Jamabandi (register II) moves to the buyer’s name and rent receipts are issued to the buyer. Both steps run online through Bihar Bhumi, and errors in the digitised Jamabandi are corrected through the Parimarjan portal. Sellers whose Jamabandi carries a wrong name, area or plot number should fix it before registry, not after.
The special land survey: Bihar is resurveying land under the Bihar Special Survey and Settlement Act, 2011, which will produce a new Khatiyan (record of rights) and maps for each village. The deadline was moved to December 2026 in March 2025 (PTI via ThePrint), and the revenue minister was reported in March 2026 to have set December 2027 for completion (Prabhat Khabar, March 2026). Buyers in a village under survey should check whether the seller filed the self-declaration and whether any claim or objection is pending on the plot.
Government, Bhoodan and estate land: A large share of disputes involves land that was never the seller’s to sell: government land recorded as gair mazarua, Bhoodan land, or land of former estates. The revenue department reported that 2,56,664.88 acres of the 6,48,593.14 acres donated under Bhoodan had been distributed, and that about 15,358 acres of the former Bettiah Raj estate were set to be taken over (Deccan Herald). Check the khata category in the Khatiyan before paying any token money.
Scheduled Areas and tribal land: Bihar is not among the ten states with notified Fifth Schedule Areas (PIB). The Chotanagpur and Santhal Parganas tenancy restrictions on tribal land went with those regions to Jharkhand in 2000, so buyers moving between the two states should not assume the same rules apply.
Planned township zones: Bihar has finalised areas for 11 greenfield satellite townships and in April 2026 the Urban Development Department barred sale, purchase and construction in seven of them, including the Pataliputra Township around Patna (Prabhat Khabar, April 2026). The ban on sales was lifted in August 2026, though a landowner inside the Pataliputra township area must first inform the government before selling, and a cabinet decision reported on 29 October 2026 removed the restriction in the satellite townships, with construction to follow the development control rules (Prabhat Khabar, 9 August 2026; Prabhat Khabar, 29 October 2026). Zoning under these plans now decides what a plot can be used for.
Documents to ask for: Before paying an advance, collect the current Jamabandi page and the latest rent receipt (lagan rasid), the Khatiyan (record of rights) from the last settled survey and, where it exists, the new survey entry, the Bhu Naksha map sheet with the plot number marked, the seller’s chain of registered deeds (kewala) for at least the last 30 years, the mutation order that put the land in the seller’s name, and a land possession certificate (LPC) from the circle office. Match the khata, khesra (plot) number, area and boundaries across every document. Our Bhu Naksha guide and mutation status guide show how to pull these online.
NRI and OCI buyers: Under the RBI’s Master Direction on acquisition of immovable property, NRIs and OCIs may buy immovable property in India other than agricultural land, plantation property or a farm house. They can inherit such land. Our NRI guide covers the options in detail.
- No farmer-only rule found
- Ceiling Act 1961
- Conversion Act 2010 (SDO)
- Dakhil Kharij mutation
- Special survey to 2027 (reported)
- NRI agri: barred (RBI)
- Records via Bihar Bhumi
Araria — district-specific notes
The Bihar state page applies to Araria in full: the ceiling law, the 2010 conversion rule, mutation through Bihar Bhumi and the NRI bar. These five points are specific to the district.
⚠ Flood and river-plain land. The district portal lists the Kosi, Suwara, Kali, Parmar and Koli rivers, and the contingency plan for Araria marks flood risk in August (ICAR-CRIDA). Ask the circle office and neighbouring farmers for the plot’s flood history, and check river-side and low-lying chaur (चौर, depression) land before paying an advance.
⚠ Expressway land on an unsettled alignment. Prabhat Khabar lists Araria among the eight Bihar districts on the Gorakhpur–Siliguri expressway, but reported on 13 October 2026 that the project still awaited Union Cabinet approval and its land acquisition could stall (Prabhat Khabar, October 2026). Ask the circle office whether the khesra (plot number) appears in any notification before you assume a corridor premium.
⚠ The June 2026 MVR revision doubled government rates in urban and peripheral areas and raised rural rates by 60% (Prabhat Khabar, June 2026); the Purnia registry reported the same change on 22 June (Prabhat Khabar, June 2026). Check whether the plot falls in the urban, peripheral or rural category; it changes the duty.
⚠ Special survey. The revenue minister set December 2027 as the target for completing Bihar’s special land survey (Prabhat Khabar, March 2026). In a village under survey the Khatiyan (record of rights) and maps are being rewritten, so confirm the stage and any pending claims before you pay.
⚠ Conversion and use. The sub-divisional officers at Araria and Forbesganj handle conversion under the 2010 Act, which does not apply in municipal or notified urban areas, where zoning rules decide use. Ask which regime covers the plot before you plan a farmhouse or a shed.
Read the full Bihar land buying guide for the ceiling, conversion, survey and NRI rules.
- Kosi-plain flood risk
- MVR revised 2026
- Special survey to 2027 (reported)
- Expressway alignment
- Nepal border district
District overview
Araria — a capital district with a new metro, a second airport and a Tal farm belt
Araria district stretches 2,830 sq km across Bihar’s north-east, on the Nepal border in the Purnea division, and held 28,11,569 people at the 2011 Census (Araria district administration). It was formed in January 1990 out of Purnea, has two sub-divisions, Araria and Forbesganj, and nine blocks, and is drained by the Kosi, Suwara, Kali, Parmar and Koli. Agriculture is the economy, with paddy, maize and jute the main crops. For an outside buyer this is a border-plain farming market where the draw is road and airstrip plans rather than city-edge demand, and where flood history should shape every purchase.
The last two years have brought more announcements than construction. The Bihar cabinet approved the development of five new airports on 12 October 2026, Forbesganj among them (Prabhat Khabar, October 2026). The Gorakhpur–Siliguri expressway lists Araria among eight Bihar districts but still awaited Union Cabinet approval in October (Prabhat Khabar, October 2026), with its cost put near Rs 73,000 crore in November (Prabhat Khabar, November 2026). The Patna–Purnia expressway ends on NH-27 in the next district (Prabhat Khabar, February 2025), and a four-laning of NH-327 across the West Bengal border is reported to benefit Kishanganj and Araria (Prabhat Khabar, September 2026).
For farmland buyers, Araria splits into three working belts. The Forbesganj and Jogbani side in the north combines trade traffic with the airstrip plan. The district seat at Araria town and the blocks around it hold the administrative and market demand. The Narpatganj and Bhargama blocks in the Forbesganj sub-division and the southern Araria sub-division blocks are open farmland where jute, rice and maize dominate. Soils are mostly sandy to sandy loam and tubewells irrigate about 45% of the irrigated area (ICAR-CRIDA).
- Nepal border
- Kosi plain
- Forbesganj
- Araria town
- Jogbani
- Jute and maize belt
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Araria
7%
General stamp duty from 19 June 2026, up from 6%
as reported by Prabhat Khabar; confirm at the sub-registrar office
2%
Registration fee on a conveyance deed
as stated in the 2017-18 state audit; confirm the current fee
19 June 2026
Revised MVR in force statewide
urban and peripheral areas doubled, rural raised 60%
Araria follows the state rates. Prabhat Khabar reported that from 19 June 2026 the MVR was doubled in urban and peripheral areas and raised 60% in rural areas, with the general stamp duty at 7% (6% before) and a 0.5 percentage point concession for women buyers (Prabhat Khabar, June 2026). The CAG audit for 2017-18 gives a 2% registration fee (CAG report No. 2 of 2019). The MVR then rises 5% every financial year and is reviewed every three years. Converting farmland to non-farm use outside the urban area adds a fee of 10% of market value (Conversion Act 2010). Our stamp duty guide and MVR guide explain how to look up the rate on Nibandhan.
Know the belt
What is moving prices in Araria
Reported airstrip, expressway and highway developments; no listing-site prices are used.
Forbesganj and Jogbani: the border and airstrip belt
Airstrip revival approved by the cabinet, 12 October 2026
Forbesganj, in the north of the district, has an airstrip that local accounts date to 1934–42 and that Prabhat Khabar says is one of five airports the Bihar cabinet approved for development on 12 October 2026, though regular flights still depend on further administrative and central approvals (Prabhat Khabar, October 2026). Jogbani, at the end of the rail line on the Nepal border, is the district’s trade gateway.
Check: whether the plot is near the airstrip boundary or inside any acquisition notice, and how the road reaches the highway.
Araria town and Raniganj: the district seat and its highway belt
Patna–Purnia expressway to end in the next district (Feb 2025)
Araria town is the district headquarters and the main market and office centre. The Patna–Purnia expressway, 281.95 km at Rs 18,042 crore, is to run from Mirnagar in Vaishali to NH-27 at Chand Bhaddi in Purnia, with a 2028 target (Prabhat Khabar, February 2025), so it improves the link to Patna rather than crossing Araria. Raniganj and the town’s fringe are where the MVR’s peripheral category matters most.
Check: whether the plot is inside the municipal or peripheral MVR category and has all-weather road access.
Narpatganj and Bhargama: the western blocks
Flood-exposed plain (flood risk marked for August)
Narpatganj and Bhargama, with Forbesganj block, form the Forbesganj sub-division (Araria district administration). The district gets 1,608 mm of rain a year, 1,358 mm of it from June to September, and 71% of its soil is sandy to sandy loam, which suits jute, maize and potato (ICAR-CRIDA).
Check: that the area on the Jamabandi matches the field on the ground, since river-side plots change after floods.
Jokihat, Palasi and Sikti: the interior blocks
Rice and jute country
These blocks sit in the Araria sub-division with Araria, Kursakanta and Raniganj (Araria district administration). Across the district rice covers about 95,900 ha and jute 34,500 ha, and wheat takes 51,200 ha in the rabi season (ICAR-CRIDA). Expect small family holdings and, in the special survey, new records still being finalised (Prabhat Khabar, March 2026).
Check: mutation history, the survey stage of the village and whether every heir has signed.
Asking prices
We found no newspaper or official price series for farmland in any of these belts, so none are shown. Use the MVR and recent registered deeds in the same village.
Connectivity
How Araria connects — road, rail and air
Highway and rail links, a revived airstrip plan and the nearest commercial airports. Drive times to villages are not given because no source was found.
🚗 By road
✈️ By air
🚆 By rail
No drive times are given because we found no sourced figures. Highway and expressway status is from Prabhat Khabar reports and the airstrip plan from Prabhat Khabar.
Growth catalysts
Upcoming infrastructure & developments
Status labels reflect sources read in November 2026. Government-announced timelines are not guaranteed; items with a single or older source say so.
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Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water in Araria
A rice, jute, wheat and maize district on sandy Kosi alluvium, irrigated mostly from tubewells and canals, with August flooding on the river plain.
Crops
Rice is the main kharif crop on about 95,900 ha, followed by wheat on about 51,200 ha in rabi and jute on about 34,500 ha, with maize on about 7,100 ha. Net sown area is about 183,250 ha and cropping intensity 157% (ICAR-CRIDA).
- Rice, then wheat
- Jute on about 34,500 ha
- Wheat on about 51,200 ha, all irrigated
- Maize on about 7,100 ha
- Mesta on about 2,700 ha
Soils
ICAR-CRIDA puts 71% of the district under sandy to sandy loam soils and 29% under clay loam to clay (ICAR-CRIDA).
- Sandy to sandy loam on about 190,000 ha
- Clay loam to clay on about 78,000 ha
- North East Alluvial Plain zone (NARP BI-2)
- Eastern Plain, hot subhumid eco-sub region
Horticulture
Mango is the largest fruit on about 2,880 ha, with litchi on 330 ha, guava on 210 ha and banana on 110 ha. Potato leads vegetables on about 3,270 ha, followed by tomato, cauliflower, brinjal and bhindi (ICAR-CRIDA).
- Mango, litchi and guava orchards
- Potato, tomato and cauliflower
Water and irrigation
About 108,780 ha is irrigated: tubewells serve 45% of it and canals 28%, with tanks 6% and open wells 3%, while about 52,000 ha is rainfed (ICAR-CRIDA).
Rainfall and flooding
Normal annual rainfall is 1,608 mm, of which 1,358 mm falls from June to September, with monsoon onset in the third week of June. The plan marks flood in August and also lists drought, hailstorm, cold wave and frost as hazards (ICAR-CRIDA).
At a glance
Patna vs. nearby districts
| District | Land and water | What links it to Patna |
|---|---|---|
| Supaul (west) | Kosi plain; 1,450 mm normal rainfall, coarse sandy loam on 43% of the area, rice on 97,000 ha and wheat on 62,000 ha (ICAR-CRIDA Supaul) | Also on the Gorakhpur–Siliguri route (Prabhat Khabar) |
| Kishanganj (east) | Wetter at 2,141 mm normal rainfall, with rice on 101,300 ha and wheat on 32,000 ha (ICAR-CRIDA Kishanganj) | End of the Bihar stretch of the Gorakhpur–Siliguri route; NH-327 four-laning just across the border (Prabhat Khabar) |
| Purnia (south) | The district registry reported urban MVR doubled and rural raised 1.6 times on 22 June 2026 (Prabhat Khabar) | Patna–Purnia expressway ends at Chand Bhaddi on NH-27 (Prabhat Khabar) |
No price series is shown for any district because none is sourced. Araria figures are from ICAR-CRIDA and the district portal; the comparison rows are from ICAR-CRIDA and Prabhat Khabar. Compare the MVR for each mauza before assuming land across a district line is cheaper.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Araria
Five reasoned points for Araria, each tied to a source on this page.
An airstrip with a cabinet nod
The Bihar cabinet approved the development of five new airports on 12 October 2026, and Forbesganj’s old airstrip is one of them, but Prabhat Khabar notes that regular flights still depend on further administrative and central approvals (Prabhat Khabar, October 2026). It is a reason to watch the northern belt, not a basis to pay a premium today.
Expressways that are still proposals
The Gorakhpur–Siliguri expressway awaits approval and the Patna–Purnia expressway has an approved alignment with a 2028 target (Prabhat Khabar, November 2026; Prabhat Khabar, February 2025). Land acquired for roads and railways is valued on the MVR in force on the notification date (Prabhat Khabar, August 2026), so buying purely for a corridor premium can backfire.
A higher government floor
The June 2026 revision doubled urban and peripheral rates and raised rural rates 60% (Prabhat Khabar, June 2026). The register now rises a further 5% a year, so deeds priced at old values will be queried more often.
Flood-free land is scarce
The contingency plan marks August floods, and the Kosi, Suwara, Kali, Parmar and Koli all drain the district (ICAR-CRIDA). Well-drained, road-connected land is worth more care than cheap river-plain land.
Farm returns come from rice, jute and maize
About 95,900 ha is under rice, 51,200 ha under wheat and 34,500 ha under jute, with tubewells serving 45% of the irrigated area (ICAR-CRIDA). A buyer who intends to farm can run the plot on established crops while infrastructure plans firm up.
Confirm Jamabandi, mutation, zoning and acquisition status directly — these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.
STRAIGHT TALK
Risks & challenges in Araria
District-specific risks. Read the state page for the general Bihar risks on ceiling, conversion and records.
Flood and river movement
The district sits on the Kosi, Suwara, Kali, Parmar and Koli floodplain, and ICAR-CRIDA marks flooding in August (ICAR-CRIDA). Ask the circle office for the flood history, check ground level and drainage, and keep any building above past high-water marks.
Acquisition and expressway uncertainty
Prabhat Khabar reported that land acquisition for the Gorakhpur–Siliguri expressway could stall (Prabhat Khabar, October 2026). Check the latest notification for the village, not last year’s, and do not pay a corridor premium on an unnotified alignment.
Airstrip land and approvals
The Forbesganj airstrip has a cabinet decision but still needs further administrative and central approvals (Prabhat Khabar, October 2026). Ask what land, if any, the plan would need before assuming either an uplift or a restriction on neighbouring plots.
Special survey in progress
Bihar’s special survey is targeted for completion by December 2027 (Prabhat Khabar, March 2026). Check the village’s survey stage, objections and any claim notice at the Anchal office before you pay.
Mismatched records
Old Khatiyan, digitised Jamabandi and the special survey's new records may not agree on area or owners. Compare all three with the physical plot and check the map before you pay (Bhu Naksha guide).
Joint family land
Unpartitioned land sold by one brother or heir can be challenged by the others. Ask for a partition deed or the written consent of every heir, and read the mutation history.
Colonies on farmland
Plotted colonies on agricultural land without conversion or an approved layout can leave buyers with plots they cannot legally build on or get a power connection for.
Under-valued deeds
Registering below the revised MVR invites a deficit-duty demand and penalties. Pay duty on the real value and keep payment records through banks.
Who to contact
Local revenue & planning offices
The Collectorate at Araria, under the District Magistrate, runs the district. The sub-divisional officers at Araria and Forbesganj and the Anchal (circle) offices in the nine blocks handle mutation, conversion and survey claims, and registration is done at the sub-registry offices listed on the Nibandhan portal. Official pages: Araria district website, Bihar Bhumi and Parimarjan.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Everything buyers, NRIs and investors ask before their first reviewed farmland purchase in Araria.
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Is there a price guide for farmland in Araria?
We found no newspaper or official price series for Araria farmland, so we show none. Use the Minimum Value Register for the mauza and land category, which was raised from 19 June 2026, and compare recent registered deeds in the same village before you negotiate.
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Which parts of Araria flood?
The district portal lists the Kosi, Suwara, Kali, Parmar and Koli rivers, and the ICAR-CRIDA contingency plan marks flood risk in August. Ask the circle office and neighbouring farmers for the plot’s flood history, and be careful with river-side and low-lying chaur land.
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Will the Gorakhpur–Siliguri expressway pass through Araria?
Prabhat Khabar lists Araria among the eight Bihar districts on the route, but on 13 October 2026 it reported that the project still awaited Union Cabinet approval and that land acquisition could stall. Treat it as announced, not committed.
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Where do I apply for mutation and conversion in Araria?
Mutation (Dakhil Kharij) is filed online through Bihar Bhumi and decided at the Anchal (circle) office. Conversion of agricultural land for non-farm use goes to the sub-divisional officer, at Araria or Forbesganj, under the 2010 Act.
Transparency
Sources and references
Law and courts
- https://indiankanoon.org/doc/8008488/
- https://saiindia.gov.in/uploads/download_audit_report/2019/Chapter_5_Stamp_and_Registration_Fees_of_Report_No_2_of_2019_Revenue_Sector_Government_of_Bihar.pdf
Government
- https://araria.nic.in/about-district/
- https://www.icar-crida.res.in/CP/Bihar/BR31_Araria_28.12.13.pdf
- https://www.icar-crida.res.in/CP/Bihar/BR35_Supaul_28.12.2013.pdf
- https://www.icar-crida.res.in/CP/Bihar/BR21_Kishanganj%20_28.12.2013.pdf
- https://biharbhumi.bihar.gov.in/
- https://parimarjan.bihar.gov.in
- https://nibandhan.bihar.gov.in/Eservices.aspx
News
- https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/bihar-land-registry-new-rate-bihar-land-registry-new-rules-mvr-rate-doubled-stamp-duty-increased
- https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/purnia/land-registration-rate-hike-purnia-mvr
- https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/bihar-land-acquisition-new-mvr-market-value-road-rail-projects
- https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/patna/bihar-bhumi-vijay-sinha-meeting-officials-march-13-announced-deadline-completing-land-survey
- https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/araria/important-news-update-2026-10-14
- https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/gorakhpur-siliguri-expressway-pass-through-8-districts-work-stops-land-aquisition-issue
- https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/gorakhpur-siliguri-expressway-cost-increased-73000-crore-bihar-8-districts-6-lane-project-update
- https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/patna/central-government-approves-patna-purnia-expressway-in-bihar-alignment
- https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/bihar-nh-327-four-lane-project-kishanganj-araria-west-bengal-nitin-gadkari-2077-crore
- https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/bihar-first-patna-purnia-six-lane-expressway-cost-31987-crore-just-3-hours-journey
Further reading
- /locations/bihar
- /wiki/land-records-documentation/bihar-bhumi-jamabandi-online
- /wiki/land-records-documentation/dakhil-kharij-bihar-mutation-status
- /wiki/taxation-stamp-duty-registration/mvr-rate-bihar
Data-currency note: sources were read in November 2026. Project status, the MVR and township rules change often; check the linked source and the relevant office before relying on any figure.
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