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Aerial view of a small patch of mustard field among residential blocks and a metro viaduct in West Delhi

District guide

Buying Land in West Delhi

A mostly urban district: Vikaspuri, Janakpuri and Rajouri Garden, why West Delhi is not a farmland market, colony and pooling checks, and where to look instead.

  • 3 (Dec 2025)

    Sub-divisions

  • 19

    Revenue villages listed

  • 6% / 4%

    Stamp duty (men / women)

  • None found

    Sourced farmland price series

District land record โ€” West Delhi

Rev. 2026 ยท Farmland India desk

State

Delhi (National Capital Territory, a Union Territory)

Sub-divisions

3 sub-divisions: Vikaspuri ยท Janakpuri ยท Rajouri Garden, with 19 revenue villages listed (Revenue Department list, 25 Dec 2025)

Key markets

Hastsal ยท Bakkarwala ยท Tilangpur Kotla ยท Baprola ยท Madipur ยท Khiyala (revenue villages in a built-up district; we found no farmland listing)

Agricultural land

We found no crop data and no farmland price for any West Delhi village; treat the district as urban

Demand anchors

Delhi Metro network (DMRC route map not opened) ยท Janakpuri and Rajouri Garden markets ยท IGI Airport in neighbouring South West Delhi

Rail

Delhi Metro; Phase 4 lists a Janakpuri Westโ€“RK Ashram Marg corridor (Business Today, Jul 2026)

Size and population

No area or population figure for the new boundary was published in the pages we opened; older Census figures describe the pre-2026 district and are not used here

Pricing unit

โ‚น/sq yd (colony and abadi plots)

Local units

1 acre = 4,840 sq yd = about 4,047 sq m

Land records portal

Delhi Revenue Department (registration and fee page)

District overview

West Delhi โ€” mostly urban, so a short note on why this is not a farmland district

West Delhi is, for a buyer of agricultural land, the least promising district on our Delhi list, and it is better to say so plainly. It is an urban district of Vikaspuri, Janakpuri and Rajouri Garden, with a few village revenue estates among the built-up areas. We found no area or population figure for the new boundary, no crop data for any West Delhi village and no sourced price for agricultural land.

The Revenue Department list of 25 December 2025 gives three sub-divisions and a short village list for each (Revenue Department). Vikaspuri carries Hastsal, Bakkarwala, Budhela, Tilangpur Kotla, Baprola, Shafipur Ranhola and Rajapur Khurd. Janakpuri carries Asalatpur Khadar, Kesopur, Nawada Mazara Hastal, Bindapur, Dabri, Nangli Jalib and Posangipur. Rajouri Garden carries Chokhandi, Titarpur, Khiyala, Madipur and Tihar. The gazette is dated 25 December 2025; The Week/PTI, reporting a day later, says it took effect immediately (The Week/PTI, Dec 2025).

Anyone shown "farmland in West Delhi" should ask which of four things it is: a colony plot, a Lal Dora abadi plot, a share of an old village revenue estate that is already built over, or an agricultural record that no longer matches use on the ground. The khatauni, the DDA zone letter and the local body's sanction settle it, and a genuine open agricultural parcel should be expected to be rare.

Where to look instead: for agricultural land inside the capital, read the South West Delhi page (Najafgarh and Matiala sub-divisions) and the Outer North Delhi page (Narela, Bawana and Alipur). For a farmhouse inside Delhi, read the South Delhi page. For clearer rules next door, the Gurugram page covers the Haryana route. West Delhi has no micro-market pages of its own on this site.

  • Vikaspuri
  • Janakpuri
  • Rajouri Garden
  • Hastsal
  • Bakkarwala
  • Tilangpur Kotla
  • Madipur
  • Tihar
Locator map of West Delhi district in Delhi showing Vikaspuri, Janakpuri, Rajouri Garden, Hastsal and Bakkarwala

Transaction costs

Stamp duty & registration in West Delhi

6%

Stamp duty โ€” male buyer

of the higher of the deal value or the circle rate (Revenue Department)

4%

Stamp duty โ€” female buyer

same basis (Revenue Department)

1%

Registration fee

plus โ‚น100 pasting fee (Revenue Department)

The Delhi Revenue Department's registration page sets stamp duty on sale, conveyance and gift deeds at 6% for a male buyer and 4% for a female buyer, charged on the consideration or the circle rate, whichever is higher, and a registration fee of 1% on the same basis plus โ‚น100 (Delhi Revenue Department). The page lists no separate rate for agricultural land, and we did not find rates for NDMC or Cantonment areas. On registration offices, The Week/PTI reported in December 2025 that the existing 22 sub-registrar offices would expand to 39 under a separate notification (The Week/PTI, Dec 2025), so confirm which Sub-Registrar covers the village.

For agricultural land, The Realty Today reported in December 2025 that Delhi's circle rate is a single โ‚น53 lakh per acre last revised in 2008, and that a draft would raise it to as much as โ‚น5 crore per acre in some locations, with no uniform rate across villages; it was a draft and not notified at that date (The Realty Today, Dec 2025). The same report quotes a Revenue Department estimate of more than 50,000 acres in over 200 villages still in agricultural use; Najafgarh, Bijwasan and Dhichau Kalan (South West) are among the villages it names. Realty Today is a trade outlet and we found no notified 2026 rate, so get any figure in writing from the Sub-Registrar. Conversion or change of land use is a separate approval, not a stamp-duty line.

Know the belt

What is moving prices in West Delhi

A built-up district with no sourced farmland price. These notes explain what is actually for sale and what to avoid.

Hastsal, Bakkarwala and Tilangpur Kotla (Vikaspuri sub-division)

No sourced price series

These are Vikaspuri sub-division villages in the Revenue Department list (Delhi Revenue Department list, 25 Dec 2025). We found no registered-rate or news price series for them and use no listing figure. Plots here would be priced per sq yd as house plots, not per acre as farmland.

Check: the colony's regularisation status, Lal Dora versus sanctioned layout, and the khatauni class.

Janakpuri and Rajouri Garden sub-division villages

No sourced price series

Asalatpur Khadar, Kesopur, Bindapur, Dabri, Chokhandi, Titarpur, Khiyala and Madipur are in the Janakpuri and Rajouri Garden sub-division lists (Delhi Revenue Department list, 25 Dec 2025). We found no priced source for any of them, and no crop data.

Check: whether the plot is part of a sanctioned layout and whether a DDA or MCD scheme affects it.

Land-pooling zones

Villages not named by DDA

DDA's sector tables carry areas and pooled percentages for Zones K-I, L, N and P-II but no village names (DDA land pooling status, 28 Feb 2026). If a village is pooled, DDA's scheme decides the land's future, not a private sale.

Check: ask DDA whether the revenue village is inside a notified pooling sector and what its participation status is.

Circle rates to check

โ‚น53 lakh per acre (2008, reported) vs draft up to โ‚น5 crore

The Realty Today reported in December 2025 a single agricultural rate of โ‚น53 lakh per acre since 2008 and a draft of up to โ‚น5 crore per acre without a uniform rate across villages (The Realty Today, Dec 2025). West Delhi villages are not among the ones it names, and urban colony circle rates are a different series.

Check: the current rate for the village and land class with the Sub-Registrar.

Units: acre, sq yd, sq m

Delhi papers and sale deeds use acres, sq yd, sq ft and sq m interchangeably. Convert from the revenue record before comparing two documents (1 acre = 4,840 sq yd = about 4,047 sq m). Colony plots are priced per sq yd; farmland per acre.

Connectivity

How West Delhi connects โ€” road, rail and air

Connectivity is urban and dense. Distances are not stated where we could not source them; journey times vary with traffic.

By road

Local roadsUrban roads inside the district; we did not open a road map
Urban Extension Road-II76 km ring road, about 54 km in Delhi, Alipur to Mahipalpur; opened 17 Aug 2025 (Business Today, Aug 2025)
Dwarka ExpresswayDelhi section 10.1 km from Shiv Murti to the Delhiโ€“Haryana border; opened 17 Aug 2025 (PMO, Aug 2025)
Haryana (Bahadurgarh, Gurugram)Reached beyond South West Delhi; Haryana road distances not sourced here

By air

Indira Gandhi International (IGI)In neighbouring South West Delhi (Palam is in Dwarka sub-division); no distance sourced
Noida International (Jewar)Commercial flights began 15 Jun 2026, domestic first (Noida International Airport, Jun 2026)
Airport road linkDwarka Expressway starts at Shiv Murti, Mahipalpur (Business Today, Aug 2025)

By rail & metro

Delhi Metro network393 km, 12 lines, 288 stations (Business Today, Jul 2026)
Phase 4Janakpuri Westโ€“RK Ashram Marg is among six listed corridors
Metro Phase 5Planning at an advanced stage; Nangloi and Palam named, no corridor listed
Main-line railNot checked for this page

Highway details come from Business Today, Aug 2025 and PMO, Aug 2025, airport status from Noida International Airport, Jun 2026, and Metro status from Business Today, Jul 2026. We did not open DMRC's own route pages. Connectivity helps house plots in colonies; it does not turn a village estate into farmland.

Growth catalysts

Upcoming infrastructure & developments

Status labels reflect sources read in October 2026. Government-announced timelines are not guaranteed; items marked confirm have single or conflicting sources.

01Notified

02Policy or scheme stage

Notified ยท 20 Aug 2026 Master Plan for Delhi 2047
Portal open since 24 Apr 2026 PM-UDAY unauthorised-colony regularisation
Planning stage ยท Phase 5 Delhi Metro Phase 5 (Nangloi and Palam)
Notified ยท 20 Aug 2026

Master Plan for Delhi 2047

The Union housing ministry unveiled MPD-2047 on 20 August 2026 and ThePrint/PTI describes it as notified by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (ThePrint/PTI, Aug 2026). DDA's FAQs say it is in force from 20 August 2026 and that land pooling applies in Planning Zones K-I, L, N, P-II, part of J and part of P-I: parcels of any size can join, owners can develop up to 60% of the pooled land and the other 40% goes to DDA, and a scheme assembled from owners' land must cover at least 20 hectares (DDA FAQs on MPD-2047). Outlook Money reports nearly 200 sq km of pooling-led expansion and about 12 lakh homes (Outlook Money, Aug 2026). In a built-up district like West Delhi the plan matters mainly for redevelopment and pooling, not for farmland. We could not open the gazette copy, so confirm the final text with DDA.

Source: ThePrint/PTI, Aug 2026; DDA FAQs on MPD-2047; Outlook Money, Aug 2026

Notified

20 Aug 2026

Pooling parcel (DDA FAQs)

Any size

Owners' share (DDA FAQs)

Up to 60%

Pooling zones

K-I, L, N, P-II, J, P-I

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Hastsal
  • Bakkarwala
  • Tilangpur Kotla
Portal open since 24 Apr 2026

PM-UDAY unauthorised-colony regularisation

IANS reported on 7 April 2026 that 1,511 of 1,731 unplanned colonies were declared eligible for regularisation on an as-is, where-is basis without approved layout plans, with conveyance deeds or authorisation slips from the Revenue Department (IANS, Apr 2026). The 220 left out were on non-conforming land, in green zones or near monuments. Outlook Money reported that the SWAGAM portal began registration on 24 April 2026 (Outlook Money, Apr 2026). Which West Delhi colonies are on the list must be checked colony by colony. Regularising a colony deals with the houses in it; the reports do not extend it to agricultural land.

Source: IANS, 7 Apr 2026; Outlook Money, 25 Apr 2026

Eligible colonies

1,511

Left out

220

Residents (reported)

Over 45 lakh

Portal opened

24 Apr 2026

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Hastsal
  • Madipur
  • Khiyala
Planning stage ยท Phase 5

Delhi Metro Phase 5 (Nangloi and Palam)

Business Today reported in July 2026 that Phase 5 (5A and 5B), which it describes as at an advanced planning stage, will extend the Metro to Kishangarh, Narela, Najafgarh, Rohini, Nangloi and Palam, and that Phase 4 has six corridors including Janakpuri Westโ€“RK Ashram Marg (Business Today, Jul 2026). It lists no Phase 5 corridors and gives no construction dates, so treat Phase 5 as planning with no pricing weight for this district.

Source: Business Today, 24 Jul 2026

Phase

5A and 5B

Status

Planning

Alignment

Not published here

Date

None

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Hastsal
  • Bakkarwala
  • Vikaspuri

Agriculture & terrain

Soil, crops & water in West Delhi

A built-up district: whatever farming survives is a few village-estate remnants. Check land class on the khatauni rather than trusting how a plot is described.

๐Ÿ™๏ธ A district built over farmland

Delhi's net sown area fell from 34,034 hectares in 2000-01 to an estimated 22,300 hectares in 2018-19, and its rural villages from 304 in 1951 to 112 in 2011 (Delhi Economic Survey 2018-19, agriculture chapter). West Delhi's village estates are among those absorbed into the city, and the survey gives no district-wise crop figures.

  • Urbanisation
  • Village estates
  • Declining cultivation

๐Ÿ˜๏ธ Colonies, abadi and Lal Dora

Hastsal, Bakkarwala, Tilangpur Kotla and similar villages are in the Revenue Department list as revenue villages (Delhi Revenue Department list, 25 Dec 2025); DDA's FAQs keep Lal Dora areas and unauthorised colonies out of land pooling (DDA FAQs on MPD-2047). Land class and layout status matter more than soil here.

  • Lal Dora
  • Colonies
  • Abadi

๐ŸŒพ Where the farms are

A December 2025 report on the draft circle-rate revision names villages in the Narela sub-division (Tigipur, Khampur, Hamidpur, Jhangola, Bankner, Bhorgarh, Lampur, Bakhtawarpur) and in South West Delhi (Najafgarh, Bijwasan, Dhichau Kalan) among those still in agricultural use (The Realty Today, Dec 2025). A buyer after cropland should read the Outer North and South West pages, not this one.

  • Najafgarh
  • Narela
  • Bawana

๐Ÿ’ง Water & rainfall

Rainfall figures are not quoted here because we found no district series. CGWB's 2024 assessment puts Delhi's stage of groundwater extraction at 100.77%, with 14 of 34 assessment units over-exploited, 13 critical, 2 semi-critical and 5 safe (CGWB, Delhi groundwater assessment 2024). Its district tables show sporadic nitrate above 45 mg/L, uranium above 30 ppb and electrical conductivity above 3,000 ยตS/cm in West Delhi (old district boundary). The report gives no block table in the part we could read, so check the latest category for the block and test borewell yield and quality.

๐Ÿ“ Measurement units & market prices

Convert every area to acres or sq m from the revenue record (1 acre = 4,840 sq yd = about 4,047 sq m). We quote no crop prices because we found no sourced district series.

At a glance

West Delhi vs. its neighbours

District / beltLand route / price band*Evidence
West DelhiNo sourced price seriesUrban; village estates inside built-up areas
South West Delhi โ€” NajafgarhNo sourced price seriesNamed among villages still in agricultural use in a Dec 2025 report on the draft circle-rate revision (The Realty Today, Dec 2025)
Outer North Delhi โ€” NarelaNo sourced price seriesVillages such as Bankner, Bhorgarh and Tigipur named in the same report
North West DelhiNo sourced price seriesAlso mostly urban after the 2026 split
GurugramSee the Gurugram pageHaryana route: change of land use and farmhouse policy, not the Delhi Land Reforms Act

This page quotes no listing prices. West Delhi is better read as context than as a buying destination; see the South West Delhi page and the Outer North Delhi page for farmland.

Boundary stones marking a small fenced plot beside a mustard field with low-rise residential blocks in the distance in West Delhi

District report โ€” West Delhi

Farmland India view

Why investors look at West Delhi

Three honest points: this district is for understanding the capital, not for buying farmland.

Strong urban connectivity

Inside the Delhi Metro network and beside the new ring road and airport, West Delhi has the access that supports house and colony plots, not agricultural land.

A regularisation window

PM-UDAY, whose SWAGAM portal opened on 24 April 2026, could settle titles in eligible colonies. It is a residential route, not a farmland one.

Better routes for farmland

For agricultural land inside Delhi, South West and Outer North are the districts to read; for clearer rules, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh NCR districts may fit better.

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Confirm land-record status, colony status and zoning for any parcel; our review is not a title guarantee.

STRAIGHT TALK

Risks & challenges in West Delhi

Read these before shortlisting in West Delhi specifically.

"Farmland" that is really colony or abadi land

Plots offered as farmland in West Delhi are likely to be colony, Lal Dora or built-over village land. A khatauni and DDA zone letter are the only proof of land class.

Section 81 and Section 33 limits

Using recorded agricultural land for a residence risks ejectment under Section 81 (see the August 2026 High Court ruling above), and a sale that leaves the seller with under eight standard acres is restricted by Section 33. Read the Act text and the holding size.

Pooling zone uncertainty

DDA publishes pooling data by sector, not by village. If a village is pooled, DDA's scheme decides the land's future, so ask in writing.

Unauthorised colonies

Some colonies sit outside sanctioned layouts, and 220 were left out of the 2026 regularisation. Check the specific colony list and the colony's status.

Title, mutation and co-ownership

Old village estates can be co-owned and unmutated. Check mutation and possession on the ground.

Price opacity

We found no sourced price series. The reported agricultural circle rate is โ‚น53 lakh per acre (a Dec 2025 report). Do not budget stamp duty on a number you have not confirmed in writing.

Announced is not delivered

Business Today lists no Phase 5 corridors, and the MPD-2047 gazette copy was not available to us. Price what the law allows today.

Who to contact

Local revenue, planning & forest offices

Land-record and mutation matters go through the Sub-Divisional Magistrate and Tehsildar of the sub-division: Vikaspuri, Janakpuri or Rajouri Garden, all listed at Plot 3, Shivaji Place, Raja Garden (Revenue Department sub-divisional offices page). Sale-deed registration is handled by the Sub-Registrar; the existing 22 sub-registrar offices were due to expand to 39 under a separate notification (The Week/PTI, Dec 2025), so confirm which office covers the village. District-level orders sit with the District Magistrate (West).

Zoning and pooling sit with the Delhi Development Authority, and sanctioned colony layouts with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Fee schedules and procedures are on the Delhi Revenue Department registration page. Check the khatauni, mutation and encumbrance before paying any token amount.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions

Everything buyers, NRIs and investors ask before their first reviewed farmland purchase in West Delhi.

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Is there agricultural land in West Delhi?

Very little that we could source. West Delhi is an urban district of Vikaspuri, Janakpuri and Rajouri Garden sub-divisions, and we found no crop data or price series for any of its villages. Check any plot sold as farmland against the khatauni.

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Further reading

Data-currency note: the district map reflects the notification of 25 December 2025 and may change; road, airport, Metro and policy statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly. Where an official page did not open for us (the MPD-2047 gazette copy, DMRC and NHAI pages), we say so in the text. This is a general guide, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.

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