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Aerial view of agricultural land and farm fields near Amreli, Gujarat

District guide

Buying Land in Amreli

A Saurashtra farm district with a port and a Gir edge: section 63 farmer status, the draft eco-sensitive zone, coastal checks, rail and highway notices.

  • 7,397 sq km

    Area

  • 15.1 lakh

    Population (Census 2011)

  • 11

    Talukas

  • 64.34%

    Groundwater development (2012)

*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 — Amreli

Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk

State

Gujarat

Sub-divisions

11 talukas: Amreli, Babra, Bagasara, Dhari, Jafrabad, Khambha, Lathi, Lilia, Rajula, Savarkundla and Vadia (JAU Amreli study, April 2026); the 2012 CGWB booklet uses older names such as Kundla and Kunkavav

Key markets

Amreli · Savarkundla · Rajula · Dhari · Bagasara · Lathi

Demand anchors

Pipavav port · Lunidhar–Jetalsar rail line · Amreli–Khijadiya line in trial · NH351 corridor · SAUNI irrigation links · Gir eco-sensitive zone draft nearby

Rail

Lunidhar–Jetalsar line (58 km) passes through Botad, Amreli and Rajkot districts (Prime Minister's Office, October 2022); Amreli–Khijadiya line reported on trial (DeshGujarat, April 2026)

Size and population

7,397 sq km · 15,13,614 people at Census 2011, 616 villages at 31 March 2012 (CGWB Amreli profile, 2012)

Pricing unit

Asking prices are usually quoted per vigha or acre; no sourced price series is shown

Local units

Guntha = 1,089 sq ft · 40 gunthas = 1 acre · Vigha varies by region and no official conversion was found (DeshGujarat, September 2026 for 10 gunthas = 1,012 sq m)

Land records portal

anyror.gujarat.gov.in (fetch refused for this page; check records there)

District overview

Amreli — a Saurashtra farm district with a port, a coast and a Gir edge

Amreli is a Saurashtra district of 7,397 sq km with 15,13,614 people at Census 2011, 616 villages and 10 towns (CGWB Amreli profile, 2012). Junagadh Agricultural University's April 2026 study lists 11 talukas (Amreli, Babra, Bagasara, Dhari, Jafrabad, Khambha, Lathi, Lilia, Rajula, Savarkundla and Vadia) and puts the population at 15.04 lakh, a figure that differs slightly from the CGWB booklet (JAU Amreli study). The district portal opened only a notice page for us (Amreli district portal).

We publish no per-acre or per-vigha price band for Amreli. No registered-deal series or district jantri schedule could be opened, and Gujarat's jantri was reported doubled from 15 April 2023 with a revised draft still pending in November 2024 (DeshGujarat, February 2023; The Secretariat, November 2024). The land story here is a port, a rail upgrade and irrigation, each at a different stage.

Amreli is farmland first. The CGWB booklet lists groundnut and jowar in kharif, wheat and pulses in rabi and cotton across both seasons, on medium black, coastal alluvial, rocky and alkaline soils (CGWB Amreli profile, 2012). Groundwater development was 64.34% in 2012 with one taluka, Khambha, semi-critical, and the Shetrunji is the major river.

  • Pipavav port
  • Savarkundla
  • Rajula
  • Dhari
  • Lunidhar–Jetalsar line
  • Gir ESZ draft
Locator map of Amreli district in Gujarat

Transaction costs

Stamp duty & registration in Amreli

4.9%

Stamp duty on a conveyance deed

CAG audit for the year ended 31 Mar 2018; current rate to confirm

Not sourced

Registration fee on land deeds

no rate found; ask the Sub-Registrar

2x

Jantri doubled from 15 Apr 2023

reported statewide; no Amreli schedule opened

The Comptroller and Auditor General's audit for the year ended 31 March 2018 states stamp duty on a conveyance deed at 4.9% of the greater of consideration and market value, and gives no registration-fee rate for conveyances (CAG, Report 3 of 2019). Jantri rates were reported doubled from 15 April 2023 after about twelve years (DeshGujarat, February 2023), and a revised draft was reported pending in November 2024 (The Secretariat, November 2024). Registration runs through gARVI 2.0 across 294 Sub-Registrar offices (Inspector General of Registration summary); we could not open the portal (gARVI), so we quote no women's concession and no Amreli guideline value. Ask the Sub-Registrar for the duty, fee and jantri on your survey number.

Know the belt

What is moving prices in Amreli

Reported port, highway and zoning developments; no listing-site prices are used.

Pipavav port belt

Expansion MoU Rs 17,000 crore, non-binding (Oct 2025)

The Gujarat Maritime Board lists Pipavav as a private all-weather port in Amreli district, near Rajula, with a 269 km rail link to Surendranagar and road access by NH-8E (Gujarat Maritime Board). India Sea Trade News reported on 30 October 2025 a non-binding MoU to explore Rs 17,000 crore of expansion, conditional on extending a concession valid to September 2028 (India Sea Trade News, October 2025).

Check: whether the survey number is near the port, the coast or a rail siding, and the zone and status of the land.

NH351 corridor

Toll-plaza acquisition notified Jun 2026

The Gazette notification covers NH351 from Km 27 to Km 154 and lists eight private plots, 0.6319 hectares in all, in Vadia and Bagasara talukas (Gazette of India, June 2026). It gives no compensation rate.

Check: the Gazette entry for the survey number and the access road.

Gir eco-sensitive zone draft

196 villages across three districts (Sep 2024)

Deccan Herald reported the Centre's draft notification on 25 September 2024: 196 villages in Junagadh, Amreli and Gir Somnath, 1.84 lakh hectares (Deccan Herald, September 2024). The draft is not final and the report names no restrictions.

Check: whether the village is listed and what the final notification would restrict.

Asking prices

No sourced price series

Listing-site asking prices for Amreli could not be traced to registered deals, so none are shown. Jantri is the only official reference and it is a registration floor, not what a seller will accept.

Check: registered sale deeds in the same village before negotiating.

Units: guntha and vigha

A guntha is about 101 sq m or 1,089 sq ft and 40 gunthas make an acre; the fragmentation amendment uses 10 gunthas as 1,012 sq m (DeshGujarat, September 2026). The vigha varies by region and we found no official conversion, so convert any quote to gunthas or acres and confirm the share of the survey number being sold with the talati.

Connectivity

How Amreli connects — road, rail and air

Distances to Bhavnagar, Rajkot and Ahmedabad are not given because no official or news source was found. Journey times vary with road works.

By road

NH351 (Mahuva–Savarkundla–Amreli–Bagasara–Vadia–Jetpur)Km 27 to Km 154 named in the Jun 2026 notification
Pipavav port roadNH-8E (Gujarat Maritime Board)

By air

Amreli airportState-owned; on the UDAN unserved list with no airline bid (8 Dec 2022) (Lok Sabha)
Operating airports nearbyNo distance or service sourced

By rail & port

Lunidhar–Jetalsar line58 km via Botad, Amreli, Rajkot; dedicated 31 Oct 2022
Amreli–Khijadiya lineTrial run reported successful (Mar 2026)
Pipavav–Surendranagar rail link269 km (port page)
MetroNo metro project found in the sources read

The line and airport facts come from the Prime Minister's Office, October 2022, DeshGujarat, April 2026 and the Lok Sabha reply of December 2022. The practical question is the last leg from the highway to the parcel; ask for the access road in the revenue record. Statewide rules for buyers are in the Gujarat agricultural land rules.

Growth catalysts

Upcoming infrastructure & developments

Status labels reflect sources read in October 2026. Government-announced timelines are not guaranteed; items with a single or older source say so.

02Open or inaugurated

04In progress or pending

Dedicated · 31 Oct 2022 Lunidhar–Jetalsar rail line
Operating · expansion MoU Oct 2025 Pipavav port
Trial run reported · Mar 2026 Amreli–Khijadiya rail line
Notified · 12 and 15 Jun 2026 NH351 toll plaza land
Survey due Oct 2026 SAUNI pond-filling expansion
No airline bid · Dec 2022 Amreli airport
Dedicated · 31 Oct 2022

Lunidhar–Jetalsar rail line

A 58 km line that the Prime Minister dedicated on 31 October 2022; the release says it passes through Botad, Amreli and Rajkot districts, gives a shorter route to Pipavav port and Bhavnagar, and offers Bhavnagar and Amreli residents direct connectivity to Somnath and Porbandar (Prime Minister's Office, October 2022). The release gives no taluka-level alignment, so ask the railway for the survey numbers on the line.

Source: Prime Minister's Office, 31 Oct 2022

Length

58 km

Districts

Botad, Amreli, Rajkot

Status

Dedicated

Date

31 Oct 2022

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Amreli
Operating · expansion MoU Oct 2025

Pipavav port

The Gujarat Maritime Board describes Pipavav as a private all-weather port in Amreli district with five berths (it names three), a 4,000 m channel at 13.5 m depth, 8 quay cranes, a 269 km rail connection to Surendranagar and road access by NH-8E; a new container berth and a liquid berth are planned (Gujarat Maritime Board). In October 2025 the port operator was reported to have signed a non-binding MoU with the Board to explore Rs 17,000 crore of expansion, subject to extending a concession valid to September 2028 (India Sea Trade News, October 2025). The board page is undated and contradicts itself on berth numbers and drafts.

Source: Gujarat Maritime Board page (undated); India Sea Trade News, 30 Oct 2025

Type

Private, all-weather

Rail link

269 km to Surendranagar

Expansion MoU

Rs 17,000 crore

Status of MoU

Non-binding

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Rajula
Trial run reported · Mar 2026

Amreli–Khijadiya rail line

DeshGujarat's March 2026 roundup reported a successful trial run on the Amreli–Khijadiya line, bringing Amreli onto the broad-gauge network (DeshGujarat, April 2026). The summary gives no date, length or service start, so we treat passenger or freight services as unconfirmed.

Source: DeshGujarat, 4 Apr 2026

Status

Trial run reported

Gauge

Broad gauge

Services

Not confirmed

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Amreli
Notified · 12 and 15 Jun 2026

NH351 toll plaza land

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways notified under section 3D of the National Highways Act, 1956 the acquisition of eight private plots, 0.6319 hectares in total, for a toll plaza on NH351 between Km 27 and Km 154: four villages in Vadia taluka (Khadkhad, Morvada, Arjansukh, Najapur) and two in Bagasara taluka (Pithadiya, Deri Pipaliya) (Gazette of India, June 2026). The notice gives no cost or opening date.

Source: Gazette of India, 15 Jun 2026 (notification dated 12 Jun 2026)

Land

0.6319 ha

Plots

8

Talukas

Vadia, Bagasara

Purpose

Toll plaza

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Vadia
  • Bagasara
Survey due Oct 2026

SAUNI pond-filling expansion

On 9 September 2026 DeshGujarat reported that the state would widen SAUNI pond-filling coverage from 3 km to 7 km around the pipeline valves, with a survey of lakes to follow; the tender for the lake survey in Rajula taluka of Amreli district was complete and the survey targeted for October 2026 (DeshGujarat, September 2026). The wider scheme links 115 reservoirs across 11 districts (Ministry of Jal Shakti report).

Source: DeshGujarat, 9 Sep 2026; Ministry of Jal Shakti SAUNI report

Coverage

3 km to 7 km

Amreli survey

Rajula taluka

Target

Oct 2026

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Rajula
No airline bid · Dec 2022

Amreli airport

A Lok Sabha reply of 8 December 2022 says the airport belongs to the Gujarat Government, is on the UDAN list of unserved airports and had drawn no airline proposal (Lok Sabha, December 2022). We found no later report of a service, so treat it as a runway, not a flight option.

Source: Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 429, 8 Dec 2022

Owner

Gujarat Government

UDAN

Unserved list

Airline bids

None (Dec 2022)

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Amreli

Agriculture & terrain

Soil, crops & water in Amreli

A black-soil groundnut and cotton district on the Shetrunji, where wells carry most irrigation and canal water is still arriving.

🌾 Black soil and basalt plains

The CGWB booklet lists medium black, coastal alluvial, rocky and alkaline soils and puts the Deccan Trap basalt under about 70% of the district. Kharif crops are groundnut and jowar, rabi crops wheat and pulses, with cotton in both seasons; the 2026 JAU study adds onion and cumin and gives a cropped area of 6,34,708 hectares at 119% cropping intensity, without a year (CGWB Amreli profile, 2012; JAU Amreli study).

  • Groundnut
  • Cotton
  • Wheat
  • Jowar
  • Onion
  • Cumin

🌊 Shetrunji basin and dams

The Shetrunji is the major river, with the Sotali, Vadi, Thebi and Shell as tributaries, and the booklet lists six medium dams, mainly for irrigation (CGWB). Rajula taluka is the Amreli area named in the September 2026 SAUNI expansion report (DeshGujarat).

  • Shetrunji
  • Sotali
  • Vadi
  • Thebi

🌲 Forest and coast

The JAU study gives a forest area of 265.18 sq km in 2021 (JAU Amreli study), and the draft Gir eco-sensitive zone covers 196 villages across Amreli and two other districts (Deccan Herald). The coast and port are in the south of the district; ask for the coastal status of any parcel near them.

  • Gir edge
  • Forest 265 sq km
  • Coast

💧 Water & rainfall

The CGWB booklet gives average rainfall of 689 mm for 2011, with annual totals from 459 mm to 1,089 mm over 2004 to 2011; the JAU study gives 706 mm over the last three years. For irrigation the booklet records 165,600 hectares by dug wells and 7,700 hectares by canals out of 177,900 hectares net irrigated in 2012, while the JAU study puts borewells at 36.3% and canals at 35.5% of irrigation without a year, so the two disagree and we give both. Groundwater development was 64.34% in 2012 with only Khambha semi-critical at 74.63% (CGWB Amreli profile, 2012). The 2024 CGWB state report has no district-wise stage in the file we read (CGWB, Gujarat 2024), and Amreli is not on the Gujarat Samachar list of stressed districts (Gujarat Samachar, September 2026). Check borewell yield and permission for any parcel.

📐 Measurement units

Gujarat land units: guntha about 1,089 sq ft; 40 gunthas = 1 acre; vigha varies by region with no official conversion found. Convert every quote to gunthas or acres before comparing two offers. Live mandi prices are on Agmarknet (not opened for this page); village-level soil data is on the Soil Health Card portal (not opened). Crop income is modest next to land values near the port or highway, so price a parcel on location and permitted use.

At a glance

Amreli vs. its neighbours

District / beltPrice band* (per acre)Evidence
Amreli (all talukas)No sourced price seriesNo figure used; jantri doubled statewide from 15 Apr 2023 (DeshGujarat, Feb 2023)
BhavnagarNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page
JunagadhNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page
Gir SomnathNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page

*No price band is shown because no registered-deal series or district jantri schedule was available. See the Bhavnagar page for the east, the Junagadh page and the Gir Somnath page for the other districts in the draft Gir eco-sensitive zone.

Farmhouse plot with boundary stones near Amreli, Gujarat

District report — Amreli

Farmland India view

Why investors look at Amreli

Five reasoned points, with an honest note that the price evidence is thin and several catalysts are still pending.

A port district

Pipavav is a private all-weather port with a rail link, and an expansion MoU of Rs 17,000 crore was reported in October 2025. The MoU is non-binding and conditional, so it is a signal, not a delivered project.

Rail and irrigation are improving

The Lunidhar–Jetalsar line was dedicated in 2022, the Amreli–Khijadiya line is reported on trial, and SAUNI pond filling is being widened. Each lowers a historic constraint, at a different pace.

Groundwater was comparatively comfortable

At 64.34% in 2012 with one semi-critical taluka, Amreli looked safer than the north Gujarat districts on the 2026 stress list. The data are old, so test the borewell.

The Gir edge needs homework

The draft eco-sensitive zone covers 196 villages across three districts and is not final. Land at its edge may carry restrictions that reduce value, or none.

A market that rewards paperwork

Farmer status, coastal checks, draft zone status and Gazette notices are all survey-number specific. A buyer who documents each is better placed than one relying on a broker. The case rests on location and permitted use, not crop yield.

Confirm farmer status, Gir zone, coastal and acquisition status directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.

STRAIGHT TALK

Risks & challenges in Amreli

Read these before shortlisting in Amreli specifically.

Farmer-status rule

Section 63 bars transfers to non-agriculturists, and a state proposal to let non-farmers buy was under review in November 2024 with nothing enacted that we found. Ask for the seller's farmer evidence and the NA order.

Draft Gir eco-sensitive zone

The September 2024 draft covers 196 villages across Junagadh, Amreli and Gir Somnath and is not final. Ask the Forest Department whether the survey number is listed.

Coast and port land

We found no published purchase rule or Coastal Regulation Zone map for Amreli's coast. Ask the Collector and the Gujarat Maritime Board for the status of any parcel near the sea.

Acquisition notices

The NH351 toll-plaza notice names six villages; other notices may follow. Search the Gazette for the survey number before paying a deposit.

Uneven rain and wells

Annual rainfall ranged from 459 mm to 1,089 mm over 2004 to 2011, and most irrigation comes from wells. Check borewell depth and yield.

Announced is not delivered

The Pipavav MoU is non-binding, Amreli airport had no airline bid in 2022 and the Khijadiya line has only a trial run. Price on today's roads and rail.

Disturbed Areas Act checks

Where a survey number lies in a notified area, the Collector's sanction is required and a transfer without it is void. We have no list and found nothing naming Amreli, so ask the Collector or Sub-Registrar.

No sourced price series

We use no listing-site prices for Amreli, and jantri is only a floor. Collect registered comparables before negotiating.

Who to contact

Local revenue & planning offices

Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Mamlatdar of the taluka and the talati of the village, with the Prant officer (sub-divisional officer) above them and the District Collector at the top; the Amreli district portal is the starting point for taluka and office details, although its about-district page refused our request. Questions on the draft Gir eco-sensitive zone go to the Forest Department, and questions on the port and coastal land to the Gujarat Maritime Board (port page). NA permission is applied for to the Collector, and acquisition notices appear in the Gazette. Zoning law is the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976 (Act text, not opened). Sale-deed registration is handled by the Sub-Registrar office for the village, and land records are on AnyROR with registration on gARVI. We could not open the Revenue Department, AnyROR and gARVI portals, so check them directly.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions

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

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What does agricultural land cost in Amreli?

We publish no per-acre or per-vigha band for Amreli because no registered-deal series or district jantri schedule could be opened, and listing-site asking prices could not be traced to registered deals. The only official reference is the statewide jantri, reported doubled from 15 April 2023 (DeshGujarat, February 2023), and it is a registration floor, not a market price. Collect registered comparables from the same village.

Transparency

Sources and references

Law and courts

Government

News

Further reading

Data-currency note: area, population and groundwater come from a 2012 CGWB booklet (Census 2011 data); the JAU study is dated April 2026 but gives some figures without a year; infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly; the stamp-duty rate is from an audit of 2017-18. Pages marked "not opened" are named only as places to check. This is a general guide, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.

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