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

District guide

Buying Land in Anand

Irrigated Charotar farmland between Ahmedabad and Vadodara: the farmer-status rule, a coastal taluka at Khambhat and a bullet-train station under construction.

  • 2,941 sq km

    Area

  • 20.9 lakh

    Population (Census 2011)

  • 52.48%, Safe

    Groundwater stage (CGWB, Dec 2013)

  • Structure done, Apr 2026

    Bullet-train station

*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 — Anand

Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk

State

Gujarat

Sub-divisions

8 talukas: Anand, Anklav, Borsad, Khambhat, Petlad, Sojitra, Tarapur, Umreth (CGWB district brochure, December 2013, which spells Khambhat as Khambat)

Key markets

Anand · Petlad · Borsad · Khambhat · Umreth · Sojitra

Demand anchors

Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet-train station under construction · Ahmedabad–Vadodara corridor · irrigated Charotar farmland

Rail

Uttarsanda station about 600 m and Nadiad Junction about 10 km from the bullet-train station site (NHSRCL station brief, undated)

Size and population

2,941 sq km · 20,90,276 people at Census 2011 (CGWB district brochure, December 2013)

Pricing unit

₹/guntha or ₹/acre (farmland)

Local units

Guntha = 1,089 sq ft · 40 gunthas = 1 acre · Vigha varies by region

Land records portal

anyror.gujarat.gov.in (did not open for this page; check records there)

District overview

Anand — Charotar farmland with a bullet-train station coming

Anand covers 2,941 sq km and had 20,90,276 people at the 2011 Census, according to the Central Ground Water Board's district brochure (CGWB, December 2013). It has eight talukas: Tarapur, Sojitra, Umreth, Anand, Petlad, Khambhat, Borsad and Anklav. The district portal says Anand became a separate district in 1997, having been part of Kheda, and describes the area as Charotar, a name tied to its fertile soil (Anand district portal, October 2026).

The district's main infrastructure story is the Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet-train station. NHSRCL is building Anand station as a multi-modal hub, 25.6 m tall with 44,073 sq m built up and two side platforms (NBMCW, April 2026), and structural and roof works were reported complete in April 2026 (Swarajya, April 2026). The Railway Ministry targets the first bullet-train service on the Surat–Vapi stretch for August 2027, with no date set for the full line (Business Today, August 2026).

We publish no per-acre price band for Anand. Gujarat doubled its jantri rates from 15 April 2023 (DeshGujarat, February 2023) and a revised draft was pending in November 2024 (The Secretariat, November 2024), but we obtained no district or village schedule. The brochure describes medium black and shallow black soil, canal and well irrigation, and a groundwater development stage of 52.48%, categorised Safe, though that assessment is old (CGWB brochure).

  • Anand
  • Petlad
  • Khambhat
  • Charotar
  • Bullet-train station
Locator map of Anand district in Gujarat

Transaction costs

Stamp duty & registration in Anand

4.9%

Stamp duty on a conveyance deed

as stated in the 2017-18 audit report

Not found

Registration fee on a land sale deed

no sourced rate

2x

Jantri rates from 15 April 2023

as reported; first revision in about 12 years

The Comptroller and Auditor General's audit of the year ended 31 March 2018 says stamp duty on a conveyance deed is 4.9 per cent of the greater of consideration and market value, and that registration fees are levied on the consideration without giving a rate for conveyances (CAG Report 3 of 2019, chapter 4). A 2025 amendment Bill to the Gujarat Stamp Act shows no change to the land conveyance rate in its summary, but we have not seen the enacted schedule (Gujarat Bill 10 of 2025, PRS Legislative Research). Jantri rates were doubled from 15 April 2023, the first revision in about 12 years, as reported (DeshGujarat, February 2023). Registration runs on the gARVI 2.0 system in 294 Sub-Registrar offices statewide (Inspector General of Registration summary; CMO Gujarat, January 2023); we found no taluka-wise office list for Anand, and the gARVI portal did not open. Ask the Sub-Registrar for the duty and fee on your parcel.

Know the belt

What is moving prices in Anand

Two kinds of official reference, both partial: state-wide jantri news and one station. No listing-site prices are used.

Jantri: no Anand schedule

Doubled from 15 Apr 2023 (reported)

DeshGujarat reported in February 2023 that jantri rates would double from 15 April 2023 after about 12 years (DeshGujarat, February 2023). The Secretariat reported in November 2024 that a revision of minimum rates for agricultural land was being drafted (The Secretariat, November 2024). Neither gives an Anand figure.

Check: the jantri for your survey number on the gARVI portal, which did not open for us.

Bullet-train station area

No sourced price; structure and roof done (Apr 2026)

The station is 25.6 m tall and three floors high, with slab casting on all three levels, roof steel and sheeting, lifts and escalators reported complete in April 2026 (NBMCW, April 2026). A station can raise asking prices before it raises registered ones, and we have no registered-deal data for Anand.

Check: registered sale deeds near the site, and whether the parcel is NA or farm land.

Land under power lines

Statewide: twice market value from July 2026 (reported)

The Gujarat Government revised compensation for land used for transmission towers on 3 July 2026, setting it at twice the prevailing market value, with full payment before work begins and a market-rate committee including the Collector (National Herald, July 2026; Deccan Herald, July 2026). Neither report names Anand.

Check: whether a line or tower already crosses the parcel before agreeing a price.

Asking prices

No sourced price series

Listing prices for Anand could not be traced to registered deals, so none are shown. A jantri rate is a registration floor, not what a seller will accept.

Check: registered deeds in the same village before negotiating.

Units: guntha, acre, vigha

Gujarat land is measured in gunthas. The September 2026 amendment puts 10 gunthas at 1,012 sq m (DeshGujarat, September 2026), so 1 guntha is about 101 sq m or 1,089 sq ft, and 40 gunthas make an acre. The vigha varies by region and we found no official conversion for Anand, so ask which vigha a listing uses and compare parcels in gunthas.

Connectivity

How Anand connects — road, rail and air

Distances are from NHSRCL's station brief and are measured from the station site, not the city centre. No road-distance table for the talukas was found.

By road

NH-48 and SH-150Link road to NH-48; direct access to NH-48 and SH-150 planned from the station
Ahmedabad–Vadodara ExpresswayEight-lane widening proposed (Jan 2026); no date

By air

Vadodara Airport54 km from the station site
Ahmedabad airportAbout 70 km from the station site
Airport in the districtNone found in the sources read

By rail & bullet train

Anand bullet-train stationStructure and roof done (Apr 2026)
Uttarsanda stationAbout 600 m from the station site
Nadiad JunctionAbout 10 km from the station site
Bullet-train openingSurat–Vapi targeted Aug 2027; rest not set

The practical question is the last leg from the highway to the parcel; ask for the access road in the revenue record. Rules for buyers from outside the state are on the Gujarat state page.

Growth catalysts

Upcoming infrastructure & developments

Status labels reflect sources read in October 2026. Government-announced timelines are not guaranteed; items marked proposed have a single source.

01Open or inaugurated

02In progress or pending

Under construction · structure and roof done (Apr 2026) Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train: Anand station
Proposed · eight lanes (Jan 2026), no date Ahmedabad–Vadodara Expressway widening
Open on trial · Vadodara–Navsari (Jan 2026) Delhi–Mumbai Expressway, Vadodara–Navsari
Under construction · structure and roof done (Apr 2026)

Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train: Anand station

NHSRCL is building Anand station as a multi-modal hub: 25.6 m tall, 44,073 sq m built up, three floors, two side platforms with four tracks between them. Slab casting on all three levels, roof steel and sheeting, and lifts and escalators were reported complete in April 2026, with cladding and staircase finishing under way (NBMCW, April 2026; Swarajya, April 2026). The station brief adds a link road to NH-48 and planned access to NH-48 and SH-150 (NHSRCL station brief). Across the 508 km line, land is fully acquired and the first service, on Surat–Vapi, is targeted for August 2027, with no date for the full line (Business Today, August 2026).

Source: NBMCW, 15 Apr 2026; Swarajya, 15 Apr 2026; NHSRCL station brief (undated); Business Today, 16 Aug 2026

Station height

25.6 m

Built-up area

44,073 sq m

Status

Structure and roof done

Opening

No date for Anand

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Anand taluka
  • Uttarsanda
Proposed · eight lanes (Jan 2026), no date

Ahmedabad–Vadodara Expressway widening

A January 2026 round-up reports that the state has proposed widening the Ahmedabad–Vadodara Expressway to eight lanes to handle rising traffic, and gives no date (DeshGujarat, January 2026). The report does not list the talukas on the alignment, and we have not matched the alignment to Anand's talukas, so confirm with NHAI before pricing a parcel on it.

Source: DeshGujarat, 31 Jan 2026

Corridor

Ahmedabad → Vadodara

Proposal

Eight lanes

Status

Proposed

Date

Not given

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Anand
Open on trial · Vadodara–Navsari (Jan 2026)

Delhi–Mumbai Expressway, Vadodara–Navsari

All packages of the Vadodara–Navsari section were reported open in January 2026, with two on trial, and about 426 km of the 1,386 km expressway lies in Gujarat (DeshGujarat, January 2026). The report does not mention Anand. It is a regional link south of the district, so treat it as context, not as an Anand catalyst.

Source: DeshGujarat, 12 Jan 2026

Section

Vadodara → Navsari

Gujarat share

~426 km of 1,386 km

Status

Open, some on trial

Anand

Not named

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Regional context

Agriculture & terrain

Soil, crops & water in Anand

Crop and water data are from a December 2013 CGWB brochure and are dated; the 2024 state assessment has no district stage.

🌾 Charotar plains (paddy, wheat, tobacco)

The CGWB brochure describes medium black and shallow black soil, with paddy and juwar in kharif, wheat and pulses in rabi, juwar and groundnut in summer, tobacco and cotton as seasonal crops and sugarcane as a perennial. It gives net area sown as 186,600 ha, gross cropped area as 296,500 ha, and net irrigated area as 181,500 ha in 2006-07, of which government canals served 95,700 ha, with 10,532 dug wells (CGWB brochure, December 2013). The figures are about two decades old.

  • Paddy
  • Wheat
  • Tobacco
  • Cotton
  • Sugarcane

💧 Sabarmati, Mahi and groundwater

The brochure names the Sabarmati and Mahi as the district's rivers and gives a groundwater development stage of 52.48%, categorised Safe, with all eight talukas Safe, from 17.09% in Tarapur to 63.27% in Anklav. Depth to water in 2012 ran from 3.15 to 26.56 m below ground before the monsoon (CGWB brochure). The state-wide 2024 assessment gives no district-wise stage, so the Anand figure is not current (CGWB, December 2024).

  • Sabarmati
  • Mahi
  • Safe category

🌊 Canals and the Gulf coast

The brochure counts government canals as the largest source of irrigation. State-wide, the Narmada network was reported 63,908 km complete out of 69,830 km at 31 January 2025 (DeshGujarat, March 2025), but we found no source naming which Anand talukas draw Narmada water. Khambhat's coastal position makes tidal and salinity questions worth asking about locally; we have no sourced salinity data.

  • Canal command
  • Khambhat coast

💧 Water & rainfall

The brochure gives average annual rainfall of 799.6 mm, taken from the India Meteorological Department normal for the Ahmedabad station, not a station in Anand (CGWB brochure). Check borewell depth and canal access for the specific parcel, as groundwater is only one of the supplies.

📐 Measurement units & mandi prices

Gujarat land units: 1 guntha is about 101 sq m or 1,089 sq ft and 40 gunthas make an acre; the vigha varies by region. Convert every quote to gunthas or acres before comparing two offers. Mandi prices are on Agmarknet (not opened for this page); price a parcel on its location and permitted use, not on crop yield.

At a glance

Anand vs. its neighbours

District / beltPrice band* (per acre)Evidence
AnandNo sourced price seriesGroundwater stage 52.48%, Safe (CGWB brochure, Dec 2013); no jantri schedule obtained
KhedaNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page
VadodaraNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page
AhmedabadNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page

*Jantri rates are registration floors, not market prices, and we obtained no district schedule. See the Kheda page, the district Anand was part of until 1997, the Vadodara page and the Ahmedabad page.

Farmhouse plot with boundary stones near Anand, Gujarat

District report — Anand

Farmland India view

Why investors look at Anand

Five reasoned points, with an honest note that the price evidence is thin and the bullet-train opening date for Anand is not set.

A bullet-train station inside the district

Anand is one of the stations on the Mumbai–Ahmedabad line, and its building was reported structurally complete in April 2026. The first service is targeted on a different stretch for August 2027, so the station adds access later, not now.

Between two large cities

Vadodara Airport is 54 km and Ahmedabad airport about 70 km from the station site, according to NHSRCL. A buyer in Ahmedabad or Vadodara should time the actual drive to the parcel.

Irrigated farmland

In 2006-07 the brochure counted 181,500 ha irrigated against 186,600 ha net sown, with government canals serving 95,700 ha. Irrigated land holds its use value, but the data are old.

Groundwater was not stressed in the last assessment we found

The 52.48% stage and Safe category date from the December 2013 brochure. Ask for the current block status and borewell record.

A market that rewards paperwork

Farmer status, tenure, NA permission, the fragmentation limit and station-area zoning are all parcel-specific. The return case is access and permitted use, since we hold no price series to prove otherwise.

Confirm farmer status, tenure, NA and zoning status directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.

STRAIGHT TALK

Risks & challenges in Anand

Read these before shortlisting in Anand specifically.

Farmer-status rule

Section 63 bars transfers to non-agriculturists, and farmer status is checked back to 6 April 1995. A non-farmer buyer should not assume the proposal under review in 2024 has become law.

NA permission and premium

NA permission is deemed granted if the Collector does not decide in three months, but a premium applies; press reports put it at about 35 to 40 per cent of land value, and we found no official schedule.

Coastal Khambhat

A 500 m limit from the high-tide line appears in the 2008 NA resolution, which later circulars may have changed. We found no Anand-specific coastal map.

Station expectations

The Anand station structure is reported done, but only Surat–Vapi has an opening target (August 2027). Price on today's access.

Fragmentation limit

A 10-guntha rural standard area passed the Assembly in September 2026, as reported. The Act text and any filing deadline were not seen.

Dated district data

Crop, irrigation and groundwater figures come from a 2013 brochure with 2006-07 and 2012 data. Treat them as background.

No sourced price series

We use no listing-site prices for Anand and have no district jantri schedule. Collect registered comparables before negotiating.

Who to contact

Local revenue & planning offices

Sale deeds are registered by the Sub-Registrar, and registration runs on the gARVI 2.0 system (Inspector General of Registration summary). Revenue-record and mutation matters go through the Mamlatdar of the relevant taluka (Anand, Anklav, Borsad, Khambhat, Petlad, Sojitra, Tarapur, Umreth) and, where the taluka falls under one, the Prant (sub-division) officer; farmer-status and tenure permissions are handled by the District Collector, Anand, as the Surat Collectorate's tenancy page describes for its own district (Surat Collectorate). Records are on AnyROR and the district office is on the Anand district portal. We opened only the portal's home page; AnyROR and gARVI did not open, and we found no taluka-wise office list, so check each directly.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions

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

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What does agricultural land cost in Anand?

We publish no per-acre band for Anand because listing-site prices could not be traced to registered deals and we obtained no district jantri schedule. Gujarat doubled its jantri rates from 15 April 2023, as DeshGujarat reported in February 2023, and a revised draft was pending in November 2024 (The Secretariat). Jantri is a registration floor, not a market price.

Transparency

Sources and references

Law and courts

Government

News

Further reading

Data-currency note: area, talukas, population, crop, irrigation and groundwater figures come from a December 2013 CGWB brochure (Census 2011; irrigation 2006-07; water levels 2012); bullet-train and expressway statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly; jantri and stamp-duty figures are state-wide and dated. Pages marked "not opened" are named only as places to check, and Gujarat Government portals refused automated fetches. This is a general guide, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.

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