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

District guide

Buying Land in Bharuch

An industrial and port district on the Narmada estuary: Dahej and estate boundaries, tribal and coastal checks, floods and salinity, and expressway and rail projects still pending.

  • 5,246 sq km

    Area (district portal)

  • 15.5 lakh

    Population (district portal)

  • 9

    Talukas

  • 453 sq km, 44 villages

    Dahej PCPIR (GIDC, 2014 data)

*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 — Bharuch

Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk

State

Gujarat

Sub-divisions

9 talukas: Bharuch, Ankleshwar, Amod, Jambusar, Jhagadia, Hansot, Netrang, Vagra and Valia (Bharuch district portal)

Key markets

Bharuch · Ankleshwar · Dahej (Vagra) · Jhagadia · Jambusar

Demand anchors

Dahej–Vagra industrial and port belt · Delhi–Mumbai Expressway · Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail · Bhadbhut barrage on the Narmada

Rail

Bharuch and Ankleshwar are on the Gujarat list of stations identified under the Amrit Bharat scheme (DeshGujarat, August 2025); a 62 km Bharuch–Dahej line joins the Delhi–Mumbai main line (GIDC presentation, 2014 data)

Size and population

5,246 sq km · 15,50,822 people (Bharuch district portal; the district profile gives the population as the 2011 census)

Pricing unit

No sourced series; convert any quote to acres or sq m before comparing

Local units

Guntha = 1,089 sq ft (about 101 sq m) · 40 gunthas = 1 acre · vigha varies by region and no official conversion was found

Land records portal

AnyROR (not opened for this page; Gujarat government sites refused our automated fetch)

District overview

Bharuch — an industrial and port district on the Narmada estuary

Bharuch is a south Gujarat district of 5,246 sq km with 15,50,822 people on the district portal (Bharuch district portal), in nine talukas: Bharuch, Ankleshwar, Amod, Jambusar, Jhagadia, Hansot, Netrang, Vagra and Valia (taluka page). The Narmada is the only river through the district and enters the Arabian Sea about 30 km west of Bharuch (district profile). The portal lists chemicals, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, engineering, ports and shipbuilding and textiles among its industries. Dahej, in Vagra taluka, is the centre of the port and chemical belt (GIDC presentation, data to 2014).

We publish no price band for Bharuch. No district jantri schedule and no series of registered sale deeds could be obtained, and the Gujarat government land-records and registration portals did not open for us. The only dated price reference is statewide: the jantri was reported doubled from 15 April 2023 (DeshGujarat, February 2023).

Away from the industrial belt the district is black-soil farmland. The ICAR-CRIDA plan, which carries no statistics year, shows cotton on 133.6 thousand ha, with sorghum, pigeonpea, sugarcane, paddy and 12.76 thousand ha of banana (ICAR-CRIDA Bharuch plan). Salt and the tide shape the lower Narmada: the Bhadbhut barrage is meant to hold fresh water and protect saline land in the Bharuch–Ankleshwar area (DeshGujarat, March 2025), and the river crossed its danger mark at Bharuch in September 2025 (DeshGujarat, September 2025).

  • Bharuch
  • Ankleshwar
  • Dahej
  • Jhagadia
  • Jambusar
  • Narmada estuary
Locator map of Bharuch district in Gujarat

Transaction costs

Stamp duty & registration in Bharuch

4.9%

Stamp duty on a conveyance

audit year 2017-18 (CAG); current rate to confirm

Not sourced

Registration fee

no rate for land deeds found; ask the Sub-Registrar

15 Apr 2023

Jantri doubled (reported)

no Bharuch schedule obtained

The Comptroller and Auditor General's audit for the year ended 31 March 2018 states stamp duty on a conveyance at 4.9 per cent and gives no registration-fee rate for conveyances (CAG Report 3 of 2019); a later change is not ruled out. Jantri rates were reported doubled from 15 April 2023 (DeshGujarat, February 2023), and a revised draft was still pending in November 2024 (The Secretariat, November 2024). We found no Bharuch schedule. Registration runs on gARVI 2.0 across 294 Sub-Registrar offices (IGR summary, undated); we could not open the portal, so ask the Sub-Registrar for the duty, the fee and the jantri on your survey number.

Know the belt

What is moving prices in Bharuch

Mostly gaps. Industrial, expressway and river signals are sourced; prices are not.

Dahej–Vagra: estate and port belt

PCPIR 453 sq km, 44 villages (GIDC, 2014)

The GIDC presentation describes a 62 km Bharuch–Dahej rail line, a 50 km four-lane state highway to the Delhi–Mumbai road, and several jetties and terminals at Dahej, with figures mostly as of March 2014 (GIDC). In May 2025 the Union government de-notified 529.46 hectares of the Dahej SEZ at its developer's request (Daily Shipping Times, May 2025).

Check: whether the survey number is inside an estate, SEZ or PCPIR boundary.

Expressway belt: Bharuch to Ankleshwar

Packages 1–4 open; package 5 on trial (Jan 2026)

The Vadodara–Bharuch packages 1 to 3 have run since February 2024 up to Manubar, package 4 to Ankleshwar is open, and the Ankleshwar–Kim package opened on a trial basis for light vehicles in January 2026, with no direct entry or exit at Ankleshwar (DeshGujarat, January 2026; DeshGujarat, 10 Jan 2026).

Check: where the nearest interchange actually is; a line on a map is not an exit.

Narmada estuary: Bhadbhut barrage

53% physical progress (Mar 2025)

The barrage is meant to store fresh Narmada water, protect saline land in the Bharuch–Ankleshwar area and reduce flood damage; phase one was planned for July 2026 and phase two, with the flood embankment, for June 2027 (DeshGujarat, March 2025). We found no later progress report.

Check: whether phase one was completed and which villages sit behind the embankment.

Asking prices

No sourced price series

Asking prices for Bharuch could not be traced to registered deals, so none are shown. The jantri is the only official reference and it is a floor for registration, not what a seller will accept.

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

Units: guntha, acre, vigha

A guntha is about 1,089 sq ft (101 sq m) and 40 gunthas make an acre; the vigha varies by region and we found no official conversion for Bharuch, so ask for the area in acres and gunthas from the 7/12 record and convert every quote before comparing offers. The 2026 fragmentation amendment sets 10 gunthas (1,012 sq m) as the rural standard area (DeshGujarat, September 2026).

Connectivity

How Bharuch connects — road, rail and air

No drive times are given because no official or news source stated them for this district. Journey times vary with traffic and road works.

By road

Delhi–Mumbai Expressway, packages 1–3Vadodara to Manubar, 86.7 km combined; open since Feb 2024
Package 4Manubar–Ankleshwar, 13 km; open
Package 5Ankleshwar–Kim, 24.57 km; trial, light vehicles (Jan 2026)
Bharuch–Dahej state highway50 km, four-lane (2014 document)

By air

Airport in the districtNone found in the sources read
Vadodara and SuratAbout 90 km and 85 km from Dahej (2014 document)
AhmedabadAbout 250 km from Dahej (2014 document)

By rail & metro

Bharuch–Dahej line62 km, joins the Delhi–Mumbai main line (2014 document)
High-speed railNarmada bridge about 1.4 km links Surat and Bharuch stations (Aug 2024)
Bharuch and Ankleshwar stationsIdentified under Amrit Bharat; no dates
MetroNo metro project found in the sources read

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

Growth catalysts

Upcoming infrastructure & developments

Status labels reflect sources read in October 2026. Government-announced timelines are not guaranteed; items marked reported rest on a single news source.

01Open or inaugurated

04In progress or pending

Packages 1–4 open · package 5 on trial (Jan 2026) Delhi–Mumbai Expressway: Vadodara–Kim section
Under construction · Surat–Vapi targeted Aug 2027 Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail through Bharuch
Under construction · phase two targeted June 2027 Bhadbhut barrage on the Narmada
Operating estate (2014 data) · SEZ part de-notified May 2025 Dahej PCPIR, SEZ and Bharuch–Dahej rail
Identified · no dates (Mar 2026) Bharuch and Ankleshwar, Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
Packages 1–4 open · package 5 on trial (Jan 2026)

Delhi–Mumbai Expressway: Vadodara–Kim section

The Gujarat section of the expressway runs through Bharuch district in five packages. DeshGujarat reported in October 2025 package lengths of 23.74, 32, 31, 13 and 24.57 km from Vadodara to the Kim interchange, with the first three operational and package 5 at 86% (DeshGujarat, October 2025). On 12 January 2026 it reported packages 1 to 4 open and package 5 open on trial for light vehicles only (DeshGujarat, January 2026), and on 10 January that direct entry or exit at Ankleshwar is not available (DeshGujarat, 10 Jan 2026). Trial sections may close again, and tolls were not yet collected.

Source: DeshGujarat, 30 Oct 2025; 10 Jan 2026; 12 Jan 2026

Section

Vadodara → Kim (Surat)

Bharuch packages

1 to 5, ~124 km

Status

Open; package 5 on trial

Ankleshwar

No direct entry or exit (Jan 2026)

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Bharuch
  • Ankleshwar
  • Amod
Under construction · Surat–Vapi targeted Aug 2027

Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail through Bharuch

The 508 km line has all its land acquired and a first service on the Surat–Vapi stretch targeted for August 2027, with no full date set (Business Today reporting Railway Ministry figures; Business Today, August 2026). In Bharuch district, a bridge of about 1.4 km over the Narmada links the Surat and Bharuch stations; in August 2024 Construction World reported 19 of 25 well foundations complete (Construction World, August 2024). We found no dated report on the Bharuch station itself.

Source: Business Today, 16 Aug 2026; Construction World, 26 Aug 2024

Line

508 km

Bharuch bridge

~1.4 km over Narmada

First service

Surat–Vapi, Aug 2027

Bharuch section

No date found

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Bharuch
  • Ankleshwar
Under construction · phase two targeted June 2027

Bhadbhut barrage on the Narmada

A barrage across the lower Narmada near Bharuch, intended to store fresh water, protect saline land in the Bharuch–Ankleshwar area, reduce flood damage and stop seawater reaching Shuklatirth about 70 km upstream. In March 2025 progress was 53%, with phase one at 99% and planned for July 2026 and phase two, including the flood embankment, for June 2027; freshwater storage was expected from July 2027 (DeshGujarat, March 2025). The report states no project cost, and we found no later progress report.

Source: DeshGujarat, 29 Mar 2025

Progress

53% (Mar 2025)

Phase one

Planned Jul 2026

Phase two

Planned Jun 2027

Storage

Expected from Jul 2027

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Bharuch
  • Ankleshwar
  • Jambusar
Operating estate (2014 data) · SEZ part de-notified May 2025

Dahej PCPIR, SEZ and Bharuch–Dahej rail

The GIDC presentation describes a petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals investment region of 453 sq km across 44 villages in Vagra taluka, a 62 km Bharuch–Dahej rail line joining the Delhi–Mumbai main line, a 50 km four-lane state highway and private and state jetties (GIDC presentation); its figures are mostly as of 31 March 2014 and several timelines in it have long passed. On 7 May 2025 the Daily Shipping Times reported that the Union government had de-notified 529.46 hectares of the Dahej SEZ on the developer's proposal, without stating the reason or the area that remains (Daily Shipping Times, May 2025).

Source: GIDC presentation (data to Mar 2014); Daily Shipping Times, 7 May 2025

PCPIR

453 sq km, 44 villages

Rail

62 km Bharuch–Dahej

Road

50 km four-lane

SEZ de-notified

529.46 ha (May 2025)

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Vagra
  • Bharuch
Identified · no dates (Mar 2026)

Bharuch and Ankleshwar, Amrit Bharat Station Scheme

Bharuch and Ankleshwar are among the 87 Gujarat stations identified under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (DeshGujarat, August 2025). A PIB release of 12 March 2026 lists redeveloped stations and does not include either (PIB, March 2026). No start or completion date was found.

Source: DeshGujarat, 1 Aug 2025; PIB, 12 Mar 2026

Gujarat stations identified

87

Stations

Bharuch, Ankleshwar

Completed list

Not included

Dates

None found

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Bharuch
  • Ankleshwar

Agriculture & terrain

Soil, crops & water in Bharuch

A black-soil cotton, banana and sugarcane district whose lower Narmada plains face salinity and floods, and whose industrial belt sits beside them.

🌾 Black-soil plains (Bharuch, Amod, Jambusar)

The ICAR-CRIDA contingency plan (production averages for 2004-08, no statistics year) gives heavy black plain soil on 62.52% of the area, sandy loam on 23.12% and coastal heavy black soil on 14.36%, with cotton on 133.6 thousand ha, pigeonpea on 56.6, sorghum on 30.3, sugarcane on 20.9, paddy on 15.4 and banana on 12.76 (ICAR-CRIDA Bharuch plan). Treat these as a dated outline of the cropping pattern, not current acreage.

  • Cotton
  • Banana
  • Sugarcane
  • Pigeonpea

🧂 Saline coastal land

The same plan records two over-exploited blocks (36% of the area) with saline water, one critical block (17%) and three safe blocks (19%), in an older assessment (ICAR-CRIDA plan). The Bhadbhut barrage is meant to protect saline land in the Bharuch–Ankleshwar area (DeshGujarat, March 2025). Salinity affects what a borewell yields and what a crop tolerates, so test the water before pricing the land.

  • Salinity
  • Bhadbhut
  • Estuary

🌊 Narmada floodplain

On 5 September 2025 the Narmada stood at 25.32 feet at the Golden Bridge in Bharuch, about 1.32 feet above the 24-foot danger mark, after more than 4.7 lakh cusecs were released from Sardar Sarovar, and nearly 30 villages in Narmada, Vadodara and Bharuch districts were on high alert (DeshGujarat, September 2025). Ask for flood history on any parcel near the river.

  • Narmada
  • Golden Bridge
  • Sardar Sarovar releases

💧 Water & rainfall

Normal annual rainfall is 985.6 mm over 46 rainy days in the ICAR-CRIDA plan, which also gives net irrigated area of 71.3 thousand ha (open wells 50.4, canals 41.2) against 255.8 thousand ha rainfed (ICAR-CRIDA plan); the district profile says the monsoon brings about 800 mm (district profile). The two disagree, so we give both. Statewide, CGWB counted 22 over-exploited and 10 critical assessment units of 252 in 2024 and gives no district stage (CGWB, Gujarat 2024). Check borewell yield and salinity on any parcel.

📐 Measurement units

Guntha = 1,089 sq ft; 40 gunthas = 1 acre; the vigha varies by region and has no official conversion we could find. Convert every quote to acres or sq m before comparing two offers. Cotton or banana income is modest next to land values near the industrial belt, so price a parcel on location, water and permitted use rather than on crop yield.

At a glance

Bharuch vs. its neighbours

District / beltPrice band* (per acre)Evidence
Bharuch (this page)No sourced price seriesNo jantri schedule or registered-deal series obtained
NarmadaNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page
VadodaraNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page
SuratNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page

*No price band is shown because no sourced series exists; jantri rates are registration floors, not market prices. See the Surat page for the expressway and high-speed rail neighbour to the south, the Vadodara page for the other end of the Vadodara–Kim section and the Narmada page for the upstream district.

Farmhouse plot with boundary stones near Bharuch, Gujarat

District report — Bharuch

Farmland India view

Why investors look at Bharuch

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

An industrial belt with a long record

The Dahej PCPIR covers 453 sq km across 44 villages (2014 data). Demand for land near it comes from industry, which also means estate and SEZ boundaries decide what a farm parcel can become.

Expressway already carrying traffic

Packages 1 to 4 of the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway are open and package 5 is on trial, though Ankleshwar has no direct entry or exit. Interchange location matters more than the line on the map.

High-speed rail on the way, date open

The Surat–Vapi stretch is targeted for August 2027; no date was found for Bharuch. This desk reads the rail line as slow-moving rather than as a reason for a premium.

A river that helps and threatens

The Bhadbhut barrage aims at flood protection and fresh water; the Narmada also crossed its danger mark in September 2025. A parcel behind an embankment and one beside the channel are different risks.

A market that rewards paperwork

Estate boundaries, scheduled-area status, coastal limits, farmer status and NA permission are all parcel-specific. A buyer who documents each is better placed than one relying on a broker summary.

Confirm estate boundaries, tribal and coastal status, flood history and NA directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.

STRAIGHT TALK

Risks & challenges in Bharuch

Read these before shortlisting in Bharuch specifically.

Industrial estate and SEZ boundaries

The Dahej PCPIR covers 44 villages (GIDC, 2014 data) and 529.46 ha of the SEZ was de-notified in May 2025 (Daily Shipping Times). Check whether a survey number is inside any boundary.

Scheduled-area villages

Bharuch is a partially covered Fifth Schedule district (Ministry of Panchayati Raj). We found no list of villages, so ask the Collector before buying from a tribal seller.

Coastal and tidal land

Shoreline villages face salinity and the 2008 resolution's 500 m high-tide limit for NA permission (Revenue Department, 2008), which may be superseded. No Bharuch coastal-zone rule was found.

Narmada flooding

The river was above its danger mark at Bharuch on 5 September 2025 (DeshGujarat, September 2025). Ask for flood history on any low-lying or riverside parcel.

Salinity and groundwater

The ICAR-CRIDA plan records saline groundwater in over-exploited blocks (ICAR-CRIDA plan, undated). Test water quality and borewell yield.

Farmer-status rule and NA permission

Section 63 of the Tenancy Act bars transfers to non-agriculturists, and NA permission carries a premium that the press puts at 35 to 40 per cent of land value (Gujarat Samachar, March 2024). See the state page; no official schedule was found.

Announced is not delivered

High-speed rail has an August 2027 target for Surat–Vapi only, expressway package 5 is on trial, and Bhadbhut phase two is planned for June 2027 (DeshGujarat). No price series exists to test any premium.

Who to contact

Local revenue, planning & forest offices

Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Mamlatdar of the relevant taluka (Bharuch, Ankleshwar, Amod, Jambusar, Jhagadia, Hansot, Netrang, Vagra, Valia), as listed on the Bharuch district portal, with sub-divisional matters handled by the Prant officer. The District Collector, Bharuch handles NA permission, Disturbed Areas Act sanction and Land Grabbing Act committees; the district portal carries the office details. Sale-deed registration is at the local Sub-Registrar on gARVI; records are on AnyROR. Industrial estate allotments sit with GIDC, and town planning rules in the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976. We could not open the AnyROR, gARVI or Revenue Department portals, so check them directly.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions

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

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What does agricultural land cost in Bharuch?

We publish no price band. No district jantri schedule or series of registered sale deeds could be obtained, and the Gujarat registration portal did not open for us. The only dated reference is statewide: the jantri was reported doubled from 15 April 2023 (DeshGujarat, February 2023). Ask the Sub-Registrar for the jantri on your survey number and collect registered comparables before negotiating.

Transparency

Sources and references

Law and courts

Government

News

Further reading

Data-currency note: population and area are district-portal figures (the profile page ties population to the 2011 census). The ICAR-CRIDA crop, soil and groundwater tables have no statistics year (production averages 2004-08). The Dahej figures in the GIDC presentation are mostly as of March 2014. Official Gujarat government portals (Revenue Department, AnyROR, gARVI) did not open for our automated fetch; district NIC pages, PIB, PRS and GIDC documents did.

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