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Aerial view of agricultural land and farm fields near Chhota Udaipur, Gujarat

District guide

Buying Land in Chhota Udaipur

A tribal hill district in eastern Gujarat: section 73AA sanction, forest and mining checks, a part-open rail link to Dhar, NH-56 four-laning and no sourced price series.

  • 3,436 sq km

    Area

  • 10.72 lakh

    Population (Census 2011)

  • 6

    Talukas (district portal)

  • 48.05%

    Groundwater extraction (2017)

*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 — Chhota Udaipur

Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk

State

Gujarat

Sub-divisions

6 talukas: Chhotaudepur, Pavijetpur, Kawant, Naswadi, Sankheda and Bodeli; headquarters at Chhotaudepur (Chhota Udepur district portal, October 2026). A seventh taluka for the district was reported in September 2025 without a name (The Week, September 2025)

Key markets

Chhota Udepur town · Bodeli · Pavi Jetpur · Sankheda · Naswadi · Kavant

Demand anchors

Chhota Udepur-Dhar rail line part open from September 2026 · NH-56 four-laning in progress · dolomite, fluorite, granite and sand mining reported

Rail

Chhota Udepur-Dhar broad-gauge line (157 km planned); Jobat-Tanda section inaugurated 8 September 2026 (Indian Infrastructure, September 2026)

Size and population

3,436 sq km · 10,71,830 people, Census 2011 (CGWB aquifer plan, October 2022)

Pricing unit

₹/vigha or ₹/acre (farmland) · ₹/sq yd or ₹/sq m (plots)

Local units

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

Land records portal

AnyROR (Gujarat Revenue Department); the portal refused automated access, so check records there

District overview

Chhota Udaipur — a tribal hill district with a new rail link and a highway being widened

Chhota Udepur, listed here as Chhota Udaipur, is an eastern Gujarat district of 3,436 sq km with 10,71,830 people at the 2011 Census (CGWB aquifer plan, October 2022). The district portal lists six talukas: Chhotaudepur, Pavijetpur, Kawant, Naswadi, Sankheda and Bodeli (Chhota Udepur district portal, October 2026); PTI reported one new taluka for the district in September 2025 without naming it (PTI via The Week, September 2025). The portal calls it a tribal-dominated district and notes the Rathwa community's Pithora wall paintings.

We publish no per-acre price band for Chhota Udaipur. No registered-deal series, jantri schedule or compensation figure for the district could be opened, so the notes below describe what is changing around the land. Jantri rates were reported doubled across Gujarat from 15 April 2023 (DeshGujarat, February 2023), which is a state-wide statement.

The land is hilly in the east, with ridges and plateaus at 150 to 481 m and a highest point of 637 m (CGWB publication record, Chhota Udepur aquifer plan). Rainfall is normally 1,083 mm, cotton and maize lead the 2019-20 crop areas, and the Orsang and Heran are the rivers named (CGWB aquifer plan). A new rail link to Madhya Pradesh opened in part in September 2026 (Indian Infrastructure, September 2026).

  • Chhota Udepur
  • Bodeli
  • Pavi Jetpur
  • Sankheda
  • Chhota Udepur-Dhar line
  • Tribal district
Locator map of Chhota Udaipur district in Gujarat

Transaction costs

Stamp duty & registration in Chhota Udaipur

4.9%

Stamp duty on conveyance

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

Not sourced

Registration fee

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

2x

Jantri revision (reported)

reported doubled from 15 Apr 2023; no district 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 per cent 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 (DeshGujarat, February 2023) and a revised draft was reported pending in November 2024 (The Secretariat, November 2024). Registration runs through gARVI 2.0 in 294 Sub-Registrar offices, according to an Inspector General of Registration summary (IGR summary). We found no Chhota Udaipur jantri schedule and the registration portal did not open for us, so ask the Sub-Registrar for the duty, fee and jantri on the survey number. A sale by a tribal holder also needs the Collector's sanction under section 73AA (see the legal note).

Know the belt

What is moving prices in Chhota Udaipur

Reported developments rather than price data: no jantri schedule or registered-deal series for Chhota Udaipur was available.

Chhota Udepur-Dhar rail line

Part opened 8 Sep 2026

Only the 28 km Jobat-Tanda section, about Rs 334 crore, was inaugurated on 8 September 2026; the full line is planned at 157 km and about Rs 1,993 crore (Indian Infrastructure, September 2026). A 12-coach daily MEMU between Pratapnagar in Vadodara and Tanda Road in Dhar runs on the line (ThePrint, September 2026). The reports do not describe the Gujarat section or give a completion date.

Check: where the station for the survey number's village will be; no station list was available.

NH-56 four-laning

Work started Nov 2025 on part of the corridor

NHAI is upgrading the 175 km Jambugam (Bodeli) to Malotha section in four packages; two are awarded with work started in November 2025 and a two-year target, and the other two, 107.67 km at Rs 4,583.64 crore, were approved in February 2026 (NBM&CW, February 2026). Bids were in by March 2026 with no award reported (NBM&CW, March 2026). NH-56 is said to re-enter Gujarat near Chhota Udepur.

Check: which packages cross the district; the reports do not say.

Mining and forest land

Reported by the district portal

The district portal lists dolomite, fluorite, granite and sand among the minerals worked and a forest area of 75,704 hectares (Chhota Udepur district portal, October 2026). Mining and forest status shape what land can be used for, whatever the revenue record shows.

Check: forest and lease status in writing for any survey number near hills.

Asking prices

No sourced price series

No registered-deal series, jantri schedule or compensation figure for Chhota Udaipur was available to us. Any per-acre or per-vigha quote you receive is unreviewed.

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

Units: guntha, acre, vigha

A guntha is about 101 sq m or 1,089 sq ft, and 40 gunthas make an acre; the 2026 fragmentation amendment sets the rural standard area at 10 gunthas, or 1,012 sq m (DeshGujarat, September 2026). The vigha is a regional unit that varies, and we found no official conversion, so ask for the area of the survey number in gunthas or hectares and convert it yourself.

Connectivity

How Chhota Udaipur connects — road, rail and air

Distances are not given because no official or news source for Chhota Udaipur was found. Journey times vary with traffic and road works.

By road

NH-56 (Bodeli to Malotha)175 km being upgraded to four lanes; two stretches awarded Nov 2025, two (107.67 km) approved Feb 2026
Corridor linksReported to link to NH-53, NH-48 and the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway
Delhi-Mumbai ExpresswayVadodara-Navsari packages open on trial (Jan 2026)

By air

Airport in the districtNone found in the sources read
Nearest airportNot sourced; check before planning travel

By rail

Chhota Udepur-Dhar line157 km planned; 28 km Jobat-Tanda inaugurated 8 Sep 2026
MEMU servicePratapnagar (Vadodara) to Tanda Road (Dhar), daily, 12 coaches
MetroNo metro project found in the sources read

The practical question is the last leg from the highway to the survey number; ask for the access road in the revenue record. Road and rail details come from NBM&CW, February 2026, NBM&CW, March 2026, Indian Infrastructure, September 2026, ThePrint, September 2026 and DeshGujarat, January 2026. Full state rules: Gujarat agricultural land rules.

Growth catalysts

Upcoming infrastructure & developments

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

02Open or inaugurated

02In progress or pending

Part inaugurated · 8 Sep 2026 Chhota Udepur-Dhar broad-gauge line
Flagged off · September 2026 Pratapnagar-Tanda Road MEMU
Under construction · two-year target from Nov 2025 NH-56 Bodeli to Movi / Nasarpore four-laning
Approved Feb 2026 · bids received, no award reported NH-56 Dhamasiya-Movi and Nasarpore-Malotha
Part inaugurated · 8 Sep 2026

Chhota Udepur-Dhar broad-gauge line

Indian Infrastructure reports that the 28 km Jobat-Tanda road section of the Chhota Udepur-Dhar line, about Rs 3.34 billion, was inaugurated on 8 September 2026; the full line will connect Chhota Udepur and Dhar over 157 km at an estimated Rs 19.93 billion (Indian Infrastructure, September 2026). AIR News reported the launch from Gujarat the same day (AIR News, September 2026). A 2024 report said work was progressing rapidly on the Jobat-Tanda section and did not describe the Gujarat side (Maritime Gateway, September 2024). We found no status for the Gujarat section or a completion date.

Source: Indian Infrastructure, 9 Sep 2026; AIR News, 8 Sep 2026

Full line

157 km (planned)

Cost

~Rs 1,993 crore

Opened

28 km Jobat-Tanda

Gujarat section

Status not found

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Chhota Udepur
  • Bodeli
  • Sankheda
Flagged off · September 2026

Pratapnagar-Tanda Road MEMU

ThePrint reported a 12-coach daily MEMU between Pratapnagar in Vadodara and Tanda Road in Dhar, running on the Chhota Udepur-Dhar section and linking Vadodara and Chhota Udaipur districts with Alirajpur and Dhar in Madhya Pradesh (ThePrint, September 2026). The report names only the two terminals, so confirm intermediate stops with Indian Railways.

Source: ThePrint, 7 Sep 2026

Terminals

Pratapnagar - Tanda Road

Rolling stock

12-coach MEMU

Frequency

Daily

Stops

Not listed

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Chhota Udepur
  • Sankheda
Under construction · two-year target from Nov 2025

NH-56 Bodeli to Movi / Nasarpore four-laning

NHAI is upgrading the congested Jambugam (Bodeli) to Malotha section of NH-56, 175 km, to four lanes in four packages. The Jambugam (Bodeli) to Dhamasiya and Movi to Nasarpore stretches are awarded, with work started in November 2025 and a two-year target (NBM&CW, February 2026). The report says NH-56 re-enters Gujarat near Chhota Udepur but does not say which package crosses the district.

Source: NBM&CW, 16 Feb 2026

Section

Bodeli to Malotha, 175 km

Mode

Four lanes

Started

Nov 2025

Target

About Nov 2027

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Bodeli
  • Chhota Udepur
Approved Feb 2026 · bids received, no award reported

NH-56 Dhamasiya-Movi and Nasarpore-Malotha

The Union Cabinet approved two four-lane stretches, Dhamasiya to Bitada/Movi (47.46 km) and Nasarpore to Malotha (60.21 km), at a total capital cost of Rs 4,583.64 crore under the hybrid annuity model, and the report says the project improves connectivity to tribal areas in Chhota Udepur (NBM&CW, February 2026). By 12 March 2026 NHAI had six bids for the first and seven for the second (NBM&CW, March 2026). We found no award report.

Source: NBM&CW, 16 Feb and 12 Mar 2026

Length

107.67 km

Cost

Rs 4,583.64 crore

Mode

Hybrid annuity

Status

Bids in; no award found

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Chhota Udepur
  • Bodeli

Agriculture & terrain

Soil, crops & water in Chhota Udaipur

A hilly, cotton and maize district with medium black soils, about 1,083 mm of normal rain and groundwater classed safe in the 2017 assessment.

🌾 Farmland and crops

The CGWB plan gives 2019-20 crop areas of cotton 87,090 hectares, corn 44,235, total pulses 19,161, rice 16,271 and wheat 1,258, and soils of medium black 61 per cent, sandy loam 21 per cent and hilly light soil 18 per cent (CGWB aquifer plan). Its tables mix units in places, so treat the figures as indicative.

  • Cotton
  • Maize
  • Pulses
  • Rice

⛰️ Hills and forest

The eastern part, including the Chhota Udepur, Kavant and Naswadi talukas, is hilly, with ground at 150 to 481 m and a highest peak of 637 m (CGWB publication record, Chhota Udepur aquifer plan). The district portal gives a forest area of 75,704 hectares (Chhota Udepur district portal, October 2026). Legal status matters more than soil on the slopes.

  • Eastern hills
  • Forest 75,704 ha

🌊 Rivers

The Orsang and Heran are the rivers the CGWB plan names (CGWB aquifer plan). We found no flood-history source for the district, so ask the seller about drainage lines on any low-lying survey number.

  • Orsang
  • Heran

💧 Water & rainfall

Normal annual rainfall is 1,083 mm. Gross irrigated area was 115,540 hectares in 2014-15, from dug wells 38,948, canals 22,035, ponds 1,923 and other sources 52,634, against a net irrigated area of 79,026 hectares. The stage of groundwater extraction was 48.05 per cent in the 2017 assessment, with all six talukas classed safe, from 34.67 per cent at Sankheda to 59.39 per cent at Bodeli (CGWB aquifer plan). That assessment is nine years old, and the 2024 state report gives no district-wise stage (CGWB, Gujarat 2024). The plan suggests drip and sprinkler irrigation to limit withdrawals (CGWB publication record, Chhota Udepur aquifer plan). The Narmada main canal network is largely complete statewide (DeshGujarat, March 2025); we did not find which villages in this district it serves.

📐 Measurement units

Guntha ≈ 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. Mandi prices are on Agmarknet (not opened for this page); crop income is modest next to land values, so price a parcel on its location, tenure and permitted use.

At a glance

Chhota Udaipur vs. its neighbours

District / beltPrice band* (per acre)Evidence
Chhota UdaipurNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page
VadodaraNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page
NarmadaNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page
DahodNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page

*We found no registered-deal or jantri series for these districts, so no figures are compared. See the Vadodara page for the neighbouring Vadodara belt, the Narmada page for the other tribal district on the NH-56 corridor and the Dahod page for the tribal belt to the north-east.

Farmhouse plot with boundary stones near Chhota Udaipur, Gujarat

District report — Chhota Udaipur

Farmland India view

Why investors look at Chhota Udaipur

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

A new rail link, partly open

The 28 km Jobat-Tanda section opened on 8 September 2026 and a daily MEMU runs Pratapnagar to Tanda Road. The Gujarat section is not described in the reports, so treat the link as a future change for most villages.

A highway being widened

NH-56 is being taken to four lanes in stages, two awarded in November 2025 and two awaiting award as of March 2026. Price on today's road.

Tribal-land rules narrow the field

Section 73AA gives the Collector a say in any sale by a tribal holder, and the district is tribal-dominated. That limits supply and adds a step, so document sanction early.

Thin price evidence

Neither a jantri schedule nor a registered-deal series was available for the district. The return case here is location, tenure and permitted use, not an observed price trend.

Confirm tribal-land sanction, NA, forest and Scheduled Area status directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.

STRAIGHT TALK

Risks & challenges in Chhota Udaipur

Read these before shortlisting in Chhota Udaipur specifically.

Tribal-land sanction

A sale by a Scheduled Tribe holder needs the Collector's previous sanction under section 73AA, and a case index reports that a transfer in breach is void. Ask for the sanction order and the holder's class in the record.

Scheduled Area and gram sabha

We did not obtain the Scheduled Area notification or any gram sabha role in land sales. Ask the Collector in writing.

Forest and mining land

The portal gives 75,704 hectares of forest and lists dolomite, fluorite, granite and sand workings. Check forest status and lease maps for survey numbers near hills.

Disturbed Areas Act

Transfers in a notified area need the Collector's prior sanction. We obtained no list of notified areas, so ask whether the survey number is in one.

Farmer-status rule

Section 63 bars transfers to non-agriculturists, and farmer status is checked from records back to 6 April 1995. A non-farmer buyer should confirm eligibility before paying.

Announced is not delivered

The rail line is open for 28 km of 157, and two NH-56 stretches had bids but no reported award by March 2026. Price on today's fundamentals.

No sourced price series

No jantri schedule or registered-deal series was available. Collect registered comparables before negotiating.

Who to contact

Local revenue, planning & forest offices

Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Mamlatdar of the relevant taluka (Chhotaudepur, Pavijetpur, Kawant, Naswadi, Sankheda, Bodeli), as listed on the Chhota Udepur district portal. The District Collector sanctions tribal-land transfers under section 73AA and NA permission under section 65 of the Land Revenue Code, and the Prant (sub-division) office handles appeals. The forest division and the Collector's mining office hold forest and lease status. Sale-deed registration is handled by the local Sub-Registrar, and records and jantri are on the Gujarat Revenue Department and IGR portals, which did not open for us, so check them directly. The state-level district portal at chhotaudepur.gujarat.gov.in also refused automated access.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions

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

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What does agricultural land cost in Chhota Udaipur?

We publish no per-acre or per-vigha band for Chhota Udaipur, because we could not open a jantri schedule or a registered-deal series for the district. Jantri rates were reported doubled across Gujarat from 15 April 2023 (DeshGujarat, February 2023), which is not a district figure. Ask the Sub-Registrar for registered sales in the same village.

Transparency

Sources and references

Law and courts

Government

News

Further reading

Data-currency note: population is the 2011 Census figure as quoted by CGWB; crop and irrigation data are 2014-15 to 2019-20 and the groundwater stage is the 2017 assessment; infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly. The Gujarat Revenue Department, AnyROR, gARVI and IGR portals, the Land Revenue Code text and the Scheduled Area notification did not open or were not found. This is a general guide, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.

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