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District guide
Buying Land in Gir Somnath
A Saurashtra coast and mango district at the Gir forest edge: Kesar orchards, a draft eco-sensitive zone, coastal salinity and thin infrastructure news.
3,765 sq km
Area (ICAR-CRIDA)
9.47 lakh
Population (Census 2011)
19,183 ha
Mango orchards (Apr 2026)
6
Talukas
*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 — Gir Somnath
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Gujarat
Sub-divisions
6 talukas: Veraval, Una, Kodinar, Sutrapada, Talala, Gir Gadhada (Gir Gadhada was carved from Una in 2013) (Gir Somnath district portal, October 2026); headquarters Veraval; formed August 2013 from Junagadh (district portal)
Key markets
Veraval · Somnath · Kodinar · Una · Talala · Sutrapada
Demand anchors
Kesar mango orchards around Talala (district portal) · Somnath pilgrimage town · Gir forest edge · Arabian Sea coast
Rail
Veraval is the nearest railway station to Somnath, about 6 km (Gujarat Tourism); Rajkot–Veraval line of 186 km completed per a 2005 Lok Sabha reply (Lok Sabha, 2005)
Size and population
About 3,765 sq km (376.5 thousand ha geographical area, ICAR-CRIDA plan, 2016) · about 9.47 lakh people, Census 2011 (district portal)
Pricing unit
₹/acre or ₹/guntha (farmland) · ₹/sq yd (plots)
Local units
Guntha = 1,089 sq ft · 40 gunthas = 1 acre · vigha varies by region
Land records portal
AnyROR (refused our automated fetch; check records there)
Land law is state law. These rules are maintained on the Gujarat page and apply to every district within it.
Gir Somnath — land purchase legal rules
Agricultural land in Gujarat can generally be bought only by an agriculturist, and farmer status is checked before a sale entry is certified. The other main checks are tenure (old or new), NA permission, the fragmentation limit and whether the area is notified under the Disturbed Areas Act.
Who can buy agricultural land? Section 63 of the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 is headed “Transfers to non-agriculturist barred”, and section 2(2) defines an agriculturist as a person who cultivates land personally. A commentary on the Supreme Court appeal Vinodchandra Sakarlal Kapadia v State of Gujarat (Civil Appeal 2573 of 2020) reports that the Gujarat High Court read section 63 to bar a transfer by an agriculturist to a non-agriculturist without the Collector’s permission, including by will (Mondaq, April 2021). Farmer status is checked from revenue records back to a cut-off of 6 April 1995, under Revenue Department circulars of 13 September 2024, and a self-declaration form goes with a sale entry or an NA application (SCC Online, September 2024). We read section 63 through these summaries, not its full text; confirm with a Gujarat revenue lawyer.
Will non-farmers be allowed to buy? A committee chaired by C. L. Meena studied the tenancy laws and its suggestions on non-farmer purchase were being assessed in November 2024, with no decision announced (Gujarat Samachar, November 2024; Gujarat Samachar, November 2024). We found no enacted change by October 2026, so the section 63 rule above is the one to plan on.
Ceiling limits: the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960 (Gujarat Act 27 of 1961, amendments compiled by PRS Legislative Research) bars a person from holding land above the ceiling area. Land of a spouse and minor children is grouped with the holder, a family of more than five may hold one-fifth of the ceiling area for each extra member up to twice the ceiling, and each major son counts as a separate person; in desert, hill and drought-prone areas the dry-crop ceiling is raised by 12.5% but cannot pass 21.85 hectares (54 acres). These points come from a legal-database copy of the Act that we do not link, because the India Code page did not open here; the class-wise acreage in Schedule I was not in the text we read, so we show no per-class figure.
Tenure, premium and NA permission: section 43 of the Tenancy Act is headed “Restriction on transfers of land purchased or sold under this Act”, which is the basis of what the press calls new tenure land, and the Collector’s office grants permission and collects a premium under it (Surat Collectorate). A government notification of 8 February 2024 lets a tenant who has farmed land for more than 15 years move it from new tenure to old tenure without a conversion fee, but the premium for NA use is still payable (LiveLaw, April 2025). NA (non-agricultural) permission is granted under section 65 of the Gujarat Land Revenue Code, 1879, and is deemed granted if the Collector does not decide within three months (same source); applications have been online since a December 2018 circular (SCC Online, September 2024). Press reports put the NA premium at about 35 to 40 per cent of land value (Gujarat Samachar, March 2024); we found no official schedule. The 2008 resolution on NA procedure also lists distance limits from railways, airports and Air Force installations (900 m) and from the sea high-tide line (500 m) (Revenue Department resolution, July 2008), which later circulars may have changed.
Fragmentation (tukda) limit: the Assembly passed the Gujarat Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Bill on 11 September 2026. As reported, it sets a uniform standard area of 10 gunthas (1,012 sq m) for rural land under a new section 5(4), leaves out municipal and urban development authority areas, and regularises violations from 1948 to 31 March 2026 without penalty; before this, buyers paid 10% of jantri value (DeshGujarat, September 2026). We did not see the Act text or any filing deadline.
Industrial and institutional exceptions: sections 63AA and 63AAA allow land bought for industrial, education or health use to be resold on payment of a share of jantri value that falls with the holding period, from 100% at three to five years to 25% beyond ten years (Gujarat Bill 23 of 2020, PRS Legislative Research). We have the Bill, not the enacted Act. A charity that bought in breach before 30 June 2015 may apply for conversion within a period the State notifies (Gujarat Bill 1 of 2024, PRS Legislative Research).
Disturbed Areas Act, 1991: where the State has notified an area under section 3, a transfer of land or buildings there needs the Collector’s prior sanction after an inquiry into free consent and fair value, and a transfer without it is void under section 5; contravention carries imprisonment of three to five years under section 6D (Gujarat Act 12 of 1991, PRS Legislative Research). A 2026 amendment renames these “specified areas”, adds a Monitoring and Advisory Committee and extends the Collector’s checks (Bill 18 of 2026; DeshGujarat, March 2026); the government notified the amendment in July 2026, with the effective date to be notified separately (DeshGujarat, July 2026). As a due-diligence step, ask the Collector or Sub-Registrar whether the survey number lies in a notified area; we hold no list of notified areas.
Land Grabbing Act, 2020 and tribal land: the Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020 works through district committees, and in December 2024 a Gujarat High Court bench issued guidelines for those committees (LiveLaw, December 2024). Land held by Scheduled Tribe occupants is separately restricted under section 73AA of the Land Revenue Code, which the 2020 Bill cross-refers to (PRS Legislative Research); we did not open the Code, so check the occupant’s status in the 7/12.
NRI & OCI buyers: regulation 3 of the Foreign Exchange Management (Acquisition and Transfer of Immovable Property in India) Regulations, 2018 lets NRIs and OCIs buy land other than agricultural land, a farm house or plantation property (Reserve Bank of India, 2018 regulations). Residential and commercial land is open to them. The same section 63 rule applies to a resident non-farmer.
- Agriculturists only (s.63)
- Ceiling Act 1960
- NA via s.65
- Fragmentation: 10 gunthas
- Disturbed Areas Act
- NRI agri: barred (RBI 2018)
- 7/12 via AnyROR
Gir Somnath — district-specific notes
The Gujarat state page applies to Gir Somnath in full. The notes below are specific to this district. Law was read from Act texts and Bills on India Code and PRS, a High Court report and press reports; the Gujarat Revenue Department, AnyROR and gARVI sites refused our automated fetch, so state procedure comes from the sources named. We found no published purchase rule specific to the coast or to the Gir forest edge beyond what is stated here.
⚠ Eco-sensitive zone first. The Environment Ministry's draft notification of September 2024 proposed a zone of about 1.84 lakh hectares around the Gir protected area, covering 196 villages in Junagadh, Amreli and Gir Somnath, set between 2.78 km and 9.5 km from the sanctuary boundary and including 17 river corridors and 4 lion corridors (Deccan Herald, September 2024). A commentary on the draft lists commercial mining, stone quarrying, large hydro projects, polluting industries and brick kilns as prohibited, and hotels and resorts as regulated (Vikalp Sangam, October 2024). The Gujarat High Court stayed an earlier final notification in April 2017 (Business Standard, April 2017), and the same commentary says the court had directed the Centre not to publish a final notification. Published area figures differ between reports. We found no final notification, so ask the Forest Department whether a village is on the draft list.
⚠ Buyer status comes next. Section 63 of the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 bars transfer of agricultural land to a non-agriculturist, and the Act defines an agriculturist as a person who cultivates land personally (India Code text; operative wording via LiveLaw, April 2025). Revenue Department circulars of 13 September 2024 reportedly set a cut-off of 6 April 1995 and a self-declaration form for farmer verification (SCC Online, September 2024). A proposal to let non-farmers buy was under review in November 2024 (Gujarat Samachar, November 2024); we found nothing enacted by October 2026. Ask the Mamlatdar whether an orchard parcel is recorded as agricultural land before relying on any exemption.
⚠ Coastal land needs separate checks. A 2008 Government Resolution lists a 500 m limit from the high-tide line and 900 m limits from railways and airports for non-agricultural (NA) permission, and may have been superseded (Revenue Department GR, 2008). We found no sourced Coastal Regulation Zone rule for Veraval, Sutrapada, Kodinar or Una, so ask the Collector and the competent coastal authority for the zone classification of the survey number in writing. A 2016 district plan names Una, Kodinar, Sutrapada and Veraval as talukas prone to sea-water intrusion (ICAR-CRIDA plan, 2016).
⚠ NA permission comes from the Collector under section 65 of the Land Revenue Code, with deemed grant if no decision follows in three months (LiveLaw, April 2025). New-tenure land is restricted under section 43 of the Tenancy Act (Surat Collectorate tenancy page). The NA premium was reported at about 35 to 40 per cent of land value, a press figure with no official schedule found (Gujarat Samachar, March 2024). The September 2026 fragmentation amendment sets a 10-guntha (1,012 sq m) standard area for rural land (DeshGujarat, September 2026).
⚠ The Disturbed Areas Act, 1991 requires the Collector's prior sanction for transfer inside a notified area, and a transfer without it is void (section 5) (Act text, PRS); a 2026 amendment renames these 'specified areas' (DeshGujarat, July 2026). We obtained no list of notified areas, so ask the Collector or the Sub-Registrar whether the survey number is covered. The Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960 groups family holdings (Act 27 of 1961, PRS copy), and NRIs and OCIs cannot buy agricultural land, a farm house or plantation land (RBI 2018 regulations).
Read the full Gujarat land buying guide for buyer eligibility, stamp duty and NRI rules.
- Gir eco-sensitive zone (draft)
- Tenancy Act s 63
- Coastal land checks
- NA permission
- Disturbed Areas Act
- Ceiling Act 1960
District overview
Gir Somnath — a Saurashtra coast and mango district at the Gir forest edge
Gir Somnath lies in Saurashtra with the Arabian Sea along its southern edge. The district portal says it was formed in August 2013 from Junagadh, has Veraval as headquarters and six talukas, and had about 9.47 lakh people at the 2011 Census (Gir Somnath district portal, October 2026). The ICAR-CRIDA plan gives a geographical area of 376.5 thousand hectares, of which 182.6 thousand hectares is net sown and 19.8 thousand hectares is forest (ICAR-CRIDA plan, 2016). The Gir sanctuary, the only natural home of the Asiatic lion, is described on the portal as lying partly in Talala.
We publish no per-acre price band for Gir Somnath. No district jantri schedule opened for us, and asking prices could not be traced to registered deals. The state-wide reference is that jantri rates were doubled from 15 April 2023 (DeshGujarat, February 2023), with a revised draft pending in November 2024 (The Secretariat, November 2024). The best-documented value here is the fruit, not the land: DeshGujarat reported in April 2026 that a 10 kg box of Gir Kesar sold for ₹1,200 to ₹1,500 in Junagadh, and that orchards covered 19,183 hectares in Gir Somnath out of 29,245 hectares in the Sorath region (DeshGujarat, April 2026).
Groundnut, wheat, cotton and sugarcane are the other main crops, and the coast brings its own risks: salinity, sea-water intrusion and cyclones. Infrastructure news is thin. The most visible items are a Somnath station redevelopment that was at bidding stage in 2022 and a four-laning contract for the Bhavnagar–Somnath highway awarded in 2016, neither of which we could confirm as complete. A buyer here is weighing the Gir eco-sensitive zone and coastal rules more than a highway timetable.
- Veraval
- Kodinar
- Una
- Talala
- Kesar mango
- Gir forest edge
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Gir Somnath
4.9%
Stamp duty on conveyance
rate found in the CAG audit for 2017-18; current rate to confirm
Not found
Registration fee for land deeds
no government schedule opened; ask the Sub-Registrar
2x
Jantri rise from 15 Apr 2023
reported state-wide; district schedule not opened
The CAG audit of Gujarat's revenue sector for the year ended 31 March 2018 records stamp duty on conveyance at 4.9 per cent (CAG Report 3 of 2019, chapter 4). That is an audit-year figure and a later change cannot be ruled out, so confirm the rate with the Sub-Registrar. We found no government source for the registration fee on land deeds or for any concession for women buyers, so we quote neither. Gujarat reported that jantri (guideline) rates were doubled from 15 April 2023 (DeshGujarat, February 2023), and a revised draft was pending in November 2024 (The Secretariat, November 2024). Registration runs on the gARVI 2.0 system across 294 Sub-Registrar offices (Inspector General of Registration summary); the gARVI portal refused our automated fetch.
Know the belt
What is moving prices in Gir Somnath
Few sourced numbers exist for land in this district. The signals below are mango and rule-related facts reported by officials or news outlets, not land prices.
Talala and the Kesar mango belt
No sourced land price
Gir Somnath had 19,183 hectares of mango orchards in 2026 reporting, against 9,510 in Junagadh and 552 in Porbandar; the Sorath region produced about 1.97 lakh tonnes the previous year at roughly 7 tonnes per hectare, and 81 farmers from Junagadh and Gir Somnath had registered for export for 2026 (DeshGujarat, April 2026). An older plan counted 10.4 thousand hectares of mango in 2011-14 (ICAR-CRIDA plan, 2016); the two figures come from different years and sources. A June 2026 report said two Jamka Gir farmers received GI tag numbers for Gir Kesar (ETV Bharat, June 2026).
Check: orchard age, water source and the farmer-status paperwork; an orchard price is not a land price.
Gir forest edge
Rules unsettled
The draft eco-sensitive zone covers 196 villages in three districts (Deccan Herald, September 2024); a High Court order had barred the final notification as of the October 2024 commentary (Vikalp Sangam, October 2024). The rules would affect mining, industry, hotels and resorts, so they matter most for a farmhouse or resort plan.
Check: whether the village is on the draft list and what the Forest Department says about use.
Veraval, Sutrapada, Kodinar and Una coast
No sourced land price
These four talukas are named for sea-water intrusion in coastal aquifers, and the plan lists cyclones as an occasional hazard (ICAR-CRIDA plan, 2016). We found no coastal-zone rule or price series.
Check: zone classification, borewell water quality and cyclone history.
Asking prices
No sourced price series
Listing-site asking prices for Gir Somnath could not be traced to registered deals, so none are shown. A jantri rate is a registration reference, not what a seller will accept.
Check: registered sale deeds in the same village before negotiating.
Units: guntha, acre, vigha
Gujarat land is quoted in gunthas (1 guntha is about 101 sq m or 1,089 sq ft), with 40 gunthas to the acre; 10 gunthas is 1,012 sq m, the figure used in the 2026 fragmentation amendment (DeshGujarat, September 2026). The vigha differs from region to region and we found no official conversion, so ask for any vigha quote to be restated in gunthas and check it against the 7/12 extract.
Connectivity
How Gir Somnath connects — road, rail and air
Drive times are not given because no official or news source was found. Several items below are older reports and are dated.
By road
By air
By rail
Sources: Gujarat Tourism, NBMCW, Lok Sabha reply, DeshGujarat, India Infra Hub. The last leg from the highway to the parcel is the practical question; ask for the access road in the revenue record. Full state rules: Gujarat agricultural land rules.
Growth catalysts
Upcoming infrastructure & developments
Status labels reflect sources read in October 2026. Several items rest on older reports and have no recent status; they are marked as such.
01Open or inaugurated
03In progress or pending
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water in Gir Somnath
A groundnut, wheat and mango district on black and coastal alluvial soils, with sea-water intrusion on the coast and limited canal irrigation.
🥜 Groundnut, wheat and cotton land
The ICAR-CRIDA plan (crop data 2011-12 to 2013-14) gives net sown area of 182.6 thousand hectares and cropping intensity of 140 per cent, with groundnut on 114.3 thousand hectares, wheat on 70.4, bajra on 20.0, cotton on 16.5 and sugarcane on 12.8. Soils are medium to shallow black (56.6 per cent), coastal alluvial (31.8 per cent) and mixed red and black (11.6 per cent) (ICAR-CRIDA plan, 2016). Village soil data: Soil Health Card portal (not opened).
- Groundnut
- Wheat
- Cotton
- Bajra
- Sugarcane
🥭 Kesar mango belt (Talala and neighbours)
The portal names Talala for Kesar mango and lists groundnut, wheat, cotton, mango and sugarcane as main crops (Gir Somnath district portal). ThePrint reported the Kesar mango's GI status and Gujarat's mango area of 177,514 hectares (ThePrint, July 2024). The plan gives mango production of 83.3 thousand tonnes at 7,992 kg per hectare in 2011-14, and coconut, banana and sapota as other fruit (ICAR-CRIDA plan, 2016).
- Kesar mango
- Coconut
- Banana
- Sapota
🌊 Coast and salinity
The plan classes sea-water intrusion in Una, Kodinar, Sutrapada and Veraval as a regular problem, with drought, flood, cyclone and heat wave as occasional hazards and no hailstorm or frost risk (ICAR-CRIDA plan, 2016). Test borewell water for salinity before planning a farmhouse or orchard on the coastal strip.
- Sea-water intrusion
- Cyclone
- Salinity
💧 Water & rainfall
Normal annual rainfall is 1,115 mm over about 30 rainy days. Net irrigated area is 91.6 thousand hectares: open and bore wells serve 67.3 per cent, ponds and check dams 28.8 per cent and canals 3.9 per cent (162 km), with 20,881 pump sets (ICAR-CRIDA plan, 2016). The plan classes 3 blocks semi-critical and 2 safe, with moderate salinity and no over-exploited or critical block; that is a 2016 document. The 2024 state assessment has no district-wise stage, but lists Gir Somnath among districts with sporadic electrical-conductivity and fluoride anomalies (CGWB, Gujarat 2024). A September 2026 press report places Gir Somnath among areas where the groundwater position is comparatively better (Gujarat Samachar, September 2026). We did not find a district-specific canal or SAUNI link for Gir Somnath; the state-wide scheme is described in the SAUNI report. Check borewell yield for any parcel.
📐 Measurement units
Gujarat land units: 1 guntha is about 1,089 sq ft; 40 gunthas make an acre; the vigha varies by region and has no official conversion that we found. Convert every quote to gunthas or acres before comparing two offers. Mandi prices are on Agmarknet (not opened for this page); a mango orchard should be priced on location, water and permitted use, not on one season's fruit price.
At a glance
Gir Somnath vs. its neighbours
| District / belt | Price band* (per acre) | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gir Somnath — district | No sourced price series | No district jantri schedule opened; mango orchards 19,183 ha (DeshGujarat, Apr 2026) |
| Junagadh | No sourced price series | No figure used; mango orchards 9,510 ha (DeshGujarat, Apr 2026) |
| Amreli | No sourced price series | No figure used on this page |
*Jantri rates are registration references, not market prices. See the Junagadh page for the neighbouring mango and Gir district and the Amreli page for the Gir forest side.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Gir Somnath
Five reasoned points, with an honest note that price evidence is thin and the main regulation is still a draft.
A documented fruit economy
Gir Somnath held 19,183 of the 29,245 hectares of mango in the Sorath region, according to DeshGujarat in April 2026, and Gir Kesar sold abroad at $25 to $30 a dozen. That supports orchard land, though the fruit price is not a land price.
A pilgrimage and rail node
Somnath is a pilgrimage destination with a railhead at Veraval about 6 km away, according to Gujarat Tourism. We found no figure for visitor numbers or land demand.
Groundwater looks better than most of Gujarat
A September 2026 press report places Gir Somnath among districts where groundwater is comparatively better, and the 2016 plan found no over-exploited block. Coastal salinity is the offsetting risk.
Forest edge and coast rules cut both ways
The draft Gir eco-sensitive zone may limit resorts and industry but could also keep the setting intact. Until the final notification is known, price on what is permitted today.
Paperwork decides the return
Farmer-status, NA permission, tenure, coastal and Disturbed Areas checks are all parcel-specific. A buyer who documents each one is better placed than one relying on a broker summary.
Confirm eco-sensitive zone, coastal-zone, tenure and NA status directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.
STRAIGHT TALK
Risks & challenges in Gir Somnath
Read these before shortlisting in Gir Somnath specifically.
Gir eco-sensitive zone draft
The September 2024 draft covers 196 villages in three districts; the final notification was barred by a High Court order as of October 2024. Ask the Forest Department whether the village is listed and what use it allows.
Farmer-status rule
Section 63 of the Tenancy Act restricts transfer of agricultural land to non-agriculturists; ask whether an orchard parcel is treated as agricultural land. A resident non-farmer should get a written view from the Collector or a lawyer before paying a deposit.
Sea-water intrusion and salinity
Una, Kodinar, Sutrapada and Veraval are named for sea-water intrusion in coastal aquifers. Test borewell water and ask for cyclone history on the coastal strip.
Coastal-zone rules not sourced
A 2008 resolution lists a 500 m limit from the high-tide line and the Coastal Regulation Zone may apply; we found no sourced rule. Ask for the zone classification in writing.
Infrastructure status unknown
The Somnath station redevelopment had no recorded award and the highway four-laning dates from 2016. Do not pay for corridor value on these.
NA premium and permission
The NA premium was reported at about 35 to 40 per cent of land value, a press figure. Ask for the payable premium in writing before buying for non-farm use.
No sourced price series
We use no listing-site prices for Gir Somnath and no district jantri schedule opened. 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 (Veraval, Una, Kodinar, Sutrapada, Talala, Gir Gadhada) as listed on the Gir Somnath district portal, who reports to the Prant Officer and the Collector (the arrangement is described on the Gandhinagar portal tehsil page and applies across Gujarat). Records are on AnyROR, which refused our automated fetch, so check there directly. Sale-deed registration is handled by the local Sub-Registrar through gARVI, which also refused our fetch. Questions on the eco-sensitive zone go to the Forest Department's divisional office, and NA permission to the Collector's office. Wider state procedure is on the Gujarat Revenue Department site, which we could not open.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Everything buyers, NRIs and investors ask before their first reviewed farmland purchase in Gir Somnath.
Visit full wiki01 of 04
What does land cost in Gir Somnath?
We publish no per-acre band for Gir Somnath because no district jantri schedule opened for us and asking prices could not be traced to registered deals. Gujarat reported that jantri rates were doubled from 15 April 2023 (DeshGujarat, February 2023). The documented figures are for fruit: 19,183 hectares of mango orchards and ₹1,200 to ₹1,500 per 10 kg box of Gir Kesar in Junagadh (DeshGujarat, April 2026).
02 of 04
Does the Gir eco-sensitive zone affect land in Gir Somnath?
A September 2024 draft notification proposed about 1.84 lakh hectares around the Gir protected area, covering 196 villages in Junagadh, Amreli and Gir Somnath (Deccan Herald). A High Court order had barred the final notification as of an October 2024 commentary, and we found no final notification. Ask the Forest Department whether the village is listed.
03 of 04
Can a non-farmer buy agricultural land in Gir Somnath?
Section 63 of the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 bars transfer of agricultural land to a non-agriculturist. A relaxation was under review in November 2024 (Gujarat Samachar) and we found nothing enacted by October 2026. Ask the Collector or a lawyer for the current position.
04 of 04
What stamp duty and infrastructure apply in Gir Somnath?
The CAG audit of the year ended 31 March 2018 records stamp duty on conveyance at 4.9% in Gujarat; confirm the current rate and the registration fee with the Sub-Registrar. A Somnath station redevelopment was at bidding stage in 2022 and Bhavnagar–Somnath four-laning was awarded in 2016; we found no completion report for either.
Transparency
Sources and references
Law and courts
- Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (headings and s 2(2)), India Code
- An agriculturist is debarred from bequeathing agricultural land to a non-agriculturist, Mondaq, 29 Apr 2021
- Balancing reform and responsibility: rethinking land conversion policies, LiveLaw, 1 Apr 2025
- Shashikant Vasudevbhai Patel v State of Gujarat, Gujarat High Court, 10 Sep 2018
- Gujarat Bill 23 of 2020 (ss 63AA, 63AAA, 73AA reference), PRS
- Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960 (Act 27 of 1961), PRS Legislative Research copy
- Gujarat Prohibition of Transfer of Immovable Property and Provision for Protection of Tenants from Eviction from Premises in Disturbed Areas Act (Act 12 of 1991), PRS copy
- Gujarat Bill 18 of 2026 (Disturbed Areas amendment), PRS
- Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976, India Code
- FEMA Acquisition and Transfer of Immovable Property in India Regulations, 2018, Reserve Bank of India
- HC stays notification to declare area around Gir eco-sensitive, Business Standard (PTI), 19 Apr 2017
Government
- Gir Somnath district portal (home)
- About District, Gir Somnath district portal
- District agriculture contingency plan, Gir Somnath, ICAR-CRIDA, 7 May 2016
- Trip planner (Somnath travel details), Gujarat Tourism
- Lok Sabha unstarred question 2368, answered 8 Dec 2005 (Rajkot-Veraval gauge conversion)
- Dynamic Ground Water Resources of Gujarat State, 2024, Central Ground Water Board
- CAG Report 3 of 2019, Revenue Sector, Gujarat, chapter 4 (stamp duty and registration fees)
- Revenue Department GR, 1 Jul 2008 (non-agricultural permission distance limits)
- Tenancy page, Surat Collectorate
- Registration System of Gujarat (gARVI 2.0, 294 Sub-Registrar offices), Inspector General of Registration summary
- Report on best practices: SAUNI, Gujarat, Ministry of Jal Shakti
- gARVI registration portal, Gujarat (not opened for this page)
- AnyROR land records portal, Gujarat (not opened for this page)
- Revenue Department, Government of Gujarat (not opened for this page)
- Agmarknet mandi prices (not opened for this page)
News
- Centre issues draft notification for eco-sensitive zone around Gir Protected Area, Deccan Herald, 25 Sep 2024
- Why a proposed eco-sensitive zone around Gir forest is facing protests, Vikalp Sangam, Oct 2024
- Gir Kesar mangoes fetch up to $30 per dozen abroad, DeshGujarat, 8 Apr 2026
- Jamka Gir Kesar mango farmers get GI tags, ETV Bharat, 8 Jun 2026
- Gujarat exported 689.5 tonnes of mangoes in 2023-24, ThePrint, 21 Jul 2024
- Somnath railway station to be redeveloped with Rs 134 crore, India Infra Hub, 20 Jul 2022
- How redevelopment plan is taking shape for key stations, Swarajya, 29 Aug 2022
- Gujarat goes for Rs 2,640 crore road projects, NBMCW, 1 Jun 2016
- 18 trains to be shifted from Ahmedabad railway station to Sabarmati and Gandhinagar, DeshGujarat, 7 Mar 2024
- Jantri rate hike to be effective from April 15, DeshGujarat, 11 Feb 2023
- Gujarat to revise minimum rates for agricultural land, The Secretariat, 13 Nov 2024
- Gujarat farmer verification process streamlined, SCC Online, 25 Sep 2024
- Gujarat assessing non-farmers access to agricultural land, Gujarat Samachar, 12 Nov 2024
- Major changes likely in Gujarat tenancy and agricultural land laws, Gujarat Samachar, 9 Mar 2024
- Gujarat Assembly passes tukda dhara amendment bill, DeshGujarat, 11 Sep 2026
- Gujarat govt notifies Disturbed Areas Act amendment, DeshGujarat, 15 Jul 2026
- Gujarat faces growing groundwater crisis, Gujarat Samachar, 28 Sep 2026
Further reading
- Gujarat Land Revenue (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act 10 of 2025), PRS
- Gujarat govt amends land revenue law, 30-day notice waived for undisputed deals, DeshGujarat, 1 Apr 2026
- Gujarat Assembly passes Land Revenue, GST and livestock feed bills, ThePrint, 10 Sep 2026
- Gujarat High Court guidelines on misuse of the Land Grabbing Act, LiveLaw, 11 Dec 2024
- 69,800 km Narmada canals done, DeshGujarat, 8 Mar 2025
- When will India's first bullet train run, Business Today, 16 Aug 2026
- Tehsil / Talukas, Gandhinagar district portal
- District Industrial Potentiality Survey Report of Gandhinagar District 2016-17, MSME Development Institute
Data-currency note: population is the Census 2011 figure on the district portal; area, crop, soil and irrigation data come from a 2016 ICAR-CRIDA plan using 2011-14 crop data; mango area is a 2026 press figure; the 4.9% stamp duty is an audit-year 2017-18 figure; infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and several items rest on 2005 to 2022 reports; no jantri schedule or price series was obtained. 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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