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

District guide

Buying Land in Kheda

A Charotar farm district between Ahmedabad and Anand: tobacco, paddy and cotton land, farmer-status and fragmentation rules, and bullet-train bridges and an expressway widening still in progress.

  • 3,958.84 sq km

    Area (district portal)

  • 22.99 lakh

    Population (Census 2011)

  • 723 mm

    Average rainfall (2020 profile)

  • 280 m, done Aug 2024

    Vatrak bullet-train bridge

*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 — Kheda

Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk

State

Gujarat

Sub-divisions

Ten talukas by our reading: Nadiad (district seat), Kheda, Kathlal, Mahudha, Matar, Mehmedabad, Kapadvanj, Thasra, Vaso and Galteshwar (Kheda district portal, October 2026; district profile, 2020). A further taluka was reported added in September 2025 and we found no name for it (The Week, September 2025)

Key markets

Nadiad · Kapadvanj · Mehmedabad · Matar · Thasra · Kathlal

Demand anchors

Charotar farm belt · bullet-train bridges on the Vatrak and Mohar rivers · Ahmedabad–Vadodara Expressway widening proposed, not built

Rail

Nadiad Junction, about 10 km from the Anand bullet-train station (NHSRCL, Anand station brief)

Size and population

3,958.84 sq km on the About page, but 3,667 sq km and 22,99,885 people (Census 2011) on the demography page (Kheda portal, About; demography page)

Pricing unit

₹/vigha or ₹/guntha for farmland (no sourced price series)

Local units

Guntha = 1,089 sq ft · 40 gunthas = 1 acre · vigha varies by region, no official conversion found

Land records portal

AnyROR (not opened for this page; check records there)

District overview

Kheda — a Charotar farm district with bullet-train bridges and an expressway widening proposal

Kheda is a central Gujarat district with its seat at Nadiad. The district portal gives 3,958.84 sq km (Kheda portal) while its demography page gives 3,667 sq km and 22,99,885 people at Census 2011 (same portal). Two talukas, Vaso and Galteshwar, were created in 2013 when Balasinor and Virpur went to Mahisagar district, and the district has nine rivers, with the Sabarmati on the west and the Mahi on the east (Kheda portal overview). The Kheda and Anand area is known as Charotar.

We publish no per-vigha or per-acre band for Kheda. No district or village 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), with a revised draft pending in November 2024 (The Secretariat, November 2024). A jantri is a registration floor, not a market price.

Kheda is farmland first. The 2020 district profile names paddy, wheat, bajra, castor, cotton and tobacco as the main crops and calls the district the state's second-largest tobacco producer (Kheda district profile). Rail and road works matter at the margin: the bullet-train line crosses the district on bridges over the Vatrak and Mohar rivers (DeshGujarat, August 2024), and widening of the Ahmedabad–Vadodara Expressway is only at the proposal stage (DeshGujarat, March 2026).

  • Nadiad
  • Kapadvanj
  • Mehmedabad
  • Matar
  • Thasra
  • Charotar
Locator map of Kheda district in Gujarat

Transaction costs

Stamp duty & registration in Kheda

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 Kheda 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 Kheda guideline value. Ask the Sub-Registrar for the duty, fee and jantri on your survey number.

Know the belt

What is moving prices in Kheda

Official numbers are statewide and partial: a doubled jantri, a bridge on the bullet-train line and an expressway proposal. No district price series and no listing-site prices are used.

Statewide jantri

Doubled from 15 Apr 2023 (reported)

The state doubled jantri rates from 15 April 2023 after about twelve years (DeshGujarat, February 2023). A revised draft for agricultural land was reported pending in November 2024 (The Secretariat, November 2024). We opened no Kheda taluka schedule, so we cannot say where Kheda sits against its neighbours.

Check: the jantri for your survey number at the Sub-Registrar office; drafts may not be in force.

Bullet-train corridor

Vatrak bridge, 280 m, completed 20 Aug 2024

The 280 m Vatrak river bridge lies in Kheda district between the Anand and Ahmedabad stations, and a 160 m Mohar river bridge is also listed in the district (DeshGujarat, August 2024). We found no report linking the line to a price change in Kheda, and no station is planned in the district in the sources read.

Check: whether the survey number sits on the alignment or an acquisition entry.

Expressway widening

Proposed; six or eight lanes reported

DeshGujarat reported in January 2026 a proposal to widen the existing Ahmedabad–Vadodara Expressway to eight lanes (DeshGujarat, January 2026) and in the February round-up that NHAI had invited tenders for a detailed project report for six lanes (DeshGujarat, March 2026). The two reports differ on lanes, and neither names the stretch through Kheda.

Check: the alignment and any land-width requirement with NHAI before treating this as a catalyst.

Asking prices

No sourced price series

Listing-site asking prices for Kheda 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 village before negotiating.

Units: guntha, acre and vigha

Gujarat land is recorded in gunthas and acres: a guntha is about 101 sq m (1,089 sq ft), 10 gunthas are 1,012 sq m, and 40 gunthas make an acre. The vigha varies by region and we found no official conversion for Kheda, so ask for the area in square metres from the 7/12 extract and convert any vigha quote to that before comparing offers.

Connectivity

How Kheda connects — road, rail and air

Road distances from Kheda to Ahmedabad and Vadodara are not given because no official source was found. Air distances below are measured from Anand station.

By road

Ahmedabad–Vadodara ExpresswayExisting; widening proposed (Jan–Feb 2026 reports)
Highway lengths in KhedaNot sourced for this page
Last leg to a parcelCheck the access road in the revenue record

By air

Ahmedabad airportAbout 70 km from Anand station (NHSRCL)
Vadodara airportAbout 54 km from Anand station (NHSRCL)
Airport in KhedaNone found in the sources read

By rail

Nadiad JunctionAbout 10 km from Anand bullet-train station
Bullet trainVatrak and Mohar bridges in Kheda; stations at Anand and Ahmedabad
First serviceSurat–Vapi targeted Aug 2027; full date not set
MetroNo metro project found in the sources read

The air distances are measured from the Anand station, not from Kheda, so time the drive from the parcel itself. Full Gujarat rules for buyers from outside the state: Gujarat agricultural land rules. Sources: NHSRCL, Anand station; DeshGujarat, August 2024; Business Today, August 2026.

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.

01Open or inaugurated

03In progress or pending

Completed · 20 Aug 2024 Vatrak river bridge (bullet train)
Under construction · Surat–Vapi targeted Aug 2027 Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train
Proposed · DPR stage (Jan–Feb 2026) Ahmedabad–Vadodara Expressway widening
Under construction · cladding under way (Apr 2026) Anand bullet-train station (neighbouring district)
Completed · 20 Aug 2024

Vatrak river bridge (bullet train)

A 280 m bridge with seven 40 m girders on eight circular piers, in Kheda district between the Anand and Ahmedabad stations, about 25 km from Anand and 30 km from Ahmedabad. It was the tenth of 24 planned river bridges, and the same report lists a 160 m Mohar river bridge in Kheda district as already complete (DeshGujarat, August 2024).

Source: DeshGujarat, 22 Aug 2024

Length

280 m

River

Vatrak

Status

Completed

Date

20 Aug 2024

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Kheda
  • Nadiad
Under construction · Surat–Vapi targeted Aug 2027

Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train

A 508 km line whose land was reported fully acquired; the Surat–Vapi section (97 km) is targeted for first service in August 2027 and no date is set for the full line (Business Today, August 2026). The Kheda stretch is the part between Anand and Ahmedabad; we found no later Kheda-specific progress report.

Source: Business Today, 16 Aug 2026

Length

508 km

Land

Fully acquired

First section

Aug 2027 (target)

Full line

No date set

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Kheda
  • Anand
  • Nadiad
Proposed · DPR stage (Jan–Feb 2026)

Ahmedabad–Vadodara Expressway widening

The state proposed widening the existing expressway to eight lanes (DeshGujarat, January 2026), and NHAI was reported to have invited tenders for a detailed project report for six lanes (DeshGujarat, March 2026). No cost or date is given, and neither report names the Kheda stretch, so confirm the alignment with NHAI.

Source: DeshGujarat, 31 Jan 2026; DeshGujarat, 4 Mar 2026

Lanes

6 or 8 (reports differ)

Stage

DPR tenders

Cost

Not given

Date

Not given

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Nadiad
  • Kheda
Under construction · cladding under way (Apr 2026)

Anand bullet-train station (neighbouring district)

Swarajya reported on 15 April 2026 that structural and roof works at the Anand station were complete and cladding and staircase finishing was continuing (Swarajya, April 2026). The station is in Anand district, about 10 km from Nadiad Junction (NHSRCL); it is listed here as the nearest bullet-train stop to Kheda, not as a Kheda project. We read only the headline of the Swarajya page.

Source: Swarajya, 15 Apr 2026 (headline only); NHSRCL

Station

Anand

Structure

Complete (reported)

Finishing

In progress

From Nadiad Jn

~10 km

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Nadiad
  • Kheda

Agriculture & terrain

Soil, crops & water in Kheda

A Charotar district of tobacco, paddy and cotton on the Sabarmati–Mahi plain, irrigated mainly by canals, with black soil and some hills in Kapadvanj.

🌾 Charotar plains (Nadiad, Kheda, Mehmedabad, Matar)

The 2020 district profile gives goradu (gravelly) and sandy-loam soil in Nadiad, kyari soil in parts of Matar and Mehmedabad, and lists paddy, wheat, bajra, castor, cotton and tobacco as the main crops; paddy and bajra are kharif and wheat and potato rabi. It calls Kheda the state's largest aonla producer and second-largest tobacco producer (Kheda district profile). The district portal adds that wheat is grown in the Bhal tract of Matar taluka (Kheda portal).

  • Tobacco
  • Paddy
  • Wheat
  • Bajra
  • Aonla

⛰️ Kapadvanj and Thasra

Black soil suited to cotton is found in Kapadvanj and Thasra, and Kapadvanj has some hilly ground while the rest of the district is flat (Kheda portal). The profile reports bauxite reserves of about 89 million tonnes in Thasra and Kapadvanj talukas (district profile). We found no rule on private land over mineral reserves, so ask the Collector and the mining department about any lease on the survey number.

  • Cotton
  • Black soil
  • Bauxite

🌊 Rivers and canals

The portal names nine major rivers, among them the Mahi, Sabarmati, Vatrak and Meshwo (Kheda portal). The profile says farming relies on canal irrigation and that the Mahi is more useful than the Sabarmati for it (district profile). We found no flood-history record for Kheda, so ask the seller about flooding on any parcel near a river.

  • Mahi
  • Sabarmati
  • Vatrak

💧 Water & rainfall

The profile gives average rainfall of 723 mm in Kheda, falling from late June to September, and calls it inadequate and unevenly distributed (district profile). We did not obtain a district groundwater figure. For the state, the Central Ground Water Board's 2024 assessment counts 252 units, of which 22 are over-exploited, 10 critical and 24 semi-critical, with extraction at 54.21% (CGWB, 2024). The Narmada canal network is reported 63,908 km complete of 69,830 km (DeshGujarat, March 2025); whether a given parcel lies in a command area is a question for the irrigation department.

📐 Measurement units

Gujarat land units: guntha = 1,089 sq ft (about 101 sq m); 40 gunthas = 1 acre; the vigha varies by region with no official conversion found. Convert every quote to square metres or acres before comparing two offers. Live wholesale 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 and permitted use, not on tobacco or wheat yield.

At a glance

Kheda vs. its neighbours

District / beltPrice band* (per vigha or acre)Evidence
KhedaNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page; jantri doubled statewide Apr 2023
AhmedabadNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page
AnandNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page
MahisagarNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page

*No district price series could be sourced, and jantri rates are registration floors, not market prices. See the Ahmedabad page for the larger urban neighbour and the Kutch page for a dry-land district at the other end of the state.

Farmhouse plot with boundary stones near Kheda, Gujarat

District report — Kheda

Farmland India view

Why investors look at Kheda

Five reasoned points, with an honest note that the price evidence is thin and several catalysts are proposals rather than delivered works.

A farm district on a rail-and-road line

The bullet-train line crosses Kheda on the Vatrak and Mohar bridges and an expressway widening is proposed, so access may improve. Both are infrastructure for the line, not a station or interchange in the district, and a buyer should time the drive from the parcel.

Soils and crops with a track record

The district profile credits Kheda with the largest aonla output in the state and the second-largest tobacco output, with paddy, wheat and bajra beside them. That supports farm use, but crop income is not what values a parcel.

Canal irrigation helps, rainfall is thin

Average rainfall is 723 mm and the profile calls it uneven, so canal command matters more here than in a rain-fed district. Ask which canal reaches the survey number.

Paperwork is the filter

Farmer status, tenure, fragmentation area and acquisition entries are all survey-number specific. A buyer who documents each is better placed than one relying on a broker summary.

Thin price evidence

No district price series could be sourced, so any return case rests on registered comparables the buyer collects. This desk does not endorse a growth figure for Kheda.

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

STRAIGHT TALK

Risks & challenges in Kheda

Read these before shortlisting in Kheda specifically.

Farmer-status rule

Section 63 bars transfers to non-agriculturists, and the non-farmer purchase reform was reported under review in November 2024 with nothing enacted found by October 2026 (Gujarat Samachar, November 2024). Ask for the seller's farmer evidence and the buyer's own eligibility route in writing.

Tenure restrictions

New-tenure land cannot be sold freely under section 43, and conversion to old tenure without a fee after 15 years of farming was notified in February 2024, with the NA premium still payable (LiveLaw, April 2025). Check the tenure entry on the 7/12 extract.

Fragmentation law

A 10-guntha standard area applies to rural land under the amendment reported in September 2026, with urban and urban-development-authority areas excluded and the Act text not seen. Small plots near Nadiad may be treated differently from those in villages.

Acquisition and compensation

Bullet-train land was reported fully acquired and transmission-line compensation was revised in July 2026. Check the Gazette and the 7/12 record for acquisition entries on any parcel near the rail line or a power line.

Mineral reserves

The profile reports bauxite reserves of about 89 million tonnes in Thasra and Kapadvanj talukas. We found no rule on private land over reserves, so ask about mining leases before buying there.

Announced is not delivered

The expressway widening is a proposal at DPR stage with reports differing on lanes, and the full bullet-train line has no opening date. Price on today's roads.

No sourced price series

We use no listing-site prices for Kheda, and the jantri is only a floor. Collect registered comparables from the same village 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 Kheda district portal (Kheda district portal) is the place to look for taluka offices, though its taluka page refused automated access for us. NA permission is applied for to the Collector under section 65 of the Land Revenue Code, and a decision is deemed granted if none comes in three months (LiveLaw, April 2025; applications have been online since a December 2018 circular, SCC Online, September 2024). Zoning and building permission inside a town-planning area go through the urban development authority under 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, with land records on AnyROR and 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 Kheda.

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What does agricultural land cost in Kheda?

We publish no per-vigha or per-acre band for Kheda because no 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 and population are district-portal figures and the two portal pages disagree on area; rainfall, soil and crop data come from a 2020 district profile; infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly; no price series is published. The Kheda taluka page and the Central Ground Water Board district booklet refused automated access, so district groundwater is not quoted. 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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