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District guide
Buying Land in Chamba
A Ravi-valley hill district under Section 118, with Pangi and Bharmour as Scheduled Areas: tribal-land rules, 70-acre ceiling, maize-wheat-apple farming, flood-hit roads and a strategic road upgrade still on paper.
6,522 sq km
Area
5.19 lakh
Population (Census 2011)
Pangi and Bharmour
Scheduled Areas
Pathankot, ~120 km
Nearest rail and airport
*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.
Himbhoomi — Himachal Pradesh Land Records PortalDistrict land record — Chamba
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Himachal Pradesh
Sub-divisions
6 sub-divisions (Chamba, Dalhousie, Tissa, Chowari, Bharmour, Pangi), 7 tehsils (Chamba, Dalhousie, Tissa, Chowari, Bharmour, Pangi, Salooni) and 3 sub-tehsils (Bhalei, Sihunta, Holi) (District Industrial Profile, Chamba; an older list, and the district portal profile page did not open)
Key markets
Chamba town · Dalhousie · Khajjiar · Bharmour · Churah (Tissa) · Pangi
Demand anchors
Hill tourism at Dalhousie and Khajjiar · Manimahesh pilgrimage through Bharmour · NH 154-A and the Chamba–Killar road upgrade (reported, Sept 2026)
Rail and airport
No railway line in the district; Pathankot is the nearest station and airport, about 120 km from Chamba town (Chamba district administration)
Size and population
6,522 sq km · 5,19,080 people, Census 2011 (CGWB booklet, 2013; the industrial profile gives 6,528 sq km)
Pricing unit
Rs per acre or hectare for farmland; no sourced price series
Local units
Area units vary by tehsil; compare offers by the acres or hectares in the revenue record
Land records portal
Himbhoomi, run by NIC (mHimBhoomi, NIC); the portal itself was not opened for this page
Land law is state law. These rules are maintained on the Himachal Pradesh page and apply to every district within it.
Chamba — land purchase legal rules (Section 118)
⚠ Under Section 118 of the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972, a non-agriculturist cannot acquire land in the state without prior State Government permission (Section 118 text, Indian Kanoon). Stamp duty on permitted transfers was raised from 6% to 12% by an ordinance of 18 February 2025 (Legitquest copy).
Who can buy without permission? Only an agriculturist, which the Act defines as a person who cultivates land personally in the state (section 2(2), PRS copy of the Act). Out-of-state buyers do not qualify. Nor, according to The Tribune, October 2025, do Himachalis who hold no agricultural land; they need Revenue Department relaxation too.
Section 118 permission: the Act makes a transfer to a non-agriculturist invalid without it, and the section covers sale, gift, exchange, lease and mortgage with possession (Indian Kanoon). In Ajay Dabra v. Pyare Ram (31 January 2023) the Supreme Court held that land cannot pass to a non-agriculturist without prior State permission (LiveLaw, February 2023). The application goes to the Collector on Form LRXIV, with caps of 4 acres for farming, 500 sq m for a house and 300 sq m for a shop (Rule 38A, Rules of 1975). The rules allow the Collector 10 days and the State 10 days; The Tribune (October 2025) describes the process as lengthy, with several NOCs and some cases going to Cabinet, and gives no timeline.
The 12% duty: the Indian Stamp (Himachal Pradesh Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, dated 18 February 2025, sets duty at 12% of the higher of market value or consideration where the State grants permission under section 118(2)(h), regardless of gender (Legitquest copy). UNI reported in March 2025 that the rate had doubled from 6% as a bill was tabled (UNI, March 2025). Budgets drawn up before 2025 on a 6% basis are out of date.
A pending amendment: Bill 25 of 2025 would change Section 118, including a 3 plus 2 year use period and flats in RERA-registered projects up to 500 sq m (PRS bill text). The Assembly sent it to a select committee on 5 December 2025 (The Tribune, December 2025). We found no report that it has passed; until it does, the 1972 text applies.
NRI & OCI buyers: the RBI Master Direction under FEMA 1999 bars NRIs and OCIs from buying agricultural land, plantation land or a farm house (RBI Master Direction FED 12/2015-16). A Section 118 permission is a state matter and does not lift that bar.
- Section 118 required
- Stamp duty: 12% (Section 118)
- Rule 38A application
- No open-district carve-out
- NRI agri: barred (FEMA)
- Himbhoomi
Chamba — district-specific notes
The Himachal Pradesh state page applies to Chamba in full. The notes below are specific to this district and are not repeated from the state page. Law was read from the Act texts on India Code, Indian Kanoon and PRS, and a Tribal Development Department page; the state's Section 118, Himbhoomi and registration portals could not be opened, and the Chamba district portal's profile pages were blocked to our fetch.
⚠ Section 118 of the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972 bars a transfer of land to a non-agriculturist without prior State Government permission, and the application goes to the Collector, who is the Deputy Commissioner, on Form LRXIV (Section 118; Rule 38A; State of H.P. v. Vinod Gupta, 2023). Bill 25 of 2025 would amend the section and went to a select committee on 5 December 2025 (The Tribune, December 2025). We found no report that it has passed. CONFIRM the outcome with the Deputy Commissioner's office.
⚠ Two parts of Chamba are Scheduled Areas: the Pangi sub-division, and the Bharmour sub-division (now Bharmour tehsil and Holi sub-tehsil), under the Scheduled Areas (Himachal Pradesh) Order, 1975 dated 21 November 1975 (Tribal Development Department). The Himachal Pradesh Transfer of Land (Regulation) Act, 1968 requires prior written State permission before a Scheduled Tribe member transfers land to a person outside the tribe, after the Gram Sabha or panchayat is consulted; a transfer made without it is void, and the Deputy Commissioner can serve a notice to vacate (sections 3 and 5 of the Act). The Act applies to areas notified in the Gazette (section 1(2)). We did not open the notification, so ask the Deputy Commissioner which villages are covered and whether this step applies on top of Section 118.
⚠ The Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972 caps a family at 10 acres of land with assured irrigation for two crops, 15 acres for one crop and 30 acres of other land, orchards included. In Pangi tehsil and Bharmaur sub-tehsil of Chamba the cap on other land is 70 acres. Tea estates are exempt, and so is industrial or hydel project land notified by the State (Ceiling Act, sections 4 and 5). We read the 1972 text only; later amendments were not checked.
⚠ Forest and sanctuary land: the Kalatop Khajjiar Wildlife Sanctuary lies in Chamba and covers 17.17 sq km (Himachal Tourism). The ICAR-CRIDA plan lists 272.0 thousand ha of forest and 353.0 thousand ha of permanent pasture in a district of 692.4 thousand ha (ICAR-CRIDA Chamba plan). We found no notified eco-sensitive zone for Chamba, so ask the Divisional Forest Officer in writing whether a khasra is forest land or inside a sanctuary boundary.
⚠ Hydro-project land: the industrial profile names the Chamera power station as the only hydro project it lists (District Industrial Profile). We found no list of acquired or reservoir-affected land in Chamba, so ask the Tehsildar whether a parcel lies inside project land before paying a deposit.
Read the full Section 118 explainer for the permission route, stamp duty and NRI rules that apply across the state.
- Section 118
- Scheduled Areas: Pangi, Bharmour
- Transfer of Land Act 1968
- Ceiling Act 1972
District overview
Chamba — a Ravi-valley hill district with two Scheduled Areas
Chamba is a hill district of 6,522 sq km with 5,19,080 people at Census 2011, of whom 93.04% live in rural areas (CGWB booklet, 2013). It has seven community development blocks (Chamba, Mehla, Bharmour, Tissa, Salooni, Pangi, Bhatiyat) and no railway line; Pathankot, about 120 km from Chamba town, is the nearest station and airport (Chamba district administration). The Ravi is the main river, with the Budhil, Siul and Siowa among its tributaries.
We publish no per-acre price band for Chamba. Listing-site asking prices could not be traced to registered deals, and we found no dated collector-rate revision for the district. The Tribune, September 2025 reported that rates in several Himachal districts had not been revised for five years, but gave figures only for Kangra towns. The legal route also depends on where a parcel sits: Section 118 applies everywhere, and Pangi and Bharmour add the Scheduled Area rules.
Chamba is hill farmland first. The ICAR-CRIDA plan records 28.2 thousand ha of maize, 21.3 thousand ha of wheat and 11.5 thousand ha of apple, nearly all of it rainfed (ICAR-CRIDA Chamba plan). The monsoon of 2025 showed the other side: The Tribune, August 2025 reported houses washed away at Haloon on the Ravi and every road into Chamba blocked by landslides.
- Dalhousie
- Khajjiar
- Bharmour
- Pangi
- Churah
- Ravi valley
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Chamba
12%
Section 118 transfers
ordinance of 18 February 2025, regardless of gender
6–8%
General buyers (reported)
6% to Rs 40 lakh, 8% above; women 4% to Rs 1 crore, 8% above; Sept 2026 bill, effective date not reported
2%
Registration fee
of the higher of market value or consideration, minimum Rs 100 (2012 notification)
For a transfer under a Section 118 permission, duty is 12% of the higher of market value or consideration (ordinance text, Legitquest; UNI, March 2025). The 6% to 8% and 4% to 8% figures come from the Second Amendment Bill passed on 3 September 2026, as reported by ANI, September 2026 and Outlook Money, September 2026; neither report gives an effective date, and the separate undervaluation bill is Bill 4 of 2026 on PRS. The 2% registration fee comes from the Revenue Department notification of 12 January 2012; we found no later table. The state announced in May 2023 that physical stamp paper would be phased out after 31 March 2024 and that e-stamps would be issued through SHCIL (The Tribune, May 2023). These are state-wide rates; we found no district-specific duty for Chamba. The Registration and Stamps offices were not consulted, so check the rate table in force on the date of your deed.
Know the belt
What is moving prices in Chamba
Qualitative signals only: no district price series and no dated collector-rate revision were found. Everything below comes from news reports and district documents.
Collector rates
No Chamba revision found
Collector rates are set by the Collector on the SDM's recommendation. The Tribune, September 2025 reported that in several Himachal districts they had not been revised for five years, that a 7.5% cap on yearly rises had kept them below market, and that senior revenue officials wanted annual revision. It named only Kangra towns, so nothing in it is a Chamba figure.
Check: the tehsil's current rate with the Sub-Registrar.
Dalhousie and Khajjiar
Tourism belt; link road at planning stage
The Public Works minister said in July 2024 that the Dalhousie–Khajjiar link road would be upgraded under the Central Road and Infrastructure Fund and told officials to prepare a detailed project report; the article gives no length or cost (The Tribune, August 2024). The Kalatop Khajjiar sanctuary, 17.17 sq km, lies in the district (Himachal Tourism).
Check: the sanctuary boundary and Section 118 status of any parcel near Khajjiar.
Bharmour and the Manimahesh route
Pilgrim corridor cut by the August 2025 floods
Heavy rain from 23 to 25 August 2025 damaged stretches of NH 154-A, stranded about 15,000 pilgrims at Bharmour and left 15 to 20 major landslides between Bagga and Durgethi uncleared when The Tribune reported on 3 September 2025.
Check: the all-weather road access to a parcel, and whether it falls in the Scheduled Area.
Asking prices
No sourced price series
Listing-site asking prices for Chamba could not be traced to registered deals, so none are used. Past movement is historical, not a projection.
Check: registered sale deeds in the same revenue estate before negotiating.
Area units
Local area units differ by tehsil, and the sources we read do not define them. Convert any quote to acres or hectares using the area in the jamabandi record, and ask the patwari for the share of the khasra being sold. We did not open a revenue manual for local unit definitions.
Connectivity
How Chamba connects — road, rail and air
Delhi and Chandigarh road distances are not given: the district page gives none and no other official source was found. Hill roads close in bad weather.
By road
By air
By rail & metro
The district page gives 120 km from Chamba town to Pathankot for both rail and air, and lists Chandigarh airport at 400 km. Bus services from Pathankot, Dharamshala, Delhi and Chandigarh are mentioned without timings, so we give no journey times.
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 outlet.
00Open or inaugurated
04In progress or pending
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water in Chamba
A hill district where maize and wheat are mostly rainfed, apple covers 11.5 thousand ha, springs and kuhls supply the water, and steep Ravi-system slopes slide in heavy monsoons.
🌽 Field crops (valleys and mid hills)
The ICAR-CRIDA plan gives 2006-07 areas of 28.2 thousand ha of maize (27.2 rainfed), 21.3 thousand ha of wheat (17.6 rainfed), 3.1 thousand ha of barley and 2.7 thousand ha of irrigated paddy. Net sown area is 41.9 thousand ha with a cropping intensity of 159.2% (ICAR-CRIDA Chamba plan).
- Maize
- Wheat
- Barley
- Paddy
🍎 Apple and tree crops
For 2007-08 the plan lists 11.5 thousand ha of apple, all rainfed, 1.4 thousand ha of other temperate fruit, 1.5 thousand ha of walnut and dry fruits and 0.7 thousand ha of citrus (ICAR-CRIDA Chamba plan). The data are old, so ask for current orchard records of any plot.
- Apple
- Walnut
- Citrus
⛰️ Forest, pasture and ice
Of 692.4 thousand ha, the plan puts 272.0 thousand ha under forest and 353.0 thousand ha under permanent pasture, with cultivable land at 45.3 thousand ha. Its soil units include rock outcrops covered with glaciers (55,375.5 ha) and valley glaciers (1,011.7 ha) (ICAR-CRIDA Chamba plan).
- Forest
- Pasture
- Glaciated ground
💧 Water & rainfall
The plan's 1991-2010 normal is 1,012.4 mm a year, 616.86 mm of it in the June to September monsoon (ICAR-CRIDA). The CGWB booklet recorded 1,106 mm in 2012, notes snow in the higher reaches and finds water 10 to 30 m below ground, with springs the main source and discharge of 30 to 2,000 litres per minute; it found no over-exploited blocks, and says no groundwater reservoir of any appreciable size exists in the hill region (CGWB booklet). All 5.2 thousand ha of net irrigated area is fed by kuhls and streams. Test the water source of any parcel before planting.
📐 Land records & area units
Himbhoomi holds the state's jamabandi and shajra nasb records and plot maps for digitised villages (NIC, mHimBhoomi). Local area units vary by tehsil, so compare offers by the area in the revenue record in acres or hectares, not by a quoted local unit. The portal itself was not opened for this page.
At a glance
Chamba vs. its neighbours
| District / belt | Farm evidence* | Land-law status |
|---|---|---|
| Chamba | Maize 28.2, wheat 21.3 and apple 11.5 thousand ha (CRIDA plan, 2006-08) | Section 118 across the district; Pangi and Bharmour also Scheduled Areas |
| Kangra | Tea with an EU protected GI (EU IP Helpdesk, July 2023) | Section 118 permission needed for non-agriculturists |
| Lahaul and Spiti | No figure used on this page | Whole district is a Scheduled Area (Tribal Development Department) |
*Farm statistics from district plans and an EU registration, not prices. See the Kangra page and the Lahaul and Spiti page for the neighbouring districts. Chamba also borders Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, which this page does not cover.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Chamba
Five reasoned points, with an honest note that price evidence is missing and several road projects are only declared or at planning stage.
A hill-tourism belt with a road upgrade on paper
Dalhousie and Khajjiar draw visitors, and the Dalhousie–Khajjiar link road upgrade has reached the stage of a directed project report (The Tribune, August 2024). A report is not a road, and the Kalatop Khajjiar sanctuary limits what can be built nearby.
Two Scheduled Areas narrow the open market
In Pangi and Bharmour a Scheduled Tribe seller needs State permission to transfer land to an outsider (1968 Act), and Section 118 applies as well. Fewer lawful sales may support values, but no price series shows that.
A highway with a strategic label and uneven delivery
The Chamba–Killar road was declared strategic in 2026 and NH 154-A is reported to be under NHAI (Swarajya, September 2026). Floods in August 2025 still blocked every road into the district (The Tribune).
Orchard and field land, mostly rainfed
Apple covers 11.5 thousand ha and maize 28.2 thousand ha in the CRIDA plan (ICAR-CRIDA). Rainfed farming means yields follow the monsoon, and returns come mainly from location and permitted use.
A market that rewards paperwork
With Section 118, Scheduled Area, forest and flood questions all parcel-specific, a buyer who documents each one is better placed than one relying on a broker summary.
Confirm Section 118, Scheduled Area, forest and flood status directly; these are not certified by Farmland India's review.
STRAIGHT TALK
Risks & challenges in Chamba
Read these before shortlisting in Chamba specifically.
Section 118 permission and timing
A transfer to a non-agriculturist without permission is invalid (Section 118; LiveLaw, February 2023). The rules give the Collector and State 10 days each, but The Tribune (October 2025) calls the process lengthy and gives no figure. Bill 25 of 2025 is not law, and its outcome is unconfirmed.
Scheduled Area transfers
In Pangi and Bharmour a transfer by a Scheduled Tribe member without State permission is void and can lead to a notice to vacate (1968 Act). The notified village list was not opened, so ask the Deputy Commissioner.
Floods and landslides
In August 2025 houses at Haloon were washed away, Dalhousie reported six cloudbursts in a day and Bharmour lost mobile networks for two days (The Tribune, August 2025). The state disaster authority's cumulative toll for 20 June to 10 September 2025 was 380 deaths (Punjab Kesari, September 2025). Assess drainage and slope before any construction plan.
Road access and closures
15 to 20 major landslides between Bagga and Durgethi were still to be cleared in early September 2025 (The Tribune). Check all-weather access and the nearest motorable point of the parcel.
Forest and sanctuary overlap
The Kalatop Khajjiar sanctuary covers 17.17 sq km (Himachal Tourism) and forest and pasture make up most of the district in the CRIDA land-use table. Ask the Divisional Forest Officer for the status of each khasra.
Announced is not delivered
The Chamba–Killar upgrade has no stated length, cost or timeline, and the PMGSY reports were still awaiting approval in October 2025 (The Tribune). Do not price a parcel on a corridor that is only declared.
No sourced price series
We use no listing-site prices for Chamba, and no dated collector-rate revision was found. A seller's quoted rate has no public benchmark here.
Who to contact
Local revenue, planning & forest offices
Section 118 applications go to the Deputy Commissioner of Chamba, the Collector, on Form LRXIV (Rule 38A), and the State Government decides. Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Tehsildar of the relevant tehsil (Chamba, Dalhousie, Tissa, Chowari, Bharmour, Pangi, Salooni) or the revenue officer of a sub-tehsil, as listed in the District Industrial Profile. In Pangi and Bharmour, transfers by Scheduled Tribe members are processed through the Deputy Commissioner under section 4 of the 1968 Act. The Divisional Forest Officer confirms forest status. Sale deeds are registered by the local Sub-Registrar, and records are on Himbhoomi (NIC). The state's Section 118, Himbhoomi and registration portals could not be opened for this page, so they are not linked. Ask the Deputy Commissioner's office for the current application route.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Everything buyers, NRIs and investors ask before their first reviewed farmland purchase in Chamba.
Visit full wiki01 of 04
Can outsiders buy land in Chamba?
Only with prior State Government permission under Section 118 of the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972, unless the buyer is an agriculturist in the state. The application goes to the Deputy Commissioner on Form LRXIV, and the Supreme Court held in Ajay Dabra v. Pyare Ram (January 2023) that land cannot pass to a non-agriculturist without it. Bill 25 of 2025 would amend the section but went to a select committee in December 2025, and we found no report that it has passed.
02 of 04
Do Pangi and Bharmour have extra rules?
Yes. Both are Scheduled Areas under the 1975 Order. The Transfer of Land (Regulation) Act, 1968 makes a transfer of land by a Scheduled Tribe member to an outsider void without prior State permission, and the ceiling on other land is 70 acres in Pangi and Bharmaur instead of 30. We did not open the Gazette notification, so ask the Deputy Commissioner which villages are covered.
03 of 04
What does land cost in Chamba?
We publish no per-acre band because listing-site asking prices could not be traced to registered deals and we found no dated collector-rate revision for Chamba. The Tribune reported in September 2025 that rates in several Himachal districts had gone unrevised for five years but gave figures only for Kangra. Stamp duty on a Section 118 transfer is 12% of the higher of market value or consideration.
04 of 04
How reliable is road access to Chamba?
Pathankot, about 120 km away, is the nearest rail station and airport, and NH 154-A is the main road. Floods in August 2025 blocked every road into the district, and 15 to 20 major landslides between Bagga and Durgethi were still uncleared in early September. The Chamba–Killar road was reported as a strategic project in September 2026 with no timeline.
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Sources and references
Where a claim is marked as reported, the outlet named in the link is the only source we reached for it. The state's Section 118, Himbhoomi and registration portals could not be opened for this page, so they are not linked. The Chamba district portal's profile pages were blocked to our fetch, so tehsil names come from an older industrial profile.
Law and courts
- Section 118, Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972, Indian Kanoon
- Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972 (Act 8 of 1974), PRS Legislative Research
- Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Rules, 1975, rule 38A, Indian Kanoon
- State of H.P. v. Vinod Gupta, CWP 5554 of 2020, High Court of Himachal Pradesh, 19 December 2023
- Ajay Dabra v. Pyare Ram, Supreme Court, 31 January 2023, LiveLaw, February 2023
- Himachal Pradesh Transfer of Land (Regulation) Act, 1968, India Code
- Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972 (section 4), India Code
- Indian Stamp (Himachal Pradesh Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, 18 February 2025, Legitquest
- Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (Bill 25 of 2025), PRS Legislative Research
- Indian Stamp (Himachal Pradesh Amendment) Bill, 2026 (Bill 4 of 2026), PRS Legislative Research
- Pristine Hotels and Resorts v. State of Himachal Pradesh, Supreme Court, 28 July 2025, SCC Online, August 2025
Government
- Master Direction FED 12/2015-16 on immovable assets under FEMA 1999, Reserve Bank of India
- Table of registration fees, Revenue Department notification of 12 January 2012, Government of Himachal Pradesh
- State of Forest Report 2019, volume II, Himachal Pradesh, Forest Survey of India
- mHimBhoomi, National Informatics Centre
- Tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh, Tribal Development Department (Scheduled Areas Order, 1975)
- Ground Water Information Booklet, Chamba District, Central Ground Water Board, 2013
- District Agriculture Contingency Plan, Chamba, ICAR-CRIDA, 2013
- District Industrial Profile, Chamba, MSME Development Institute
- How to reach Chamba, Chamba district administration, NIC
- Sanctuaries, Himachal Tourism official website
- Kangra tea registered as a protected GI in the EU, EU IP Helpdesk, 3 July 2023
News
- Government mulls making section 118 less cumbersome, The Tribune, October 2025
- Vidhan Sabha puts Section 118 amendment bill on hold, The Tribune, December 2025
- HP govt hikes stamp duty, UNI, March 2025
- Himachal Assembly passes Stamp Duty Bill, ANI, September 2026
- Himachal Pradesh sets out new stamp duty structure, Outlook Money, 4 September 2026
- Switch to e-stamp by next year, says Sukhu, The Tribune, May 2023
- Circle-rate paralysis: Himachal losing crores as revision is blocked, The Tribune, September 2025
- Chamba-Killar road declared strategic project of national importance, Swarajya, September 2026
- Expedite Chamba NH work, MP tells officials, The Tribune, July 2021
- Rs 554 crore rural road projects to boost connectivity in Chamba, The Tribune, October 2025
- Dalhousie-Khajjiar road to be upgraded, says Vikramaditya, The Tribune, August 2024
- Rain, floods devastate Chamba district, The Tribune, August 2025
- 10k Manimahesh pilgrims evacuated, over 4,000 still stranded in Bharmour, The Tribune, September 2025
- Himachal monsoon fury: death toll climbs to 380, Punjab Kesari, 11 September 2025
- Non-Himachalis to pay 150% higher fees for building plan approval, The Tribune, September 2024
Further reading
- Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, record page, India Code (metadata only)
- Section 118 to be simplified: amendment bill presented, The Week/PTI, December 2025
- Select committee to review proposed changes to the Tenancy Act, The Statesman, December 2025
- House sends Section 118 changes to select panel, The Tribune, December 2025
- Non-Himachalis allowed to purchase land in 674 cases, The Tribune, September 2020
- State losing crores due to stagnant circle rates, The Tribune, January 2025
- SC to pass order on ecological imbalance in state, The Tribune, September 2025
- Himachal Assembly passes Stamp Duty Amendment Bill, The News Himachal, September 2026
- Tenancy and Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 2022, TeamLease RegTech, March 2023
- High Court clarifies Section 118 use period, CWP 3363 of 2025, LiveLaw, September 2025
Data-currency note: farm statistics come from district plans of 2013, groundwater from a 2013 booklet, population from Census 2011; the tehsil list is older than the latest administrative changes. Infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly. This is a general guide, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.
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