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District guide
Buying Land in Agar Malwa
A young Malwa district cut from Shajapur in 2013: black-soil wheat and soybean, stressed groundwater and no sourced price series, with indicative bands only.
2,702 sq km
Area (district portal)
5.71 lakh
Population (district portal)
₹8–60 lakh per acre
Estimated land price*
4
Tehsils taken from Shajapur (2013)
*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 — Agar Malwa
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Madhya Pradesh
Sub-divisions
Agar, Badod, Susner and Nalkheda, the four tehsils the district portal says were taken from Shajapur (Agar Malwa portal, about the district). The pages we read do not list tehsils separately, so any tehsil created since is not confirmed
Key markets
Agar · Susner · Nalkheda · Badod
Demand anchors
Position on the Indore–Kota state highway (SH-27) as the portal describes it · Ujjain (68 km by the portal) and Indore (126 km) within reach (Agar Malwa portal, how to reach)
Rail
No station inside the district is named on the portal; it gives Ujjain, 68 km away, as the nearest railway station (Agar Malwa portal, how to reach)
Size and population
2,701.93 sq km · 5.71 lakh people · 513 villages (Agar Malwa district portal, October 2026; the page does not state the Census year)
Created
16 August 2013, the 51st district of Madhya Pradesh, from Shajapur district (portal; Business Standard, August 2013)
Estimated land price*
₹8–60 lakh per acre* (wide band: over-exploited interior blocks to road-side land; see price section). *Indicative only, not a valuation or an offer; prices vary by plot, road access and title. Check the guideline or ready-reckoner rate with the Sub-Registrar.
Pricing unit
₹/acre (farm land) · records in hectares
Local units
Area is recorded in hectares; local units vary by district and tehsil, so convert every quote to acres or hectares (1 hectare is about 2.47 acres)
Land records portal
MP Bhulekh (not opened for this page; ask the seller for a fresh khasra and B-1 extract)
Land law is state law. These rules are maintained on the Madhya Pradesh page and apply to every district within it.
Agar Malwa — land purchase legal rules
⚠ Madhya Pradesh does not run on a single rule for farmland. Tribal land, land above the holding ceiling, diverted land and ordinary farmland each follow a different track, and the Collector’s office sits at the centre of the first. Work out which track a parcel is on before looking at the price.
Which office decides what: A member of a tribe that the Code treats as aboriginal needs written permission from a revenue officer of at least Collector rank to sell land outside a notified area, and in a notified area the bar on sale to a non-tribal is absolute (section 165(6); Supreme Court, April 2025). The Supreme Court accepted in April 2025 that an Additional Collector can grant that permission under a valid work-allocation order (Lawyer E-News, April 2025). Sale deeds are registered through the Registration Department, which launched the Sampada 2.0 online registration system in October 2024 (The Statesman, October 2024).
Section 165 and tribal land: The April 2025 judgment concerned 6.29 hectares in Ratlam district outside the notified tehsils; the sale went through because the Additional Collector had given written permission, the price was above market value and a 10-year bar on changing the land’s use was attached under section 165(6-ee) (Supreme Court, April 2025). The High Court had earlier upheld the same sale and noted the Patwari’s report, the sellers’ need to fund a marriage and settle loans, and the land they kept (High Court, October 2023). Permission is a gate, not a formality: a sale with no permission is exposed. Under section 170B a transfer made by fraud can be reverted to the tribal owner or heirs, and the Supreme Court in March 2019 held that a civil court could not revisit a Collector’s 1985 section 170B order that had survived a writ petition (Supreme Court, March 2019).
Wills and indirect transfers: In February 2025 the High Court held that “transfer” in section 165(6) is not confined to sale and covers a Will of tribal land in favour of a non-tribal, so Collector permission was needed there too (High Court, February 2025). A buyer cannot assume that an inheritance document or a power of attorney avoids the permission step. There is a narrow carve-out: in October 2024 the High Court, relying on an older Division Bench ruling, held that sections 165(6) and 170 do not apply to Nazul land in an urban area, and sent the question of whether a given parcel was Nazul or Abadi back to the Additional Commissioner (High Court, October 2024).
Diversion and the Code: Turning farmland to another use is a diversion. A June 2022 High Court order refers to land “diverted under section 172” to non-agricultural purposes, and the Supreme Court has described section 59 as allowing reassessment of land revenue on a change of use, with a premium that the Sub-Divisional Officer may impose (High Court, June 2022; Supreme Court, August 2008). We could not read the current text of sections 172 and 190, so this page does not describe their procedure or fees, and a seller’s diversion order should be read in full, not taken on trust.
Ceiling on holdings: The Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960 caps how much one holder or family may hold and provides for acquiring surplus land. In the 2021 case the Supreme Court quoted section 7(b) as allowing a family of five or fewer 54 acres, and set aside surplus declarations where a pending suit had not been disclosed (Supreme Court, January 2021). A legal-database copy of the Act lists three tiers for a family of five or fewer: 18 acres of two-crop irrigated land, 27 acres of one-crop irrigated land and 54 acres of dry land, and says land cannot be transferred before the final ceiling order without the Collector’s written permission, unless the holder is within the ceiling (legal database text of the 1960 Act). Treat those figures as the Act’s text as published there, and have a lawyer check the current schedule before buying a large holding.
Who may buy: None of the court orders or Act texts we opened bars a buyer simply for not being a farmer; the limits that turned up were the tribal-land permission in section 165(6) and the ceiling on holdings. We found no state notice listing other buyer conditions, so confirm with the Registration Department and the Collector’s office that none applies to the district you are looking at.
Registration and stamping: The Indian Stamp (Madhya Pradesh Second Amendment) Act, 2025 was published on 17 December 2025 and changes how short-stamped documents are handled, including a penalty of 1% of the deficient portion per month (TeamLease RegTech, December 2025). Duty rates are covered in the stamp duty section below.
Land records: Madhya Pradesh land records (khasra and the B-1 extract) are issued through the state’s MP Bhulekh portal. We could not open that portal for this page and found no independent description of its current fields or fees, so ask the seller for a fresh extract and compare the survey number, area and recorded owner with the sale deed.
NRI and OCI buyers: The Reserve Bank’s Master Direction under FEMA 1999 excludes agricultural land, plantation land and a farm house from what NRIs and OCIs may buy, in Madhya Pradesh as elsewhere (RBI Master Direction FED 12/2015-16, updated to September 2022). They can buy other immovable assets such as residential or commercial sites, and inheritance is treated separately in the Direction. Benami-law exposure was not checked against the Act text for this page, so take legal advice before using a nominee.
- Land Revenue Code 1959
- Section 165(6) tribal land
- Ceiling Act 1960
- Wills need permission
- NRI agri: barred (FEMA)
- Sampada 2.0
Agar Malwa — district-specific notes
The Madhya Pradesh state page applies to Agar Malwa in full. The notes below are specific to this district and are not repeated from the state page. Law was read from court orders and a legal-database copy of the Scheduled Areas Order; the Land Revenue Code, India Code and the MP Bhulekh portal could not be opened.
⚠ Agar Malwa is a 2013 district. Agar, Badod, Susner and Nalkheda tehsils came from Shajapur from 16 August 2013 (Business Standard, August 2013; Agar Malwa district portal). Records, maps and court papers older than that place these villages in Shajapur, so ask which district, tehsil and Sub-Registrar office a village falls under today. See the related Shajapur page for the parent district.
⚠ The legal-database copy of the Scheduled Areas Order, 2003 that we read lists no Shajapur or Agar Malwa tehsil (Scheduled Areas Order, 2003 (legal-database copy)), so we expect no notified-area bar here; we have not confirmed that against the official gazette. Tribal-held parcels still need permission. A member of a tribe that the Land Revenue Code treats as aboriginal needs written permission from a revenue officer of at least Collector rank to sell land outside a notified area, and inside a notified area the bar on sale to a non-tribal is absolute (section 165(6); Supreme Court, April 2025). A Will of tribal land in favour of a non-tribal needs the same permission (High Court, February 2025), and a transfer made by fraud can be reverted under section 170B (Supreme Court, March 2019).
⚠ Turning farm land to another use is a diversion. A 2022 High Court order refers to land "diverted under section 172", and the Supreme Court has described section 59 as allowing reassessment on a change of use with a premium (High Court, June 2022; Supreme Court, August 2008). We could not read the current text of sections 172 and 190, so read any diversion order in full. The Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960 caps holdings: the Supreme Court quoted section 7(b) as 54 acres for a family of five or fewer in 2021 (Supreme Court, January 2021), and a legal-database copy lists 18, 27 and 54 acre tiers and bars transfer before the final ceiling order without the Collector’s written permission (legal-database text). Treat the tiers as CONFIRM and ask a Madhya Pradesh lawyer for the current schedule before assembling a large holding.
⚠ We found no tiger-reserve buffer, eco-sensitive zone or mining-lease land reported for this district in the sources opened, and we did not search forest records, so ask the Divisional Forest Officer whether any khasra touches forest land. None of the court orders or Act texts opened for the Madhya Pradesh state page bars a buyer for not being a farmer; the limits found were the tribal-land permission and the holding ceiling. NRIs and OCIs cannot buy agricultural land, plantation land or a farm house under the RBI Master Direction (RBI Master Direction FED 12/2015-16, updated to September 2022).
Read the state-wise land laws guide for buyer eligibility, stamp duty and NRI rules, and the Madhya Pradesh state page for the corridor overview.
- Section 165(6) tribal land
- Ceiling Act 1960
- Land Revenue Code s.172
- Shajapur split 2013
District overview
Agar Malwa — a young Malwa district with stressed groundwater and no sourced price series
Agar Malwa is a Malwa plateau district of western Madhya Pradesh. The district portal gives 2,701.93 sq km, 5.71 lakh people and 513 villages, without a Census year (Agar Malwa district portal). It became the 51st district on 16 August 2013 when four tehsils were taken from Shajapur (Business Standard, August 2013). The portal names the Dudhaliya and Kachhol as the main western streams and the Chhoti Kali Sindh as the region’s perennial stream, and says the district lies along the Indore–Kota SH-27 highway (Agar Malwa portal, about the district).
We found no official per-acre figure for Agar Malwa. The only dated guideline-rate items we could source are statewide: a 2023 revision at about 18,000 locations and a 12% average rise proposed for Bhopal in 2026 (Free Press Journal, March 2023; Dainik Jagran English, 25 March 2026). The bands on this page, marked with an asterisk, are our own indicative ranges derived by analogy with comparable Malwa districts and kept wide. A guideline rate is a floor for registration, not what a seller will accept.
This is farm land first. The ICAR-CRIDA district plan (2016) puts soybean at about 3.12 lakh ha, gram at 1.52 lakh ha, wheat at 96,000 ha and maize at 46,000 ha, with a cropping intensity of 172% and groundwater development at 114% (ICAR-CRIDA, 2016). The only groundwater profile we could read, for the larger pre-2013 Shajapur district, lists wheat, soybean and maize as principal crops and shows Susner and Nalkheda blocks as over-exploited (CGWB profile, 2013). The portal puts Ujjain station 68 km and Indore airport 126 km away (Agar Malwa portal, how to reach). We found no road, rail or industrial project reported inside the district, so the case rests on reach of Ujjain and Indore and on water, not on a named project.
- Agar
- Susner
- Nalkheda
- Badod
- Shajapur split
- Malwa plateau
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Agar Malwa
7.5%
Stamp duty, as reported
of market value or transaction value, whichever is higher; press report, department page not opened
3%
Registration fee, as reported
on the same base; press report, department page not opened
~10.5%
Combined, reported arithmetic
an earlier report put the range at 9.5% to 12.5%; confirm with the Sub-Registrar
Dainik Jagran English reported on 27 March 2026 stamp duty of 7.5% and a registration charge of 3% on the higher of market value or transaction value (Dainik Jagran English, March 2026). Its 25 March piece said a guideline-rate rise would raise duty and fees in proportion (Dainik Jagran English, 25 March 2026). We could not open the Registration Department’s own fee page, so treat these as reported figures and ask the Sub-Registrar for the current schedule for agricultural land. Since 17 December 2025 a short-stamped document attracts a penalty of 1% of the shortfall per month (TeamLease RegTech, December 2025). Registration can be done online through Sampada 2.0, which also shows guideline rates by location (The Statesman, October 2024). Agar Malwa-specific schedules, if any, were not found.
Know the belt
What is moving prices in Agar Malwa
No official per-acre series was found. The cards below carry estimated bands (asterisk) and say what to check. *Indicative only, not a valuation or an offer; prices vary by plot, road access and title. Check the guideline or ready-reckoner rate with the Sub-Registrar.
Agar and Badod: farm land around the headquarters
Estimated ₹15–35 lakh per acre*
Agar is the district headquarters tehsil. The older CGWB profile classes Agar block as critical, with 90% development in its non-command area, and Barod semi-critical at 72% (CGWB profile, 2013). The band is derived by analogy with comparable Malwa farm land and sits below road-side land.
Check: borewell yield and the block’s current groundwater category before paying for irrigated land.
Road-side land on SH-27 near Agar and Susner
Estimated ₹25–60 lakh per acre*
The portal places the district on the Indore–Kota SH-27 highway (Agar Malwa portal). Road-side parcels usually carry a premium to interior land, and the band is widened for that. No frontage rate was sourced.
Check: the width of the road, the access path in the revenue record and whether the parcel is marketed for conversion.
Susner and Nalkheda: over-exploited interior blocks
Estimated ₹8–20 lakh per acre* The ICAR-CRIDA district plan also puts groundwater development for the whole district at 114%, over-exploited (ICAR-CRIDA, 2016).
The older CGWB profile put Susner at 105% and Nalkheda at 115% stage of groundwater development, both over-exploited (CGWB profile, 2013). Water constraints pull the estimate down.
Check: the current block category and any restriction on new borewells.
Guideline rates
No Agar Malwa figure found
Statewide, rates were revised at about 18,000 locations from 1 April 2023 (Free Press Journal, March 2023), and the 2026-27 proposal reported for Bhopal does not cover Agar Malwa (Dainik Jagran English, 25 March 2026).
Check: the rate for the village on the Sampada 2.0 portal or at the Sub-Registrar on the day of registration.
Units: acres, hectares and local terms
Land in Madhya Pradesh is recorded by survey number, with area in hectares in court orders and acres in the Ceiling Act figures; one hectare is about 2.47 acres (our arithmetic). Local units vary by district and tehsil and no revenue manual was opened for them, so convert every quote to acres or hectares and ask the Patwari what the khasra records before comparing two offers.
Connectivity
How Agar Malwa connects — road, rail and air
Distances come from the district portal’s own how-to-reach page; no independent drive times were checked.
By road
By air
By rail & metro
The practical question is the last leg from the main road to the parcel; ask for the access road in the revenue record. Full rules: Madhya Pradesh land laws.
Growth catalysts
Upcoming infrastructure & developments
Status labels reflect sources read in October 2026. No project was found located inside Agar Malwa other than existing roads; the other three items are in or around neighbouring districts and are labelled so.
01Open or operating
03In progress or pending
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water in Agar Malwa
A black-soil Malwa district where soybean, gram and wheat share the year and groundwater is the limit.
🌾 Black-soil plateau (Agar, Badod, Susner)
The ICAR-CRIDA district plan (2016) lists soybean (about 3.12 lakh ha, all rainfed), gram (1.52 lakh ha), wheat (96,000 ha) and maize (46,000 ha) on a net sown area of about 4.19 lakh ha, a cropping intensity of 172% and deep soil on about 71% of the area; orange is the largest fruit crop (about 22,000 ha), with onion, coriander, garlic and potato as the main vegetable and spice crops. Production figures are 2006-08 averages and the plan’s tables are garbled in places, so treat them as indicative (ICAR-CRIDA, 2016). The plan names no mandi and the portal pages give no crop figures; live mandi prices were not opened. The older CGWB booklet for undivided Shajapur also lists wheat, soybean and maize (CGWB profile).
- Soybean
- Gram
- Wheat
- Maize
- Orange
- Black soil
🌊 River belt
The portal lists the Dudhaliya and Kachhol as the main western streams draining from a hill tract and the Chhoti Kali Sindh as the perennial stream along the western border (Agar Malwa portal). We found no sourced flood record, so ask the seller for flood history on low parcels near these streams.
- Dudhaliya
- Kachhol
- Chhoti Kali Sindh
🧭 Boundary and records
Area, population and groundwater tables published before 2013 describe the larger Shajapur district. The current portal figure is 2,701.93 sq km (Agar Malwa portal). Ask for the current tehsil and revenue circle of any khasra before relying on an older document.
- Shajapur split
- 2013
- Tehsil check
💧 Water & rainfall
The CGWB profile (2013, data to March 2013, covering undivided Shajapur) gives normal rainfall of 1,020.2 mm for the whole district and a pre-monsoon depth to water of 6.90 to 23.40 m below ground in May 2012. Its block table lists Agar as critical (90% development in the non-command area), Barod semi-critical (72%), Susner over-exploited (105%) and Nalkheda over-exploited (115%) (CGWB profile). Those are 2013-era categories and we did not read a 2024 category for these blocks. The 2024 assessment puts Madhya Pradesh as a whole at 58.40% extraction, in its Safe range (CGWB, GWRA-2024), so check the current category for any borewell-dependent parcel. The ICAR-CRIDA plan puts annual rainfall at 927 mm (697.6 mm in the south-west monsoon), reports net irrigated area at 56% of net sown area with bore wells the largest irrigation source, and gives a groundwater stage of 114% (over-exploited) for the district (ICAR-CRIDA, 2016). It gives no block categories, and its 927 mm is lower than the 1,020.2 mm in the older booklet, which covered the larger district.
📐 Measurement units
Land in Madhya Pradesh is recorded by survey number, with area in hectares in court orders and acres in the Ceiling Act figures; one hectare is about 2.47 acres (our arithmetic). Local units vary by district and tehsil and no revenue manual was opened for them, so convert every quote to acres or hectares and ask the Patwari what the khasra records before comparing two offers. Live mandi prices are on the state and national mandi portals (not opened for this page); crop income is modest next to land values, so price a parcel on location and permitted use.
At a glance
Agar Malwa vs. its neighbours
| District / belt | Estimated land price* (per acre) | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Agar Malwa — farm land around Agar and Badod | ₹15–35 lakh* | Estimated by analogy; no guideline figure found |
| Agar Malwa — road-side land on SH-27 | ₹25–60 lakh* | Estimated; widened for frontage |
| Shajapur — irrigated black-soil villages | ₹12–30 lakh* | Estimated; see the Shajapur page |
| Ujjain — rural black-soil belt | ₹10–30 lakh* | Estimated; see the Ujjain page |
*Indicative only, not a valuation or an offer; prices vary by plot, road access and title. Check the guideline or ready-reckoner rate with the Sub-Registrar. See the Shajapur page for the parent district and the Ujjain page for the nearest railhead and Simhastha-linked roads.
On water and farming, the ICAR-CRIDA plan’s 114% groundwater stage and 172% cropping intensity put Agar Malwa among the stressed, intensively cropped Malwa districts. Road news around Ujjain (the Indore–Ujjain upgrade and the Ujjain–Jaora highway) sits in Ujjain’s orbit and does not name Agar Malwa.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Agar Malwa
Five reasoned points, with an honest note that the price evidence is thin and no project inside the district is confirmed.
Within reach of Ujjain and Indore
The portal puts Ujjain station 68 km and Indore airport 126 km away. A buyer from either city should time the real drive to the parcel before paying for that proximity.
A district created in 2013
The split from Shajapur makes older price talk and older maps unreliable and rewards a buyer who checks the current tehsil and Sub-Registrar office for each village.
Black soil with a water limit
Wheat and soybean land on black cotton soil is productive, but the older CGWB profile shows Susner and Nalkheda over-exploited. Treat water as the first test, ahead of the road.
No Scheduled-Area tehsil found
The Scheduled Areas Order text we read names no Shajapur or Agar Malwa tehsil, which removes the notified-area bar here. Tribal-held parcels still need Collector-rank permission.
Corridor optionality next door
The Bhopal–Indore expressway report, the Indore–Ujjain upgrade and the Ujjain–Jaora greenfield highway (July 2026) are in neighbouring districts or not placed in Agar Malwa. This desk reads them as optionality, not a reason to pay a premium.
Confirm tribal-land status, ceiling proceedings, diversion and groundwater directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review. *Indicative only, not a valuation or an offer; prices vary by plot, road access and title. Check the guideline or ready-reckoner rate with the Sub-Registrar.
STRAIGHT TALK
Risks & challenges in Agar Malwa
Read these before shortlisting in Agar Malwa specifically.
Records from before 2013
Older documents place Agar, Badod, Susner and Nalkheda in Shajapur. Ask for the village’s current tehsil and Sub-Registrar office.
Groundwater stress
The older profile shows Susner and Nalkheda over-exploited and Agar critical. Check the current block category and borewell depth.
Tribal-land permission
A sale by a tribal landholder without Collector-rank written permission is exposed (Supreme Court, April 2025), and a Will needs the same permission (High Court, February 2025).
Diversion and premium
Change of use can bring reassessment and a premium (Supreme Court, August 2008). We could not read the current procedure under sections 172 and 190, so ask for the diversion order and the premium receipt.
Ceiling-surplus land
Holdings above the ceiling can be declared surplus (Supreme Court, January 2021). Ask whether proceedings were ever opened on the seller’s family.
A reported, not official, duty rate
The 7.5% duty and 3% fee come from a March 2026 press report. Ask the Sub-Registrar for the current schedule.
Estimated, not registered, prices*
The land-price bands here are indicative estimates, not registered deals. Collect registered comparables from the same revenue estate before negotiating.
No named project inside the district
The expressway, upgrade and Ujjain–Jaora highway items are in neighbouring districts or unplaced, and the expressway is at report stage. Price on today’s access.
Who to contact
Local revenue, planning & forest offices
Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Tehsildar of the relevant tehsil and the village Patwari; permission to sell tribal-held land comes from a revenue officer of Collector rank or above, and the Supreme Court accepted in 2025 that an Additional Collector can act under a work-allocation order (Supreme Court, April 2025). The District Collector’s office is on the Agar Malwa district portal. The portal lists services but the pages we read gave no tehsil list, so confirm the tehsil and revenue circle of the village with the Collector’s office. Because the district was formed from Shajapur in 2013, confirm which Sub-Registrar covers the village. Sale deeds are registered with the Sub-Registrar under the Registration Department, also online through Sampada 2.0 (The Statesman, October 2024). For forest-edge or reserved-forest boundaries, ask the Divisional Forest Officer’s office. We could not open the MP Bhulekh, Registration Department or India Code pages, so check them directly.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Everything buyers, NRIs and investors ask before their first reviewed farmland purchase in Agar Malwa.
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Can an outsider buy agricultural land in Agar Malwa?
None of the court orders or Act texts opened for the Madhya Pradesh page bars a buyer for not being a farmer, and we read no Agar Malwa-specific order. Tribal-held land needs written permission from a revenue officer of Collector rank or above (Supreme Court, April 2025), and NRIs and OCIs cannot buy agricultural land under the RBI Master Direction. Confirm any exemption with a Madhya Pradesh revenue lawyer.
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What does agricultural land cost in Agar Malwa?
We found no official per-acre figure. Our indicative estimate* is about ₹15–35 lakh per acre for farm land around Agar and Badod, ₹25–60 lakh for road-side land and ₹8–20 lakh in over-exploited interior blocks, with wide margins. *Indicative only, not a valuation or an offer; prices vary by plot, road access and title. Check the guideline or ready-reckoner rate with the Sub-Registrar.
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What stamp duty applies to land in Agar Malwa?
Dainik Jagran English reported in March 2026 stamp duty of 7.5% and a registration charge of 3%, about 10.5% together, on the higher of market value or transaction value. We could not open the Registration Department page, so confirm the rate with the Sub-Registrar. A short-stamped deed attracts a penalty of 1% a month on the shortfall (TeamLease RegTech, December 2025).
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When was Agar Malwa formed and from what?
Agar, Badod, Susner and Nalkheda tehsils of Shajapur became the 51st district, Agar Malwa, on 16 August 2013 (Business Standard, August 2013; Agar Malwa district portal). Older documents describe the larger Shajapur district, so confirm the current tehsil of any village.
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Sources and references
Law and courts
- State of Madhya Pradesh v. Dinesh Kumar, 2025 INSC 470, Supreme Court, 8 Apr 2025: tribal land sale outside a notified area, section 165(6)
- Dinesh Kumar v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Misc. Petition 3679 of 2021, MP High Court (Indore), 3 Oct 2023: section 165(6) permission, Ratlam
- Second Appeal 2837 of 2022, MP High Court (Jabalpur), 17 Feb 2025: a Will of tribal land to a non-tribal and section 165(6)
- Bherulal v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Writ Petition 26410 of 2022, MP High Court (Indore), 14 Oct 2024: section 165(6) and urban Nazul or Abadi land
- Garvit Khandelwal v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Writ Appeal 200 of 2021, MP High Court (Indore), 15 Jun 2022: record corrections on diverted land
- Civil Appeals 7732-7733 of 2004, Supreme Court, 26 Aug 2008: reassessment and premium on diversion, section 59
- Pooran Singh v. Dhaniram, Civil Appeal 3122 of 2019, Supreme Court, 14 Mar 2019: section 170B and tribal land sold to a non-tribal
- Bajranga v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Civil Appeal 6209 of 2010, Supreme Court, 19 Jan 2021: Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960
- The Scheduled Areas (States of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh) Order, 2003, G.S.R. 114(E), 20 Feb 2003, Indian Kanoon copy
Government
- Master Direction FED 12/2015-16 on immovable assets under FEMA 1999, Reserve Bank of India, updated to 1 Sep 2022
- Madhya Pradesh state profile (area, districts, population), State Level Bankers Committee Madhya Pradesh
- Dynamic Ground Water Resources of Madhya Pradesh, assessment 2024, Central Ground Water Board
- Ground water information booklet, Shajapur district (pre-split), Central Ground Water Board (2013; data to March 2013)
- Agar Malwa district home page (area, population, villages), Agar Malwa district portal
- About the district (rivers, history, creation), Agar Malwa district portal
- How to reach Agar Malwa (road, rail, air), Agar Malwa district portal
- District agriculture contingency plan, Agar Malwa (2016; production averages 2006-08), ICAR-CRIDA
News
- Madhya Pradesh guideline rate hike proposed for 2026-27, stamp duty and registration charges, Dainik Jagran English, 27 Mar 2026
- Bhopal: 12% guideline rate hike proposed, Dainik Jagran English, 25 Mar 2026
- Land costlier in 18,000 locations, new collector guidelines from 1 April 2023, Free Press Journal, 27 Mar 2023
- MP CM launches online portal for e-registry (Sampada 2.0), The Statesman, Oct 2024
- Indian Stamp (Madhya Pradesh Second Amendment) Act, 2025, notified 17 Dec 2025, TeamLease RegTech
- Madhya Pradesh gets 51st district Agar-Malwa, Business Standard (PTI), 14 Aug 2013
- Indore-Bhopal expressway DPR, India.com, 16 Sep 2025
- Six-lane Indore-Ujjain road, tree clearance and 2028 target, Free Press Journal, 31 Oct 2024
- Indore-Ujjain six-lane road work begins, Patrika, 8 Mar 2025
- New 48 km road between Indore and Ujjain for Simhastha 2028, Free Press Journal, 25 Jan 2025
- Ujjain–Jaora greenfield highway, 98.73 km, ₹5,017 crore, Dainik Jagran English, 10 Jul 2026
Further reading
- Ramendra Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Supreme Court, 23 Jan 1984: family and ceiling area, sections 2(gg), 6 and 7
- Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960 (section 5 and section 7 text), Legitquest legal database
- Indian Stamp (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2022 (Act 17 of 2022), Legitquest legal database
- No bar on tribal land sale outside notified area, Supreme Court, Lawyer E-News, 11 Apr 2025
- Collector guideline rate hike at 621 locations in Bhopal district, Free Press Journal, 22 Feb 2026
- Madhya Pradesh plans Narmada Pragati Path to link Gujarat and Chhattisgarh, Free Press Journal, 2 Aug 2026
- Formation of new districts, The Hitavada, 2 Sep 2024
Data-currency note: the CGWB profile is from 2013 and covers undivided Shajapur; the district portal figures carry no Census year; infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly; the stamp duty is a press-reported figure. The ICAR-CRIDA plan tables are garbled in places and its figures are 2006-08 averages; the Ujjain–Jaora highway is a regional item not placed in Agar Malwa. Land-price bands marked with an asterisk are indicative estimates, not valuations. The MP Bhulekh portal, the Registration Department site, India Code and the Land Revenue Code text could not be opened, so nothing is attributed to a reading of them. This is a general guide, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.
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