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Farm fields beside Chambal ravines near Bhind, Madhya Pradesh

District guide

Buying Land in Bhind

A Chambal-side district of ravines and fertile farm land: tribal-land, ravine-edge and highway-acquisition checks come before price.

  • 17.04 lakh

    Population (district portal)

  • 10

    Tehsils (district portal)

  • ₹1–25 lakh/acre

    Estimated land price*

  • ₹23,645 crore

    Atal Progressway (reported)

*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 — Bhind

Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk

State

Madhya Pradesh

Sub-divisions

The district portal home page gives 10 tehsils; its tehsil page names Bhind Nagar, Bhind Rural, Ater, Lahar, Mehgoan, Mau, Roun, Mihona, Gohad and Gormi (Bhind tehsil page), while its about-the-district page lists eight (Bhind, Ater, Mehgaon, Gohad, Mihona, Lahar, Gormi, Raun) (district portal, about). Sub-divisions are not listed. CONFIRM the current list with the Collector’s office.

Key markets

Bhind city · Gohad · Lahar · Ater · Mehgaon · Gormi

Demand anchors

Atal Progressway alignment through Bhind (reported, 2024) · Gwalior’s market next door · fertile Chambal-side farm land

Rail

Rail services and stations are not sourced for this page; check the Indian Railways timetable for Bhind

Size and population

4,459 sq km and 17,03,562 people on the district portal (Bhind district portal); the portal’s male and female counts add to 17,03,662, so CONFIRM the total against Census tables

Pricing unit

₹/acre · Estimated land price*: ₹1–25 lakh per acre depending on the micro-area (indicative, see price section)

Local units

Records use survey numbers and hectares; sellers also quote acres and village units whose size can differ by tehsil, so convert to hectares (1 ha is about 2.47 acres)

Land records portal

MP Bhulekh (not opened for this page; check records there)

District overview

Bhind — a Chambal-side district of ravines and fertile farm land

Bhind lies in the north of Madhya Pradesh, and the district portal gives 4,459 sq km, 17,03,562 people and 10 tehsils (Bhind district portal). The portal describes it as known for ravines, fertile land and dense forests, says the Chambal and Sind rivers drain it with the Kunwari and Puhuj as tributaries, and notes it was one of 16 districts of Madhya Bharat in 1948 (district portal, about the district). Tehsil lists differ between sources: the CGWB profile (2013) counts 8 tehsils and 6 blocks (Ater, Bhind, Gohad, Lahar, Mehgaon and Ron) and 949 villages (CGWB Bhind profile, 2013), so the portal’s ten tehsils are probably later splits (our reading, CONFIRM), and the sub-area list needs a check.

The estimated farm-land price* for Bhind runs from about ₹1 lakh to ₹25 lakh per acre. The upper end applies to irrigated plain around Bhind city, Gohad and Lahar, the middle to interior farm tehsils such as Ater, Mehgaon, Mihona and Gormi, and the lower end to broken ravine and river-edge ground. We found no registered-deed series, guideline-rate report or compensation award for Bhind, so the bands are set by analogy with neighbouring Gwalior and rounded wide. *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.

The only road project we could source is the Atal Progressway, a 404 km corridor from near Kota to Etawah that is reported to pass through Bhind (July 2024; approved under Bharatmala in September 2021) (The Metro Rail Guy, July 2024). Farming is mustard and wheat in rabi, with bajra, paddy and sesame in kharif, on deep alluvial soil; the ICAR-CRIDA plan gives about 1.77 lakh hectares of mustard and 84,000 hectares of wheat, and only about a third of the farmed area irrigated (ICAR-CRIDA Bhind plan). CGWB puts groundwater extraction at 38% (2009 base), Safe in all six blocks (CGWB Bhind profile, 2013). Water quality, not just supply, needs a test before a farmhouse plan.

  • Bhind
  • Gohad
  • Lahar
  • Ater
  • Chambal
  • Atal Progressway
Locator map of Bhind district in Madhya Pradesh showing Bhind, Gohad, Lahar, Ater and Mehgaon

Transaction costs

Stamp duty & registration in Bhind

7.5%

Stamp duty (reported)

state-wide figure, reported; Registration Department page not opened

3%

Registration fee (reported)

on the same base; CONFIRM with the Sub-Registrar

~10.5%

Combined, reported arithmetic

earlier report gave 9.5% to 12.5%

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 and that no fresh taxes would be levied (Dainik Jagran English, March 2026); an earlier piece put the combined range at 9.5% to 12.5%. These are state-wide figures as reported, and we could not open the Registration Department’s own fee page, so ask the Bhind Sub-Registrar for the current schedule for agricultural land before you budget. Since 17 December 2025 a short-stamped document attracts a penalty of 1% of the shortfall per month (TeamLease RegTech, December 2025). Registration is online through Sampada 2.0, which also shows guideline rates by location (The Statesman, October 2024). We found no Bhind-specific guideline-rate report.

Know the belt

What is moving prices in Bhind

No district-level guideline report was found, so this section gives our indicative price bands* and the water and units points.

Estimated land price*: city and tehsil-town belt

₹10–25 lakh per acre* (Bhind city, Gohad, Lahar)

Irrigated plain close to the district’s larger towns and the roads between them. The band is wide because we hold no registered-deed series; it is set by analogy with canal-irrigated rural Gwalior and rounded. *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.

Check: diversion status, road access and any acquisition notice.

Estimated land price*: interior farm tehsils

₹5–14 lakh per acre* (Ater, Mehgaon, Mihona, Gormi, Mau)

Farm land away from the main towns. The soil is deep alluvium and the main crops are mustard, wheat and paddy; CRIDA lists about 1.77 lakh hectares of mustard and 84,000 hectares of wheat, with open wells irrigating roughly 63% of the irrigated area and canals about 17% (ICAR-CRIDA Bhind plan; CGWB Bhind profile, 2013). *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.

Check: source and depth of irrigation, and the water test.

Estimated land price*: ravine and river edge

₹1–5 lakh per acre* (Chambal and Sind side)

Broken ground cut by ravines near the rivers. The portal describes ravines and dense forests (district portal). *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.

Check: whether the parcel is farmable, its forest status and who holds the title.

Groundwater quality

Nitrate and conductivity flags (2024)

The 2024 state assessment lists Bhind among districts with nitrate above 45 mg/l and with electrical conductivity above 3,000 µS/cm (CGWB, Madhya Pradesh 2024). It does not give a Bhind figure in the text we could read.

Check: a water test before buying for drinking or a farmhouse.

Units: hectare, acre and village units

Madhya Pradesh revenue records identify land by survey number (khasra) and area, and court orders in the state describe holdings in hectares (Supreme Court, April 2025). Sellers and brokers also quote acres and village units whose size can differ by district and tehsil. Convert every quote to hectares or acres (one hectare is about 2.47 acres, our arithmetic) and match it to the khasra area; we did not open a revenue manual for local unit definitions.

Connectivity

How Bhind connects — road, rail and air

Road and rail facts for Bhind are thin: one expressway on paper and no sourced airport, rail upgrade or distance table.

By road

Atal ProgresswayReported alignment through Bhind; tenders for the four Chambal packages cancelled Jan 2024; CONFIRM
Road network lengthsNot sourced for this page
Highway names and widthsNot sourced for this page

By air

Airport in the districtNone found in the sources read
Nearest optionCheck airline schedules and a live route planner

By rail & metro

Stations and servicesNot sourced for this page
Chambal rail upgradesKailaras–Birpur gauge conversion opened Aug 2026 for Morena and Sheopur, not Bhind
MetroNo metro project found in the sources read

We could not open a road or rail profile for Bhind, so those rows say so; the Chambal rail upgrade reported in August 2026 serves Morena and Sheopur districts (AIR News, August 2026). The practical test is a drive from the nearest highway to the parcel, so ask for the access road in the revenue record. Full Madhya Pradesh rules are in the state-wise land laws guide.

Growth catalysts

Upcoming infrastructure & developments

Status labels reflect sources read in October 2026. Items marked CONFIRM have older or conflicting sources.

00Open or operating

01In progress or pending

Planned · tenders cancelled Jan 2024 (reported), CONFIRM Atal Progressway (Chambal Expressway)
Planned · tenders cancelled Jan 2024 (reported), CONFIRM

Atal Progressway (Chambal Expressway)

Three reports describe the corridor. NBM&CW (September 2021) says the road ministry approved a 404 km Atal Progress-Way through Bhind, Morena and Sheopur under Bharatmala phase 1 at about ₹7,000 crore, linking Jhansi and Kota (NBM&CW, September 2021). India Infra Hub (January 2023) gives 408.77 km, four lanes, greenfield, from Kota to Etawah, with about 300 km in Madhya Pradesh and bids invited for about 219 km (India Infra Hub, January 2023). The Metro Rail Guy (updated 6 July 2024) gives ₹23,645 crore, says bids for packages 3 to 6 were submitted in March 2023 and the tenders cancelled in January 2024, that land acquisition is under way and the stated deadline is December 2027 (The Metro Rail Guy, July 2024). Length, cost and route differ between the three, and we found no 2026 progress report, so treat dates as unconfirmed.

Source: NBM&CW (1 Sep 2021); India Infra Hub (18 Jan 2023); The Metro Rail Guy (updated 6 Jul 2024)

Length

404–409 km

Cost

₹7,000 cr (2021) to ₹23,645 cr (2024)

Stated deadline

Dec 2027

Latest report

Jul 2024

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Bhind
  • Gohad
  • Lahar

Agriculture & terrain

Soil, crops & water in Bhind

Deep alluvial plains under mustard and wheat, a low groundwater draft and a thin canal share, with ravines along the Chambal.

🌾 Mustard and wheat plains (Bhind, Gohad, Lahar, Ater)

The ICAR-CRIDA plan lists mustard at about 1.77 lakh hectares and wheat at about 84,000 hectares in rabi, and bajra, paddy, sesame, jowar and arhar in kharif; deep soils are about 79% of the area and the soil is alluvial (ICAR-CRIDA Bhind plan; CGWB Bhind profile, 2013). The plan is a 2012 file and does not state its base year in the text we read, so treat areas as dated.

  • Mustard
  • Wheat
  • Bajra
  • Paddy
  • Gram

🏞 Chambal and Sind, canals and wells

The Chambal and Sind drain the district, with the Kunwari and Puhuj as tributaries (district portal). Irrigation is mostly from wells: open wells about 63%, bore wells about 17% and three canal schemes about 17% (18,200 hectares) of a gross irrigated area of about 1.06 lakh hectares, against about 2.16 lakh hectares rainfed (ICAR-CRIDA Bhind plan). The ravines along the Chambal can make a parcel partly unfarmable.

  • Chambal
  • Sind
  • Open wells
  • Canals
  • Ravines

🌳 Forest and sanctuary edge

The portal mentions dense forests. We found no Bhind-specific source on forest area, sanctuary boundaries or eco-sensitive zones, so ask the Forest Department about any parcel near the river or a forest block.

  • Forest
  • River edge

💧 Water & rainfall

Normal annual rainfall is 754.4 mm in the CGWB profile and 786.4 mm in the CRIDA plan, about 92% in June to September. CGWB puts the stage of groundwater extraction at 38% for the district on a 2009 base, with Ater 39%, Bhind 32%, Gohad 41%, Lahar 36%, Mehgaon 35% and Ron 44%, all Safe. Depth to water in 2012 ran from about 4.1 to 34.9 m before the monsoon, and pre-monsoon levels fell by about 11 to 76 cm a year over 2003 to 2012 (CGWB Bhind profile, 2013). Falling levels with a low draft mean some wells are deepening faster than the extraction figure suggests, so ask for current well depth. The 2024 state assessment also lists the district among those with nitrate above 45 mg/l and conductivity above 3,000 µS/cm (CGWB, Madhya Pradesh 2024). Test water before a farmhouse plan. Live mandi prices are on the state and national mandi portals (not opened for this page).

📐 Measurement units

Madhya Pradesh records use survey numbers and hectares; sellers also quote acres and village units whose size can differ by tehsil. Convert every quote to hectares or acres before comparing two offers (one hectare is about 2.47 acres). Live mandi prices are on Agmarknet (not opened for this page); price a parcel on water, access and permitted use.

At a glance

Bhind vs. its neighbours

District / beltPrice band* (per acre)Evidence
Bhind — city and tehsil-town belt*₹10–25 lakh*Indicative estimate; not a valuation
Bhind — interior farm tehsils*₹5–14 lakh*Indicative estimate; not a valuation
Bhind — ravine and river edge*₹1–5 lakh*Indicative estimate; not a valuation
Gwalior — canal-irrigated rural tehsils*₹8–25 lakh*Indicative estimate; see the Gwalior page
Gwalior — Ghatigaon rain-fed ground*₹4–12 lakh*Indicative estimate; see the Gwalior page

Sourced facts against Datia, the next district south-west: Bhind’s canals irrigate about 17% of its irrigated area (three schemes, 18,200 hectares) while Datia’s canals irrigate about 61%, so Bhind farm land leans on wells and rain; Bhind normal rainfall is 754 to 786 mm against 852 to 876 mm in Datia, and groundwater extraction is 38% in Bhind and 57% in Datia (CGWB 2013 and CRIDA). See the Datia 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 Gwalior page for the neighbouring district and the Atal Progressway context.

Fenced farm plot with boundary stones and a field near Bhind, Madhya Pradesh

District report — Bhind

Farmland India view

Why investors look at Bhind

Four reasoned points, with an honest note that the price and infrastructure evidence is thin.

Fertile land by the portal’s account

The district portal calls the soil very fertile (district portal). That is a qualitative statement; we have no yield or irrigation data to put numbers on it.

A major corridor is reported

The Atal Progressway is reported to cross Bhind (The Metro Rail Guy, July 2024). Its tenders were cancelled in 2024 and we found no later report, so it is a possibility, not a delivery date.

A large neighbouring market

Gwalior is the nearest large market and has its own page; Bhind land is cheaper on our estimates*, but liquidity is lower.

Entry prices set by ground type

Our bands* span ₹1 lakh for ravine edge to ₹25 lakh for irrigated plain near towns. The spread shows how much the type of ground matters.

A market that rewards paperwork

Tribal-land, ceiling, diversion, forest and acquisition checks are parcel-specific. A buyer who documents each one is better placed than one relying on a broker summary.

Browse reviewed land in Bhind

Confirm tribal-land, ceiling, diversion, forest and acquisition status directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.

STRAIGHT TALK

Risks & challenges in Bhind

Read these before shortlisting in Bhind specifically.

Ravine and unfarmable ground

The portal describes ravines along the Chambal. A khasra number does not show how much of a parcel is usable, so walk the boundary and check the map.

Acquisition along the corridor

The Atal Progressway is reported to be in land acquisition. Ask the Collector for acquisition notices on the khasra.

Water quality

The 2024 state assessment lists Bhind for nitrate and conductivity anomalies. Test water and check well depth.

Tribal-land permission

Section 165(6) permission is needed for a sale by a tribal holder to a non-tribal outside notified areas. We found no list of tribal holders, so ask the Collector in writing.

Ceiling and diversion paper

The Ceiling Act figures come from a legal-database copy and diversion procedure was not read. Ask for the diversion order and any ceiling proceedings in full.

Conflicting tehsil data

The portal gives 8 tehsils on one page and 10 on another, and the CGWB profile (2013) counts 8 tehsils and 6 blocks. Match the parcel to the current tehsil in the revenue record.

Estimated prices are indicative

The price bands* are estimates by analogy, not registered-deed series. Collect registered comparables in the same revenue estate before negotiating.

Corridor numbers disagree

The Atal Progressway is quoted at 404 to 409 km and at ₹7,000 crore (2021) to ₹23,645 crore (2024), and its Chambal packages were re-tendered after cancellation in January 2024. Do not pay a corridor premium without a notified alignment.

Falling water tables

Pre-monsoon levels fell by roughly 11 to 76 cm a year over 2003 to 2012 although extraction is only 38%; wells carry most irrigation, so check depth and yield.

Thin canal cover

Canals irrigate only about 17% of the irrigated area, so a parcel without a well depends on rain; ask for the canal command status on the khasra.

Who to contact

Local revenue, planning & forest offices

Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Tehsildar of the relevant tehsil; the portal lists ten tehsils on one page and eight on another, and the CGWB profile (2013) names Ater, Bhind, Gohad, Lahar, Mehgaon and Ron as its six blocks (Bhind tehsil page). The Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue) handles diversion, the Collector’s office handles tribal-land permission, ceiling matters and acquisition notices, and sale-deed registration is done at the Sub-Registrar’s office, with online registration through Sampada 2.0. We could not open MP Bhulekh or the Registration Department pages, so check them directly.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions

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

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What does farm land cost in Bhind?

We estimate* roughly ₹10–25 lakh per acre near Bhind city, Gohad and Lahar, ₹5–14 lakh for interior farm tehsils, and ₹1–5 lakh for ravine and river-edge ground. These are indicative estimates, not a valuation or an offer; prices vary by plot, road access and title. We found no guideline-rate report or compensation award for Bhind.

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Further reading

Data-currency note: tehsil counts differ between the portal pages and the CGWB profile (2013); the CGWB profile and the CRIDA plan are 2012-13 documents on a 2009 groundwater base; the portal population total does not match its male and female counts; the Atal Progressway status is from July 2024 with conflicting lengths and costs; infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly. Price bands marked with an asterisk are indicative estimates, not valuations. This is a general guide, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.

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