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District guide
Buying Land in Dewas
An Indore neighbour in Malwa where a planned Bhopal–Indore expressway, a new industrial corridor, tribal-land checks and tight groundwater matter more than the crop. Estimated land price* from about ₹6 lakh to ₹1.5 crore per acre.
About 7,020 sq km
Area
15,63,107
Population (Census 2011)
80–82%
Groundwater development (CGWB 2009-11)
₹6 lakh–₹1.5 crore/acre
Estimated land price*
*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 — Dewas
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Madhya Pradesh
Sub-divisions
Six tehsils (Dewas, Sonkatch, Bagli, Kannod, Tonk Khurd, Khategaon) and six development blocks (DIPS profile, undated); the current list is CONFIRM with the Collector's office
Key markets
Dewas city · Sonkatch · Bagli · Kannod · Khategaon
Demand anchors
Next to Indore on the Agra–Mumbai highway · industrial areas at Dewas · Bhopal–Indore expressway planned across the district · Jabalpur–Bhopal–Indore industrial corridor approved October 2026
Rail
Dewas Junction, broad gauge, in the Ratlam Division of Western Railway (DIPS profile)
Size and population
About 7,020 sq km · 15,63,107 people, Census 2011 (DIPS profile); the CGWB booklet prints 7,020.84 sq km but a population figure that does not match, so CONFIRM against Census tables
Estimated land price*
₹6 lakh–₹1.5 crore per acre, by belt (see the price table)
Pricing unit
₹/acre or ₹/hectare (farm land)
Local units
Records and court texts use hectares and acres; local terms vary by tehsil, so convert every quote to acres or hectares
Land records portal
MP Bhulekh, the state land-records portal (not opened for this page; ask the seller for a fresh extract)
*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.
Land law is state law. These rules are maintained on the Madhya Pradesh page and apply to every district within it.
Dewas — 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
Dewas — district-specific notes
The Madhya Pradesh state page applies to Dewas in full. The notes below are specific to this district. Law below was read from court orders and the Reserve Bank direction; the Land Revenue Code, Ceiling Act and the Registration Department pages were not opened, and where a district portal or official page did not open, the note says so.
⚠ Dewas has no tribal-area notification that we could find. The Supreme Court judgment of April 2025 records that, in Ratlam, the notification applies to two tehsils only; we found no equivalent list for Dewas, so ask the Collector's office whether any Dewas tehsil is notified before assuming a sale to a non-tribal is open. Section 165(6) of the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959 needs written permission from a revenue officer of at least Collector rank to sell land held by a member of a tribe the Code treats as aboriginal, and inside a notified area the bar on sale to a non-tribal is absolute (Supreme Court, April 2025). A transfer by fraud can be reverted under section 170B (Supreme Court, March 2019), and a Will of tribal land to a non-tribal needs the same permission (High Court, February 2025). Ask the seller for the Collector's order and the tribal status of every past holder in the khasra.
⚠ A farm parcel used for anything else is diverted. A June 2022 High Court order refers to land "diverted under section 172" (High Court, June 2022), and the Supreme Court has described section 59 as allowing reassessment of revenue on a change of use, with a premium that the Sub-Divisional Officer may impose (Supreme Court, August 2008). We could not read the current text of sections 172 and 190, so we describe neither procedure nor fee; read the seller's diversion order in full.
⚠ The Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960 caps a family's holding. The Supreme Court quoted section 7(b) as allowing a family of five or fewer 54 acres (Supreme Court, January 2021); a legal-database copy lists 18, 27 and 54 acres by land class and bars transfer before the final ceiling order without the Collector's written permission (legal-database text of the 1960 Act). Treat the tiers as CONFIRM with a lawyer before assembling a large holding.
⚠ Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary lies in Kannod tehsil of Dewas, about 132 sq km, and extends into Sehore district (Free Press Journal, December 2022). We found no eco-sensitive zone notification for it; ask the Forest Department about any parcel near its boundary. The CGWB 2024 state assessment also lists Dewas among districts with nitrate above 45 mg/L at sporadic locations (CGWB, 2024).
⚠ NRIs and OCIs cannot buy agricultural land, plantation land or a farm house under the Reserve Bank's FEMA Master Direction (RBI, updated to September 2022). None of the court orders or Act texts we opened bars an Indian citizen from buying farm land for not being a farmer; CONFIRM with the Registration Department and the Collector's office.
Read the state-wise land laws guide and the Madhya Pradesh page for buyer eligibility, stamp duty and NRI rules.
- Land Revenue Code 1959
- Section 165(6)
- Ceiling Act 1960
- Kheoni sanctuary
District overview
Dewas — an Indore neighbour with a planned expressway and an industrial corridor
Dewas is a Malwa district of about 7,020 sq km and 15,63,107 people at the 2011 Census, with six tehsils and six development blocks (DIPS profile, undated). The Narmada forms its southern boundary, and the profile calls it the soya capital of India and names industrial areas at Dewas, Siya and Chapda. The district headquarters is on the Agra–Mumbai highway and Dewas Junction is in the Ratlam Division of Western Railway.
The planned Bhopal–Indore greenfield expressway would run from Ichhawar to Sehore and then through Hatpipliya and Bagli to Dewas, bypassing Dewas city (India.com, September 2025), and in October 2026 the cabinet approved a special-purpose vehicle for a Jabalpur–Bhopal–Indore industrial corridor that includes Dewas (Free Press Journal, October 2026). Both are pending, so the page treats them as reasons to watch a village, not to pay a premium.
Prices are the weak point of the evidence. We found no dated per-acre guideline figure or registered-deed series for Dewas, so the bands in this page are estimates*, wide on purpose and highest near the Indore and Ujjain highways. *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.
- Dewas
- Sonkatch
- Bagli
- Kannod
- Khategaon
- Indore edge
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Dewas
7.5%
Stamp duty (reported)
as reported for a sale deed; the Registration Department page was not opened
3%
Registration fee (reported)
as reported; the earlier press range was 9.5% to 12.5% combined
1% a month
Short-stamped deed
penalty on the shortfall under the 2025 amendment, published 17 December 2025
Dainik Jagran English reported in March 2026 stamp duty of 7.5% and a registration charge of 3%, about 10.5% together, charged on the higher of market value or transaction value (Dainik Jagran English, March 2026). An earlier piece in the same outlet gave a 9.5% to 12.5% range, so treat 10.5% as the reported figure only. The Indian Stamp (Madhya Pradesh Second Amendment) Act, 2025, published on 17 December 2025, adds a penalty of 1% of the deficient portion per month on a short-stamped document (TeamLease RegTech, December 2025). We did not open the Registration Department's schedule and found no Dewas-specific rate, so ask the Sub-Registrar for the current schedule. Sale deeds are registered through the Sampada 2.0 online system launched in October 2024 (The Statesman, October 2024). In April 2026 the state cabinet raised the factor used for compensation on agricultural land acquired in rural areas, reported as four times market value (ANI, April 2026); that concerns acquisition, not private sales.
Know the belt
What is moving prices in Dewas
Estimates* by belt, plus the one dated official change we found. No listing-site prices are used. *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.
Dewas–Indore edge and bypass belt
Estimated land price*: ₹40 lakh–₹1.5 crore per acre
Farm land within reach of the Indore and Ujjain roads is where the widest spread sits, because some parcels are close to industrial areas and the proposed Dewas–Ujjain bypass site (Free Press Journal, July 2022, 6,600 hectares across 32 villages identified then, awaiting a notification; no later report found). Treat land inside that identified site as unconfirmed.
Check: the village's guideline rate and whether the khasra falls in an identified industrial site.
Interior Dewas and Sonkatch
Estimated land price*: ₹15–40 lakh per acre
Soya and wheat land with tubewell irrigation. Value here depends on road width and distance to the highway more than on the crop.
Check: access road in the record and borewell yield.
Bagli, Kannod, Khategaon, Tonk Khurd
Estimated land price*: ₹6–20 lakh per acre
The southern tehsils run towards the Narmada and include Kheoni sanctuary in Kannod (Free Press Journal, December 2022). The planned expressway touches Bagli (India.com, September 2025).
Check: forest and sanctuary boundaries and the tribal status of past holders.
Guideline rates
Last dated state revision found: April 2023
Guideline rates were raised at about 18,000 locations from 1 April 2023 (Free Press Journal, March 2023). We found no Dewas figure for 2025-27 and no per-acre official rate, and the Dewas portal did not open for us.
Check: the rate in force for the village on the sale-deed date.
Units: acre, hectare, local terms
Records and court orders in Madhya Pradesh state areas in hectares and acres, but local terms vary by tehsil and we found no revenue manual that defines them for Dewas. One hectare is 2.47 acres; convert every quote and match it to the khasra area.
Connectivity
How Dewas connects — road, rail and air
Distances to Indore, Bhopal and Ujjain are not given because no official or news source for them was found. Journey times vary with traffic.
By road
By air
By rail & metro
The practical question is the last leg from the highway to the parcel; ask for the access road in the revenue record. Rules for buyers from outside the state: state-wise land laws.
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
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water in Dewas
Black-cotton and sandy-loam soils on Deccan basalt, soya and wheat on tubewells, and groundwater near its limit.
🌾 Malwa plateau (Dewas, Sonkatch)
The CGWB booklet (2013, with 2009 crop data) lists black cotton, sandy loam, clayey loam and murram soils and wheat, soyabean, groundnut and cotton as principal crops; the DIPS profile calls Dewas the soya capital and lists wheat, sorghum, rice and cotton on the plateau (CGWB Dewas profile; DIPS profile). Both are dated, so check the village's current cropping with the Patwari.
- Soyabean
- Wheat
- Groundnut
- Cotton
🌿 Southern tehsils (Bagli, Kannod, Khategaon)
The Narmada forms the southern boundary and the Jamner and Balganga rivers rise in Kheoni sanctuary (DIPS profile; Free Press Journal, December 2022). Forest and sanctuary status matter more here than soil.
- Narmada
- Kheoni
- Jamner
⛏️ Geology and drainage
The district sits on Deccan trap lava flows and drains to the Kshipra, Kali Sindh, Chhoti Kali Sindh, Kanhar, Khari, Datuni and Jamner, with the rest to the Narmada (CGWB Dewas profile).
- Deccan trap
- Kshipra
- Kali Sindh
💧 Water & rainfall
Normal rainfall is 1,083 mm. The CGWB booklet records 23,119 tubewells and borewells irrigating 93,100 hectares against 15 canals irrigating 6,760 hectares, and a stage of groundwater development of 80% at 31 March 2009 in its table and 82% at 31 March 2011 in its text (CGWB Dewas profile). Those figures are old. The CGWB 2024 state assessment gives 58.40% extraction for Madhya Pradesh but no Dewas row, and lists Dewas among districts with nitrate above 45 mg/L at sporadic locations (CGWB, 2024), so the current stage for the block is CONFIRM. Check borewell yield and water quality for any parcel.
📐 Measurement units
Records and court texts in Madhya Pradesh use hectares and acres; 1 hectare is 2.47 acres and 1 acre is 4,047 sq m. Local terms vary by tehsil and we found no revenue manual that defines them for Dewas, so convert each quote and match it to the khasra. Crop income is modest next to land values, so price a parcel on location and permitted use.
At a glance
Dewas vs. its neighbours
| District / belt | Estimated land price* (per acre) | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Dewas — Indore edge and bypass belt | ₹40 lakh–₹1.5 crore* | Estimate; wide band, no sourced series |
| Dewas — interior Dewas and Sonkatch | ₹15–40 lakh* | Estimate; depends on access |
| Dewas — Bagli, Kannod, Khategaon, Tonk Khurd | ₹6–20 lakh* | Estimate; sanctuary and forest limits |
| Sehore | ₹6 lakh–₹90 lakh* | Estimate; see the Sehore page |
| Indore and Ujjain | No figure on this page | Outside the districts covered here |
*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 Sehore page for the other district on the planned Bhopal–Indore expressway.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Dewas
Five reasoned points, with an honest note that the price evidence is thin and the main projects are still pending.
Next to Indore on an established highway
Dewas has industrial areas, a junction station and the Agra–Mumbai highway at its headquarters (DIPS profile). A buyer from Indore can test the drive to a parcel before relying on any plan.
Two projects that could change access
The Bhopal–Indore expressway and the industrial corridor are both approved or advanced on paper, and neither has a start date we could find. Price on today's roads.
Productive plateau land
Soya and wheat on Deccan-basalt soils with heavy tubewell use. Return comes from location and permitted use, not crop yield.
A wide price spread*
Our estimates run from about ₹6 lakh to ₹1.5 crore per acre*, because the highway belt and the southern tehsils are different markets.
Paperwork decides the outcome
Tribal-status history, diversion orders, the ceiling and sanctuary boundaries are all parcel-specific. A buyer who documents each is better placed than one relying on a broker summary.
Confirm tribal-land, diversion, ceiling and guideline-rate status 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 Dewas
Read these before shortlisting in Dewas specifically.
Tribal-land history
Land that was ever held by a tribal member may need Collector permission under section 165(6), and a transfer by fraud can be reverted under section 170B. Ask for the chain of holders.
Groundwater near its limit
The CGWB booklet gave 80% to 82% development for the district, and the 2024 state assessment lists sporadic nitrate in Dewas. Check borewell depth, yield and quality.
Diversion and use
A parcel sold for a farmhouse or plots needs a diversion order; we could not read sections 172 and 190, so read the order itself.
Ceiling on holdings
The 1960 Act caps a family's holding; the tiers we found are from a legal-database copy and are CONFIRM.
Sanctuary and forest boundaries
Kheoni sanctuary sits in Kannod tehsil and extends into Sehore. We found no eco-sensitive zone notification, so ask the Forest Department.
Announced is not delivered
The expressway has no start date, the corridor land bank is due within six months of October 2026, and the bypass industrial site has no report since 2022.
No sourced price series
Our bands* are estimates by analogy, not deeds. Collect registered comparables in the same revenue village before negotiating.
Who to contact
Local revenue, planning & forest offices
Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Tehsildar of the relevant tehsil (Dewas, Sonkatch, Bagli, Kannod, Tonk Khurd, Khategaon, per the DIPS profile; the current list is CONFIRM), under the District Collector. Diversion goes through the Sub-Divisional Officer's revenue court (the Supreme Court describes the SDO imposing the section 59 premium), tribal-land permission through an officer of Collector rank or above, and sanctuary and forest questions through the Forest Department. Sale deeds are registered by the local Sub-Registrar. Land records are on the state MP Bhulekh portal. We could not open the Dewas district portal, MP Bhulekh or the Registration Department 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 Dewas.
Visit full wiki01 of 04
Can an outsider buy agricultural land in Dewas?
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 Dewas-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's FEMA Master Direction. Confirm any exemption with the Collector's office or a Madhya Pradesh revenue lawyer.
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What does agricultural land cost in Dewas?
Estimated land price*: roughly ₹40 lakh to ₹1.5 crore per acre near the Indore and Ujjain highways, ₹15 to ₹40 lakh in the interior of Dewas and Sonkatch tehsils, and ₹6 to ₹20 lakh in Bagli, Kannod, Khategaon and Tonk Khurd. *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. We found no dated Dewas guideline-rate figure; the last state-wide revision we found was April 2023.
03 of 04
What is planned for Dewas district?
A Bhopal–Indore greenfield expressway is planned through Bagli and around Dewas city (India.com, September 2025; Construction World, August 2026 reports an approved DPR and Rs 40 billion cost), and the cabinet approved an industrial-corridor SPV including Dewas in October 2026 (Free Press Journal). Neither has a start date we could find, so treat both as pending.
04 of 04
What stamp duty applies to land in Dewas?
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's own 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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Sources and references
Law and courts
- State of Madhya Pradesh v. Dinesh Kumar, 2025 INSC 470, Supreme Court, 8 Apr 2025
- Pooran Singh v. Dhaniram, Supreme Court, 14 Mar 2019
- Civil Appeals 7732-7733 of 2004 (section 59), Supreme Court, 26 Aug 2008
- Bajranga v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Supreme Court, 19 Jan 2021
- Second Appeal 2837 of 2022, MP High Court (Jabalpur), 17 Feb 2025
- Writ Appeal 200 of 2021, MP High Court (Indore), 15 Jun 2022
- Master Direction FED 12/2015-16, Reserve Bank of India
Government
- Ground water information booklet, Dewas district, Central Ground Water Board (2013)
- District industrial profile, Dewas, MSME Development Institute (undated)
- Dynamic Ground Water Resources of Madhya Pradesh 2024, Central Ground Water Board
- Madhya Pradesh state profile, State Level Bankers Committee
News
- Madhya Pradesh guideline rate hike proposed for 2026-27, Dainik Jagran English, 27 Mar 2026
- Indian Stamp (Madhya Pradesh Second Amendment) Act, 2025, TeamLease RegTech, Dec 2025
- MP CM launches online portal for e-registry (Sampada 2.0), The Statesman, Oct 2024
- MP Cabinet approves four times compensation for rural land acquisition, ANI, 22 Apr 2026
- Indore-Bhopal expressway DPR, India.com, 16 Sep 2025
- Madhya Pradesh plans Rs 40 billion six-lane greenfield expressway, Construction World, 17 Aug 2026
- Cabinet approves SPV for Jabalpur-Indore industrial corridor, Free Press Journal, 15 Oct 2026
- MPIDC to develop new industrial area on Dewas-Ujjain bypass, Free Press Journal, 30 Jul 2022
- Kheoni sanctuary emerging as hotspot for spotting wildcats, Free Press Journal, 24 Dec 2022
- Land costlier in 18,000 locations from 1 April 2023, Free Press Journal, 27 Mar 2023
- Indore Metro misses sixth deadline, Free Press Journal, 22 Jun 2026
Further reading
- Dinesh Kumar v. State of Madhya Pradesh, MP High Court (Indore), 3 Oct 2023
- Writ Petition 26410 of 2022 (urban Nazul land), MP High Court (Indore), 14 Oct 2024
- Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960, Legitquest legal database
- No bar on tribal land sale outside notified area, Lawyer E-News, 11 Apr 2025
- Narmada Pragati Path, Free Press Journal, 2 Aug 2026
- Formation of new districts, The Hitavada, 2 Sep 2024
- Delhi-Mumbai Expressway completion, Business Today, 9 Jul 2026
Data-currency note: population and area come from a profile with no date and a groundwater booklet of 2013; crop data are for 2009; infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly; land-price bands are our estimates*, not sourced figures. 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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