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District guide
Buying Land in Dhar
An industrial belt on the Indore edge with a tribal and forest interior: Pithampur, a textile park, a rail line awaiting inspection, six Scheduled Area tehsils and very wide estimated price bands.
21.85 lakh
Population (Census 2011)
₹6 lakh–1.5 crore per acre
Estimated land price*
6 of 7 named
Scheduled Areas tehsils
46-47 km, inspection pending
Tihi-Dhar rail section
*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 — Dhar
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Madhya Pradesh
Sub-divisions
7 tehsils named (Dhar, Badnawar, Dharampuri, Sardarpur, Manawar, Kukshi, Gandhwani), 5 sub-divisions and 13 development blocks (MSME-DI profile; CGWB district profile); the profile’s summary table says 8 tehsils, so the portal list should be checked
Key markets
Dhar · Pithampur · Badnawar · Manawar · Sardarpur · Kukshi
Demand anchors
Pithampur industrial areas and the Indore–Dahod rail line · PM MITRA textile park at Bhainsola · NH-752D and Barwaha–Dhamnod road projects approved
Rail
Indore–Dahod new line: Tihi–Dhar section (46-47 km) with stations at Pithampur, Sagour, Gunawad and Dhar awaiting safety inspection (Free Press Journal, October 2026)
Size and population
About 8,153 sq km · 21,84,672 people at Census 2011 (CGWB district profile; the MSME-DI profile gives about 8,065 sq km)
Estimated land price*
₹6 lakh–1.5 crore per acre* (very wide; interior tehsils at the low end, Pithampur and Indore-side belt at the high end)
Pricing unit
₹/acre or ₹/hectare (farm land)
Local units
Hectares and acres in records; informal units vary by tehsil
Land records portal
MP Bhulekh (could not be opened for this page; ask the seller for a fresh khasra and B-1 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.
Dhar — 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
Dhar — district-specific notes
The Madhya Pradesh state page applies to Dhar in full. The notes below are specific to this district. Law was read from court orders and the Scheduled Areas Order; the Land Revenue Code and the MP Bhulekh portal could not be opened, and where that matters the note says so.
⚠ Tribal land is the first check in Dhar. The Scheduled Areas Order, 2003 lists Sardarpur, Dhar, Kukshi, Dharampuri, Gandhwani and Manawar tahsils of Dhar as Scheduled Areas (Scheduled Areas Order, 2003); Badnawar, the seventh tehsil named in the MSME-DI profile, is not on that list. That puts most of the district, including Dhar town’s tehsil, under the tribal-land rules. The state rule applies on top: a member of a tribe 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 inside a notified area the bar on sale to a non-tribal is absolute (section 165(6); Supreme Court, April 2025). A Will 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). We did not map which tehsils are notified under section 165(6) separately from the Scheduled Areas list, so ask the Collector's office for the status of the village and the seller's category in writing.
⚠ A farmhouse, plotted use or any other non-agricultural use means diversion of the land. A June 2022 order refers to land "diverted under section 172" (High Court, June 2022), 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 (Supreme Court, August 2008). We could not read the current text of sections 172 and 190 of the Land Revenue Code, so this page does not describe their procedure or fees. Ask the seller for the diversion order and the premium receipt, and ask the Dhar Collector's office or the Town and Country Planning office whether a development plan covers the village.
⚠ Sardarpur sanctuary and forest need a separate check. Sardarpur Wildlife Sanctuary in Dhar was created in 1983 on 34,812 hectares; Ground Report said in April 2025 that the state had proposed shrinking it to about 1,682 hectares and excluding 14 gram panchayats, with the notification still pending, although the article's own hectare figures do not reconcile (Ground Report, April 2025). Treat the boundary as unsettled until the Forest Department's notification is read. The MSME-DI profile records about 1,17,000 hectares of forest (MSME-DI profile). Ask the Divisional Forest Officer for the status of any khasra near Sardarpur or the forest blocks.
⚠ The Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960 caps how much one family may hold. The Supreme Court quoted section 7(b) in 2021 as allowing a family of five or fewer 54 acres (Supreme Court, January 2021), and a legal-database copy lists 18 acres for two-crop irrigated land, 27 acres for one-crop irrigated land and 54 acres for dry land (legal database text of the 1960 Act). That copy is not the official text and the schedule may have changed, so a buyer assembling a large block in Dhar should have a lawyer check the current figures and whether any ceiling proceedings were opened on the seller's family.
⚠ 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). We found no court order or Act text that bars a resident buyer simply for not being a farmer, but we opened no notice listing every buyer condition, so confirm with the Registration Department and the Collector's office.
Read the state-wise land laws guide for buyer eligibility, stamp duty and NRI rules, and the Madhya Pradesh state page for the full tribal-land, diversion and ceiling notes.
- Scheduled Areas Order 2003
- Section 165(6) tribal land
- Sardarpur sanctuary
- Ceiling Act 1960
- NRI agri: barred (FEMA)
District overview
Dhar — an industrial belt on the Indore edge with a tribal and forest interior
Dhar is the largest of the three districts here, with about 8,153 sq km and 21,84,672 people at Census 2011 (CGWB district profile). The Narmada forms its southern boundary, the Chambal system drains the north-east and the Mahi the north-west. The MSME-DI profile records Pithampur industrial areas 1, 2 and 3 (about 46, 105 and 543 hectares acquired) and reports 1,052 units in production on 2010-11 data (MSME-DI profile). Pithampur is the reason Dhar’s east prices differently from the rest of the district.
We publish an estimated price band for Dhar, marked with an asterisk, and no source for it, because no dated official per-acre guideline figure was found. The band is very wide because the district is two markets: an industrial and highway belt near Indore, where land may sell at several times the interior, and Scheduled Area tehsils in the south and west, where few parcels can be sold to a non-tribal at all.
Farming is soybean, wheat, cotton and maize on a mix of deep and shallow soil (ICAR-CRIDA Dhar plan). Three projects shape land demand: the PM MITRA textile park at Bhainsola, foundation laid on 17 September 2025 (Textile Excellence, September 2025), the Indore–Dahod rail line, whose Tihi–Dhar section was in final stages in October 2026 (Free Press Journal, October 2026), and the approved NH-752D four-lane from Badnawar (Swarajya, March 2026).
- Dhar
- Pithampur
- Badnawar
- Manawar
- Sardarpur
- PM MITRA
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Dhar
7.5%
Stamp duty, reported
press-reported state rate; the Registration Department page was not opened
3%
Registration fee, reported
on the same base; confirm the agricultural-land schedule
~10.5%
Combined, reported
arithmetic of the two reported rates; an earlier piece gave a 9.5% to 12.5% range
The state-level figures apply to Dhar and are the same as on the Madhya Pradesh page: Dainik Jagran English, March 2026 reported stamp duty of 7.5% and a registration charge of 3% on the higher of market value or transaction value, and Dainik Jagran English, 25 March 2026 said a guideline-rate rise would raise duty and fees in proportion. 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), and registration can be done online through Sampada 2.0, which also shows guideline rates by location (The Statesman, October 2024). We found no Dhar guideline-rate notice; the only district-level guideline reports found for the state concern Bhopal and Indore, so check the village rate on Sampada 2.0 or with the Sub-Registrar. Industrial-area plots are leased by the development authority and are not agricultural-land sales.
Know the belt
What is moving prices in Dhar
No official per-acre rate was found for Dhar, so this section lists sourced signals: the rail line, the textile park, the road approvals, the Pithampur corridor and the compensation change. Price bands elsewhere on the page are estimates.
Indore–Dahod rail, Tihi–Dhar
Final stage, inspection pending (Oct 2026)
The Free Press Journal reported on 14 October 2026 that the roughly 47 km Tihi–Dhar section was in its final stages, with more than 96% of signalling and electrification done on Pithampur–Dhar and completion targeted for the end of October (Free Press Journal, October 2026). Its 29 September report named four new stations (Pithampur, Sagour, Gunawad, Dhar) and a proposed safety inspection on 28 and 29 October, with no opening date (Free Press Journal, September 2026).
Check: whether the safety inspection has happened and a train timetable exists before treating the line as access.
PM MITRA textile park, Bhainsola
Foundation laid 17 Sep 2025
Textile Excellence reported that the park will cover about 2,158 acres at Bhainsola, that about 1,300 acres had been allotted to more than 80 units and that proposals above ₹23,000 crore were committed; the three lakh jobs figure is an analyst estimate (Textile Excellence, September 2025; Apparel Resources, September 2025). The two outlets quote different areas, so the project report should be checked.
Check: whether a parcel lies inside the park boundary or acquisition area, and the date of any ban on transfers.
Roads: NH-752D and Barwaha–Dhamnod
Both approved in 2026
The Centre approved an 80.45 km four-lane NH-752D from Badnawar to the Timarwani interchange of the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway at ₹3,839.42 crore in March 2026, with 24 months of construction (Swarajya, March 2026). The state cabinet approved the Barwaha–Dhamnod four-lane, about 5 km of it in Dhar (Indian Masterminds, July 2026). Neither is reported open.
Check: the alignment against the parcel and whether acquisition notices are out.
Indore–Pithampur Economic Corridor
Foundation 3 May 2026 (Indore side)
Punjab Kesari reported a 20 km, 75 m wide corridor on 1,300 hectares at an estimated ₹2,360 crore, with the Bhoomi Pujan at Nainod and farmers' share of developed land raised from 50% to 60%, and named only Indore (Punjab Kesari, May 2026). Swarajya reported 954 private hectares across 17 villages with consent for 295 hectares in December 2025 but did not name the villages or districts (Swarajya, December 2025). Whether any village lies in Dhar is unconfirmed.
Check: the district of the village in the revenue record before using the corridor to justify a price.
Acquisition compensation
State cabinet decision, 23 April 2026
The Hitavada reported that the cabinet raised the multiplication factor for rural land acquisition from 1.0 to 2.0, effective immediately (The Hitavada, April 2026). The effect on a particular award is unconfirmed, but it matters along the park, rail and road strips.
Check: the notification and the date from which it applies.
Units: acres and hectares
Revenue extracts record area in hectares and acres by survey number. Informal local units differ by tehsil and village, so convert any quote to acres or hectares (one hectare is about 2.47 acres, our arithmetic) and compare offers only on that basis.
Connectivity
How Dhar connects — road, rail and air
No distances to Indore are given because no official or news source for them was opened. Journey times vary with traffic and road works.
By road
By air
By rail & metro
The practical question is the last leg from the highway or station to the parcel; ask for the access road in the revenue record. Statewide rules for buyers: 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
05In progress or pending
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water in Dhar
A soybean, wheat and cotton district on a mix of deep and shallow soil, irrigated mostly from borewells and dug wells, with groundwater already heavily used.
🌾 Plains and black soil (Dhar, Badnawar, Manawar)
The ICAR-CRIDA plan (crop data for 2007-08, so dated) gives deep soil on 43.29% of the area, medium-deep on 21.38% and shallow on 35.33%, with soybean on 250,300 hectares, wheat on 216,300, cotton on 116,700, maize on 59,000 and chickpea on 40,900. It records a net sown area of 504,500 hectares and a cropping intensity of 147% (ICAR-CRIDA Dhar plan). Village-level soil data: Soil Health Card portal (not opened for this page).
- Soybean
- Wheat
- Cotton
- Maize
- Chickpea
🌳 Tribal and forest tehsils (Sardarpur, Kukshi, Gandhwani)
Six of the seven tehsils named in the MSME-DI profile are Scheduled Areas (Scheduled Areas Order, 2003), and Sardarpur sanctuary is proposed to shrink to about 1,682 hectares, with the notification pending in the April 2025 report (Ground Report, April 2025). Legal and forest status matter more than soil here.
- Sardarpur
- Kukshi
- Gandhwani
- Scheduled Areas
🌊 Rivers and geology
The Narmada forms the southern boundary, the Chambal and its tributaries drain the north-east and the Mahi the north-west; the CGWB profile lists Deccan Trap basalt, alluvium and laterite (CGWB district profile). We found no flood data for specific villages.
- Narmada
- Chambal
- Mahi
💧 Water & rainfall
Normal annual rainfall is about 833 mm, with 91.1% in the June to September monsoon. The CGWB profile counts 34,185 tube wells irrigating 1,22,700 hectares, 52,034 dug wells irrigating 82,100 hectares and canals irrigating 13,300 hectares, and puts the stage of groundwater development at 83% on 2009 data, down from 100% in 2004 (CGWB district profile). The CRIDA plan lists a gross irrigated area of 2,81,900 hectares (ICAR-CRIDA Dhar plan). The 2024 state assessment gives 58.40% for Madhya Pradesh as a whole and lists Dhar among districts with fluoride above 1.5 mg/L and nitrate above 45 mg/L at sporadic locations, but it has no Dhar block rows (CGWB, GWRA-2024). A 2020 aquifer-mapping report for the district exists in the CGWB catalogue; we did not open the full report (CGWB aquifer mapping, Dhar). Check borewell depth, yield and water quality.
📐 Measurement units
Revenue extracts use hectares and acres by survey number; informal local units differ by tehsil and village, so convert every quote before comparing two offers. Live mandi prices are on Agmarknet (not opened for this page); crop income is modest next to land values in the Pithampur belt.
At a glance
Dhar vs. its neighbours
| District / belt | Price band* (per acre) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Dhar — interior Scheduled Area tehsils | ₹6–20 lakh* | Estimate; tribal-land rules and forest apply |
| Dhar — Dhar town and Badnawar roadside | ₹15–60 lakh* | Estimate; NH-752D and rail approved or near completion |
| Dhar — Pithampur and Indore-side belt | ₹50 lakh–1.5 crore* | Estimate; industrial demand, wide range |
| Khargone | ₹6–50 lakh* | See the Khargone page |
| Khandwa | ₹5–35 lakh* | See the Khandwa 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 Khargone page for the Narmada-side district to the south and the Khandwa page for the Omkareshwar district.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Dhar
Five reasoned points, with an honest note that price evidence is thin, rail and road dates are targets and much of the district is Scheduled Area.
A rail line near opening
The Tihi–Dhar section was in its final stage with inspection pending in October 2026 (Free Press Journal, October 2026). A line that has not carried a train is still an expectation; check the inspection outcome.
Industrial demand on the Indore edge
Pithampur has operated for decades and the PM MITRA park adds a textile anchor. Industrial demand can pull farm land in the east well above interior prices, which is why the estimated band is so wide.
Road approvals on two axes
NH-752D to the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway and the Barwaha–Dhamnod road are approved (Swarajya, March 2026; Indian Masterminds, July 2026). Approval is not construction.
Strong crop base, stressed groundwater
Soybean, wheat and cotton support a farming case, but groundwater development was already 83% in 2009 and 100% in 2004. A farmhouse or crop plan depends on the borewell.
A market that rewards paperwork
Scheduled Area, sanctuary, diversion and ceiling questions are all parcel-specific, and acquisition strips are multiplying. A buyer who documents each one is better placed than one relying on a broker summary.
Confirm tribal-land status, any ceiling-surplus proceedings and the diversion order directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.
STRAIGHT TALK
Risks & challenges in Dhar
Read these before shortlisting in Dhar specifically.
Tribal-land permission
Six of Dhar's seven named tehsils are Scheduled Areas. A sale by a tribal holder needs Collector-level permission and in a notified area is barred outright; a Will needs the same permission. Ask for the permission order and the seller's category.
Sardarpur sanctuary boundary
The sanctuary was proposed to shrink from 34,812 to about 1,682 hectares, with notification pending in April 2025. Ask for the current notified boundary before buying near Sardarpur.
Acquisition and corridor strips
The park, rail, road and Pithampur corridor all involve land acquisition or pooling. Ask for the notification, and for the district of the village, before paying a premium for corridor frontage.
Announced is not delivered
The rail line awaited inspection in October 2026, NH-752D and Barwaha–Dhamnod are approved but not built and the Narmada Pragati Path route is being revised. Price on today's access.
Stressed groundwater
Stage of development was 83% in 2009 and 100% in 2004 in the CGWB profile, and the 2024 state report flags fluoride and nitrate at sporadic locations. Check borewell depth, yield and quality.
Diversion and farmhouse use
A parcel marketed as farmhouse-ready needs a diversion order. We could not read the current procedure under sections 172 and 190, so read the order in full.
Estimated prices only
The bands on this page are estimates from analogy, not registered deals, and the range is very wide. Collect registered comparables from the Sub-Registrar before negotiating.
Reported, not official, duty rate
The 7.5% stamp duty and 3% registration fee come from a press report. Ask for the current schedule before budgeting.
Who to contact
Local revenue, planning & forest offices
Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Tehsildar of the relevant tehsil (the MSME-DI profile names Dhar, Badnawar, Dharampuri, Sardarpur, Manawar, Kukshi and Gandhwani and five sub-divisions; Pithampur and newer tehsils should be checked with the Collector's office). Sale deeds are registered with the Sub-Registrar, and Sampada 2.0 shows guideline rates by location (The Statesman, October 2024). Tribal-land permissions sit with the Collector or an officer of Collector rank (Supreme Court, April 2025), and forest and sanctuary status is confirmed by the Divisional Forest Officer. We could not open the Dhar district portal (robots block), MP Bhulekh or the Registration Department site, 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 Dhar.
Visit full wiki01 of 04
Can an outsider buy agricultural land in Dhar?
No court order or Act text opened for the Madhya Pradesh page bars a buyer for not being a farmer, and we read no Dhar-specific order. Six Dhar tahsils (Sardarpur, Dhar, Kukshi, Dharampuri, Gandhwani and Manawar) are Scheduled Areas under the 2003 Order, tribal-held land needs Collector-level written permission (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 Dhar?
We estimate roughly ₹6-20 lakh per acre* in interior Scheduled Area tehsils, ₹15-60 lakh per acre* around Dhar town and Badnawar, and ₹50 lakh to ₹1.5 crore per acre* in the Pithampur and Indore-side belt. These are very wide, indicative bands, not a valuation or an offer; prices vary by plot, road access and title. Check the village rate with the Sub-Registrar.
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What stamp duty applies to land in Dhar?
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 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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Is the Indore-Dahod rail line open in Dhar?
Not yet as of the latest report. The Free Press Journal reported on 14 October 2026 that the 47 km Tihi-Dhar section was in its final stages, with a Commissioner of Railway Safety inspection proposed for 28 and 29 October and four new stations at Pithampur, Sagour, Gunawad and Dhar. No opening date was set.
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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)
- 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)
- Pooran Singh v. Dhaniram, Civil Appeal 3122 of 2019, Supreme Court, 14 Mar 2019: section 170B and tribal land sold to a non-tribal
- 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
- Bajranga v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Civil Appeal 6209 of 2010, Supreme Court, 19 Jan 2021: Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960
- Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960 (section 5 and section 7 text), Legitquest legal database
- Scheduled Areas (States of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh) Order, 2003 (C.O. 192), dated 20 Feb 2003, as reprinted in the Mizoram Gazette, 14 Jan 2004
Government
- Master Direction FED 12/2015-16 on immovable assets under FEMA 1999, Reserve Bank of India, updated to 1 Sep 2022
- Dynamic Ground Water Resources of Madhya Pradesh, assessment 2024, Central Ground Water Board
- Brief industrial profile of Dhar district (tehsils, sub-divisions, industrial areas), MSME Development Institute
- Ground water information, Dhar district, Central Ground Water Board (2013 profile; resource base 2009)
- District agriculture contingency plan, Dhar, ICAR-CRIDA (crop data 2007-08)
- Agmarknet mandi prices (portal link only, not opened for this page)
- Soil Health Card portal (portal link only, not opened for this page)
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
- MP CM launches online portal for e-registry (Sampada 2.0), The Statesman, Oct 2024
- Madhya Pradesh plans Narmada Pragati Path to link Gujarat and Chhattisgarh, Free Press Journal, 2 Aug 2026
- Indore-Dhar rail project nears completion, four new stations to join MP rail map, Free Press Journal, 29 Sep 2026
- Indore-Dahod rail project nears major milestone as 47-km Tihi-Dhar section approaches completion, Free Press Journal, 14 Oct 2026
- MP approves Rs 2,508 crore Barwaha-Dhamnod four-lane highway project to boost Nimar connectivity, Indian Masterminds, 7 Jul 2026
- Centre clears Rs 3,839 crore four-lane highway to link Ujjain with Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, Swarajya, 10 Mar 2026
- PM Modi lays foundation for India's first greenfield PM MITRA park in Dhar, Textile Excellence, Sep 2025
- PM Modi lays foundation stone of India's first PM MITRA park in Madhya Pradesh, Apparel Resources, 17 Sep 2025
- MP shrinks Sardarpur Sanctuary to balance conservation and rights, Ground Report, 25 Apr 2025
- Land acquisition compensation for farmers doubled, The Hitavada, 23 Apr 2026
- MP CM to perform Bhoomi Pujan for Indore-Pithampur corridor today, Punjab Kesari, 3 May 2026
Further reading
- Indian Stamp (Madhya Pradesh Second Amendment) Act, 2025, notified 17 Dec 2025, TeamLease RegTech
- No bar on tribal land sale outside notified area, Supreme Court, Lawyer E-News, 11 Apr 2025
- Madhya Pradesh state profile (area, districts, population), State Level Bankers Committee Madhya Pradesh
- Land costlier in 18,000 locations, new collector guidelines from 1 April 2023, Free Press Journal, 27 Mar 2023
- Formation of new districts, The Hitavada, 2 Sep 2024
- Centre asks MP to give land for Narmada Expressway project, Business Standard (PTI), 7 Feb 2018
- Ramendra Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Supreme Court, 23 Jan 1984: family and ceiling area, sections 2(gg), 6 and 7
- Delhi-Mumbai Expressway 244 km Madhya Pradesh section, NHAI toll bid, Swarajya, 23 Aug 2023
- Aquifer mapping and ground water management plan of Dhar district, Central Ground Water Board, 2020 (catalogue page only; report not opened)
- Track testing of Pithampur-Dhar rail section completed, Free Press Journal, 26 Mar 2026
- Indore-Pithampur Economic Corridor moves ahead as MPIDC secures major landowner consent, Swarajya, 11 Dec 2025
Data-currency note: population is Census 2011; the tehsil, industrial and forest figures come from an MSME-DI profile on 2010-11 data; the groundwater and irrigation tables are a 2013 CGWB profile on 2009 data and crop areas are 2007-08; infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly. State sites that blocked automated fetches are not cited as read. Prices shown on this page are estimates and carry no source. This is a general guide, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.
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