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District guide
Buying Land in Harda
A Narmada-side district on the Bhopal–Mumbai rail line: Tawa canal command, no Scheduled Area found, one planned corridor and indicative land-price bands only.
3,330 sq km
Area (CGWB profile)
5.70 lakh
Population (Census 2011)
₹5–40 lakh per acre
Estimated land price*
About 795 sq km
Canal irrigated area (CGWB 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 — Harda
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Madhya Pradesh
Sub-divisions
3 development blocks (Harda, Khirkiya, Timarni) and 6 tehsils in the CGWB 2013 profile, whose own introduction says three tehsils, so the tehsil count is unsettled; the tehsil names are not listed (CGWB profile, 2013). The district portal gave no tehsil list; the MSME profile also counts 6 tehsils on 2011-12 data (Harda MSME district industrial profile), and Free Press Journal named Handia, Khirkiya, Timarni and Harda tehsils in a lift-irrigation report (Free Press Journal, November 2022). CONFIRM the full list with the Collector’s office. The profile lists one industrial area, at Harda (49.44 acres, all plots allotted)
Key markets
Harda · Khirkiya · Timarni · Handia
Demand anchors
Bhopal–Mumbai rail main line · Narmada north boundary and Tawa canal command · Narmada Pragati Path in planning (Free Press Journal, August 2026)
Rail
Harda station (HD) on the Bhopal–Mumbai main line; Itarsi, 76 km away, is the nearest railway junction (Harda portal, how to reach)
Size and population
3,330 sq km · 5,70,302 people (Census 2011) · 573 villages (CGWB profile, 2013)
Estimated land price*
₹5–40 lakh per acre* (wide band: rain-fed Timarni side to road-side land near Harda town). *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.
Harda — 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
Harda — district-specific notes
The Madhya Pradesh state page applies to Harda 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.
⚠ Harda does not appear among the Scheduled Areas we could read. The legal-database copy of the Scheduled Areas Order, 2003 lists whole districts and named tehsils in other districts and does not name Harda (Scheduled Areas Order, 2003 (legal-database copy)), and the Ministry of Panchayati Raj table of Fifth Schedule Areas does not list it either (Ministry of Panchayati Raj). The Harsud tehsil in that Order belongs to Khandwa district and should not be confused with Harda. This is a reading of two secondary copies, not of the gazette, so ask the Collector’s office to confirm that no village in the district is notified.
⚠ Outside a notified area, land held by a member of a tribe that the Land Revenue Code treats as aboriginal still needs protection. Sale of land held by 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 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). We read no Harda-specific order.
⚠ Forest and wildlife status was not checked for this district. Harda has forest land, but we did not open a forest-division or eco-sensitive-zone notification, so ask the Forest Department in writing whether a parcel falls under forest land, a protected area or its eco-sensitive belt before paying an advance.
⚠ 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.
⚠ 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.
- Not a listed Scheduled Area
- Section 165(6) tribal land
- Forest status unchecked
- Ceiling Act 1960
District overview
Harda — a Narmada-side farm district on the Bhopal–Mumbai rail line, with a Tawa canal command and one planned corridor
Harda is a mid-sized district of 3,330 sq km and 5,70,302 people at the 2011 Census, with 573 villages and 3 blocks: Harda, Khirkiya and Timarni (CGWB profile, 2013). The district portal describes it as part of Narmadapuram division, organised in 1998, with Harda town as headquarters (Harda portal). By the portal’s figures Harda is 162 km from Bhopal and 165 km from Indore by road, and Itarsi is 76 km away (Harda portal, how to reach). The Narmada runs along the northern boundary and the Ganjal, a tributary, along the east (CGWB profile).
We found no official per-acre figure for Harda. The estimated bands on this page, marked with an asterisk, are our indicative ranges derived by analogy with comparable Narmada-valley and Malwa-edge districts and kept wide: canal-irrigated land around Harda and Khirkiya sits above the lightly developed Timarni side, and road-side land near the town sits above both. The statewide guideline-rate reports we could source do not cover Harda (Free Press Journal, March 2023; Dainik Jagran English, 25 March 2026). A guideline rate is a registration floor, not a market price.
The one project we could tie to Harda is the Narmada Pragati Path. Free Press Journal reported in August 2026 a roughly 906 km, ₹31,000 crore expressway across 11 districts of Madhya Pradesh, still at planning stage with a revised project report being prepared, and its route description names Harda between Hoshangabad and Khandwa (Free Press Journal, August 2026). The report does not name the 11 districts, so treat Harda as on the route description and not as confirmed.
- Harda
- Khirkiya
- Timarni
- Narmada
- Tawa canal
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Harda
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). No Harda-specific schedule was found.
Know the belt
What is moving prices in Harda
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.
Harda and Khirkiya: canal and well-irrigated belt
Estimated ₹8–25 lakh per acre*
The CGWB profile gives a single canal command of about 795 sq km, 8,140 dug wells irrigating about 307 sq km and 1,894 tube wells about 142 sq km, with wheat and gram the main rabi crops (CGWB profile, 2013). The profile names the Tawa irrigation project (1975) as the canal source for the command. Assured water is the main premium; the band is derived by analogy with comparable irrigated Narmada-valley land.
Check: whether the plot is inside the canal command and who holds the water entitlement.
Road-side land near Harda town and the highway
Estimated ₹15–40 lakh per acre*
Harda station is on the Bhopal–Mumbai line and the portal puts Itarsi 76 km away and Bhopal 162 km (Harda portal, how to reach). Proximity to the rail and road spine, not any built project, carries this band; the Narmada Pragati Path is only at planning stage (Free Press Journal, August 2026).
Check: the access road in the revenue record and any acquisition notice for a future corridor.
Timarni side: rain-fed and lightly developed
Estimated ₹5–15 lakh per acre*
Timarni block shows a groundwater development stage of 12% against 31% for Harda block and 57% for Khirkiya block, all Safe (2009 base year, CGWB profile, 2013). A low stage means less water pumped, which can signal either spare water or thin irrigation, so test before relying on it. Distance from a market holds the estimate down.
Check: groundwater by borewell test, forest cover and distance from a paved road.
Guideline rates
No Harda figure found
Statewide, rates were revised at about 18,000 locations from 1 April 2023 (Free Press Journal, March 2023). The 2026-27 proposal reported for Bhopal does not cover this district (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 Harda 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 highway to the parcel, so 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. Government-announced timelines are not guaranteed; the corridor item rests on one report.
01Open or operating
03In progress or pending
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water in Harda
A Narmada-side district of black soil and alluvium, where one Tawa canal command carries most of the irrigation.
🌾 Black soil and alluvium (Harda, Khirkiya)
The CGWB profile lists black soils, ferruginous red lateritic soils and sandy to clay loams, with alluvium covering about 40% of the district and Deccan Trap about 50%. Wheat and gram are the rabi crops, with cotton, soybean, mustard, til and groundnut among oilseeds and cotton (CGWB profile, 2013). The profile is from 2013, so treat acreages as dated. The district portal’s crop pages list moong, soybean and wheat as district produce (Harda portal, crops).
- Wheat
- Gram
- Soybean
- Cotton
- Mustard
🚰 Tawa canal command
The profile counts one canal irrigating about 795 sq km and a net irrigated area of about 1,414 sq km, against a net sown area of about 1,797.87 sq km (CGWB profile, 2013). The Tawa project dates from 1975. A Narmada pipe-canal lift scheme planned for 118 villages and about 26,890 hectares (Free Press Journal, November 2022) is meant to extend irrigation beyond the Tawa command, but no completion date was found. Canal water is the main reason one village can price well above its neighbour, so ask for the command-area status of the survey number.
- Tawa project
- Canal command
- Net irrigated 1,414 sq km
🌊 Narmada and Ganjal
The Narmada flows along the northern boundary and the Ganjal, its largest tributary here, runs south to north along the eastern boundary (CGWB profile). We found no sourced flood record for Harda, so ask the seller for flood history on low parcels near the river and its tributaries.
- Narmada
- Ganjal
- Riverine land
💧 Water & rainfall
The CGWB profile (2013) gives average rainfall of 1,374.5 mm, about 90.5% of it in the south-west monsoon, and a district stage of groundwater development of 24%, with Harda block at 31%, Khirkiya at 57% and Timarni at 12%, all Safe on a 2009 base year (CGWB profile, 2013). Pre-monsoon depth to water in May 2012 ran from 3.81 to 16.27 m below ground, with a pre-monsoon fall of 0.04 to 0.73 m a year over 2003 to 2012. It counts 8,140 dug wells and 1,894 tube wells. The 2024 assessment puts Madhya Pradesh as a whole at 58.40% extraction, in its Safe range (CGWB, GWRA-2024); we did not read a 2024 category for Harda’s blocks, so check the current category for any borewell-dependent parcel.
📐 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); price a parcel on location, legal status and permitted use, not on crop income.
At a glance
Harda vs. its neighbours
| District / belt | Estimated land price* (per acre) | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Harda: canal and well-irrigated belt | ₹8–25 lakh* | Estimated by analogy; no guideline figure found |
| Harda: road-side near the town and highway | ₹15–40 lakh* | Estimated; corridor project at planning stage only |
| Harda: Timarni rain-fed side | ₹5–15 lakh* | Estimated; groundwater stage 12% (CGWB, 2013) |
| Hoshangabad: Narmada belt and Itarsi surroundings | ₹15–45 lakh* | Estimated; see the Hoshangabad page |
| Khandwa: Khandwa interior | ₹5–15 lakh* | Estimated; see the Khandwa page |
| Betul: black-soil irrigated belt | ₹8–25 lakh* | Estimated; see the Betul 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 Hoshangabad page for the Narmada district to the north-west and Itarsi, the Khandwa page for the neighbour to the south-west, and the Betul page for the Satpura district to the east. Four-laning of Indore to Harda and Harda to Betul (reported 2022 and 2024) ties Harda to both neighbours on one national-highway line, which is why its road-side band sits above the interior bands.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Harda
Five reasoned points, with an honest note that the price evidence is thin and the one corridor is still at planning stage.
A rail-spine district
Harda is on the Bhopal–Mumbai main line, 162 km from Bhopal and 165 km from Indore by the portal’s figures. Buyers who want a day-trip farm from either city can test that distance themselves.
Canal water is the premium
One canal command irrigates about 795 sq km. Land inside it and land outside it behave like different markets, so the estimated bands are far apart.
Low groundwater stress on paper
The 2013 profile marks all three blocks Safe, with a district stage of 24%. Test any borewell, because the data is a decade old.
Not a Scheduled Area as far as we could read
The two copies we opened do not list Harda, which removes the absolute sale bar that applies in notified areas. Tribal-land permission under section 165(6) still applies to land held by tribal members.
One corridor, not yet built
The Narmada Pragati Path is at planning stage with a revised project report. Treat it as pending and not as delivered.
Confirm tribal-land status, forest status and diversion 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 Harda
Read these before shortlisting in Harda specifically.
Tribal-land permission
A sale without Collector-rank written permission is exposed (Supreme Court, April 2025), and a Will needs the same permission (High Court, February 2025). Ask who the recorded holder is.
Scheduled-area status not confirmed
Harda is not listed in the two secondary copies we read. Ask the Collector’s office to confirm in writing that the village is not notified.
Forest and eco-sensitive status unchecked
We did not open a forest-division or eco-sensitive-zone notice for Harda. Ask the Forest Department about forest, protected-area and eco-sensitive status of the khasra.
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.
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.
Canal-command and water rights
Value depends on whether the plot sits inside the Tawa command. Ask the irrigation office for the command status and any water charges outstanding.
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.
Announced is not delivered
The Narmada Pragati Path has a revised project report in preparation and no confirmed alignment in Harda. Price on today’s access.
Industrial hazard near units
A firecracker factory explosion in Harda town in February 2024 killed 11 people and injured about 200, as reported by The Hitavada (7 February 2024). The MSME profile lists one industrial area at Harda. Ask the Collector about hazardous units near any parcel close to the town.
Highway stretches not confirmed built
Foundation stones for Indore to Harda were laid in May 2022 and Harda to Betul packages were listed in February 2024, but we found no completion report. Check NHAI for alignment notices before assuming road 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). Whether any village is a notified Scheduled-Area village is answered by the District Collector’s office; the Harda district portal pages we opened gave no tehsil list. Forest, protected-area and eco-sensitive questions go to the Forest Department. Sale deeds are registered with the Sub-Registrar under the Registration Department, also online through Sampada 2.0 (The Statesman, October 2024). 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 Harda.
Visit full wiki01 of 04
Can an outsider buy agricultural land in Harda?
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 Harda-specific order. Harda is not listed in the two copies of the Scheduled Areas material we opened, but we did not read the gazette, so ask the Collector's office. Tribal-held land still needs Collector-rank permission under section 165(6). NRIs and OCIs cannot buy agricultural land under the RBI Master Direction.
02 of 04
What does agricultural land cost in Harda?
We found no official per-acre figure. Our indicative estimate* is about ₹8–25 lakh per acre for the canal and well-irrigated belt around Harda and Khirkiya, ₹15–40 lakh for road-side land near Harda town, and ₹5–15 lakh on the rain-fed Timarni side, 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.
03 of 04
What stamp duty applies to land in Harda?
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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Which infrastructure affects Harda?
Harda station is on the Bhopal–Mumbai main line, with Itarsi 76 km away (district portal). Free Press Journal reported in August 2026 a roughly 906 km Narmada Pragati Path whose route description names Harda; a revised project report was being prepared and the alignment inside Harda is not established.
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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
- 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
- State-wise details of notified Fifth Schedule Areas, Ministry of Panchayati Raj
- Ground water information booklet, Harda district, Central Ground Water Board (2013)
- About Harda district, Harda district portal
- How to reach Harda (road, rail, air), Harda district portal
- Harda district industrial profile, MSME Development Institute (2011-12 data)
- Crops of Harda, Harda district portal
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 plans Narmada Pragati Path to link Gujarat and Chhattisgarh, Free Press Journal, 2 Aug 2026
- Harda to be 100% irrigated district soon, Free Press Journal, 1 Nov 2022
- MoRTH launches NH projects in Madhya Pradesh, NBMCW, 30 May 2022
- Development projects unveiled in Madhya Pradesh, NBMCW, 12 Feb 2024
- Big infra push, The Hitavada, 3 Sep 2025
- Factory fire in Harda, The Hitavada, 7 Feb 2024
- Narmada Expressway route, Patrika, 18 Nov 2024
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
- Centre asks MP to give land for Narmada Expressway project, Business Standard (PTI), 7 Feb 2018
- Formation of new districts, The Hitavada, 2 Sep 2024
Data-currency note: the CGWB profile is from 2013 and its tehsil count is inconsistent (3, or 6 in the at-a-glance table, and 6 in the 2011-12 MSME profile); the Scheduled Areas text is a legal-database copy of the 2003 Order; the district portal gave no area, population or tehsil list; highway items are reports from 2022, 2024 and 2025 with build status not found; the lift-irrigation project has no stated date; infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly; the stamp duty is a press-reported figure. Land-price bands marked with an asterisk are indicative estimates, not valuations. The MP Bhulekh portal, the Registration Department site, India Code, the Land Revenue Code text and the root page of the district portal 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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