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District guide
Buying Land in Hoshangabad
A Narmada-valley district, officially renamed Narmadapuram, with canal-irrigated wheat and soybean land, an Itarsi rail junction and a Satpura forest edge.
5,408 sq km
Area (district portal)
12.41 lakh
Population (district portal)
₹4–45 lakh per acre
Estimated land price*
237 km, target 2028
Itarsi–Bhopal–Bina fourth line
*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 — Hoshangabad
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Madhya Pradesh (district officially renamed Narmadapuram; the CMS and older records use Hoshangabad)
Sub-divisions
The MSME industrial profile gives 8 tehsils and 7 blocks without listing them (MSME profile, undated); the district court page names Pipariya, Sohagpur, Seoni Malwa and Itarsi as court towns beside the headquarters (district court page). The district portal tehsil page was robots-blocked, so confirm the current revenue tehsil list
Key markets
Narmadapuram city · Itarsi · Pipariya · Sohagpur · Seoni Malwa
Demand anchors
Bhopal about 70 km away · Itarsi rail junction · Narmada valley wheat and soybean · Satpura Tiger Reserve and Pachmarhi side · fourth rail line approved
Rail
Itarsi is a major rail junction about 18 km from the district headquarters (Narmadapuram district portal); a third line to Bhopal was reported almost complete in December 2025 (Patrika, December 2025)
Size and population
5,408.23 sq km · 12,40,975 people (Narmadapuram district portal, October 2026; the MSME profile attributes the same total to Census 2011)
Estimated land price*
About ₹4 lakh to ₹45 lakh per acre, highest on the irrigated Narmada belt
Pricing unit
₹/acre (farm land) · ₹/sq m (town plots)
Local units
Records use hectares and acres; village-level terms vary by tehsil, so convert every quote to acres
Land records portal
MP Bhulekh (portal not opened for this page; check records there)
*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.
Hoshangabad — 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
Hoshangabad — district-specific notes
The Madhya Pradesh state page applies to Hoshangabad in full. The notes below add what is specific to this district. Court orders, Act copies, a tiger-reserve brief and news were read in October 2026; the Land Revenue Code, the planning rules and the Bhulekh portal could not be opened from their official sites, so a local advocate should read the current text.
⚠ Name change: the Centre approved renaming Hoshangabad as Narmadapuram, as reported on 4 February 2022 (Drishti IAS, February 2022). The district portal now uses Narmadapuram. Older khasra entries, deeds and court orders may still say Hoshangabad, so match the village and survey number rather than the district name when you check a title.
⚠ Tiger reserve and biosphere: the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s brief on the Satpura Tiger Reserve gives a core of 1,339.26 sq km and a buffer of 794.04 sq km, and says forest areas of the Hoshangabad division were added to the buffer in 2013 (NTCA brief). The brief also says the Satpura area was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1999, and the district portal says Pachmarhi is reached from Itarsi via Pipariya. We did not open any eco-sensitive-zone notification, so ask the Divisional Forest Officer for the boundary and the khasra status in writing.
⚠ Forest and sand: the MSME industrial profile lists 2,229.74 of forest in a district of 5,408.23 sq km, with the unit unclear, and its listed minerals are sand, murum and clay, with sand the largest (2010-11) (MSME industrial profile). Parcels along the Narmada and its tributaries may be sand-lease or river-bank land. The profile is undated, so ask the Collector’s office whether a khasra carries a mining lease or a forest classification.
⚠ Metropolitan region: in April 2026 the Urban Development and Housing Department notified a Bhopal Metropolitan Region of 2,510 villages in six districts, Narmadapuram among them. The report gives a village count only for Bhopal district, so we cannot say which Narmadapuram villages are inside (Free Press Journal, April 2026). A planning committee will prepare the plan, so ask the Town and Country Planning office before paying a deposit.
⚠ Tribal land: under section 165(6) of the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, a sale of land held by a tribal member needs the written permission of a revenue officer of Collector rank or above, and a sale to a non-tribal inside a notified area is barred (Supreme Court, April 2025). In April 2025 the Supreme Court upheld a Ratlam sale made with that permission, and the High Court held in February 2025 that a Will of tribal land to a non-tribal needs it too (High Court, February 2025). Section 170-B lets the revenue authorities undo fraudulent transfers (Supreme Court, March 2019). Ask for the khasra history and the Collector’s order, and ask the Tehsildar whether the village is in a notified area; we did not find a village-level list.
⚠ Diversion has changed form: a June 2022 High Court order still speaks of land “diverted under section 172” (High Court, June 2022). A legal-database copy of the 2018 amending Act lists a deletion of section 172 and a new section 59, under which the landholder works out the premium and reassessed revenue, pays it and informs the Sub-Divisional Officer (Land Revenue Code Amendment Act 2018). We could not open the Code itself, so treat which section applies as a point to confirm. The Supreme Court described the premium and reassessment under the older section 59 in 2008 (Supreme Court, August 2008). Ask the seller for the diversion receipt.
⚠ Holding ceiling: the Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960 limits how much a family may hold. The Supreme Court quoted 54 acres for a family of five or fewer in January 2021 (Supreme Court, January 2021), and a legal-database copy lists lower tiers of 18 and 27 acres for other classes of land (Ceiling Act 1960). We could not confirm the current schedule, so a buyer assembling a large block should check the seller’s total holding.
⚠ Farm house: the 1984 Bhumi Vikas Rules allowed what they call a forest house on agricultural-zone land of at least 4,045 sq m, with a floor area ratio of 0.10, a height of 6.5 m, 200 live trees per acre and a 10 m setback (Bhumi Vikas Rules 1984). Those Rules were replaced by the 2012 Niyam, which we could not read, and a draft amendment of 29 June 2026 would switch to a list of banned uses in each zone (TeamLease RegTech, June 2026). Treat the 1984 conditions as historic until the current text is checked with the Town and Country Planning office.
Read the full Madhya Pradesh land buying guide for buyer eligibility, stamp duty and NRI rules.
- Renamed Narmadapuram
- Section 165(6) tribal land
- Satpura Tiger Reserve
- Bhopal Metropolitan Region
- Ceiling Act 1960
- Sand and forest land
District overview
Hoshangabad — a Narmada-valley district with an Itarsi rail junction and a Pachmarhi forest edge
Hoshangabad is the name this site and older records use for the district the state now calls Narmadapuram, after the Centre approved the change in February 2022 (Drishti IAS, February 2022). The district portal gives an area of 5,408.23 sq km, 12,40,975 people and 965 villages (Narmadapuram district portal, October 2026). Its page says the Narmada forms the northern boundary, with Raisen and Sehore across the river, Betul to the south, Harda to the west and Narsinghpur and Chhindwara to the east, and puts Bhopal about 70 km from the headquarters and Itarsi 18 km (about-district page).
This is one of the more intensively cropped districts in the state. The ICAR-CRIDA plan, using 2008-09 data, records a cropping intensity of 168% on 300,900 hectares of net sown area, with wheat on 201,000 hectares and soybean on 196,600, and canals irrigating 54.4% of the irrigated area (ICAR-CRIDA Narmadapuram plan). The MSME profile names soya de-oiled cake as the major exportable item (MSME profile). Rain-fed forest-edge land towards the Satpura side is a different market.
Rail drives most of the public-works story. Patrika reported in December 2025 that the third line between Bhopal and Itarsi was almost complete and that work on a 130 km Amla–Itarsi third line had begun with earthwork (Patrika, December 2025), and in March 2026 that a 237 km fourth line across six districts including this one had been approved, with completion targeted for 2028 (Patrika, March 2026). We found no Narmadapuram guideline-rate report and no official per-acre series, so the price bands here are our estimates, explained in the price section.
- Renamed Narmadapuram
- Itarsi
- Pipariya
- Sohagpur
- Seoni Malwa
- Satpura Tiger Reserve
- Bhopal Metropolitan Region
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Hoshangabad
7.5%
Stamp duty (reported)
on the higher of market or transaction value
3%
Registration fee (reported)
same base
~10.5%
Combined (reported)
arithmetic of the two reported rates
Stamp duty of 7.5% and a registration charge of 3% on the higher of market value or transaction value were reported on 27 March 2026 (Dainik Jagran English, March 2026). A 25 March piece put the combined range at 9.5% to 12.5% and said charges would rise in step with any guideline-rate rise (Dainik Jagran English, March 2026). The Registration Department’s own fee page was not opened, so ask the Sub-Registrar for the current schedule for agricultural land in Hoshangabad before budgeting; levies or concessions can change the total.
We found no Hoshangabad-specific guideline-rate report for 2026-27. Guideline rates are set village by village, and the state’s e-registration portal carries a rate lookup (The Statesman, October 2024). Since 17 December 2025 a short-stamped document attracts a penalty of 1% of the shortfall per month (TeamLease RegTech, December 2025). The district portal opened for this page does not publish a rate card, so the figures above are state-wide reports, not a Narmadapuram schedule.
Know the belt
What is moving land prices in Hoshangabad
No official per-acre rate for Hoshangabad was found. The bands below are our estimates; the Sub-Registrar’s guideline rate is the only rate that binds a registration.
Narmada belt: Narmadapuram city and Itarsi surroundings
Estimated land price*: ₹15–45 lakh per acre
Canal- and borewell-irrigated wheat and soybean land close to Bhopal and the Itarsi junction. The band is set by analogy with comparable irrigated central Madhya Pradesh districts and kept wide because we found no registered-deal series. The ICAR-CRIDA plan gives a cropping intensity of 168% and 270,300 hectares irrigated, 54.4% by canals (ICAR-CRIDA Narmadapuram plan).
Check: canal command status, road access and whether the khasra sits inside a planned rail or road alignment.
Pipariya, Sohagpur and Seoni Malwa
Estimated land price*: ₹8–25 lakh per acre
Mixed irrigated and rain-fed land further from Bhopal. The plan puts 31.3% of the district on shallow soil and 64.6% on deep soil (ICAR-CRIDA Narmadapuram plan). The band is our estimate and depends heavily on water and road access.
Check: water source, approach road and tribal or forest history in the khasra.
Satpura and Pachmarhi fringe
Estimated land price*: ₹4–15 lakh per acre
Forest-edge and rain-fed land near the Satpura Tiger Reserve buffer carries more legal questions than the plains (NTCA brief). Prices here are the hardest to estimate, so the band is the widest relative to its level.
Check: reserve boundary, forest classification and tribal status of the seller.
Asking prices and guideline rates
No sourced price series
We did not use listing-site asking prices, and no Narmadapuram guideline-rate report for 2026-27 was found. For context, Dainik Jagran English reported in March 2026 that the Bhopal district committee had proposed a 12% average rise, which is a Bhopal figure and not a Narmadapuram one (Dainik Jagran English, March 2026).
Check: registered sale deeds in the same revenue village before negotiating.
Units: acre and hectare
Madhya Pradesh records land in hectares and acres in the khasra and B-1; one hectare is about 2.47 acres and one acre about 4,047 sq m (our arithmetic). Local terms for plots vary by district and tehsil, so convert every quote to acres or sq m and confirm the share of the khasra being sold with the Patwari.
Connectivity
How Hoshangabad connects — road, rail and air
Distances come from the district portal; others are not given because no official figure was opened. Journey times vary with traffic and road works.
By road
By air
By rail
The last leg from the highway or the station to the parcel is what decides access; ask for the approach road in the revenue record. Full state rules for buyers: Madhya Pradesh land rules.
Growth catalysts
Upcoming infrastructure & developments
Status labels reflect sources read in October 2026. Government-announced timelines are not guaranteed; items marked reported rest on a single outlet or an older report.
00Open or inaugurated
05In progress or pending
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water in Hoshangabad
A canal-irrigated wheat and soybean valley on deep soil, with the Narmada on its northern edge and Satpura forest to the south.
🌾 Narmada valley plains
The ICAR-CRIDA plan (2008-09 data, so dated) places the district in the Central Narmada Valley zone, with deep soil on 64.6% of the area, medium-deep 4.0% and shallow 31.3%. Net sown area was 300,900 hectares at a cropping intensity of 168%, with wheat on 201,000 hectares, soybean on 196,600, chickpea on 63,800, rice on 21,200 and sugarcane on 3,500 (ICAR-CRIDA Narmadapuram plan).
- Wheat
- Soybean
- Chickpea
- Rice
- Sugarcane
🌲 Satpura and forest edge
The Satpura Tiger Reserve has a core of 1,339.26 sq km and a buffer of 794.04 sq km, and forest areas of the Hoshangabad division were added to its buffer in 2013 (NTCA brief). Legal status matters more than soil on parcels at the edge.
- Satpura
- Pachmarhi side
- Forest land
🌊 Narmada river and canals
The portal says the Narmada forms the northern boundary and the city sits on its bank (Narmadapuram district portal). The plan lists canals irrigating 147,100 hectares, 54.4% of the irrigated area, with open wells at 19.8% and borewells at 19.3% (ICAR-CRIDA plan). We found no flood-history report for the district, so ask the seller about riverside parcels.
- Narmada
- Canals
- Sethani Ghat
💧 Water & rainfall
Normal annual rainfall is 1,437.7 mm in the ICAR-CRIDA plan, of which 1,325.4 mm falls in the south-west monsoon. Net irrigated area was 270,300 hectares against 30,600 rain-fed. The plan lists all seven blocks as safe, without stating the data year (ICAR-CRIDA plan). CGWB’s 2024 assessment gives a state-wide extraction stage of 58.40% and no block-level table for this district (CGWB, Madhya Pradesh 2024). Check the borewell yield and the canal command for any parcel.
📐 Measurement units
Madhya Pradesh records land in hectares and acres. One hectare is about 2.47 acres and one acre about 4,047 sq m (our arithmetic). Local terms vary by tehsil and village, so convert every quote to acres before comparing two offers. Crop income is modest next to land values near Bhopal and Itarsi, so price a parcel on location and permitted use, not on wheat or soybean yield.
At a glance
Hoshangabad vs. its neighbours
| District / belt | Estimated price band* (per acre) | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Hoshangabad — Narmada belt and Itarsi surroundings | ₹15–45 lakh | Our estimate by analogy with irrigated central Madhya Pradesh districts; no registered-deal series found |
| Hoshangabad — Pipariya, Sohagpur, Seoni Malwa and Satpura fringe | ₹4–25 lakh | Our estimate; wide because water and forest status differ |
| Raisen — Bhopal-side belt | ₹30–90 lakh | Our estimate for the page of that district |
| Vidisha — SH-28 and Sanchi side | ₹15–50 lakh | Our estimate for the page of that district |
*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 Raisen page for the district across the Narmada and the Vidisha page for the neighbour on the Bhopal–Vidisha road.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Hoshangabad
Five reasoned points, with an honest note that price evidence is thin and several catalysts are still under construction or at planning stage.
An irrigated valley with high cropping intensity
The ICAR-CRIDA plan records a cropping intensity of 168% and canals on 54.4% of irrigated land, using 2008-09 data. The return case is still location and permitted use, since crop income is modest next to land values.
A rail junction at the district edge
Itarsi is about 18 km from the headquarters, with a third line to Bhopal reported almost complete and a fourth line approved. Rail work helps freight and passenger links; it does not by itself raise farm-land values.
Bhopal within reach
The portal puts Bhopal about 70 km from the headquarters, and the district sits inside the Bhopal Metropolitan Region notified in April 2026. A buyer should time the real drive to the parcel.
A Satpura and Pachmarhi setting
The reserve and the Pachmarhi landscape give the south of the district a tourism angle, with forest-department conditions that come with it.
A market that rewards paperwork
With tribal-land, forest, sand-lease, diversion and metropolitan-region questions all parcel-specific, a buyer who documents each one is better placed than one relying on a broker summary.
Confirm tribal-land, forest, diversion and planning status directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.
STRAIGHT TALK
Risks & challenges in Hoshangabad
Read these before shortlisting in Hoshangabad specifically.
Name mismatch in old records
The district is officially Narmadapuram, while older entries and deeds say Hoshangabad. Match the village and survey number, and ask the Tehsildar to confirm the record is the same parcel.
Tribal-land permission
Sales of land held by tribal members need Collector-rank permission under section 165(6), and a sale to a non-tribal in a notified area is barred. We found no village-level list, so ask the Tehsildar in writing.
Tiger-reserve and forest edge
The Satpura buffer includes Hoshangabad division forest added in 2013. Ask the Divisional Forest Officer for the boundary and the khasra status.
Sand, river-bank and canal land
The MSME profile lists sand as the largest mineral, so river-bank parcels may carry leases or flood exposure. Ask about leases and flood history.
Land acquisition on rail alignments
Land-acquisition delays in Narmadapuram slowed the Amla–Itarsi third line, and a fourth line is approved. Check whether a parcel sits inside a planned rail corridor.
Estimated, not registered, prices
The bands on this page are our estimates, not registered deals, and no Narmadapuram guideline-rate report was found. Collect registered comparables before negotiating.
Announced is not delivered
The fourth line targets 2028 and the Narmada Pragati Path is still being re-routed. Price on today’s fundamentals.
Who to contact
Local revenue, planning & registration offices
Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Tehsildar of the relevant tehsil under the District Collector, whose office is listed on the Narmadapuram district portal (the portal pages we opened did not list tehsils, so confirm yours). Sale-deed registration is handled by the local Sub-Registrar, with rate lookup on the state e-registration portal. Diversion goes to the Sub-Divisional Officer, planning questions to the Town and Country Planning office, and forest or tiger-reserve boundaries to the Divisional Forest Officer. MP Bhulekh holds the khasra and B-1. We could not open the Bhulekh, Registration Department or planning portals, 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 Hoshangabad.
Visit full wiki01 of 04
Is Hoshangabad the same as Narmadapuram?
Yes. The Centre approved renaming Hoshangabad as Narmadapuram, as reported on 4 February 2022 (Drishti IAS), and the district portal now uses Narmadapuram. Older khasra entries and deeds may still say Hoshangabad, so match the village and survey number when you check a title.
02 of 04
What does farm land cost in Hoshangabad?
We found no official per-acre rate or registered-deal series, so the figures are our estimates: roughly ₹15–45 lakh per acre on the irrigated Narmada belt, ₹8–25 lakh around Pipariya, Sohagpur and Seoni Malwa, and ₹4–15 lakh at the Satpura edge. The estimates are indicative only, not a valuation or an offer; check the guideline rate with the Sub-Registrar.
03 of 04
Does the Satpura Tiger Reserve affect land here?
The National Tiger Conservation Authority’s brief says forest areas of the Hoshangabad division were added to the Satpura buffer in 2013. Land at the forest edge can carry forest-department conditions, so ask the Divisional Forest Officer for the boundary and the khasra status.
04 of 04
What stamp duty applies to land in Hoshangabad?
Dainik Jagran English reported in March 2026 stamp duty of 7.5% and a registration charge of 3% on the higher of market or transaction value, about 10.5% together. We could not open the Registration Department page and found no district-specific schedule, so confirm with the Sub-Registrar.
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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 (section 165(6), tribal land)
- Dinesh Kumar v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Misc. Petition 3679 of 2021, MP High Court (Indore), 3 Oct 2023
- Second Appeal 2837 of 2022, MP High Court (Jabalpur), 17 Feb 2025 (Will of tribal land)
- Bherulal v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Writ Petition 26410 of 2022, MP High Court (Indore), 14 Oct 2024 (urban Nazul land)
- Garvit Khandelwal v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Writ Appeal 200 of 2021, MP High Court (Indore), 15 Jun 2022
- Pooran Singh v. Dhaniram, Civil Appeal 3122 of 2019, Supreme Court, 14 Mar 2019 (section 170-B)
- Civil Appeals 7732-7733 of 2004, Supreme Court, 26 Aug 2008 (section 59 reassessment and premium)
- Bajranga v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Civil Appeal 6209 of 2010, Supreme Court, 19 Jan 2021 (Ceiling Act 1960)
- Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960 (ss. 5 and 7 text), Legitquest legal database
- Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code (Amendment) Act, 2018, Legitquest legal database
- Madhya Pradesh Bhumi Vikas Rules, 1984, Legitquest legal database
- Madhya Pradesh Nagar Tatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam, 1973, PRS Legislative Research copy
- Master Direction FED 12/2015-16 on immovable assets under FEMA 1999, Reserve Bank of India (updated to 1 Sep 2022)
Government
- Narmadapuram district portal home page (area, population, villages), October 2026
- About Narmadapuram (boundaries, distances to Bhopal and Itarsi, rainfall), Narmadapuram district portal
- District court Narmadapuram, court towns and tehsils, district courts portal
- Brief industrial profile of Hoshangabad district, MSME Development Institute (undated; data 2010-11)
- District agriculture contingency plan, Hoshangabad, ICAR-CRIDA (data 2008-09)
- Dynamic Ground Water Resources of Madhya Pradesh, assessment 2024, Central Ground Water Board
- Satpura Tiger Reserve brief note, National Tiger Conservation Authority
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
- Indian Stamp (Madhya Pradesh Second Amendment) Act, 2025, notified 17 Dec 2025, TeamLease RegTech
- MP CM launches online portal for e-registry (Sampada 2.0), The Statesman, Oct 2024
- Centre approves change of names of three places in Madhya Pradesh, Drishti IAS, 4 Feb 2022
- Madhya Pradesh to get fourth 237 km railway line, Patrika, 2 Mar 2026
- Work begins on 130 km Amla–Itarsi rail line, Patrika, 29 Dec 2025
- Madhya Pradesh plans Narmada Pragati Path, Free Press Journal, 2 Aug 2026
- Bhopal Metropolitan Region notified, 2,510 villages from six districts, Free Press Journal, 18 Apr 2026
- International operations set to take off from Bhopal, The Hitavada, 13 May 2026
- Upgraded Raja Bhoj airport gets four new direct flights, The Hitavada, 10 Aug 2026
Further reading
- Ramendra Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Supreme Court, 23 Jan 1984 (ceiling and family area)
- No bar on tribal land sale outside notified area, Lawyer E-News, 11 Apr 2025
- Draft Amendment to Madhya Pradesh Bhumi Vikas Niyam, 2012, TeamLease RegTech, Jun 2026
- Teething troubles or conservation challenges at India’s latest tiger reserve, Mongabay India, Jan 2025 (context on tiger-reserve land)
Data-currency note: area and population are district-portal figures; crop and irrigation data are from 2008-09 and the land-use data from 2010-11; infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly; price bands are our estimates and no guideline rate was found. 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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