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District guide
Buying Land in Mandsaur
A western Malwa district on the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway: soybean and wheat farmland, Gandhi Sagar zone limits, tribal-land checks and an estimated ₹6–28 lakh per acre*.
5,535 sq km
Area
13.4 lakh
Population (Census 2011)
₹6–28 lakh/acre
Estimated land price*
~102 km (reported)
Delhi–Mumbai Expressway in district
*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 — Mandsaur
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Madhya Pradesh
Sub-divisions
8 sub-districts in the 2011 Census list (Bhanpura, Malhargarh, Garoth, Shamgarh, Mandsaur, Daloda, Sitamau, Suwasra) (Census of India catalogue); the 2013 CGWB profile lists five blocks
Key markets
Mandsaur · Malhargarh · Garoth · Sitamau · Bhanpura · Suwasra
Demand anchors
Delhi–Mumbai Expressway section (about 102 km in the district, as reported) · soybean, wheat, gram and mustard belt · Gandhi Sagar reservoir edge
Rail
Mandsaur railway station is listed on the district portal; division and services not checked for this page
Size and population
5,535 sq km · 13,39,832 people at Census 2011 (CGWB profile, 2013; the profile’s text gives a different figure, so confirm against Census tables)
Estimated land price*
₹6–28 lakh per acre (farm land, wide band; see note below)
Pricing unit
₹ lakh per acre (records are kept in hectares and survey numbers)
Local units
Local trade terms vary by district and tehsil; ask the Patwari to restate any quoted area in hectares or acres
Land records portal
MP Bhulekh (not opened for this page; ask the seller for a fresh extract)
Land law is state law. These rules are maintained on the Madhya Pradesh page and apply to every district within it.
Mandsaur — 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
Mandsaur — district-specific notes
The Madhya Pradesh state page applies to Mandsaur in full. The notes below are specific to this district and are not repeated in full from the state page. Law was read from Supreme Court and High Court judgments and a Ministry notification copy; India Code and the MP Bhulekh portal could not be opened, so section texts are described through those judgments.
⚠ Tribal land: 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) of the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959; Supreme Court, April 2025). Under section 170B a transfer made by fraud can be reverted to the tribal owner or heirs (Supreme Court, March 2019). We found no source listing notified tehsils in Mandsaur, so ask the Tehsildar whether the recorded owner of a khasra belongs to a tribe covered by the Code before paying a deposit.
⚠ Diversion: 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; read a seller’s diversion order in full.
⚠ Ceiling: the Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960 caps what one holder or 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); a legal-database copy lists 18 acres of two-crop irrigated land, 27 acres of one-crop irrigated land and 54 acres of dry land for such a family, and bars transfer 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). Most irrigated land here is watered from open wells (ICAR-CRIDA Mandsaur plan), so the irrigated tiers may matter for a large holding. Have a lawyer check the current schedule before buying a large holding.
⚠ Gandhi Sagar sanctuary: the Ministry’s final notification of 5 December 2016 sets an eco-sensitive zone of up to 3 km around the Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, covering 310.502 sq km and 19 villages in Mandsaur and Neemuch districts (draft 15 September 2015). Agricultural land in the zone cannot be converted to commercial or industrial use, with narrow exceptions for local residential needs and listed activities; no new commercial construction is allowed within 1 km; commercial mining and quarrying are prohibited; and building within 100 m of rivers and nallahs is restricted (MoEFCC eco-sensitive zone notification, Gandhi Sagar (MP Forest Department copy)). Ask whether a parcel near the reservoir falls in one of the 19 villages. We found no tiger-reserve buffer, CRZ or mining-lease notice for Mandsaur in the sources read, so ask the Forest Department and the Collector’s office in writing.
⚠ NRI and OCI buyers: the Reserve Bank’s Master Direction excludes agricultural land, plantation land and a farm house from what NRIs and OCIs may buy (RBI Master Direction FED 12/2015-16, updated to September 2022). We found no general bar on a buyer who is not a farmer in the court orders and Act texts opened for the state page; confirm with the Registration Department and the Collector’s office.
Read the state-wise land laws guide and the Madhya Pradesh state page for buyer eligibility, stamp duty and NRI rules.
- Section 165(6) tribal land
- Section 172 diversion
- Ceiling Act 1960
- Gandhi Sagar eco-sensitive zone
District overview
Mandsaur — a soybean and wheat district on the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway
Mandsaur is a western Malwa district of 5,535 sq km with 13,39,832 people at the 2011 Census in the CGWB district profile (CGWB district profile, Mandsaur (2013)). The Census lists eight sub-districts: Bhanpura, Malhargarh, Garoth, Shamgarh, Mandsaur, Daloda, Sitamau and Suwasra (Census of India 2011 catalogue entry, Mandsaur). The district portal describes Mandsaur as a major producer of opium and notes slate-pencil manufacture as its main industry; we opened only its home page, which gives no area or tehsil list (Mandsaur district portal). The district sits on the Malwa plateau; the CGWB profile names the Chambal, Shivna and Retam among its rivers.
The Delhi–Mumbai Expressway is the main corridor story. Swarajya reported in September 2023 that the Madhya Pradesh section runs 102 km through Mandsaur, 91 km through Ratlam and 50 km through Jhabua (Swarajya, September 2023), and in August 2023 that toll plazas were planned at Neemthur and Garoth among seven (Swarajya, August 2023). Which interchanges serve Mandsaur is not given in those reports, so ask NHAI before pricing a parcel on an access point.
We found no dated official per-acre guideline rate and no dated price series for Mandsaur. The band shown on this page is an estimate marked with an asterisk: ₹6–28 lakh per acre for farm land, wider near the town and the expressway than in the interior. It is derived by analogy with comparable Malwa districts and rounded, not taken from a sale record. *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.
- Mandsaur
- Garoth
- Malhargarh
- Sitamau
- Bhanpura
- Delhi–Mumbai Expressway
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Mandsaur
7.5%
Stamp duty (reported)
on the higher of market value or deal value; Registration Department page not opened
3%
Registration fee (reported)
same base; confirm the agricultural-land schedule with the Sub-Registrar
~10.5%
Combined (reported arithmetic)
an earlier report gave a 9.5% to 12.5% range
Dainik Jagran English reported on 27 March 2026 stamp duty of 7.5% and a registration charge of 3% on the higher of market value or transaction value (Dainik Jagran English, March 2026). Its 25 March piece said a guideline-rate rise would raise duty and fees in proportion, and that the state had told the Vidhan Sabha no fresh taxes would be levied (Dainik Jagran English, March 2026 (Bhopal)). 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 before you budget. Since 17 December 2025 a short-stamped document attracts a penalty of 1% of the shortfall per month (TeamLease RegTech, December 2025). Registration can be done online through Sampada 2.0, which also shows guideline rates by location (The Statesman, October 2024). No Mandsaur-specific schedule was found. Duty is assessed on the higher of the deal value and the guideline rate as reported; the district’s 2026-27 guideline revision was not found, so check the rate in force for the village on the date of the deed.
Know the belt
What is moving prices in Mandsaur
No official per-acre series was found. The band on this page is an estimate marked with an asterisk; the other cards give what the sources do show.
Estimated land price*
₹6–28 lakh per acre*
Our estimate for farm land across the district: roughly ₹10–28 lakh along the Mandsaur–Malhargarh–Garoth belt and the expressway, and ₹6–15 lakh in interior Sitamau, Bhanpura and Suwasra tehsils. The range is wide because the evidence is thin. *Indicative only, not a valuation or an offer; prices vary by plot, road access and title. Check the guideline or ready-reckoner rate with the Sub-Registrar.
Check: registered sale deeds in the same revenue village, and the guideline rate with the Sub-Registrar.
Guideline rates: state context
No Mandsaur figure found
Reports on guideline rates covered Bhopal and Indore, not Mandsaur; the Bhopal committee in February 2026 recommended rises at 621 locations (Collector guideline rate hike at 621 locations in Bhopal district, Free Press Journal, February 2026) and a 2023 revision touched about 18,000 locations statewide (Land costlier in 18,000 locations, Free Press Journal, March 2023). None of these gives a Mandsaur farmland rate.
Check: the Sampada 2.0 guideline lookup for the village.
Expressway belt
Delhi–Mumbai Expressway
Gadkari said in July 2026 that 75–80% of the whole expressway was complete (Business Today, July 2026) and the Tribune reported in June 2026 that most sections between Dausa and Vadodara were open or nearing completion (The Tribune, June 2026). Udaipur Times reported that NHAI opened a 244 km Madhya Pradesh stretch on 20 September 2023 (Udaipur Times, September 2023). Corridor land near an interchange is priced on access, which is not yet documented for this district.
Check: which interchange serves the village and whether it is open.
Asking prices
No sourced series
We use no listing figures for Mandsaur. A guideline rate is a registration floor, not what a seller will accept.
Check: comparable deals registered in the same village.
Units: hectares, acres and local terms
The district’s land records follow state practice of survey numbers and hectares, while the Ceiling Act figures quoted on this page are in acres and one hectare is about 2.47 acres (our arithmetic). Local trade terms differ by district and tehsil, so have the Patwari restate any quoted area in hectares or acres before you compare offers.
Connectivity
How Mandsaur connects — road, rail and air
Distances and journey times are not given because no official or news source was found. Check a live route planner.
By road
By air
By rail
The practical question is the last leg from the expressway or highway to the parcel; ask for the access road in the revenue record. Rules for buyers from outside Madhya Pradesh: state-wise land laws.
Growth catalysts
Upcoming infrastructure & developments
Status labels reflect sources read in October 2026. Announced timelines are not guaranteed; items marked reported rest on one or an older source.
02Open or in force
02In progress or pending
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water in Mandsaur
A soybean and wheat district on black and red-loam soils, watered mostly from open wells, where groundwater use is high.
🌾 Soybean, wheat, gram and mustard
The ICAR-CRIDA district plan lists soybean on 262,000 hectares, gram on 53,000, wheat on 45,000, maize on 35,000 and mustard on 31,000 (production figures are 2004–08 averages; the area year is not stated), with a net sown area of 358,700 hectares and a cropping intensity of 156% (ICAR-CRIDA Mandsaur plan). The plan puts deep soil at 61.88% of the area. The CGWB profile lists black cotton, red loamy, laterite and alluvial soils (CGWB district profile, Mandsaur (2013)).
- Soybean
- Wheat
- Gram
- Mustard
- Maize
🌊 Rivers and reservoir
The CGWB profile names the Chambal, Shivna and Retam among the district’s rivers (CGWB district profile, Mandsaur (2013)). The Gandhi Sagar eco-sensitive zone restricts building within 100 m of rivers and nallahs and limits groundwater extraction to farm and household use (MoEFCC eco-sensitive zone notification, Gandhi Sagar (MP Forest Department copy)). Ask for flood or backwater history on land near the reservoir.
- Chambal
- Shivna
- Gandhi Sagar
🧭 Tribal and notified areas
We found no source listing notified tribal tehsils in Mandsaur. The section 165(6) permission rule applies to any parcel recorded to a covered tribal owner, as the April 2025 Supreme Court judgment on Ratlam land shows (Supreme Court, April 2025). Check the recorded owner category on the khasra.
- Section 165(6)
- Khasra check
💧 Water & rainfall
Normal annual rainfall is 792.6 mm in the ICAR-CRIDA plan and 657.3 mm in the CGWB profile; the two do not agree, so we give both, and we did not open an IMD page. The plan records 106,052 open wells irrigating 151,900 hectares against 1,000 hectares by canal, with 170,500 hectares rainfed (ICAR-CRIDA Mandsaur plan). The CGWB profile, using 2009 data, put the stage of groundwater development at 97%, with Mandsaur block at 117% and Sitamau at 102% (over-exploited), Bhanpura and Malhargarh semi-critical and Garoth safe (CGWB district profile, Mandsaur (2013)); the plan gives 109% for the district. The CGWB 2024 assessment gives no district rows in the document we read: the state stands at 58.40% (Safe), and Mandsaur is listed among districts with nitrate above 45 mg/L at sporadic locations (CGWB, GWRA-2024). Check block category and borewell yield for any parcel.
📐 Measurement units
Records use survey numbers and hectares; one hectare is about 2.47 acres (our arithmetic). Local trade terms differ by district and tehsil, so convert every quote to acres or hectares before comparing. Live mandi prices are on the Agmarknet portal (not opened for this page); price land on location and permitted use, not on crop income.
At a glance
Mandsaur vs. its neighbours
| District / belt | Price band* (per acre) | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mandsaur — farm land, district-wide | ₹6–28 lakh* | Estimate, derived by analogy; not a sale record |
| Neemuch — farm land, district-wide | ₹5–25 lakh* | Estimate, same method; see the Neemuch page |
| Rajgarh — farm land, district-wide | ₹5–18 lakh* | Estimate, same method; see the Rajgarh page |
| Ratlam | No figure used | Delhi–Mumbai Expressway runs through; no district page here |
*Indicative only, not a valuation or an offer; prices vary by plot, road access and title. Check the guideline or ready-reckoner rate with the Sub-Registrar. Compare the Neemuch page for the Rajasthan-border district and the Rajgarh page for a canal-irrigation district.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Mandsaur
Five reasoned points, with an honest note that price evidence is an estimate and several catalysts are still pending.
An expressway section with named toll plazas
Swarajya’s 2023 reports give 102 km of the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway in Mandsaur and name Neemthur and Garoth among the toll plazas (Swarajya, September 2023; Swarajya, August 2023). That is road access that exists on paper and in part on the ground; interchange locations still need NHAI’s confirmation.
Cropped, irrigated black-soil land
A cropping intensity of 156% and 188,200 hectares of net irrigated area in the ICAR-CRIDA plan describe working farmland (ICAR-CRIDA Mandsaur plan). Open wells carry most of that irrigation, so water is the variable.
Land-acquisition compensation has been raised
The state Cabinet’s April 2026 decision raised the multiplier for rural agricultural land (ANI, April 2026). It signals that corridor projects will pay more for farmland; it does not change what a private buyer pays.
A pipeline that is still announced
Three industrial zones (November 2024) and a later-stage airstrip proposal (August 2026) have no start dates (New Projects Tracker, November 2024; Swarajya, August 2026). This desk reads them as optionality, not as a reason to pay a premium.
A market that rewards paperwork
Tribal-owner checks, diversion orders, the ceiling schedule and the Gandhi Sagar zone are all parcel-specific. A buyer who documents each is better placed than one relying on a broker summary.
Confirm tribal-land status, diversion and ceiling points directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.
STRAIGHT TALK
Risks & challenges in Mandsaur
Read these before shortlisting in Mandsaur specifically.
Tribal-land permission
A parcel recorded to a covered tribal owner needs Collector-level permission for sale, and a fraudulent transfer can be reverted under section 170B. Check the recorded owner category on the khasra (Supreme Court, April 2025).
Gandhi Sagar eco-sensitive zone
Parcels in the 19 notified villages face limits on conversion, construction within 1 km and commercial mining (MoEFCC eco-sensitive zone notification, Gandhi Sagar (MP Forest Department copy)). Ask which villages are covered.
Over-exploited groundwater
The 2013 CGWB profile, on 2009 data, listed Mandsaur and Sitamau blocks as over-exploited, and the contingency plan gives 109% district-wide (CGWB district profile, Mandsaur (2013); ICAR-CRIDA Mandsaur plan). Check current block status and borewell yield; the 2024 district rows were not in the document we read.
Diversion and ceiling
A parcel sold as non-agricultural needs the diversion order read in full, and a large holding needs the ceiling schedule checked (High Court, June 2022; Supreme Court, January 2021).
Announced is not delivered
The industrial zones and airstrip have no start dates, and the expressway interchange for a given village is not documented in the reports we read.
Estimated price band
The ₹6–28 lakh per acre band is our estimate, not a sale record or an official rate. Collect registered comparables before negotiating.
Who to contact
Local revenue, planning & forest offices
Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Tehsildar of the relevant tehsil (the Census lists Bhanpura, Malhargarh, Garoth, Shamgarh, Mandsaur, Daloda, Sitamau and Suwasra) and the District Collector’s office, whose details are on the Mandsaur district portal. Diversion and tribal-land permissions sit with the Collector or the Sub-Divisional Officer, as the judgments cited above describe. Sale deeds are registered through the Sub-Registrar, with guideline rates on Sampada 2.0 (The Statesman, October 2024). Forest questions, including the Gandhi Sagar zone, go to the Forest Department (MoEFCC notification copy). Land records are on MP Bhulekh; we could not open that portal, so ask the seller for a fresh extract.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Everything buyers, NRIs and investors ask before their first reviewed farmland purchase in Mandsaur.
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What does agricultural land cost in Mandsaur?
We found no official per-acre rate or dated price series for Mandsaur. Our estimate for farm land is about ₹6–28 lakh per acre*, higher along the Mandsaur–Malhargarh–Garoth belt and the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway and lower in the interior. *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.
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Does tribal-land law apply in Mandsaur?
Section 165(6) of the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code applies to any parcel recorded to a covered tribal owner: sale outside a notified area needs written permission from an officer of Collector rank (Supreme Court, April 2025). We found no source listing notified tehsils in Mandsaur, so check the recorded owner category on the khasra.
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What stamp duty applies to land in Mandsaur?
Dainik Jagran English reported in March 2026 stamp duty of 7.5% and a registration fee of 3% on the higher of market or deal value. The Registration Department page was not opened, so confirm the schedule for agricultural land with the Sub-Registrar.
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Which infrastructure affects Mandsaur?
Swarajya reported about 102 km of the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway in the district in September 2023, with toll plazas at Neemthur and Garoth among seven. Three industrial zones (November 2024) and a later-stage airstrip proposal (August 2026) have no start dates.
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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))
- Pooran Singh v. Dhaniram, Supreme Court, 14 Mar 2019 (section 170B)
- Garvit Khandelwal v. State of Madhya Pradesh, MP High Court (Indore), 15 Jun 2022 (diverted land)
- Civil Appeals 7732-7733 of 2004, Supreme Court, 26 Aug 2008 (section 59 premium)
- Bajranga v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Supreme Court, 19 Jan 2021 (Ceiling Act)
- Master Direction FED 12/2015-16, Reserve Bank of India, updated to 1 Sep 2022
Government
- Madhya Pradesh state profile, State Level Bankers Committee (undated)
- Ground water information booklet, Mandsaur district, Central Ground Water Board, 2013
- District agriculture contingency plan, Mandsaur, ICAR-CRIDA
- Census of India 2011 catalogue entry for Mandsaur (sub-districts and towns)
- Dynamic Ground Water Resources of Madhya Pradesh, GWRA-2024, Central Ground Water Board
- Eco-sensitive zone notification, Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary (S.O. 4029(E), 5 Dec 2016), MP Forest Department copy
- Mandsaur district portal (home page only; no area or tehsil list)
News
- In pictures: Madhya Pradesh section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, Swarajya, 18 Sep 2023
- Delhi-Mumbai Expressway 244 km Madhya Pradesh section, Swarajya, 23 Aug 2023
- Delhi-Mumbai Expressway 244 km stretch opens, Udaipur Times, 21 Sep 2023
- Gadkari on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway completion, Business Today, 9 Jul 2026
- Delhi-Mumbai Expressway set for completion, The Tribune, 11 Jun 2026
- Centre approves first phase to convert 10 Madhya Pradesh airstrips, Swarajya, 12 Aug 2026
- Madhya Pradesh to establish three new industrial zones in Mandsaur, New Projects Tracker, 13 Nov 2024
- MP Cabinet: four times compensation for rural land acquisition, ANI, 22 Apr 2026
- MP CM launches online portal for e-registry (Sampada 2.0), The Statesman, Oct 2024
- Madhya Pradesh guideline rate hike proposed for 2026-27, Dainik Jagran English, 27 Mar 2026
- Bhopal: 12% guideline rate hike proposed, Dainik Jagran English, 25 Mar 2026
Further reading
- Ramendra Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Supreme Court, 23 Jan 1984 (ceiling area)
- Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960, legal database copy
- Indian Stamp (MP Second Amendment) Act, 2025, TeamLease RegTech, Dec 2025
- No bar on tribal land sale outside notified area, Lawyer E-News, 11 Apr 2025
- Dinesh Kumar v. State of Madhya Pradesh, MP High Court (Indore), 3 Oct 2023
- Second Appeal 2837 of 2022, MP High Court (Jabalpur), 17 Feb 2025 (Wills of tribal land)
- Bherulal v. State of Madhya Pradesh, MP High Court (Indore), 14 Oct 2024 (Nazul land)
- Collector guideline rate hike at 621 locations in Bhopal district, Free Press Journal, 22 Feb 2026
- Land costlier in 18,000 locations, Free Press Journal, 27 Mar 2023
Data-currency note: population and area come from the 2013 CGWB profile (Census 2011); crop and groundwater data come from documents dated 2008 to 2013; the CGWB 2024 assessment gave no district rows in the text we read; infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly; price bands are estimates marked with an asterisk. 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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