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District guide
Buying Land in Raisen
A Bhopal-edge district with Sanchi, the Ratapani Tiger Reserve, tribal-land and forest checks, and road and rail projects at different stages.
8,395 sq km
Area (district portal)
13.32 lakh
Population (district portal)
₹4–90 lakh per acre
Estimated land price*
1,271 sq km, notified Dec 2024
Ratapani Tiger Reserve
*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 — Raisen
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Madhya Pradesh
Sub-divisions
Seven tehsils are named in the MSME industrial profile (Raisen, Goharganj, Begamganj, Gairatganj, Silwani, Bareli, Udaipura) (MSME profile, undated); Bamhori and Sultanganj tehsils were announced on 2 October 2023 (Drishti IAS). The district portal page opened did not list tehsils, so confirm the current list
Key markets
Raisen town · Begamganj · Gairatganj · Goharganj · Silwani · Udaipura · Bareli · Salamatpur
Demand anchors
Bhopal-edge road belts · Sanchi World Heritage Site · Ratapani Tiger Reserve · Bhopal–Kanpur corridor, phase 1 under way
Rail
Raisen is among six districts on the approved Itarsi–Bhopal–Bina fourth rail line (Patrika, March 2026); stations in the district were not checked
Size and population
8,395 sq km in the portal’s About District text (its At a Glance box says 8,466) · 13,31,597 people (Raisen district portal, October 2026; the portal does not state the Census year)
Estimated land price*
About ₹4 lakh to ₹90 lakh per acre, widest near Bhopal and lowest in forest-fringe tehsils
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.
Raisen — 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
Raisen — district-specific notes
The Madhya Pradesh state page applies to Raisen in full. The notes below add what is specific to this district. Court orders, Act copies, tiger-reserve reports 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.
⚠ Tiger reserve: the Ratapani Tiger Reserve was notified on 2 December 2024, about 1,271 sq km across Raisen and Sehore districts, with a 763 sq km core and a 507 sq km buffer; Mongabay India reported 19 villages inside its two sanctuaries and about 100 around it, with relocation of some villages under discussion (Mongabay India, January 2025). Land inside the core or buffer, and land on its edge, can carry forest-department restrictions on building, tree felling and access. We did not open the reserve’s zoning notification, so ask the Divisional Forest Officer for the boundary and the khasra status in writing.
⚠ Forest and mining land: the MSME industrial profile gives 3,33,672 hectares of forest in Raisen in 2010-11, against a geographical area it prints as 8,48,746, and lists only minor minerals (sand, murum, flagstone, stone gitti and clay) (MSME industrial profile). The profile is undated and its units are inconsistent, so read the forest figure as an order of magnitude. A parcel that looks like waste or scrub may be recorded as forest or as a mining lease.
⚠ Metropolitan region: in April 2026 the Urban Development and Housing Department notified a Bhopal Metropolitan Region of 2,510 villages in six districts, Raisen among them. The report gives a village count only for Bhopal district, so we cannot say which Raisen villages are inside (Free Press Journal, April 2026). A planning committee will prepare the plan, so ask the Town and Country Planning office whether a village is in the region 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.
- Section 165(6) tribal land
- Ratapani Tiger Reserve
- Bhopal Metropolitan Region
- Ceiling Act 1960
- Forest land
District overview
Raisen — a Bhopal-edge district with a tiger reserve, a heritage site and road projects under way
Raisen lies in central Madhya Pradesh, bordered by Sehore, Vidisha, Sagar, Narsinghpur and Hoshangabad (now Narmadapuram). The district portal gives an area of 8,395 sq km, a population of 13,31,597 and 1,503 villages, and says the district was formed on 5 May 1950 with Raisen town as headquarters (Raisen district portal, October 2026; about-district page). Its best-known site is the Sanchi Stupa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the portal also lists Raisen Fort and the Mahashivratri fair at Bhojpur.
The district is also forest country. The Ratapani Tiger Reserve, notified in December 2024, spans Raisen and Sehore (Mongabay India, January 2025), and the MSME industrial profile gives a large forest area for 2010-11 (MSME profile). For a buyer, the practical effect is that the village matters more than the tehsil: a field on the Bhopal side and a plot at a forest edge are different products with different legal checks.
Road and rail work is concentrated on the Bhopal side. Phase 1 of the Bhopal–Kanpur corridor, a 42 km four-lane from Ratnagiri via Raisen to Mori-Koudi on Sanchi Road, had work begin in November 2025 (Patrika, November 2025), and a fourth rail line between Itarsi, Bhopal and Bina has Raisen among its districts (Patrika, March 2026). We found no guideline-rate report for Raisen and no official per-acre price series, so the price bands on this page are our estimates, set out with their basis in the price section.
- Sanchi
- Ratapani Tiger Reserve
- Begamganj
- Gairatganj
- Udaipura
- Bhopal–Kanpur corridor
- Bhopal Metropolitan Region
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Raisen
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 Raisen before budgeting; levies or concessions can change the total.
We found no Raisen-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 Raisen schedule.
Know the belt
What is moving land prices in Raisen
No official per-acre rate for Raisen was found. The bands below are our estimates; the Sub-Registrar’s guideline rate is the only rate that binds a registration.
Bhopal-side belt: Raisen Road and Sanchi Road
Estimated land price*: ₹30–90 lakh per acre
The Bhopal–Raisen–Sanchi corridor is where the four-lane works and the metropolitan-region planning concentrate (Patrika, November 2025; Free Press Journal, April 2026). The band is set by analogy with Bhopal-edge districts and is kept wide because we found no registered-deal series. Parcels inside a planned road width or a land-bank area can be acquired rather than sold.
Check: guideline rate for the village, road-width and acquisition status, and any metropolitan-region notice. *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.
Raisen, Begamganj, Gairatganj and the irrigated plains
Estimated land price*: ₹10–30 lakh per acre
Wheat, chickpea and soybean land with canal or borewell water sits in this band by analogy with comparable central Madhya Pradesh districts. The ICAR-CRIDA plan gives 210,100 hectares irrigated, mostly by borewells (38.9%) and canals (30.8%) for 2008-09 (ICAR-CRIDA Raisen plan).
Check: water source, road access and whether the khasra shows tribal or forest history.
Forest-fringe tehsils: Udaipura, Silwani, Bareli, Goharganj
Estimated land price*: ₹4–15 lakh per acre
Shallow-soil, rain-fed and forest-edge land is cheaper and carries more legal questions. The ICAR-CRIDA plan puts 34.0% of the district on shallow soil (ICAR-CRIDA Raisen plan). Tribal-land permission and forest status can decide whether a deal is possible at all.
Check: tribal status of the seller, forest or revenue-forest classification and the nearest reserve boundary.
Asking prices and guideline rates
No sourced price series
We did not use listing-site asking prices, and no Raisen 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 Raisen 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 Raisen connects — road, rail and air
Distances from Bhopal are not stated because no official figure was opened for each route. Journey times vary with traffic and road works.
By road
By air
By rail
The last leg from the highway 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 Raisen
A soybean, wheat and chickpea district on deep and shallow soil, irrigated by borewells and canals, with a large forest area.
🌾 Plains and cropped land
The ICAR-CRIDA district plan (2008-09 data, so dated) places Raisen in the Vindhya Plateau zone, with deep soil on 53.3% of the area, medium-deep 12.5% and shallow 34.0%. Net sown area was 431,100 hectares at a cropping intensity of 118%, with soybean on 135,300 hectares, wheat on 147,000, chickpea on 145,300 and lentil on 45,500 (ICAR-CRIDA Raisen plan).
- Soybean
- Wheat
- Chickpea
- Lentil
🌲 Forest and tiger-reserve edge
The MSME profile gives 3,33,672 hectares of forest in 2010-11 and only minor minerals (MSME profile). The Ratapani Tiger Reserve covers about 1,271 sq km across Raisen and Sehore (Mongabay India). Legal status matters more than soil on these parcels.
- Ratapani
- Forest land
- Minor minerals
🏛️ Sanchi and the heritage belt
The district portal names the Sanchi Stupa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Raisen Fort and the Bhojpur fair among its highlights (Raisen district portal). We did not open any heritage-zone notification, so ask the Collector’s office whether a khasra near a protected site carries conditions.
- Sanchi
- Raisen Fort
- Bhojpur
💧 Water & rainfall
Normal annual rainfall is 1,237.6 mm in the ICAR-CRIDA plan, of which 1,143.2 mm falls in the south-west monsoon. Net irrigated area was 210,100 hectares against 221,000 rain-fed: borewells 81,100 hectares (38.9%), canals 64,200 (30.8%), reservoirs 34,800 (16.7%) and open wells 28,200 (13.5%) (ICAR-CRIDA Raisen plan). The plan lists all seven blocks as safe, without stating the data year. CGWB’s 2024 assessment gives a state-wide extraction stage of 58.40% and no block-level table for Raisen (CGWB, Madhya Pradesh 2024). Check the borewell yield and the water source 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, so price a parcel on location and permitted use, not on soybean or wheat yield.
At a glance
Raisen vs. its neighbours
| District / belt | Estimated price band* (per acre) | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Raisen — Bhopal-side belt | ₹30–90 lakh | Our estimate by analogy with Bhopal-edge districts; no registered-deal series found |
| Raisen — plains and forest-fringe tehsils | ₹4–30 lakh | Our estimate; wide because soil, water and legal status differ |
| Vidisha — SH-28 and Sanchi side | ₹15–50 lakh | Our estimate for the page of that district |
| Narmadapuram (Hoshangabad) — Narmada belt | ₹15–45 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 Vidisha page for the neighbour on the Bhopal–Vidisha road and the Hoshangabad page for the Narmada-belt district across the river.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Raisen
Five reasoned points, with an honest note that price evidence is thin and several catalysts are still at report stage.
A district on Bhopal’s doorstep
Raisen is among the six districts in the Bhopal Metropolitan Region notified in April 2026, and the Bhopal–Kanpur corridor starts on its roads. A buyer from Bhopal should time the actual drive to the parcel.
Roads moving, not finished
Phase 1 of the Bhopal–Kanpur corridor had work begin in November 2025 and phase 2 was reported almost complete. The Bhopal–Indore expressway is still at approval stage, so price on today’s roads.
A heritage and tiger-tourism setting
Sanchi is a UNESCO site and the Ratapani Tiger Reserve was notified in December 2024. Visitor interest is not a price series, and the reserve brings restrictions along with it.
Wide spread between belts
Our estimated bands run from about ₹4 lakh in forest-fringe tehsils to ₹90 lakh near Bhopal. The spread shows how much the village, the road and the legal status matter.
A market that rewards paperwork
With tribal-land, forest, 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 Raisen
Read these before shortlisting in Raisen specifically.
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 Ratapani reserve covers about 1,271 sq km and its edge villages face relocation talk and forest-department conditions. Ask the Divisional Forest Officer for the boundary and the khasra status.
Land acquisition on road alignments
The Bhopal–Kanpur corridor had 35 to 40 owners awaiting compensation in November 2025, and the expressway alignment is unconfirmed. Check whether a parcel sits inside a planned road width before paying.
Metropolitan-region plan
The Bhopal Metropolitan Region covers villages in Raisen, but the report does not list which. A plan and a land bank may follow, so ask the planning office before a deposit.
Diversion and farm-house rules
Which section governs diversion, and which farm-house rules apply after the 2012 Niyam and its June 2026 draft, are both unconfirmed here. Ask for the diversion receipt and the current text.
Estimated, not registered, prices
The bands on this page are our estimates, not registered deals, and no Raisen guideline-rate report was found. Collect registered comparables before negotiating.
Announced is not delivered
The fourth rail line targets 2028, the expressway awaits approval and phase 2 of the corridor rests on one outlet. 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 (Raisen, Goharganj, Begamganj, Gairatganj, Silwani, Bareli and Udaipura are named in the industrial profile; Bamhori and Sultanganj were announced in 2023) under the District Collector, whose office is listed on the Raisen district portal. 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, and the district portal pages we opened did not list tehsils or office details, 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 Raisen.
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What does farm land cost in Raisen?
We found no official per-acre rate or registered-deal series for Raisen, so the figures are our estimates: roughly ₹30–90 lakh per acre on the Bhopal side, ₹10–30 lakh on the irrigated plains and ₹4–15 lakh in forest-fringe tehsils. The estimates are indicative only, not a valuation or an offer; check the guideline rate with the Sub-Registrar.
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Does the Ratapani Tiger Reserve affect land in Raisen?
The reserve was notified on 2 December 2024 across Raisen and Sehore, about 1,271 sq km with a 763 sq km core and a 507 sq km buffer (Mongabay India, January 2025). Land inside or beside it can carry forest-department conditions, so ask the Divisional Forest Officer for the boundary and the khasra status.
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Can I buy tribal land in Raisen?
Only with written permission from a revenue officer of Collector rank or above under section 165(6) of the Land Revenue Code, and not by sale to a non-tribal in a notified area (Supreme Court, April 2025). We found no village-level list of notified areas, so ask the Tehsildar.
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What stamp duty applies to land in Raisen?
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 Raisen-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
- Raisen district portal home page (area, population, villages), October 2026
- About Raisen district (formation 1950, boundaries, Sanchi, Raisen Fort), Raisen district portal
- Brief industrial profile of Raisen district, MSME Development Institute (undated; data 2010-11)
- District agriculture contingency plan, Raisen, 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 (context for neighbouring reserves)
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
- Teething troubles or conservation challenges at India’s latest tiger reserve, Mongabay India, Jan 2025
- Raisen announcements including Bamhori and Sultanganj tehsils, Drishti IAS (announcement of 2 Oct 2023)
- Work begins on Rs 1,040 crore four-lane road, Patrika, 17 Nov 2025
- Madhya Pradesh to get fourth 237 km railway line, Patrika, 2 Mar 2026
- Bhopal to Indore in 2 hours with this new expressway, News24, 16 Sep 2025
- New expressway to shorten Indore-Bhopal distance by 55 km, Patrika, 16 Sep 2025
- Bhopal Metropolitan Region notified, 2,510 villages from six districts, Free Press Journal, 18 Apr 2026
- MP cabinet approves Rs 1,757 crore Bhopal-Vidisha four-lane highway, NBM&CW, 14 Aug 2026
- MP cabinet approves Bhopal-Vidisha road and bypass upgrade, Construction World, Aug 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
- Madhya Pradesh plans Narmada Pragati Path, Free Press Journal, 2 Aug 2026
- Centre approves change of names of three places in Madhya Pradesh, Drishti IAS, 4 Feb 2022
Data-currency note: area and population are district-portal figures without a stated Census year; 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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