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District guide
Buying Land in Shajapur
A Malwa farm district that lost four tehsils to Agar Malwa in 2013: black-soil wheat and soybean, stressed groundwater and no sourced price series, with indicative bands only.
3,460 sq km
Area (district portal)
9.41 lakh
Population (district portal)
₹8–60 lakh per acre
Estimated land price*
4
Tehsils moved to Agar Malwa (2013)
*Indicative range across districts and land types. Stamp duty, registration and conversion charges are additional. Local measurement units vary — every listing states the unit it is priced in. Not a valuation or an offer.
District land record — Shajapur
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Madhya Pradesh
Sub-divisions
Four development blocks remain from the pre-2013 district by our reading of the CGWB block list: Shajapur, Mohan Barodiya, Shujalpur and Kalapipal (CGWB district profile, Shajapur (2013); Agar Malwa portal). The district portal text names Shajapur and Shujalpur tehsils but not a full list, so the tehsil count is not confirmed
Key markets
Shajapur · Shujalpur · Kalapipal · Mohan Barodiya
Demand anchors
Position on the Agra–Mumbai road as the district portal describes it · reach of Indore (about 110 km to the airport) and Bhopal (about 160 km) per the portal (Shajapur portal, October 2026)
Rail
Shajapur station, the district headquarters station, on Western Railway; Maksi and Berchha are nearby stations (Shajapur portal, October 2026)
Size and population
3,460.4 sq km · 9,41,403 people · 635 villages (Shajapur district portal, October 2026; the page does not state the Census year)
Estimated land price*
₹8–60 lakh per acre* (wide band: farm interior to road-side; see price section). *Indicative only, not a valuation or an offer; prices vary by plot, road access and title. Check the guideline or ready-reckoner rate with the Sub-Registrar.
Pricing unit
₹/acre (farm land) · records in hectares
Local units
Area is recorded in hectares; local units vary by district and tehsil, so convert every quote to acres or hectares (1 hectare is about 2.47 acres)
Land records portal
MP Bhulekh (not opened for this page; ask the seller for a fresh khasra and B-1 extract)
Land law is state law. These rules are maintained on the Madhya Pradesh page and apply to every district within it.
Shajapur — 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
Shajapur — district-specific notes
The Madhya Pradesh state page applies to Shajapur in full. The notes below are specific to this district and are not repeated from the state page. Law was read from court orders and a legal-database copy of the Scheduled Areas Order; the Land Revenue Code, India Code and the MP Bhulekh portal could not be opened.
⚠ Shajapur was cut down in 2013. Four tehsils (Agar, Badod, Susner and Nalkheda) went to the new Agar Malwa district from 16 August 2013 (Business Standard, August 2013; Agar Malwa district portal). Documents written for the older, larger district, including the CGWB profile used on this page, describe areas now in Agar Malwa, so check which tehsil and which Sub-Registrar office a village falls under today.
⚠ The legal-database copy of the Scheduled Areas Order, 2003 that we read names no Shajapur tehsil among the Scheduled Areas (Scheduled Areas Order, 2003 (legal-database copy)), so we expect no notified-area bar here. We have not confirmed that against the official gazette, and tribal-held parcels still need permission. A member of a tribe that the Land Revenue Code treats as aboriginal needs written permission from a revenue officer of at least Collector rank to sell land outside a notified area, and inside a notified area the bar on sale to a non-tribal is absolute (section 165(6); Supreme Court, April 2025). A Will of tribal land in favour of a non-tribal needs the same permission (High Court, February 2025), and a transfer made by fraud can be reverted under section 170B (Supreme Court, March 2019).
⚠ Turning farm land to another use is a diversion. A 2022 High Court order refers to land "diverted under section 172", and the Supreme Court has described section 59 as allowing reassessment on a change of use with a premium (High Court, June 2022; Supreme Court, August 2008). We could not read the current text of sections 172 and 190, so read any diversion order in full. The Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960 caps holdings: the Supreme Court quoted section 7(b) as 54 acres for a family of five or fewer in 2021 (Supreme Court, January 2021), and a legal-database copy lists 18, 27 and 54 acre tiers and bars transfer before the final ceiling order without the Collector’s written permission (legal-database text). Treat the tiers as CONFIRM and ask a Madhya Pradesh lawyer for the current schedule before assembling a large holding.
⚠ None of the court orders or Act texts opened for the Madhya Pradesh state page bars a buyer for not being a farmer; the limits found were the tribal-land permission and the holding ceiling. NRIs and OCIs cannot buy agricultural land, plantation land or a farm house under the RBI Master Direction (RBI Master Direction FED 12/2015-16, updated to September 2022).
Read the state-wise land laws guide for buyer eligibility, stamp duty and NRI rules, and the Madhya Pradesh state page for the corridor overview.
- Section 165(6) tribal land
- Ceiling Act 1960
- Land Revenue Code s.172
- Agar Malwa split 2013
District overview
Shajapur — a Malwa district that shrank in 2013 and has no sourced price series
Shajapur sits in the Ratlam plateau micro-region of north-western Madhya Pradesh. The district portal gives 3,460.4 sq km, 9,41,403 people, 326 village panchayats and 635 villages, without a Census year (Shajapur district portal). That is the district after 2013, when Agar, Badod, Susner and Nalkheda tehsils became Agar Malwa district (Business Standard, August 2013). The portal names the Parbati and Newaj as perennial rivers around Shujalpur, the Kali Sindh on the eastern border, and describes deep black, shallow black-brown and northern alluvial soils (same portal).
We found no official per-acre figure for Shajapur, and the only dated guideline-rate items we could source are statewide: a 2023 revision at about 18,000 locations and a 12% average rise proposed for Bhopal in 2026 (Free Press Journal, March 2023; Dainik Jagran English, 25 March 2026). The estimated bands on this page, marked with an asterisk, are our own indicative ranges derived by analogy with comparable Malwa districts and kept wide. A guideline rate is a floor for registration, not what a seller will accept.
Shajapur is farm land first. The CGWB profile lists wheat, soybean and maize as the principal crops (CGWB profile, 2013), and the same older profile shows groundwater already heavily drawn. The district portal says Shajapur lies on the Agra–Mumbai road and about 110 km from Indore airport (Shajapur portal, how to reach). We found no road, rail or industrial project reported inside the district, so the upside rests on proximity rather than a named project.
- Shajapur
- Shujalpur
- Kalapipal
- Mohan Barodiya
- Agar Malwa split
- Black-soil Malwa
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Shajapur
7.5%
Stamp duty, as reported
of market value or transaction value, whichever is higher; press report, department page not opened
3%
Registration fee, as reported
on the same base; press report, department page not opened
~10.5%
Combined, reported arithmetic
an earlier report put the range at 9.5% to 12.5%; confirm with the Sub-Registrar
Dainik Jagran English reported on 27 March 2026 stamp duty of 7.5% and a registration charge of 3% on the higher of market value or transaction value (Dainik Jagran English, March 2026). Its 25 March piece said a guideline-rate rise would raise duty and fees in proportion (Dainik Jagran English, 25 March 2026). We could not open the Registration Department’s own fee page, so treat these as reported figures and ask the Sub-Registrar for the current schedule for agricultural land. Since 17 December 2025 a short-stamped document attracts a penalty of 1% of the shortfall per month (TeamLease RegTech, December 2025). Registration can be done online through Sampada 2.0, which also shows guideline rates by location (The Statesman, October 2024). Shajapur-specific schedules, if any, were not found.
Know the belt
What is moving prices in Shajapur
No official per-acre series was found. The cards below carry estimated bands (asterisk) and say what to check. *Indicative only, not a valuation or an offer; prices vary by plot, road access and title. Check the guideline or ready-reckoner rate with the Sub-Registrar.
Shajapur and Shujalpur: irrigated black-soil villages
Estimated ₹12–30 lakh per acre*
Black cotton soil with wheat, soybean and maize is the working farm land of the district (CGWB profile, 2013). The band is derived by analogy with comparable Malwa farm land and sits below road-side land because the CGWB profile shows heavy groundwater draw.
Check: borewell yield and the block’s current groundwater category before paying for irrigated land.
Road-side land near Shajapur town and Kalapipal
Estimated ₹25–60 lakh per acre*
The district portal places Shajapur on the Agra–Mumbai road (Shajapur portal, October 2026). Road-side parcels usually carry a premium to interior land, and the band is widened for that reason. No frontage rate was sourced.
Check: the width of the road, the access path in the revenue record and whether the parcel is marketed for conversion.
Mohan Barodiya and interior blocks
Estimated ₹8–20 lakh per acre*
The older CGWB profile placed Mohan Barodiya and Shujalpur among over-exploited blocks (CGWB profile, 2013). Water constraints and distance from the main road pull the estimate down.
Check: the current category of the block and any restriction on new borewells.
Guideline rates
No Shajapur figure found
Statewide, rates were revised at about 18,000 locations from 1 April 2023 (Free Press Journal, March 2023), and the 2026-27 proposal reported for Bhopal does not cover Shajapur (Dainik Jagran English, 25 March 2026).
Check: the rate for the village on the Sampada 2.0 portal or at the Sub-Registrar on the day of registration.
Units: acres, hectares and local terms
Land in Madhya Pradesh is recorded by survey number, with area in hectares in court orders and acres in the Ceiling Act figures; one hectare is about 2.47 acres (our arithmetic). Local units vary by district and tehsil and no revenue manual was opened for them, so convert every quote to acres or hectares and ask the Patwari what the khasra records before comparing two offers.
Connectivity
How Shajapur connects — road, rail and air
Distances come from the district portal’s own how-to-reach page; no independent drive times were checked.
By road
By air
By rail & metro
The practical question is the last leg from the main road to the parcel; ask for the access road in the revenue record. Full rules: Madhya Pradesh land laws.
Growth catalysts
Upcoming infrastructure & developments
Status labels reflect sources read in October 2026. No project was found located inside Shajapur other than the existing road and rail; the other two items are in neighbouring districts and are labelled so.
01Open or operating
02In progress or pending
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water in Shajapur
A black-soil Malwa district where wheat and soybean share the year and groundwater is the limit.
🌾 Black-soil plains (Shajapur, Shujalpur, Kalapipal)
The CGWB profile gives black cotton soil, lateritic soil and alluvium, with wheat, soybean and maize as the principal crops (CGWB profile). The district portal describes deep black and shallow black-brown soils with alluvium in the north (Shajapur portal). The profile is from 2013 and covers the district before the Agar Malwa split, so crop areas are not quoted here.
- Wheat
- Soybean
- Maize
- Black soil
🌊 River belt
The portal lists the Parbati and Newaj as perennial rivers in the Shujalpur region, the Kali Sindh along the eastern border with the Lakundar as a tributary, and the Ahu on the western edge of the central region (Shajapur portal). We found no sourced flood record for Shajapur, so ask the seller for flood history on low parcels near these streams.
- Parbati
- Newaj
- Kali Sindh
🧭 Boundary and records
Because four tehsils moved to Agar Malwa in 2013, area, population and groundwater tables published before then describe a larger district. The current portal figure is 3,460.4 sq km (Shajapur portal). Ask for the current tehsil and revenue-circle of any khasra before relying on an older document.
- Agar Malwa split
- 2013
- Tehsil check
💧 Water & rainfall
The CGWB profile (2013, data to March 2013, covering the district before the split) gives normal rainfall of 1,020.2 mm, about 92.3% of it in the south-west monsoon, and a stage of groundwater development of 96% on a 2009 base, with 98% in other sections of the same document (CGWB profile). It lists 61,759 dug wells irrigating about 1,45,000 hectares, 18,657 tube and bore wells irrigating about 86,800 hectares and canals about 6,700 hectares; those figures include the tehsils now in Agar Malwa. Of the eight blocks then listed, Mohan Barodiya and Shujalpur were over-exploited and Kalapipal and Shajapur semi-critical; Agar, Susner, Nalkheda and Badod are now in the other district. Pre-monsoon depth to water in 2012 ran from 6.90 to 23.4 m below ground. The 2024 assessment puts Madhya Pradesh as a whole at 58.40% extraction, in its Safe range (CGWB, GWRA-2024), and we did not read a 2024 category for Shajapur’s blocks, so check the current category for any borewell-dependent parcel.
📐 Measurement units
Land in Madhya Pradesh is recorded by survey number, with area in hectares in court orders and acres in the Ceiling Act figures; one hectare is about 2.47 acres (our arithmetic). Local units vary by district and tehsil and no revenue manual was opened for them, so convert every quote to acres or hectares and ask the Patwari what the khasra records before comparing two offers. Live mandi prices are on the state and national mandi portals (not opened for this page); crop income is modest next to land values, so price a parcel on location and permitted use.
At a glance
Shajapur vs. its neighbours
| District / belt | Estimated land price* (per acre) | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shajapur — irrigated black-soil villages | ₹12–30 lakh* | Estimated by analogy; no guideline figure found |
| Shajapur — road-side land | ₹25–60 lakh* | Estimated; widened for frontage |
| Betul — Satpura and Tapti belt | ₹3–35 lakh* | Estimated; see the Betul page |
| Seoni — Pench and canal belt | ₹3–25 lakh* | Estimated; see the Seoni page |
*Indicative only, not a valuation or an offer; prices vary by plot, road access and title. Check the guideline or ready-reckoner rate with the Sub-Registrar. See the Betul page for a forest-edge tehsil belt and the Seoni page for a canal-irrigated district beside a tiger reserve.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Shajapur
Five reasoned points, with an honest note that the price evidence is thin and no project inside the district is confirmed.
Within reach of three cities
The district portal puts Indore airport about 110 km and Bhopal airport about 160 km away. A buyer from either city should time the real drive to the parcel before paying for that proximity.
A smaller district after 2013
The Agar Malwa split removed four tehsils. That makes older price talk and older maps unreliable and rewards a buyer who checks the current tehsil and office for each village.
Black soil with a water limit
Wheat and soybean land on black cotton soil is productive, but the older CGWB profile shows heavy groundwater draw. Treat water as the first test, ahead of the road.
No Scheduled-Area tehsil found
The Scheduled Areas Order text we read names no Shajapur tehsil, which removes the notified-area bar here. Tribal-held parcels elsewhere in the district still need Collector-rank permission.
Corridor optionality next door
The Bhopal–Indore expressway report and the Indore–Ujjain upgrade lie in neighbouring districts and neither names Shajapur. This desk reads them as optionality and not as a reason to pay a premium.
Confirm tribal-land status, ceiling proceedings, diversion and groundwater directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review. *Indicative only, not a valuation or an offer; prices vary by plot, road access and title. Check the guideline or ready-reckoner rate with the Sub-Registrar.
STRAIGHT TALK
Risks & challenges in Shajapur
Read these before shortlisting in Shajapur specifically.
Records from before 2013
The CGWB profile and other older documents describe the district with Agar, Badod, Susner and Nalkheda still inside. Ask for the village’s current tehsil and Sub-Registrar office.
Groundwater stress
The older profile shows a 96% stage of development and over-exploited blocks including Mohan Barodiya and Shujalpur. Check the current block category and borewell depth.
Tribal-land permission
A sale by a tribal landholder without Collector-rank written permission is exposed (Supreme Court, April 2025), and a Will needs the same permission (High Court, February 2025).
Diversion and premium
Change of use can bring reassessment and a premium (Supreme Court, August 2008). We could not read the current procedure under sections 172 and 190, so ask for the diversion order and the premium receipt.
Ceiling-surplus land
Holdings above the ceiling can be declared surplus (Supreme Court, January 2021). Ask whether proceedings were ever opened on the seller’s family.
A reported, not official, duty rate
The 7.5% duty and 3% fee come from a March 2026 press report. Ask the Sub-Registrar for the current schedule.
Estimated, not registered, prices*
The land-price bands here are indicative estimates, not registered deals. Collect registered comparables from the same revenue estate before negotiating.
No named project inside the district
The expressway and upgrade items are in neighbouring districts, one at report stage. Price on today’s access.
Who to contact
Local revenue, planning & forest offices
Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Tehsildar of the relevant tehsil and the village Patwari; permission to sell tribal-held land comes from a revenue officer of Collector rank or above, and the Supreme Court accepted in 2025 that an Additional Collector can act under a work-allocation order (Supreme Court, April 2025). The District Collector’s office is on the Shajapur district portal, which lists services but did not show a tehsil list when we read it. Sale deeds are registered with the Sub-Registrar under the Registration Department, also online through Sampada 2.0 (The Statesman, October 2024). Because four tehsils moved to Agar Malwa in 2013, confirm which Sub-Registrar covers the village. We could not open the MP Bhulekh, Registration Department or India Code pages, so check them directly.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Everything buyers, NRIs and investors ask before their first reviewed farmland purchase in Shajapur.
Visit full wiki01 of 04
Can an outsider buy agricultural land in Shajapur?
None of the court orders or Act texts opened for the Madhya Pradesh page bars a buyer for not being a farmer, and we read no Shajapur-specific order. Tribal-held land needs written permission from a revenue officer of Collector rank or above (Supreme Court, April 2025), and NRIs and OCIs cannot buy agricultural land under the RBI Master Direction. Confirm any exemption with a Madhya Pradesh revenue lawyer.
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What does agricultural land cost in Shajapur?
We found no official per-acre figure. Our indicative estimate* is about ₹12–30 lakh per acre for irrigated black-soil villages and ₹25–60 lakh for road-side land, with wide margins. *Indicative only, not a valuation or an offer; prices vary by plot, road access and title. Check the guideline or ready-reckoner rate with the Sub-Registrar.
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What stamp duty applies to land in Shajapur?
Dainik Jagran English reported in March 2026 stamp duty of 7.5% and a registration charge of 3%, about 10.5% together, on the higher of market value or transaction value. We could not open the Registration Department page, so confirm the rate with the Sub-Registrar. A short-stamped deed attracts a penalty of 1% a month on the shortfall (TeamLease RegTech, December 2025).
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Which tehsils moved out of Shajapur in 2013?
Agar, Badod, Susner and Nalkheda tehsils became Agar Malwa district from 16 August 2013 (Business Standard, August 2013; Agar Malwa district portal). Older documents, including the CGWB profile, describe the larger district, so confirm the current tehsil of any village.
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Sources and references
Law and courts
- State of Madhya Pradesh v. Dinesh Kumar, 2025 INSC 470, Supreme Court, 8 Apr 2025: tribal land sale outside a notified area, section 165(6)
- Dinesh Kumar v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Misc. Petition 3679 of 2021, MP High Court (Indore), 3 Oct 2023: section 165(6) permission, Ratlam
- Second Appeal 2837 of 2022, MP High Court (Jabalpur), 17 Feb 2025: a Will of tribal land to a non-tribal and section 165(6)
- Bherulal v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Writ Petition 26410 of 2022, MP High Court (Indore), 14 Oct 2024: section 165(6) and urban Nazul or Abadi land
- Garvit Khandelwal v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Writ Appeal 200 of 2021, MP High Court (Indore), 15 Jun 2022: record corrections on diverted land
- Civil Appeals 7732-7733 of 2004, Supreme Court, 26 Aug 2008: reassessment and premium on diversion, section 59
- Pooran Singh v. Dhaniram, Civil Appeal 3122 of 2019, Supreme Court, 14 Mar 2019: section 170B and tribal land sold to a non-tribal
- Bajranga v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Civil Appeal 6209 of 2010, Supreme Court, 19 Jan 2021: Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960
- The Scheduled Areas (States of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh) Order, 2003, G.S.R. 114(E), 20 Feb 2003, Indian Kanoon copy
Government
- Master Direction FED 12/2015-16 on immovable assets under FEMA 1999, Reserve Bank of India, updated to 1 Sep 2022
- Madhya Pradesh state profile (area, districts, population), State Level Bankers Committee Madhya Pradesh
- Dynamic Ground Water Resources of Madhya Pradesh, assessment 2024, Central Ground Water Board
- Ground water information booklet, Shajapur district, Central Ground Water Board (2013; data to March 2013)
- Shajapur district home page (area, population, villages), Shajapur district portal
- About Shajapur district (rivers, soils, history), Shajapur district portal
- How to reach Shajapur (road, rail, air), Shajapur district portal
- About district, Agar Malwa district portal
News
- Madhya Pradesh guideline rate hike proposed for 2026-27, stamp duty and registration charges, Dainik Jagran English, 27 Mar 2026
- Bhopal: 12% guideline rate hike proposed, Dainik Jagran English, 25 Mar 2026
- Land costlier in 18,000 locations, new collector guidelines from 1 April 2023, Free Press Journal, 27 Mar 2023
- MP CM launches online portal for e-registry (Sampada 2.0), The Statesman, Oct 2024
- Indian Stamp (Madhya Pradesh Second Amendment) Act, 2025, notified 17 Dec 2025, TeamLease RegTech
- Madhya Pradesh gets 51st district Agar-Malwa, Business Standard (PTI), 14 Aug 2013
- Indore-Bhopal expressway DPR, India.com, 16 Sep 2025
- Six-lane Indore-Ujjain road, tree clearance and 2028 target, Free Press Journal, 31 Oct 2024
- Indore-Ujjain six-lane road work begins, Patrika, 8 Mar 2025
- New 48 km road between Indore and Ujjain for Simhastha 2028, Free Press Journal, 25 Jan 2025
Further reading
- Ramendra Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Supreme Court, 23 Jan 1984: family and ceiling area, sections 2(gg), 6 and 7
- Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960 (section 5 and section 7 text), Legitquest legal database
- Indian Stamp (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2022 (Act 17 of 2022), Legitquest legal database
- No bar on tribal land sale outside notified area, Supreme Court, Lawyer E-News, 11 Apr 2025
- Collector guideline rate hike at 621 locations in Bhopal district, Free Press Journal, 22 Feb 2026
- Madhya Pradesh plans Narmada Pragati Path to link Gujarat and Chhattisgarh, Free Press Journal, 2 Aug 2026
- Formation of new districts, The Hitavada, 2 Sep 2024
- State-wise details of notified Fifth Schedule Areas, Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Data-currency note: the CGWB profile is from 2013 and covers the district before the 2013 split; the district portal figures carry no Census year; infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly; the stamp duty is a press-reported figure. Land-price bands marked with an asterisk are indicative estimates, not valuations. The MP Bhulekh portal, the Registration Department site, India Code, the Land Revenue Code text and the root pages of the district portal could not be opened, so nothing is attributed to a reading of them. This is a general guide, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.
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