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Wheat fields and low scrub hills near Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh

District guide

Buying Land in Shivpuri

A highway-side district with Madhav National Park: forest, groundwater and tribal-land checks come before price.

  • NH-46

    Highway (district portal)

  • 113 km

    To Gwalior (portal)

  • ₹2–35 lakh/acre

    Estimated land price*

  • Madhav NP

    National park

*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 — Shivpuri

Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk

State

Madhya Pradesh

Sub-divisions

The CGWB district profile counts 7 tehsils and 8 development blocks: Shivpuri, Kolaras, Badarwas, Karera, Narwar, Pichhore, Khaniyadhana and Pohari (CGWB, district profile). The tehsil names themselves are not listed in the text read and the portal tehsil page is closed to automated readers, so CONFIRM the current list with the Collector’s office

Key markets

Shivpuri city · Kolaras · Pohri · Karera · Narwar · Pichhore · Badarwas (working names, CONFIRM)

Demand anchors

National highway corridor to Gwalior, Guna and Jhansi (portal says NH-46; a Lok Sabha reply lists the Jhansi–Shivpuri four-lane as NH-27, so CONFIRM the number) · Madhav National Park tourism · rail link to Gwalior and Guna · redeveloped railway station

Rail

The district portal says Shivpuri has recently been connected by rail to Gwalior and Guna, with no date (Shivpuri district portal, about the district); a redeveloped Amrit Bharat station was inspected on 1 September 2026 (NewKerala, September 2026)

Size and population

1,726,050 people (Census 2011) and about 10,278 sq km across the eight blocks, per the CGWB profile (CGWB, district profile); CONFIRM against Census tables

Pricing unit

₹/acre · Estimated land price*: ₹2–35 lakh per acre depending on the micro-area (indicative, see price section)

Local units

Records use survey numbers and hectares; sellers also quote acres and village units whose size can differ by tehsil, so convert to hectares (1 ha is about 2.47 acres)

Land records portal

MP Bhulekh (not opened for this page; check records there)

District overview

Shivpuri — a highway-side district with Madhav National Park

Shivpuri lies in the north of Madhya Pradesh, bordered by Morena, Gwalior and Datia to the north, Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh to the east, Kota in Rajasthan to the west and Guna to the south (Shivpuri district portal). The portal puts the town on NH-46, 113 km south of Gwalior and 98 km from Guna, with an all-weather national highway to Jhansi and roads to Kota and Sheopur (district portal, about the district). The Parwati and Sindh drain the district, and the Kuno flows north to Morena.

The estimated farm-land price* for Shivpuri runs from about ₹2 lakh to ₹35 lakh per acre. The upper end applies to land near Shivpuri city and the NH-46 corridor, the middle to farm land around Kolaras, Pichhore, Badarwas and Narwar, and the lower end to forest-edge and dry villages. We found no registered-deed series or district guideline report, so the bands are set by analogy and rounded. *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.

The portal describes three geological zones: Bundelkhand trap rock of about 3,985.99 sq km in the east, Deccan trap of about 1,103.34 sq km in the south, and a laterite and aluminium zone of about 968.66 sq km (district portal, about the district). Soil and rock type change from village to village, so check the local soil rather than assuming a district average.

  • Shivpuri
  • Kolaras
  • Karera
  • Narwar
  • Madhav National Park
  • NH-46
Locator map of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh showing Shivpuri, Kolaras, Pohri, Karera and Narwar

Transaction costs

Stamp duty & registration in Shivpuri

7.5%

Stamp duty (reported)

state-wide figure, reported; Registration Department page not opened

3%

Registration fee (reported)

on the same base; CONFIRM with the Sub-Registrar

~10.5%

Combined, reported arithmetic

earlier report gave 9.5% to 12.5%

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 no fresh taxes would be levied (Dainik Jagran English, March 2026); an earlier piece put the combined range at 9.5% to 12.5%. These are state-wide figures as reported, and we could not open the Registration Department’s own fee page, so ask the Shivpuri 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 is online through Sampada 2.0, which also shows guideline rates by location (The Statesman, October 2024). We found no Shivpuri-specific guideline-rate report.

Know the belt

What is moving prices in Shivpuri

No district-level guideline report was found, so this section gives our indicative price bands* and the units point.

Estimated land price*: city and highway belt

₹10–35 lakh per acre* (Shivpuri city, NH-46 corridor)

Land near Shivpuri city and along the national highway to Gwalior and Jhansi, where road access and non-farm demand are strongest. The band is wide because we hold no registered-deed series; it is set by analogy and rounded. *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: diversion status, road frontage and municipal limits.

Estimated land price*: farm land

₹4–12 lakh per acre* (Kolaras, Pichhore, Badarwas, Narwar)

Ordinary farm land in the tehsil-level markets. We could not source crop mix or irrigation share for the 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.

Check: khasra area, soil type and water source.

Estimated land price*: dry and forest edge

₹2–6 lakh per acre* (Karera, Khaniyadhana, Bairad, Madhav National Park edge)

Drier or forest-adjacent land, where forest status and groundwater quality can limit use. Town names are working names and CONFIRM against the official tehsil list. *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: written forest status and groundwater test before any deposit.

Units: hectare, acre and village units

Madhya Pradesh revenue records identify land by survey number (khasra) and area, and court orders in the state describe holdings in hectares (Supreme Court, April 2025). Sellers and brokers also quote acres and village units whose size can differ by district and tehsil. Convert every quote to hectares or acres (one hectare is about 2.47 acres, our arithmetic) and match it to the khasra area; we did not open a revenue manual for local unit definitions.

Connectivity

How Shivpuri connects — road, rail and air

Distances beyond those on the district portal (Gwalior 113 km, Guna 98 km) are not given because no other official or news source was found. Road and rail items below come from Lok Sabha replies and news reports.

By road

National highwayJhansi–Shivpuri four-laning of NH-27, 75.387 km, completed in 2009 (Lok Sabha reply, December 2024); the district portal calls the road NH-46, so CONFIRM the number
To Gwalior113 km south of Gwalior (portal)
To Guna98 km (portal)
Other roadsGoras–Shivpuri is a state highway (SH-51A), maintained by the state (Lok Sabha reply, December 2024); the portal also lists roads to Kota and Sheopur

By air

Nearest airportNot sourced for this page
AdviceCheck airline schedules and a live route planner

By rail

Gwalior and GunaConnected by rail, described as recent (portal, undated)
StationNewly built Amrit Bharat station inspected on 1 September 2026; Pohri railway overbridge under construction (NewKerala, September 2026)
New lineJhansi–Shivpuri–Sheopur–Sawai Madhopur (375.41 km): surveyed but not taken forward for low traffic projections (Lok Sabha reply, December 2024)
MetroNo metro project found in the sources read

Highway numbering and distances are as printed on the district portal and a Lok Sabha reply and may differ after renumbering; the practical test is a drive from the highway to the parcel, so ask for the access road in the revenue record. Full Madhya Pradesh rules are in the state-wise land laws guide.

Growth catalysts

Upcoming infrastructure & developments

Status labels reflect sources read in October 2026. Station and highway items are in place; the irrigation item is an approval and the rail line is shelved. Treat dates as targets, not guarantees.

04Open or in place

02Pending or not dated

In place · Sept 2026 Redeveloped railway station and Pohri bridge
In place · portal statement Rail link to Gwalior and Guna
In place · highway Highway to Jhansi and Gwalior
In place · protected area Madhav National Park
Approved forest diversion · CONFIRM Lower Orr irrigation project
Shelved · low traffic Jhansi–Shivpuri–Sawai Madhopur line
In place · Sept 2026

Redeveloped railway station and Pohri bridge

A September 2026 report says the Union Minister inspected the newly built Amrit Bharat station at Shivpuri, which had recently been inaugurated, and reviewed the Pohri railway overbridge under construction (NewKerala, September 2026). It gives no cost or completion date for the overbridge. A better station helps town-edge demand more than rural farm land.

Source: NewKerala, 1 Sep 2026

Station

Amrit Bharat

Inspected

1 Sep 2026

Pohri ROB

Under construction

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Shivpuri
  • Pohri
In place · portal statement

Rail link to Gwalior and Guna

The district portal says Shivpuri has recently been connected by rail to Gwalior and Guna (Shivpuri district portal). It gives no date, services or stations, and we found no news report to fix the date.

Source: Shivpuri district portal, about the district

Links

Gwalior, Guna

Date

Not stated

Status

In place (CONFIRM)

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Shivpuri
  • Kolaras
In place · highway

Highway to Jhansi and Gwalior

The district portal places Shivpuri on NH-46, 113 km south of Gwalior and 98 km from Guna, with an all-weather national highway to Jhansi and roads to Kota and Sheopur (Shivpuri district portal). A Lok Sabha reply lists the four-laning of the Jhansi–Shivpuri section as NH-27, 75.387 km, completed in 2009 (Lok Sabha reply, December 2024); CONFIRM which number applies. No bypass or widening report was found.

Source: Shivpuri district portal; Lok Sabha reply, 19 Dec 2024

Gwalior

113 km

Guna

98 km

Status

In place

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Shivpuri
  • Pichhore
  • Narwar
In place · protected area

Madhav National Park

The district portal lists Madhav National Park near Shivpuri town, with George Castle at its highest point (Shivpuri district portal, tourist places). It is a tourism anchor and a constraint on land use near the town.

Source: Shivpuri district portal, tourist places

Type

National park

Area

Not sourced

Status

In place

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Shivpuri
  • Madhav National Park edge
Approved forest diversion · CONFIRM

Lower Orr irrigation project

A forest-department list of approvals as of 31 October 2025 shows 23.633 hectares of forest land cleared for diversion for the Lower Orr Major Irrigation Project in Shivpuri district (MP Forest Department annexure, October 2025). The scan is partly unreadable and gives no cost, command area or completion date, so ask the Water Resources Department for the notified command villages before assuming any irrigation gain.

Source: MP Forest Department annexure (as of 31 Oct 2025)

Forest land

23.633 ha

Purpose

Irrigation

Command

Not sourced

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Karera
  • Pichhore
  • Narwar
Shelved · low traffic

Jhansi–Shivpuri–Sawai Madhopur line

A December 2024 Lok Sabha reply says the survey for the 375.41 km Jhansi–Shivpuri–Sheopur–Sawai Madhopur new line was completed but the project could not be taken forward because of low traffic projections (Lok Sabha reply, December 2024). Treat any broker claim of this line as unconfirmed.

Source: Lok Sabha reply, 4 Dec 2024

Length

375.41 km

Survey

Completed

Status

Not taken forward

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Shivpuri
  • Pohri

Agriculture & terrain

Soil, crops & water in Shivpuri

A dry-to-moderate Malwa-Bundelkhand fringe district where rock type, groundwater quality and forest edges matter. Crops and irrigation below come from the CGWB profile; the profile is an older edition, so confirm against current records.

🌾 Farm land (Kolaras, Pichhore, Badarwas, Narwar)

The CGWB profile lists wheat, rice, groundnut, gram and jowar as the main crops, with normal rainfall of about 816 mm (CGWB district profile). Ask the Tehsildar for the crop pattern in the revenue record for the specific village; a recent crop series was not found.

  • Wheat
  • Gram
  • Groundnut
  • Jowar
  • Rice

🏞 Rivers

The portal says the Parwati joins the Sindh near Pawa, the Sindh flows north and then east to the Chambal, and the Kuno flows north to Morena (Shivpuri district portal, about the district). The CGWB profile counts 50 canal structures irrigating about 246 sq km, against about 662 sq km under dug wells and about 466 sq km under tube wells (CGWB district profile); the Lower Orr project is approved but its command is not sourced.

  • Parwati
  • Sindh
  • Kuno

⛰ Geology and forest

The portal gives Bundelkhand trap (about 3,985.99 sq km), Deccan trap (about 1,103.34 sq km) and laterite (about 968.66 sq km) zones, and lists Madhav National Park (district portal, about the district; tourist places).

  • Bundelkhand trap
  • Deccan trap
  • Madhav NP

💧 Water & rainfall

The CGWB profile gives a net irrigated area of about 1,616 sq km, mostly from dug wells and tube wells (CGWB district profile). The 2024 state groundwater assessment lists Shivpuri for electrical conductivity above 3000 µS/cm and nitrate above 45 mg/L at sporadic locations; it gives no district stage-of-extraction figure in the text we read (CGWB, Madhya Pradesh 2024). Test water before a farmhouse plan.

📐 Measurement units

Madhya Pradesh records use survey numbers and hectares; sellers also quote acres and village units whose size can differ by tehsil. Convert every quote to hectares or acres before comparing two offers (one hectare is about 2.47 acres). Live mandi prices are on Agmarknet (not opened for this page); price a parcel on water, access and permitted use.

At a glance

Shivpuri vs. its neighbours

District / beltPrice band* (per acre)Evidence
Shivpuri — city and highway belt*₹10–35 lakh*Four-lane to Jhansi since 2009 and a redeveloped station (Lok Sabha reply, December 2024; NewKerala, September 2026); estimate unchanged, not a valuation
Shivpuri — farm land*₹4–12 lakh*Mostly well-irrigated wheat, gram and groundnut land per the CGWB profile (CGWB profile); indicative estimate, not a valuation
Shivpuri — dry and forest edge*₹2–6 lakh*Indicative estimate; forest checks apply
Gwalior — rural farm land*₹10–40 lakh*Indicative estimate; see the Gwalior page
Sheopur — farm land*₹2–7 lakh*Broad-gauge rail now reaches Beerpur (NewKerala, August 2026); indicative estimate, not a valuation

*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 Gwalior page for the larger city market to the north.

Fenced farm plot with boundary stones and a wheat field near Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh

District report — Shivpuri

Farmland India view

Why investors look at Shivpuri

Four reasoned points, with an honest note that price evidence is thin and forest and groundwater checks matter.

A national highway at the door

The district portal places Shivpuri on NH-46 with an all-weather road to Jhansi (district portal). Highway access matters more to resale than soil quality in a dry district.

A rail connection to two cities

The portal says Shivpuri has recently been connected by rail to Gwalior and Guna (district portal). Services and dates were not sourced.

A national park beside the town

Madhav National Park is listed on the district portal (tourist places). It supports visitor demand but limits building near its edge.

A market that rewards paperwork

Tribal-land, ceiling, diversion and forest checks are all parcel-specific. A buyer who documents each one is better placed than one relying on a broker summary.

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STRAIGHT TALK

Risks & challenges in Shivpuri

Read these before shortlisting in Shivpuri specifically.

Forest and national-park limits

Madhav National Park sits beside Shivpuri town. Get written forest status and any eco-sensitive limits for parcels near it; we found no notification.

Tribal-land permission

Section 165(6) permission is needed for a sale by a tribal holder to a non-tribal outside notified areas, and the bar is absolute inside them. We found no list of notified Shivpuri villages, so ask the Collector in writing.

Groundwater quality

The 2024 state assessment lists electrical conductivity above 3000 µS/cm and nitrate above 45 mg/L at sporadic locations. Test water and check well depth.

Older and partial data

The CGWB profile is an older edition without a printed year in the text read, tehsil names were not listed and no recent crop series was found. Check each against the revenue record.

Ceiling and diversion paper

The Ceiling Act figures come from a legal-database copy and diversion procedure was not read. Ask for the diversion order and any ceiling proceedings in full.

Estimated prices are indicative

The price bands* are estimates by analogy, not registered-deed series. Collect registered comparables in the same revenue estate before negotiating.

Highway number and projects that stall

The portal calls the highway NH-46 while a Lok Sabha reply lists the Jhansi–Shivpuri road as NH-27, and the Sawai Madhopur rail line was shelved (Lok Sabha reply, December 2024; Lok Sabha reply, December 2024). Confirm the road number and any notified alignment before relying on a broker’s corridor claim.

Irrigation project land

The Lower Orr Major Irrigation Project has forest-land diversion approved for 23.633 ha (MP Forest Department annexure, October 2025). Ask the Collector for acquisition notices and the Water Resources Department for command villages.

Who to contact

Local revenue, planning & forest offices

Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Tehsildar of the relevant tehsil; the portal pages we opened do not list the tehsils or sub-divisions (Shivpuri district portal). The Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue) handles diversion, the Collector’s office handles tribal-land permission, ceiling matters and acquisition notices, and sale-deed registration is done at the Sub-Registrar’s office, with online registration through Sampada 2.0. Forest status and eco-sensitive limits are a matter for the Divisional Forest Officer. We could not open MP Bhulekh or the Registration Department pages, so check them directly.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions

Everything buyers, NRIs and investors ask before their first reviewed farmland purchase in Shivpuri.

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What does farm land cost in Shivpuri?

We estimate* roughly ₹10–35 lakh per acre near Shivpuri city and the NH-46 corridor, ₹4–12 lakh for farm land around Kolaras, Pichhore, Badarwas and Narwar, and ₹2–6 lakh for dry and forest-edge land. These are indicative estimates, not a valuation or an offer; prices vary by plot, road access and title. We found no guideline-rate report for the district.

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Further reading

Data-currency note: distances and rail statements are as printed, undated, on the district portal; crop, irrigation, rainfall, block and population figures come from an older CGWB district profile (year not printed in the text read); highway, station and project items come from Lok Sabha replies, a forest-department list (scanned, partly unreadable) and news reports. Infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly. Pages marked “not opened” are named only as places to check. Price bands marked with an asterisk are indicative estimates, not valuations. This is a general guide, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.

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