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District guide
Buying Land in Amravati
A Vidarbha district of cotton, pulses and oranges: three Samruddhi interchanges, a reported 1,020-acre textile park, Melghat forest rules, and an estimated land price* that varies widely by belt.
about 12,212 sq km
Area (GSDA portal)
28.9 lakh
Population (Census 2011)
₹2–50 lakh per acre
Estimated land price*
1,020 acres, reported
PM MITRA textile 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 — Amravati
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Maharashtra (Vidarbha region, Amravati division)
Sub-divisions
14 tehsils: Amravati, Bhatkuli, Nandgaon Khandeshwar, Dharni, Chikhaldara, Achalpur, Chandur Bazar, Morshi, Warud, Teosa, Daryapur, Anjangaon Surji, Chandur Railway and Dhamangaon Railway (GSDA Amravati overview; CGWB Amravati booklet, 2013). The CGWB introduction says 13 talukas while its own list has 14, and the current official list was not opened
Key markets
Amravati city fringe · Nandgaon Khandeshwar (textile park) · Samruddhi interchange belt (Dhamangaon Railway, Teosa) · Achalpur and Chandur Bazar orange belt · Melghat fringe
Demand anchors
PM MITRA textile park at Nandgaon Peth (1,020 acres, reported) · Samruddhi Mahamarg interchanges · Amravati (Belora) airport licence (March 2025)
Rail
195 km of rail line in 2010-11 on four lines including Badnera–Amravati and Murtijapur–Achalpur (MSME-DI Amravati profile); the current station and train list was not opened
Size and population
About 12,212 sq km, roughly 3.97% of Maharashtra (GSDA Amravati overview); 28,87,826 people in Census 2011 (CGWB Amravati booklet, 2013)
Estimated land price*
₹2–50 lakh per acre depending on the belt (indicative; see the note under the price table)
Pricing unit
₹/acre or ₹/hectare (farm land) · ₹ per guntha is also quoted locally
Local units
Records use hectares; sellers quote acres and gunthas (1 guntha is about 1,089 sq ft; 40 gunthas to an acre). Other local terms vary by tehsil, so convert any quote to acres
Land records portal
Digital 7/12 and 8A extracts on the state land-records portal; the portal was not opened for this page, so check records there
Land law is state law. These rules are maintained on the Maharashtra page and apply to every district within it.
Amravati — land purchase legal rules
⚠ Maharashtra reserves agricultural land for agriculturists. Section 63 of the Tenancy Act voids a sale to anyone else unless an exception or a Collector’s permission applies, and in July 2026 the Revenue Minister repeated that only recognised farmers may buy. Several other statutes then decide whether a parcel can be split, converted or built on. Read the 7/12 before you read the price.
Who may buy agricultural land: Section 63 of the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act makes a sale, gift, exchange or lease of agricultural land invalid in favour of a person who is not an agriculturist. It also bites where an agriculturist buyer would end up holding more than two-thirds of the ceiling area (Indian Kanoon text of section 63). The Collector, or an officer the State authorises, can permit a transaction on conditions, but not where the buyer would farm the land and has other income of Rs 12,000 a year or more, according to the same text. In Gundaji Satwaji Shinde v. Ramchandra Bhikaji Joshi (Supreme Court, December 1978) the Court held that whether a buyer is an agriculturist is for the Mamlatdar, not the civil court (Manupat case guide). On 8 July 2026 the Revenue Minister told the Assembly that only recognised farmers may buy agricultural land and that buyers must show proof of farmer status; IANS named no new statute (IANS, July 2026).
Where the bar does not apply: Maharashtra Act I of 2016 inserted sub-section (1C), which switches off the bar for land inside a Municipal Corporation, subject to conditions: non-agricultural use within a fixed time, with the Collector able to extend by up to five years (Acts of 2016 and 2018, PRS). Section 63-1A separately lets a buyer, farmer or not, take land for bona fide industrial use without prior Collector permission (Indian Kanoon text of section 63-1A). The Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Laws (Amendment) Act, 2026, effective 15 April 2026, narrows that route to occupancy class-I land, replaces the old non-agricultural assessment and nazarana with a one-time conversion premium under section 47 of the Land Revenue Code, and caps the penalty for late notice at five times that premium (JSA, June 2026). JSA describes no change to the general bar in section 63(1).
Tenant-purchased land and wills: Land a tenant bought under the Act cannot be sold, gifted, mortgaged or leased without the Collector’s prior sanction. After ten years the sanction falls away if the seller pays nazarana of forty times the assessment, the buyer is an agriculturist and the buyer stays within the ceiling (Indian Kanoon text of section 43). The 2026 amendment deletes the nazarana (JSA, June 2026). A will does not get round the bar: in Vinodchandra Sakarlal Kapadia v. State of Gujarat (15 June 2020) the Supreme Court read “assignment” in section 43 to include a bequest to a non-agriculturist (LiveLaw, June 2020; Supreme Court judgment). That appeal came from Gujarat, which applies the same 1948 statute, and the Court disapproved an earlier ruling under the separate Vidarbha Act. Marathwada and Vidarbha run on parallel Acts that the 2026 amendment also touches.
Fragmentation and minimum plot size: The Maharashtra Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1947 restricts sales of land below a notified standard area. A notification of 8 August 2023 set it, outside municipal corporation and council limits, at about a quarter acre for bagayat (irrigated) land and half an acre for jirayat (dry-crop) land, which is roughly 10 and 20 gunthas on our arithmetic of 40 gunthas to the acre (Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas via Conventus Law). The 2024 amendment moved the regularisation window to 15 October 2024 at a premium of up to 5%. A further Act notified on 31 December 2025, deemed in force from 3 November 2025, deletes the proviso to section 8B and adds section 9(4): past transfers and partitions from 15 November 1965 to 15 October 2024 are regularised without premium where the land is used for bona fide non-agricultural purposes inside listed urban, planning-authority, cantonment and regional-plan zones (TeamLease RegTech; Bill text, PRS). The bill did not change the standard area or the general restrictions. In July 2025 the Revenue Minister said plots up to one guntha subdivided before 1 January 2025 would be treated as legal, and a committee was set up the following week (The Week, July 2025; The Week, July 2025). Plain farm land outside those zones is still bound by the standard area.
Non-agricultural conversion: The Maharashtra Land Revenue Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2025, notified on 31 December 2025, substituted section 42. The Collector’s permission is no longer needed to use agricultural land for a purpose that a draft or final Development Plan or Regional Plan allows; the planning authority’s development permission or building plan approval is enough, and sections 42A to 42D, 44 to 46 and the old assessment chapter were deleted (JSA, March 2026). The yearly non-agricultural assessment gives way to a one-time premium under section 47 on the Ready Reckoner value: 0.1% up to 1,000 sq m, 0.25% from 1,000 to 4,000 sq m and 0.5% above 4,000 sq m. A government resolution of 10 February 2026 implements the change (Khaitan & Co, February 2026). Neither note says the reform alters section 63, so our reading is that a non-farmer still cannot buy agricultural land first and convert it afterwards.
Ceiling on holdings: The Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961 caps what one family unit may hold, from 18 acres of assured-irrigation land to 54 acres of other dry-crop land in a 2011 summary (Bombay Chartered Accountant Journal, April 2011). Section 63 uses two-thirds of that ceiling as the test for a buyer who is already a farmer.
Tribal land: Where the seller belongs to a Scheduled Tribe, the sale also falls under the Land Revenue Code and the Restoration of Lands to Scheduled Tribes Act, 1974 (section 63-1A text). Ask for the seller’s status in writing.
Land records: Digitally signed 7/12 (record of rights), 8A (khata) and ferfar (mutation) extracts now carry legal validity under rules made under the Maharashtra Land Measurement and Record Keeping Act, 2025, with a QR code and a 16-digit verification number, no Talathi stamp and a fee of Rs 15 each (Free Press Journal, December 2025). About 2.57 crore signed 7/12 records existed by June 2024, and e-Mojani 2.0 handles measurement (Elets, February 2025). Read the occupancy class, the holder’s name and the land-use entry before paying a token.
NRI and OCI buyers: The Reserve Bank’s Master Direction lets NRIs and OCIs buy immovable assets in India but excludes agricultural land, plantation land and a farmhouse, and its inheritance paragraphs carry no such exclusion (RBI Master Direction FED 12/2015-16, updated to September 2022). A farmhouse plot is therefore out of reach by purchase, wherever it sits in Maharashtra. Anyone relying on a later circular should read it directly. We did not open the 2023 standard-area notification, the text of section 63A or the current ceiling schedule, so have an advocate check all three against the survey number.
- Section 63 farmer-only bar
- NA reform Dec 2025
- Fragmentation Act 1947
- Ceiling Act 1961
- Digital 7/12 and 8A
- NRI agri: barred (FEMA)
- RR rates unchanged 2026-27
Amravati — district-specific notes
The Maharashtra state page applies to Amravati in full. The notes below are specific to this district. Law was read from Indian Kanoon copies of the Act, PRS texts, law-firm notes and press reports; the IGR rate schedule, the Gazette and the state land-records portal could not be opened, and the notes say so where it matters.
⚠ Melghat: the northern hills of Chikhaldara and Dharni tehsils form the Melghat region of about 4,000 sq km, with the Melghat Tiger Reserve and the Chikhaldara hill station, and the plains tehsils lie to the south (MSME-DI Amravati profile). We did not open a tiger-reserve, buffer or eco-sensitive-zone notification, so ask the Forest Department and the Collector for a written status on any survey number in or near Chikhaldara and Dharni (CONFIRM).
⚠ Tribal land: we found no sourced list of notified Scheduled Area villages in Amravati, so we state none. A sale by a Scheduled Tribe member falls under the Restoration of Lands to Scheduled Tribes Act, 1974 and the Land Revenue Code (section 63-1A text); ask the Collector’s office whether the holder is a tribal member and whether the village is in a notified area before paying a deposit (CONFIRM).
⚠ Salty and over-used groundwater: about 25% of the district is Purna alluvium (3,053 sq km), of which 1,562 sq km is saline, and the GSDA overview lists over-exploited blocks in Warud, Nandgaon Khandeshwar, Chandur Bazar, Morshi, Daryapur, Achalpur and Bhatkuli (GSDA Amravati overview). This is not a legal bar, but it decides whether a parcel can be farmed or built on, so ask for the borewell record.
⚠ Farmer-only purchase: Maharashtra reserves agricultural land for agriculturists. Section 63 of the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 makes a sale, gift, exchange or lease of agricultural land invalid in favour of a person who is not an agriculturist, unless an exception or the Collector’s permission applies (Indian Kanoon text of section 63). On 8 July 2026 the Revenue Minister told the Assembly that only recognised farmers may buy agricultural land (IANS, July 2026; reported, no new statute named). Vidarbha runs on a parallel Act, so ask the Tahsildar which Act and section govern the survey number; our reading is that Amravati falls under the Vidarbha Region Act, 1958 (CONFIRM) (JSA, June 2026).
⚠ Fragmentation and minimum area: the Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1947 restricts sales below a notified standard area. An 8 August 2023 notification is reported to set it at about a quarter acre for bagayat (irrigated) and half an acre for jirayat (dry-crop) land outside corporations and councils, roughly 10 and 20 gunthas at 40 gunthas to the acre (Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas via Conventus Law). The December 2025 Act regularises past transfers only inside listed urban and planning zones (TeamLease RegTech; Bill text, PRS). Plain farm land is still bound by the standard area; we did not read the notification, so CONFIRM the figure for Amravati with the Tahsildar.
⚠ Non-agricultural use: the Land Revenue Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2025, notified 31 December 2025, replaced section 42 so that planning-authority permission can suffice where a Development or Regional Plan allows the use, with a one-time section 47 premium of 0.1%, 0.25% or 0.5% of the Ready Reckoner value by area band (JSA, March 2026; Khaitan & Co, February 2026). Neither note says section 63 has changed, so a non-farmer should not assume buy-then-convert is open. Both notes are law-firm summaries (reported); CONFIRM against the Gazette.
⚠ Holding ceiling and tribal sellers: the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961 caps what a family may hold, from 18 to 54 acres by land class in a 2011 summary (BCAJ, April 2011; CONFIRM the current schedule). Where the seller is a Scheduled Tribe member, the Restoration of Lands to Scheduled Tribes Act, 1974 and the Land Revenue Code also apply (section 63-1A text); ask for the seller’s status in writing.
Read the full state-wise land laws guide for buyer eligibility, stamp duty and NRI rules.
- Melghat Tiger Reserve
- Tribal seller
- Section 63
- Vidarbha Act (CONFIRM)
District overview
Amravati — a Vidarbha cotton, orange and pulse district with a textile park and a Samruddhi corridor
Amravati district covers about 12,212 sq km and had 28,87,826 people in the 2011 Census; it borders Madhya Pradesh to the north and west and Akola, Yavatmal, Wardha and Nagpur on the other sides (GSDA Amravati overview; CGWB Amravati booklet, 2013). Roughly 75% of the land is Deccan Trap basalt and the rest is Purna alluvium, with the Satpuda hills of Melghat in the north (GSDA Amravati overview). The district had 195 km of rail line and 57 km of national highway in 2010-11 (MSME-DI Amravati profile).
We found no registered-deed series for farm land. The Ready Reckoner rose 3.89% on average across Maharashtra in 2025-26 and was held for 2026-27 (IANS, April 2026), with no Amravati figure in the report. The bands on this page, from about ₹2 lakh to ₹50 lakh per acre*, are wide and indicative: the interchange and city-fringe belts sit at the top and the Melghat fringe at the bottom.
The Samruddhi Mahamarg runs through Amravati, with interchanges named at Dhamangaon, Gavner and Talegaon in a June 2025 report (MyPunePulse, June 2025), and a PM MITRA textile park of 1,020 acres is reported at Nandgaon Peth (Maritime Gateway, undated).
- Nandgaon Khandeshwar
- Achalpur
- Morshi
- Warud
- Chikhaldara
- Samruddhi Mahamarg
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Amravati
5% + 1%
Corporation and council areas
of market value; a further 1% levy from 8 Feb 2019 in notified areas (Act text to May 2019)
4%
Gram panchayat and other areas
of market value in the same Act text; current schedule not opened
1%
Registration fee
capped at Rs 30,000 per the Act text and a May 2025 report
Our reading of Article 25 of the Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958, as reproduced to May 2019, is 5% plus 1% in municipal corporation and council areas (with a further 1% levy from 8 February 2019 in notified areas) and 4% elsewhere, with a registration fee of 1% capped at Rs 30,000 (Act text to May 2019; Free Press Journal, May 2025). The grantee bears the duty unless the parties agree otherwise, and an understated value draws the shortfall plus a penalty of 2% a month, capped at four times the deficit (Maharashtra Stamp Act PDF, IGR). The IGR home page and Citizen’s Charter we opened give no rate table (IGR Maharashtra), so the current schedule is unconfirmed and the rate for a survey number in Amravati can differ; read it from the Sub-Registrar before budgeting. The May 2025 cabinet waived the registration fee on partition documents, not on sale deeds, and a May 2026 report of an exemption on land purchases did not say which purchases it covers (Nation Press, May 2026; CONFIRM). The state Ready Reckoner rose 3.89% on average in 2025-26 (rural 3.36%) and was held unchanged for 2026-27 (IANS, April 2026; The Hitavada, April 2026); we found no district-level Amravati rate series.
Know the belt
What is moving prices in Amravati
Corridor news and wide indicative price bands marked *. No registered-deed series and no Amravati Ready Reckoner figure were found.
City fringe and Samruddhi interchange belt
Estimated land price*: ₹15–50 lakh per acre
The Samruddhi Mahamarg opened fully on 5 June 2025 and a June 2025 report lists interchanges at Dhamangaon, Gavner and Talegaon in Amravati (MyPunePulse, June 2025). In August 2026 MSRDC was reported to be seeking development models for the land near its 25 interchanges, after an earlier attempt to sell such sites failed on price (The Hitavada, August 2026). The band is wide and rounded and is not a deal price.
Check: whether the survey number sits on the alignment, an interchange or an MSRDC planning area.
Nandgaon Khandeshwar and the textile park
Estimated land price*: ₹10–35 lakh per acre
A 1,020-acre PM MITRA park is reported at Nandgaon Peth beside the Additional Amravati MIDC area, about 30 km from the Samruddhi Mahamarg, with an expected Rs 10,000 crore investment and about 3,00,000 jobs (Apparel Resources, undated). The reports give no construction dates. The band is a wide, indicative range.
Check: whether the land is inside MIDC acquisition, and the access road in the record.
Purna plains and orange belt: Achalpur, Chandur Bazar, Morshi, Warud, Daryapur
Estimated land price*: ₹6–25 lakh per acre
Black-soil cotton and pulse land, with orange orchards in the north-east irrigated heavily enough to cause groundwater imbalance, and saline pockets in Daryapur, Bhatkuli, Anjangaon and Chandur Bazar (GSDA Amravati overview). We found no dated rate or award, so the band is a wide, indicative range.
Check: borewell yield, salinity, and canal or dam command status.
Melghat fringe: Chikhaldara and Dharni
Estimated land price*: ₹2–10 lakh per acre
Hilly, forest-edge land where tribal-holder, forest and tiger-reserve status matter more than soil (MSME-DI Amravati profile). We found no dated rate, so the band is a wide, indicative range and many parcels may not be saleable to a non-tribal buyer.
Check: forest status, tribal-holder status and the access road.
Ready Reckoner 2025-26 and 2026-27
State rural +3.36% (2025-26); unchanged (2026-27)
Rates rose 3.89% on average in 2025-26, with rural areas up 3.36%, and were held for 2026-27 (IANS, April 2026). The state figures are reported, not an Amravati series, and a Ready Reckoner rate is a floor for duty, not a valuation.
Check: the rate for the village on the deed date.
Units: acres, hectares and gunthas
Revenue records in Maharashtra use hectares and are quoted locally in acres and gunthas: 1 guntha is about 1,089 sq ft and an acre is 40 gunthas (The Week, July 2025; the 40 is our arithmetic). Other local terms vary by tehsil and seller, so we fix no conversion for them. Convert every quote to acres or hectares (1 hectare = 2.47 acres) and read the area on the 7/12 before comparing two offers.
Connectivity
How Amravati connects — road, rail and air
Only items with a source are listed; train services and flight schedules were not researched for this page.
By road
By rail
By air
The practical question is the last leg from the highway to the parcel; ask for the access road in the revenue record. Full rules for buyers: state-wise land laws.
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.
01Open or inaugurated
03In progress or pending
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water in Amravati
A cotton, pulse and orange district on black and brown soils, with saline Purna alluvium and groundwater stress in several blocks.
🌾 Soil and crops
The CGWB booklet describes medium to deep black soil and deep brown to red (regur) soil, with 2009-10 crop areas of cotton 2,143.59 sq km, pulses 1,701.89, cereals 1,217.52 and oilseeds 997.65 (CGWB Amravati booklet, 2013). The MSME-DI profile adds sorghum (about half the food-grain area), tur, wheat, gram, oranges, sweet lime and betel leaf (MSME-DI Amravati profile).
- Cotton
- Pulses
- Sorghum
- Orange
💧 Irrigation and dams
The Shahanur dam (Anjangaon Surji) and the Chandrabhaga dam (Achalpur) are named in the MSME-DI profile (MSME-DI Amravati profile). The CGWB booklet gives a net irrigated area of 209,802 (2006-07; unit not stated in our read), so treat it as indicative (CGWB Amravati booklet, 2013). Irrigation is heavy in the north-east, mainly for oranges (GSDA Amravati overview).
- Shahanur dam
- Chandrabhaga dam
- Bore wells
🌊 Rivers and forest
The Tapi, Purna and Wardha are the main rivers and the Wardha forms the eastern boundary (CGWB Amravati booklet, 2013). Forest area is given as 3,577 sq km by the GSDA overview and 5,213 sq km (2008-09) by the CGWB booklet, so the sources differ (GSDA Amravati overview; CGWB Amravati booklet, 2013); the highest point is Vairat at 1,177.75 m.
- Tapi
- Purna
- Wardha
- Forest
💧 Rainfall & groundwater
The GSDA overview gives average rainfall of 700–800 mm, while the CGWB booklet gives a normal range of 700 to 1,700 mm, from about 709 mm at Daryapur to about 1,647 mm at Chikhaldara (GSDA Amravati overview; CGWB Amravati booklet, 2013). The CGWB booklet puts groundwater development at 85.08% in 2008-09, and the GSDA overview lists over-exploited and semi-critical blocks in the seventh assessment. Both are old; the CGWB 2024 state assessment puts Maharashtra as a whole at 52.99% (CGWB, 2024), and we did not find Amravati block figures for 2024.
📐 Measurement units
Revenue records use hectares; sellers quote acres and gunthas, and other local terms vary by tehsil, so convert every quote before comparing offers (1 hectare = 2.47 acres). Live wholesale mandi prices are on Agmarknet (not opened for this page); price a parcel on location and permitted use, not on crop income.
At a glance
Amravati vs. its neighbours
| District / belt | Estimated land price* (per acre) | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Amravati — city fringe and Samruddhi interchange belt | ₹15–50 lakh* | Indicative estimate; wide band |
| Amravati — Nandgaon Khandeshwar and textile park | ₹10–35 lakh* | Indicative estimate; wide band |
| Amravati — Purna plains and orange belt | ₹6–25 lakh* | Indicative estimate; wide band |
| Amravati — Melghat fringe | ₹2–10 lakh* | Indicative estimate; wide band |
| Akola | Not estimated here | See the Akola page |
| Yavatmal | Not estimated here | See the Yavatmal page |
| Wardha | Not estimated here | See the Wardha page |
| Nagpur | Not estimated here | See the Nagpur 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 Akola page, Yavatmal page, Wardha page and Nagpur page for neighbouring Maharashtra districts. Madhya Pradesh borders the district to the north and west and is not covered on this page.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Amravati
Five reasoned points, with an honest note that the price evidence is thin and several catalysts are still pending.
A corridor that is already open
The Samruddhi Mahamarg was completed on 5 June 2025 and a June 2025 report lists three Amravati interchanges (MyPunePulse, June 2025). Access is real; land-use around the interchanges is still being planned (The Hitavada, August 2026).
A textile park with no dates
The PM MITRA park is reported at 1,020 acres with an expected Rs 10,000 crore investment (Apparel Resources, undated). Reports give no construction milestone, so price on what is built, not on the headline.
A licensed airport, service unconfirmed
Belora received a DGCA licence in March 2025 (Free Press Journal, March 2025); we found no later service report.
Farm land with water and salt trade-offs
Cotton, pulses and oranges are the base, but saline alluvium and over-exploited blocks mean borewell and salinity records matter as much as location (GSDA Amravati overview).
A paperwork-led market
Farmer-only purchase under section 63, tribal-seller rules in the Melghat tehsils, the standard-area rule and zoning are all parcel-specific. The return case rests on location, title and permitted use, not on crop yield.
Confirm land-use, tribal-land and Ready Reckoner status directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.
STRAIGHT TALK
Risks & challenges in Amravati
Read these before shortlisting in Amravati specifically.
Farmer-only purchase
A non-farmer cannot assume a sale of agricultural land will stand: section 63 voids it unless an exception or Collector permission applies (Indian Kanoon, s.63), and the Revenue Minister repeated the farmer-only line in July 2026 (IANS, July 2026, reported). Check the buyer’s status first.
Melghat, forest and tribal land
Chikhaldara and Dharni hold the Melghat Tiger Reserve (MSME-DI Amravati profile). We found no notification text, so a written forest and tribal-holder status is essential for any parcel there.
Saline and stressed groundwater
Saline alluvium covers 1,562 sq km and several blocks are over-exploited (GSDA Amravati overview). A cheap parcel may have no usable water.
Pending catalysts
The textile park has no reported milestones and the airport service is unconfirmed. Price on today’s fundamentals, not on announcements.
Conversion and minimum area
Plain farm land stays bound by the standard-area rule, and the 2025-26 changes to section 42 are law-firm-reported summaries awaiting a Gazette check. Do not assume a plot can be split or built on.
Data conflicts and no deed series
Taluka count, forest area and groundwater stage differ between the official profiles we read, and the bands on this page are indicative estimates*, not deal prices. Collect registered comparables in the same revenue village before negotiating.
Who to contact
Local revenue, planning & forest offices
Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Tahsildar of the relevant tehsil (14 tehsils per the GSDA overview), under the District Collector, Amravati. Sale-deed registration is handled by the local Sub-Registrar, planning and zoning questions go to the planning authority or Town Planning office for the area, and forest status goes to the Forest Department’s divisional office. Land records are on the state land-records portal. We could not open the district portal’s revenue pages, the IGR rate lookup or the land-records portal, so check them directly.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Everything buyers, NRIs and investors ask before their first reviewed farmland purchase in Amravati.
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What does farm land cost in Amravati?
Our estimate is about ₹2 lakh to ₹50 lakh per acre*, depending on the belt: roughly ₹15–50 lakh near Amravati city and the Samruddhi interchanges, ₹10–35 lakh around Nandgaon Khandeshwar, ₹6–25 lakh on the Purna plains and orange belt, and ₹2–10 lakh on the Melghat fringe. These are wide, rounded, indicative estimates, not a valuation or an offer. Prices vary by plot, road access and title, so check the ready-reckoner rate with the Sub-Registrar.
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Can a non-farmer buy farm land in Amravati?
Generally not. Section 63 of the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act makes a sale of agricultural land to a non-agriculturist invalid unless an exception or the Collector’s permission applies, and the Revenue Minister repeated the farmer-only rule in July 2026 (IANS, reported). Vidarbha has a parallel Act, so ask the Tahsildar which one governs the survey number.
03 of 04
What is the status of the Amravati textile park?
A PM MITRA park of 1,020 acres at Nandgaon Peth is reported, with an expected Rs 10,000 crore investment and about 3,00,000 jobs, but the reports we found give no construction dates or allotments. Treat the figures as expectations and check with MIDC.
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Do forest or tribal-land rules affect Amravati parcels?
They can. Chikhaldara and Dharni form the Melghat region with the Melghat Tiger Reserve, and a sale by a Scheduled Tribe member falls under the 1974 Restoration of Lands Act and the Land Revenue Code. We found no notification text, so ask the Forest Department and the Collector for a written status before paying a deposit.
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Sources and references
Law and courts
- Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (Act 67 of 1948), India Code record
- Section 63, Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, Indian Kanoon text
- Section 43, same Act, Indian Kanoon text
- Section 63-1A, same Act (industrial use; Scheduled Tribe seller protections), Indian Kanoon text
- Acts of 2016 and 2018 amending the 1948 Act, PRS Legislative Research
- Vinodchandra Sakarlal Kapadia v. State of Gujarat, Supreme Court, 15 Jun 2020
- Gundaji Satwaji Shinde v. Ramchandra Bhikaji Joshi, Supreme Court, 5 Dec 1978, Manupat case guide
- Maharashtra Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Bill, 2025, PRS Legislative Research
Government
- Ground Water Information, Amravati district, Central Ground Water Board (2013)
- Amravati district overview, Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency, district portal
- District industrial profile, Amravati, MSME-DI (2012-13; roads and rail 2010-11)
- Inspector General of Registration and Controller of Stamps, Maharashtra (home page)
- Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 as amended to 3 Jun 2022, IGR Maharashtra
- Dynamic Ground Water Resources of Maharashtra, assessment 2024, Central Ground Water Board
- Economic Survey of Maharashtra 2025-26
- Maharashtra State Disaster Management Authority: state overview
- RBI Master Direction FED 12/2015-16 (acquisition of immovable assets by NRIs and OCIs)
News
- Samruddhi Mahamarg final phase complete, 25 entry points, MyPunePulse, Jun 2025
- MSRDC seeks plans to tap influence areas near Samruddhi interchanges, The Hitavada, 24 Aug 2026
- PM MITRA textile park launched in Amravati, Maritime Gateway (undated)
- Amravati PM MITRA park, Apparel Resources (undated)
- Amravati airport receives DGCA aerodrome licence, Free Press Journal, 14 Mar 2025
- MoEFCC approves new alignment of Akola–Khandwa rail section, Indian Infrastructure, Aug 2024
- Maharashtra govt says no to railway gauge conversion in Melghat tiger habitat, Deccan Herald, 15 Jul 2020
- Only farmers can buy agricultural land in Maharashtra, minister warns, IANS via The Hawk, 8 Jul 2026
- Maharashtra keeps Ready Reckoner rates unchanged for 2026-27, IANS, 1 Apr 2026
- State opts for status quo in Ready Reckoner rates, The Hitavada, 1 Apr 2026
- Maharashtra hikes Ready Reckoner rates 3.9%, Business Standard, 1 Apr 2025
- Registration fee waived on agricultural land partition documents, Free Press Journal, May 2025
- Maharashtra waives stamp duty on land buys, Nation Press, May 2026
- Samruddhi Mahamarg final section opens, The Week, 5 Jun 2025
Further reading
- JSA Prism, June 2026: Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Laws (Amendment) Act, 2026
- JSA Prism, March 2026: Maharashtra Land Revenue Code Second Amendment
- Khaitan and Co ERGO, 23 Feb 2026: Land Revenue Code amendment
- Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas via Conventus Law: Fragmentation Act amendments
- TeamLease RegTech: Fragmentation Amendment Act, 2025
- King Stubb and Kasiva: Maharashtra land bill and legacy urban plots
- Bombay Chartered Accountant Journal, Apr 2011: agricultural land laws and the 1961 Ceiling Act
- Elets, Feb 2025: Settlement Commissioner and Director of Land Records, Maharashtra
- Free Press Journal, Dec 2025: legal validity for digital 7/12 extracts
- Invest India: Maharashtra state profile
- The Week, 9 Jul 2025: Assembly statement on plots and fragmentation
- District agriculture contingency plan, Amravati, ICAR-CRIDA (surfaced in search; not opened)
Data-currency note: area, tehsil and rail and road figures come from the CGWB booklet (2013), the MSME-DI profile (2012-13, roads and rail 2010-11) and the district or GSDA portal page, which differ in places; crop and groundwater figures are from the dates stated. Infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly; Ready Reckoner items are state-level reports, not notified district schedules; estimated land prices are indicative and are not taken from any registered deed. 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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