What is the status of the Nagpur–Gondia expressway through Bhandara?

Swarajya reported in August 2025 an approved alignment with a 72.5 km Nagpur–Bhandara and a 72.6 km Bhandara–Gondia section and Rs 3,162.18 crore sanctioned for land acquisition. Sources disagree on the opening date, with a 2027 deadline on one tracking page and a six-year target set in April 2026, so confirm with MSRDC.

Who can buy farm land in Bhandara?

Section 63 of the Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act voids a sale to a non-agriculturist unless an exception or a Collector’s permission applies, and the Revenue Minister repeated in July 2026 that only recognised farmers may buy. The state page treats Vidarbha as running on a parallel Act (our reading, to confirm), so ask the Tehsildar for the farmer-status check in writing.

How is farm land watered in Bhandara?

Mostly by canals and tanks. The ICAR-CRIDA plan lists canals as the largest irrigation source, about 65% of 107 thousand hectares, and the CGWB booklet put groundwater development at 28.12% in 2009, in the safe category. Both are old, so ask for the canal command record and test the water.

Aerial view of paddy fields and a tank near Bhandara, Maharashtra, with the Wainganga valley in the distance

District guide

Buying Land in Bhandara

A Wainganga paddy district beside Nagpur, with two approved expressways, canal-fed farms and an estimated land price* that varies widely by belt.

3,716.65 sq km
Area (CGWB)
11.99 lakh
Population (Census 2011)
₹4–40 lakh per acre
Estimated land price*
~162.6 km, approved
Nagpur–Gondia expressway

*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 — Bhandara

Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk

State

Maharashtra (Vidarbha)

Sub-divisions

The CGWB booklet and the MSME-DI profile list seven talukas: Bhandara, Mohadi, Tumsar, Lakhani, Sakoli, Pauni and Lakhandur, with 870 villages in the booklet (CGWB Bhandara booklet; MSME-DI Bhandara profile). The district portal page we opened gave no current list, so the official list was not confirmed (Bhandara district portal)

Key markets

Bhandara–Mohadi–Tumsar corridor · Sakoli · Lakhani · Pauni · Lakhandur

Demand anchors

Nagpur–Gondia expressway (approved; 72.5 km Nagpur–Bhandara) · Bhandara–Gadchiroli expressway link · paddy and rice-mill economy · Nagpur proximity

Rail

140 km of rail line in 2010-11 (MSME-DI Bhandara profile); the current station and train list was not opened

Size and population

3,716.65 sq km · 11,98,810 people (Census 2011) (CGWB Bhandara booklet); the ICAR-CRIDA plan gives 342 thousand hectares, so sources differ (ICAR-CRIDA Bhandara plan)

Estimated land price*

₹4–40 lakh per acre depending on the belt (indicative; see the note under the price table)

Pricing unit

₹/acre (farm land) · ₹/guntha or ₹/sq m for small plots

Local units

Acre = 40 gunthas = 43,560 sq ft; 1 guntha = 1,089 sq ft; 1 hectare = 2.47 acres. Local terms vary by tehsil, so convert any quote

Land records portal

Digital 7/12 and 8A extracts through the state land-records portal; the portal was not opened for this page

Land law is state law. These rules are maintained on the Maharashtra page and apply to every district within it.

Bhandara — 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.

Read the state-wise land laws guide

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

Bhandara — district-specific notes

The Maharashtra state page applies to Bhandara in full. The notes below are specific to this district and are not repeated from the state page. Law was read from legal-database copies of Acts, law-firm notes and press reports that the state page also uses; the Mahabhumi portal, the IGR rate pages and most district-portal pages could not be opened, and the notes say so where it matters.

⚠ Maharashtra reserves agricultural land for agriculturists. Section 63 of the Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act voids a sale to a non-agriculturist unless an exception or a Collector’s permission applies, and it also bites where an agriculturist buyer would end up above two-thirds of the ceiling area (Indian Kanoon text of section 63); on 8 July 2026 the Revenue Minister repeated that only recognised farmers may buy, and IANS named no new statute (IANS, July 2026). The state page reads Vidarbha as running on a parallel Act (our reading, CONFIRM), and the 2020 Supreme Court ruling on wills disapproved an earlier Vidarbha-Act decision (LiveLaw, June 2020). Treat the 7/12 and a written reading of the farmer-status rule as the first checks in Bhandara.

⚠ The Prevention of Fragmentation Act, 1947 restricts sales of land below a notified standard area. A notification of 8 August 2023 set it, outside corporation and council limits, at about a quarter acre for bagayat (irrigated) land and half an acre for jirayat (dry-crop) land, roughly 10 and 20 gunthas on our arithmetic (Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas via Conventus Law); the notification itself was not opened, so CONFIRM. A further Act notified on 31 December 2025 regularises past transfers from 15 November 1965 to 15 October 2024 only for bona fide non-agricultural use in listed zones (TeamLease RegTech; Bill text, PRS), so it does not help a plain farm-land buyer.

⚠ Using farm land for a house or farmhouse needs the conversion route. The Land Revenue Code Second Amendment, notified 31 December 2025, substituted section 42 and added a one-time section 47 premium of 0.1%, 0.25% or 0.5% of the ready-reckoner value by plot size, set by a GR of 10 February 2026 (JSA, March 2026; Khaitan and Co, February 2026). Both are law-firm reports, so CONFIRM against the Gazette before relying on them.

⚠ Forest and wildlife land exist but are smaller than in neighbouring districts. The CGWB booklet gives 645.58 sq km of forest for 2010-11, the MSME-DI profile gives 1,343.77 sq km (36.15%) for the same year, and the ICAR-CRIDA plan gives 62 thousand hectares, so the three differ (CGWB Bhandara booklet; MSME-DI Bhandara profile; ICAR-CRIDA Bhandara plan). We found no notified eco-sensitive-zone or sanctuary map for Bhandara in the sources opened, so ask the Forest Department’s divisional office for a written status on any survey number near a forest block, tank or river bank.

⚠ Land acquisition for expressways is under way. The Nagpur–Gondia expressway crosses Bhandara, with Rs 3,162.18 crore sanctioned for acquisition across Nagpur, Bhandara and Gondia (10 talukas and 115 villages in one report) (Swarajya, August 2025), and a 94.241 km Bhandara–Gadchiroli expressway has Rs 931.15 crore approved for acquisition (Swarajya, February 2026). The reports name no Bhandara villages, so ask the Tehsildar whether a survey number is affected before paying a deposit.

⚠ Tribal sellers: 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 (Indian Kanoon text of section 63-1A). We found no list of Scheduled Area villages for Bhandara in the sources opened, so ask the Collector’s office whether the recorded holder is a tribal member.

⚠ Water bodies matter for paddy land. The CGWB booklet and the ICAR-CRIDA plan show tanks, ponds and canals as the main irrigation sources (CGWB Bhandara booklet; ICAR-CRIDA Bhandara plan). A parcel’s water right sits in the canal command and tank records, not in the 7/12 alone, so ask the irrigation office and the Patwari for the command status.

Read the full state-wise land laws guide for buyer eligibility, stamp duty and NRI rules.

Section 63
Expressway acquisition
Fragmentation Act
Canal command

District overview

Bhandara — a Wainganga paddy district beside Nagpur with two expressways approved

Bhandara district has 3,716.65 sq km, seven talukas, 870 villages and 11,98,810 people in the 2011 Census, with the Wainganga as its main river (CGWB Bhandara booklet). Rich alluvial soils are widespread, rice dominates cropping, and the CGWB booklet puts groundwater development at 28.12% in March 2009, in the safe category. The MSME-DI profile lists 140 km of rail line and 65 km of national highway in 2010-11, plus iron and steel, vehicle, metal powder and paper units (MSME-DI Bhandara profile).

We found no registered-deed series for farm land and no district ready-reckoner table. The state raised rural rates 3.36% for 2025-26 and held all rates for 2026-27 (IANS via Investment Guru India, April 2026; The Hitavada, April 2026). The estimated bands on this page, from about ₹4 lakh to ₹40 lakh per acre*, are wide and indicative: the Nagpur-side expressway belt sits at the top and the outer paddy tehsils at the bottom.

The Nagpur–Gondia expressway is the main catalyst: Swarajya reported in August 2025 an alignment with a 72.5 km Nagpur–Bhandara and a 72.6 km Bhandara–Gondia section and Rs 3,162.18 crore for land acquisition (Swarajya, August 2025). In April 2026 the state set a six-year target for three Vidarbha corridors (Swarajya, April 2026). Neither is open.

Bhandara
Mohadi
Tumsar
Sakoli
Pauni
Nagpur–Gondia expressway

Back to Maharashtra Compare Nagpur

Locator map of Bhandara district in Maharashtra showing Bhandara, Mohadi, Tumsar, Sakoli, Pauni and Lakhandur

Transaction costs

Stamp duty & registration in Bhandara

5% + 1%

Municipal corporation and council areas

of market value in the Act text to May 2019; a further 1% from 8 Feb 2019 in notified areas

Gram panchayat and other areas

of market value in the same Act text

Registration fee

capped at Rs 30,000 in the same text

The figures above come from a reproduction of Article 25 of the Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 amended to May 2019 (Maharashtra Stamp Act text to May 2019), and the Rs 30,000 registration-fee cap is repeated in a May 2025 report (Free Press Journal, May 2025). The additional 1% for metro and infrastructure was still mentioned as current in April 2025 (Business Standard, April 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 we opened gives no rate table (IGR Maharashtra), so the current schedule is unconfirmed; read it from the department or the Sub-Registrar before budgeting. The May 2025 cabinet waived the registration fee on partition documents for agricultural land, 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). Ask the Sub-Registrar which rate applies to the area type of the survey number.

Know the belt

What is moving prices in Bhandara

Expressway news, plus wide indicative price bands marked *. No registered-deed series was found.

Bhandara, Mohadi and Tumsar corridor

Estimated land price*: ₹12–40 lakh per acre

The Nagpur–Gondia expressway runs 72.5 km from Nagpur to Bhandara and 72.6 km on to Gondia, with interchanges named in one report (Swarajya, August 2025). The Metro Rail Guy lists Bhandara and Mohadi among tehsils on its packages and says land acquisition started in 2023 (The Metro Rail Guy, Nagpur-Gondia Expressway (last update January 2025)). We found no dated rate or award for farm land, so the band is a wide, rounded range by analogy with comparable Vidarbha districts and is not a deal price.

Check: whether the survey number sits on the alignment, an interchange or a service road.

Pauni and Lakhandur paddy belts

Estimated land price*: ₹5–15 lakh per acre

Alluvial and black soils, tanks and canals support paddy here; the CGWB booklet gives the highest groundwater development in the district at Pauni, 51.05% (CGWB Bhandara booklet). We found no dated rate, so the band is a wide, indicative range.

Check: canal command, tank access and the access road in the record.

Sakoli and Lakhani

Estimated land price*: ₹4–12 lakh per acre

These are farm tehsils with paddy as the main crop (ICAR-CRIDA Bhandara plan). We found no dated rate, so the band is a wide, indicative range.

Check: water source, forest edge and the access road.

Ready Reckoner 2025-26 and 2026-27

Rural +3.36% (2025-26); unchanged (2026-27)

The state raised rural rates by 3.36% for 2025-26 (IANS via Investment Guru India, April 2026) and kept all rates unchanged for 2026-27 (The Hitavada, April 2026). We found no Bhandara table, and rates are for stamp-duty value, not market price.

Check: the rate in force for the village on the deed date.

Rohna tourism plan, Mohadi

A plan, not a project

A January 2026 report says Rohna in Mohadi tehsil is planned as an adventure-tourism hub, as a statement by the local MP with no funding or timeline (Navbharat Live, January 2026, a non-English report).

Check: whether any proposal touches the survey number.

Units: acres, gunthas and hectares

Records and the Act texts use acres, gunthas and hectares: 1 acre = 40 gunthas = 43,560 sq ft, 1 guntha = 1,089 sq ft (The Week, July 2025) and 1 hectare = 2.47 acres. Local trade terms can differ between tehsils, so ask the seller for the 7/12 area and convert every quote to acres before comparing offers.

Connectivity

How Bhandara 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

Nagpur–Gondia expressway72.5 km Nagpur–Bhandara, 72.6 km Bhandara–Gondia; Rs 3,162.18 crore for land (Aug 2025) (Swarajya, August 2025)

Bhandara–Gadchiroli expressway94.241 km; Rs 931.15 crore for land (Feb 2026) (Swarajya, February 2026)

Existing roads65 km national highway and 436.07 km state highway in 2010-11 (MSME-DI Bhandara profile)

By rail

Rail line in district140 km (2010-11) (MSME-DI Bhandara profile)

ServicesNot researched for this page; check Indian Railways

By air

Nearest airport in this researchBirsi (Gondia), the only airport named in the sources we read; a January 2026 report describes plans for flights and a cargo hub, not a service (Navbharat Live, January 2026)

NagpurNot researched for this page

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.

00Open or inaugurated

03In progress or pending

Approved · land acquisition and tenders Nagpur–Gondia Expressway

Land acquisition approved · Feb 2026 Bhandara–Gadchiroli Expressway

Plan stated · Jan 2026 Rohna adventure-tourism hub (Mohadi)

Approved · land acquisition and tenders

Nagpur–Gondia Expressway

Swarajya reported on 27 August 2025 an approved alignment of 72.5 km from Nagpur to Bhandara and 72.6 km from Bhandara to Gondia, plus a 3.765 km Tiroda spur and a 13.712 km Gondia outer ring road, across Nagpur, Bhandara and Gondia, 10 talukas and 115 villages, with Rs 3,162.18 crore sanctioned for land acquisition (Swarajya, August 2025). The Metro Rail Guy lists construction tenders invited in April 2024 and a 2027 deadline in a page last updated in January 2025, which conflicts with the six-year target the state set in April 2026 (The Metro Rail Guy, Nagpur-Gondia Expressway (last update January 2025); Swarajya, April 2026). We treat the opening date as unconfirmed.

Source: Swarajya, August 2025; The Metro Rail Guy, Nagpur-Gondia Expressway (last update January 2025); Swarajya, April 2026

Length

~162.6 km

Land acquisition

Rs 3,162.18 crore

Villages

115 (one report)

Status

Approved, opening unconfirmed

Land markets in the blast radius

Bhandara
Mohadi
Tumsar

See listings near this corridor

Land acquisition approved · Feb 2026

Bhandara–Gadchiroli Expressway

Swarajya reported on 19 February 2026 that the state granted administrative approval of Rs 931.15 crore for land acquisition for a 94.241 km access-controlled expressway, in two stretches: Savarkheda interchange on the Nagpur–Gondia corridor to Koknagad on NH 53 (24.705 km) and Borgaon interchange to Armori on NH 353D (69.536 km) (Swarajya, February 2026). Tendering follows cabinet clearance, and the report names no villages.

Source: Swarajya, February 2026

Length

94.241 km

Land acquisition

Rs 931.15 crore

Link

Nagpur–Gondia corridor to Armori

Status

Acquisition, not tendered

Land markets in the blast radius

Bhandara
Lakhani
Sakoli

See listings near this corridor

Plan stated · Jan 2026

Rohna adventure-tourism hub (Mohadi)

A Navbharat Live report of 14 January 2026 says the local MP described Rohna in Mohadi tehsil as a planned adventure-tourism hub with water sports, trekking and nature tourism (Navbharat Live, January 2026). The report states intentions and gives no funding or timeline.

Source: Navbharat Live, January 2026

Taluka

Mohadi

Plan

Adventure tourism

Funding

Not stated

Status

Plan only

Land markets in the blast radius

Mohadi
Bhandara

See listings near this corridor

Agriculture & terrain

Soil, crops & water in Bhandara

A paddy district on alluvial and black soils, irrigated mainly by canals and tanks, with groundwater classed safe in the booklet.

🌾 Soil and crops

The CGWB booklet describes rich alluvial (Kanhar) soils that are deep, clayey loam and moisture-retentive, with rice on 1,718.63 sq km, pulses on 292.13 sq km and oilseeds on 109.29 sq km in 2010-11 (CGWB Bhandara booklet). The ICAR-CRIDA plan gives deep soils on 78.9% of the area, net sown area of 178.3 thousand hectares, cropping intensity 136.4% and paddy at 190.9 thousand hectares in kharif 2008-09 (ICAR-CRIDA Bhandara plan).

Paddy
Pulses
Oilseeds
Wheat

💧 Irrigation

The plan puts net irrigated area at 107 thousand hectares, with canals the largest source (70.6 thousand hectares, about 65%), then medium projects and open wells (ICAR-CRIDA Bhandara plan). The booklet counts 2,505 tanks and ponds (CGWB Bhandara booklet). Canal and tank commands decide water access, so ask for the command record.

Canals
Tanks
Open wells

🌊 Rivers and forest

The Wainganga is the main river, with tributaries including the Bawanthadi, Chulbandh and Sun (CGWB Bhandara booklet). Forest figures range from 62 thousand to about 134 thousand hectares by source (ICAR-CRIDA Bhandara plan; MSME-DI Bhandara profile). Forest and river-bank parcels need a written status from the Forest Department.

Wainganga
Bawanthadi
Forest

💧 Rainfall & groundwater

The booklet gives normal rainfall of 1,250 to 1,500 mm, and the plan 1,361.3 mm. Groundwater development was 28.12% in March 2009, safe, with taluka values from 15.85% at Bhandara to 51.05% at Pauni (CGWB Bhandara booklet). The CGWB 2024 report lists Bhandara among districts with sporadic fluoride and nitrate readings (CGWB Maharashtra report, 2024). Test the water of any parcel before buying.

📐 Measurement units

Records use acres, gunthas and hectares: 1 acre = 40 gunthas and 1 hectare = 2.47 acres (The Week, July 2025). Local terms vary by tehsil, so convert every quote before comparing offers. Price a parcel on water, access and permitted use, not on crop income.

At a glance

Bhandara vs. nearby districts

District / belt	Estimated land price* (per acre)	Basis
Bhandara — Bhandara, Mohadi, Tumsar corridor	₹12–40 lakh*	Indicative estimate; wide band
Bhandara — Pauni and Lakhandur	₹5–15 lakh*	Indicative estimate; wide band
Bhandara — Sakoli and Lakhani	₹4–12 lakh*	Indicative estimate; wide band
Nagpur	Not estimated here	See the Nagpur page
Gondia	Not estimated here	See the Gondia page
Chandrapur	Not estimated here	See the Chandrapur 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 Nagpur page, the Gondia page, the Chandrapur page and the Gadchiroli page for nearby districts.

Fenced farm plot with boundary stones and paddy fields near Bhandara, Maharashtra

District report — Bhandara

Farmland India view

Why investors look at Bhandara

Five reasoned points, with an honest note that price evidence is thin and the main catalysts are approved but not open.

Two approved expressways

The Nagpur–Gondia and Bhandara–Gadchiroli corridors both have land-acquisition funding approved (Swarajya, August 2025; Swarajya, February 2026), but neither is open. Price on today’s roads.

Close to Nagpur

The Nagpur–Bhandara section is 72.5 km (Swarajya, August 2025), so the Nagpur-side tehsils are where our indicative bands* are highest.

A secure-water paddy district

Canals and tanks irrigate most farm land and groundwater was classed safe (ICAR-CRIDA Bhandara plan; CGWB Bhandara booklet), but the data are old.

Light industry base

The MSME-DI profile lists iron and steel, vehicle and paper units (MSME-DI Bhandara profile), a small base for local demand.

A paperwork-led market

Farmer-status, fragmentation, conversion premium, canal command and acquisition status are all parcel-specific. The return case rests on location and permitted use, not crop yield.

Browse reviewed land in Maharashtra

Confirm land-use, tribal-land and ready-reckoner status directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.

STRAIGHT TALK

Risks & challenges in Bhandara

Read these before shortlisting in Bhandara specifically.

Farmer-only rule

Section 63 voids a sale to a non-agriculturist (Indian Kanoon text of section 63) and the Revenue Minister repeated the rule in July 2026 (IANS, July 2026). Check the buyer’s status before signing.

Acquisition on the expressways

Land acquisition is under way for two corridors (Swarajya, August 2025; Swarajya, February 2026), with no Bhandara villages named in the reports. Ask the Tehsildar.

Water access and low-lying plots

Canal and tank command decides water access (ICAR-CRIDA Bhandara plan). We found no flood map, so ask local offices about low-lying plots.

Stamp duty and rates

The Act text gives 5% plus 1% and 4%, with the schedule unconfirmed (Maharashtra Stamp Act text to May 2019). The state held Ready Reckoner rates for 2026-27 (The Hitavada, April 2026); no Bhandara table was found.

Announced is not delivered

The expressway opening date conflicts between sources and the Bhandara–Gadchiroli corridor is not tendered (The Metro Rail Guy, Nagpur-Gondia Expressway (last update January 2025); Swarajya, February 2026). Price on today’s fundamentals.

Data conflicts and no deed series

Forest area, soil description and rainfall differ between the profiles, 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 Tehsildar of the relevant taluka under the District Collector, Bhandara; the profiles list seven talukas. Sale-deed registration is handled by the local Sub-Registrar, planning and zoning questions go to the Town Planning office or the local planning authority, and forest status goes to the Forest Department’s divisional office. We opened the district portal home page (Bhandara district portal) but it carried no office directory, and we could not open the Mahabhumi portal or the IGR rate pages, so check them directly.

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

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What does farm land cost in Bhandara?

Our estimate is about ₹4 lakh to ₹40 lakh per acre*, depending on the belt: roughly ₹12–40 lakh along the Bhandara, Mohadi and Tumsar corridor on the Nagpur side, ₹5–15 lakh in the Pauni and Lakhandur paddy belts, and ₹4–12 lakh in Sakoli and Lakhani. These are wide, rounded, indicative estimates, not a valuation or an offer. Check the Ready Reckoner rate with the Sub-Registrar.

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