Can a non-farmer buy farm land in Nandurbar?

Not under section 63 of the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, which voids a sale of agricultural land to a person who is not an agriculturist unless an exception or the Collector’s permission applies. The Revenue Minister repeated in July 2026 that buyers must show proof of farmer status.

Which projects affect Nandurbar land?

DeshGujarat reported in March 2026 that NH-753B, which passes through Taloda and Shahada, had reached a decisive phase of land acquisition, with construction expected after the monsoon. The Chief Minister called Dhule and Nandurbar future industrial hubs in April 2026 without naming deals. The Navapur industrial area already exists, with 41 units in production in 2011-12 data.

Cotton fields on the Tapi plain near Nandurbar, Maharashtra, with Satpura hills in the distance

District guide

Buying Land in Nandurbar

Q: Can a non-tribal buy land from a tribal seller in Nandurbar?

Not for farming, where Rule 4(1)(a)(i) of the 1975 Transfer of Occupancy rules applies; the Bombay High Court upheld that restriction in a ruling reported in May 2025. Even a tribal-to-tribal sale of agricultural land needs the Collector’s prior sanction under section 36(2) of the Land Revenue Code. Ask the Collector’s office whether the village is a Scheduled Area before paying a deposit.

A tribal district on the Tapi and the Gujarat border, with Scheduled Area and tribal-seller rules, cotton and jowar farms on the Tapi plain, NH-753B in land acquisition and an estimated land price* that varies widely by belt.

5,034 sq km
Area (MSME-DI)
65.5% of population
Scheduled Tribes (2001)
₹1–20 lakh per acre
Estimated land price*
Land acquisition, Mar 2026
NH-753B (Taloda, Shahada)

*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 — Nandurbar

Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk

State

Maharashtra (northern Maharashtra, Tapi valley; tribal district on the Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh border)

Sub-divisions

Six talukas: Akkalkuwa, Akrani, Talode (Taloda), Shahade (Shahada), Nandurbar and Nawapur (Navapur) (Nandurbar district portal, history page). The district was formed from Dhule on 1 July 1998

Key markets

Nandurbar and Shahada (Tapi plain) · Navapur industrial belt · Taloda · Akkalkuwa and Akrani (Satpura hills, mainly tribal)

Demand anchors

NH-753B through Taloda and Shahada (land acquisition, Mar 2026) · Navapur industrial area · industrial-hub statements for Dhule and Nandurbar (Apr 2026)

Rail

90 km of railway route in 2010-11 (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile); no current station or train list was opened

Size and population

5,034.23 sq km; 13,12,000 people in the 2001 Census, of whom 65.5% were Scheduled Tribes (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile); we did not open 2011 figures

Estimated land price*

₹1–20 lakh per acre depending on the belt (indicative; see the note under the price table)

Pricing unit

₹/acre, ₹/hectare or ₹/guntha (farm land) · ₹/sq m (Ready Reckoner rates)

Local units

Records use hectares, acres and gunthas (1 acre = 40 gunthas, 1 hectare = 2.47 acres); sellers’ terms can differ by taluka, so convert every quote

Land records portal

Mahabhumi 7/12 and 8A extracts; the portal was not opened for this page, so read the extract there

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

Nandurbar — 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

Nandurbar — district-specific notes

The Maharashtra state page applies to Nandurbar in full. This is a tribal district, so the Scheduled Area and tribal-seller notes below come first. Law was read from Indian Kanoon texts, law-firm notes and court reports; the Mahabhumi and IGR rate pages could not be opened, and the notes say so where it matters.

⚠ Scheduled Area and tribal land: the MSME-DI profile calls Nandurbar a tribal district, with the hilly Satpura talukas of Akrani, Akkalkuwa and Taloda mainly tribal and Scheduled Tribes at 65.5% of the 2001 population (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile). Maharashtra has Fifth Schedule areas (NCST) notified under the Scheduled Areas (Maharashtra) Order, 1985, which a Nandurbar member of Parliament asked the Government to update (Lok Sabha, copy of a member’s speech; Lok Sabha, second copy). We did not open the Order’s schedule, so we cannot say which villages are inside it; the Collector’s own land-allocation orders carry a ‘Tribal Area’ label for some Nandurbar villages (Nandurbar district portal, revenue page). Ask the Collector’s office and the Integrated Tribal Development Project office whether the village is a Scheduled Area before paying a deposit.

⚠ Where the seller is a tribal member, Rule 4(1)(a)(i) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue (Transfer of Occupancy by Tribals to Non-Tribals) Rules, 1975 restricts a sale to a non-tribal for farming, and the Bombay High Court upheld it as reasonable in a ruling reported in May 2025 (RawLaw, May 2025). Even a tribal-to-tribal sale of agricultural land needs the Collector’s prior sanction under section 36(2) of the Land Revenue Code, the High Court held in 2022 (LiveLaw, April 2022). Sale deeds that skip this step have been declared illegal by revenue officers. Ask for the seller’s tribal status in writing and treat any plan to buy through a tribal holder’s name as a legal risk.

⚠ Agricultural-zone land in Nandurbar falls under section 63 of the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, which makes a sale, gift, exchange or lease of agricultural land invalid in favour of a person who is not an agriculturist, and also 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. 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). Read the 7/12 and the buyer’s farmer status before you read the price.

⚠ Where the bar does not apply: the 2016 sub-section (1C) switches it off for land inside a Municipal Corporation, with conditions (Acts of 2016 and 2018, PRS), and section 63-1A lets a buyer take land for bona fide industrial use without prior Collector permission (section 63-1A text); the 2026 amendment narrows that route to occupancy class-I land (JSA, June 2026). Our reading is that this district runs on the 1948 Act, not the Marathwada or Vidarbha Acts; ask an advocate to confirm that for the village concerned.

⚠ Fragmentation: the 1947 Act restricts sales of land below the notified standard area, which a notification of 8 August 2023 set, outside corporation and council limits, at about a quarter acre for bagayat (irrigated) and half an acre for jirayat (dry-crop) land, roughly 10 and 20 gunthas (Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas via Conventus Law); we did not open the notification. A further Act notified on 31 December 2025 regularises past transfers from 15 November 1965 to 15 October 2024 only for land used for non-agricultural purposes inside listed urban, planning-authority and regional-plan zones (TeamLease RegTech; Bill text, PRS), so plain farm land is still bound by the standard area.

⚠ Non-agricultural use: the Land Revenue Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2025, notified on 31 December 2025, substituted section 42, so the planning authority’s permission suffices where a Development Plan or Regional Plan allows the use, and a one-time premium under section 47 of 0.1%, 0.25% or 0.5% of the Ready Reckoner value applies by area (JSA, March 2026; Khaitan & Co, February 2026). Neither note says section 63 changed, so a non-farmer still cannot buy farm land first and convert it afterwards.

⚠ Ceiling and NRIs: the Ceiling on Holdings Act, 1961 caps a family unit 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); we could not confirm the current schedule. NRIs and OCIs cannot buy agricultural land, plantation land or a farmhouse, under the RBI Master Direction updated to September 2022 (RBI).

⚠ Forest: the MSME-DI profile gives 104 thousand hectares of forest, 20.78% of the district, with the highest share (42.34%) in Akkalkuwa taluka (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile). We found no eco-sensitive-zone or tiger-reserve buffer notice for Nandurbar, so ask the Forest Department for a written status on any survey number in the Satpura talukas. Forest-rights claims can overlap with 7/12 records; the Chief Minister said in April 2026 that revenue-land schemes would extend to forest land for tribal communities, with no timeline (Free Press Journal, April 2026).

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

Scheduled Area
Tribal-seller rules
Farmer-only (s.63)
Forest land
NA reform Dec 2025

District overview

Nandurbar — a tribal Tapi-valley district on the Gujarat border with a Satpura hill belt

Nandurbar has six talukas and was carved out of Dhule on 1 July 1998, taking 933 villages; it had 943 villages at the 2011 Census (Nandurbar district portal, history page). The MSME-DI profile gives 5,034.23 sq km, an average rainfall of about 888 mm, the Tapi as the principal river through Shahada and Nandurbar, and three soil zones: light shallow sandy soil in Akrani, western Navapur and southern Nandurbar, medium soil in eastern Nandurbar, Shahada and Navapur, and black cotton soil in the Tapi basin (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile).

We found no registered-deed series or district Ready Reckoner figure for farm land here. The state moved rural rates up 3.36% on average from 1 April 2025 and held all rates for 2026-27, as reported (IANS, April 2026). The estimated bands on this page, from about ₹1 lakh to ₹20 lakh per acre*, are wide and indicative, and in the tribal hill talukas the legal bar on sale to non-tribals matters more than the price.

The projects are modest. NH-753B is planned through Taloda and Shahada and had reached a decisive phase of land acquisition by March 2026 (DeshGujarat, March 2026); the Chief Minister said in April 2026 that Dhule and Nandurbar were expected to become industrial hubs, backed by about ₹40,000 crore of investment over 18 months, without naming deals (Free Press Journal, April 2026).

Nandurbar
Shahada
Taloda
Akkalkuwa
Akrani
Navapur

Back to Maharashtra Compare Dhule Compare Jalgaon

Locator map of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra showing Nandurbar, Shahada, Taloda, Akkalkuwa, Akrani and Navapur

Transaction costs

Stamp duty & registration in Nandurbar

5% + 1%

Municipal corporation and council areas

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

Gram panchayat and other areas

of market value in the same Act text; most farm land falls here

Registration fee

capped at Rs 30,000 in the Act text and a May 2025 report

These figures come from a reproduction of Article 25 of the Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 amended to May 2019 (text), and the Rs 30,000 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 and Citizen’s Charter we opened give no rate table (IGR Maharashtra; Citizen’s Charter), 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 a further exemption on land purchases did not say which purchases it covers (Nation Press, May 2026). Ready Reckoner rates rose 3.89% on average and 3.36% in rural areas from 1 April 2025 (as reported), and were held for 2026-27 (IANS, April 2026; The Hitavada, April 2026); we found no Nandurbar-specific rate, so check the rate for the village with the Sub-Registrar.

Know the belt

What is moving prices in Nandurbar

Highway and industrial news, plus wide indicative price bands marked *. No registered-deed series or district rate was found.

Shahada and Nandurbar: Tapi plain

Estimated land price*: ₹5–18 lakh per acre

The Tapi plain has black cotton soil and medium soils, suited to long-duration crops, with cotton, jowar and groundnut as typical kharif crops in the lighter zones (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile). NH-753B is planned through Taloda and Shahada (DeshGujarat, March 2026). The band is wide and is not a deal price.

Check: irrigation source, the NH-753B alignment and farmer status of the seller.

Navapur industrial belt

Estimated land price*: ₹6–20 lakh per acre

The MSME-DI profile records a Navapur industrial area of 64.19 hectares with 105 plots allotted and 41 units in production in 2011-12 data, at a plot rate of Rs 30 per sq m (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile). The data are old and the band is indicative.

Check: whether the parcel is inside MIDC land or on its acquisition list.

Akkalkuwa, Akrani and Taloda: Satpura hills

Estimated land price*: ₹1–5 lakh per acre

Mainly tribal hill talukas with light, shallow soils and the highest forest share, 42.34% in Akkalkuwa (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile). Sale to a non-tribal for farming is restricted by rule where the seller is a tribal member, so the band shows a nominal market only; it is not a price a non-tribal can usually pay.

Check: Scheduled Area status, tribal-holder status, forest rights and the access road.

Ready Reckoner 2025-26 and 2026-27

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

IANS reported a 3.89% average rise and 3.36% for rural areas from 1 April 2025, then a freeze for 2026-27 (IANS, April 2026). No Nandurbar village rate was found, 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

Small plots are quoted in gunthas, and one guntha is about 1,089 sq ft (The Week, July 2025), so an acre holds 40 gunthas (our arithmetic). Sellers’ local terms can differ from taluka to taluka and we do not fix a 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 Nandurbar 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

NH-753B (Taloda, Shahada)Four-laning in land-acquisition phase; construction expected after the monsoon (Mar 2026 report)

National highway in district44 km in 2010-11 (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile)

All roads4,554 km in 2010-11, including 610 km of state highways (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile)

By rail

Railway route in district90 km (2010-11)

ServicesNot researched for this page; check Indian Railways

By air

Nearest airportNot researched for this page

The practical question is the last leg from the highway to the parcel; ask for the access road in the 7/12 and the village map. 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

Acquisition phase · Mar 2026 NH-753B Ankleshwar–Burhanpur highway

Existing · 2011-12 data Navapur industrial area

Statement · Apr 2026 Dhule and Nandurbar industrial-hub statement

Announced · Apr 2026 Revenue-land schemes extended to forest land

Land acquisition · Mar 2026

NH-753B Ankleshwar–Burhanpur four-laning

DeshGujarat reported on 23 March 2026 that the Gujarat–Maharashtra–Madhya Pradesh highway, stalled for years over compensation and alignment, had reached a decisive phase of land acquisition; in Nandurbar it passes through Taloda and Shahada, and NHAI expected construction to begin after the monsoon (DeshGujarat, March 2026). The report gave no cost.

Source: DeshGujarat, 23 Mar 2026

Nandurbar talukas

Taloda, Shahada

Phase

Land acquisition

Construction

After monsoon (expected)

Report

Mar 2026

Land markets in the blast radius

Taloda
Shahada

See listings near this corridor

Operating · 2011-12 data

Navapur industrial area

The MSME-DI profile records one industrial estate in 2011-12, the Navapur industrial area of 64.19 hectares, with 105 plots developed and allotted, 41 units in production and no vacant plots; industrial plots for small units were listed as available from MIDC Nandurbar (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile). We found no later figures.

Source: MSME-DI Nandurbar profile (data 2011-12)

Area

64.19 ha

Plots allotted

105

Units in production

Data year

2011-12

Land markets in the blast radius

Navapur

See listings near this corridor

Statement · Apr 2026 · no deals named

Dhule and Nandurbar industrial-hub statement

At an event on 25 April 2026 the Chief Minister said Dhule and Nandurbar were expected to become major industrial hubs, backed by about ₹40,000 crore of investment over the previous 18 months; the report does not say which deals are signed (Free Press Journal, April 2026). The MIDC estate, IT park and solar items named at the event were in Dhule district.

Source: Free Press Journal, 26 Apr 2026

Claimed investment

~₹40,000 crore

Period

~18 months

Deals named

None

Report

Apr 2026

Land markets in the blast radius

Nandurbar
Shahada
Navapur

See listings near this corridor

Announced · Apr 2026 · no timeline

Revenue-land schemes extended to forest land

The Chief Minister said on 25 April 2026 that schemes for revenue land would soon extend to forest land, benefiting tribal communities; no scheme name, date or district was given (Free Press Journal, April 2026). This is a policy signal, not a change in who may buy.

Source: Free Press Journal, 26 Apr 2026

Scope

Forest land, tribal communities

Timeline

Not given

Scheme name

Not given

Report

Apr 2026

Land markets in the blast radius

Akkalkuwa
Akrani
Taloda

See listings near this corridor

Agriculture & terrain

Soil, crops & water in Nandurbar

A cotton, jowar and bajra district with three soil zones, 84 thousand hectares irrigated in 2009-10 and about a fifth of the land under forest.

🌾 Soil and crops

The profile describes three zones: light shallow sandy soil in Akrani, western Navapur and southern Nandurbar suited to bajra, jowar, groundnut and cotton; medium soil in eastern Nandurbar, Shahada and Navapur useful for minor irrigation; and black cotton soil in the Tapi basin suited to long-duration crops. Net area sown was 397 thousand hectares and gross cropped area 413 thousand in 2009-10 (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile).

Cotton
Jowar
Bajra
Groundnut

💧 Irrigation

Irrigated area was 84 thousand hectares in 2009-10, about a fifth of the net area sown (our arithmetic) (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile). The profile does not split irrigation by source in the part we read; ask which source serves a given 7/12.

Wells
Tapi
Minor irrigation

🌊 Rivers and forest

The Tapi is the principal river through Shahada and Nandurbar, and the Vir and Gomai flow through Shahada. Forest covers 104 thousand hectares, 20.78% of the district, with 42.34% in Akkalkuwa (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile).

Tapi
Vir
Gomai
Forest

🌧 Rainfall & groundwater

Rainfall averages about 888 mm and is unevenly distributed (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile). The Central Ground Water Board’s December 2024 state assessment puts Maharashtra’s stage of extraction at 52.99%, with 8 of 359 units over-exploited and 7 critical (CGWB, December 2024); we did not find the Nandurbar block figures, so look at the unit your parcel falls in.

📐 Measurement units

Land is recorded in hectares and gunthas on the 7/12 (one guntha is about 1,089 sq ft, 40 to the acre). Sellers’ local terms can differ by taluka, so convert every quote to acres or hectares and read the area on the extract before comparing prices. Statewide, the average holding was 1.23 hectares in the provisional Agriculture Census 2021-22 (Economic Survey of Maharashtra 2025-26).

At a glance

Nandurbar vs. its neighbours

District / belt	Estimated land price* (per acre)	Basis
Nandurbar — Shahada and Nandurbar Tapi plain	₹5–18 lakh*	Indicative estimate; wide band
Nandurbar — Navapur industrial belt	₹6–20 lakh*	Indicative estimate; wide band
Nandurbar — Akkalkuwa, Akrani, Taloda hills	₹1–5 lakh*	Indicative estimate; sale to non-tribals restricted
Dhule	Not estimated here	See the Dhule page
Jalgaon	Not estimated here	See the Jalgaon 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 Dhule page and the Jalgaon page for neighbouring Maharashtra districts; the district also borders Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, whose rules differ.

Farm plot with boundary stones and cotton fields near Nandurbar, Maharashtra

District report — Nandurbar

Farmland India view

Why investors look at Nandurbar

Five reasoned points, with an honest note that the price evidence is thin and that tribal-land rules limit who can buy in much of the district.

A highway in acquisition

NH-753B passes through Taloda and Shahada and reached a decisive phase of land acquisition in March 2026 (DeshGujarat, March 2026); construction is only expected.

An industrial estate that exists

The Navapur industrial area had 105 plots allotted and 41 units in production in 2011-12 data (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile), a base rather than a new catalyst.

A policy signal, not a plan

The April 2026 industrial-hub statement named no Nandurbar deals (Free Press Journal, April 2026).

Tapi-plain farming

Black cotton soil in the Tapi basin and medium soils around Shahada and Navapur are the productive belts; the hills are light and shallow.

A paperwork-led market

Scheduled Area status, tribal-seller rules, farmer status, forest rights and the standard-area rule decide whether a plot can be bought and used as intended.

Browse reviewed land in Maharashtra

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

STRAIGHT TALK

Risks & challenges in Nandurbar

Read these before shortlisting in Nandurbar specifically.

Tribal-seller and Scheduled Area rules

Sale to a non-tribal for farming is restricted where the seller is a tribal member, and tribal-to-tribal sales need the Collector’s sanction (RawLaw, May 2025; LiveLaw, April 2022). Ask for status in writing.

Farmer-only purchase

A non-farmer cannot buy agricultural land under section 63, and the Revenue Minister repeated the farmer-status check in July 2026 (IANS, July 2026).

Forest cover and forest rights

Forest covers 20.78% of the district and 42.34% of Akkalkuwa (MSME-DI Nandurbar profile). Ask the Forest Department for a written status before paying a token.

Stamp duty and Ready Reckoner

The duty schedule rests on an Act text amended to May 2019 and the rates were held for 2026-27 (The Hitavada, April 2026); no Nandurbar village rate was found.

Announced is not delivered

NH-753B awaits construction and the industrial-hub statement named no deals. Treat every date as a target.

Old data and no deed series

Area, population and land-use figures are from 2001 and 2009-11 profiles, and the price bands are estimates, not registered prices.

Who to contact

Local revenue, planning & forest offices

Mutation, 7/12 and revenue-record matters go through the Tahsildar of the relevant taluka (Akkalkuwa, Akrani, Taloda, Shahada, Nandurbar, Navapur), under the District Collector, Nandurbar (Nandurbar district portal). Section 63 permissions go to the Collector or an officer the State authorises (section 63 text), and questions on whether a buyer is an agriculturist go to the Mamlatdar (Manupat case guide). Scheduled Area and tribal-seller questions go to the Collector and the Integrated Tribal Development Project office. Sale deeds are registered with the Sub-Registrar through iSARITA (IGR Citizen’s Charter); forest status goes to the Forest Department’s divisional office. The Mahabhumi pages were not opened, so check them directly.

KEEP EXPLORING

Explore more areas

Back to Maharashtra

COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions

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

Visit full wiki

01 of 04

What does farm land cost in Nandurbar?

Our estimate is about ₹1 lakh to ₹20 lakh per acre*, depending on the belt: roughly ₹5–18 lakh on the Shahada and Nandurbar Tapi plain, ₹6–20 lakh around Navapur, and ₹1–5 lakh in the Akkalkuwa, Akrani and Taloda hills, where sales to non-tribals are restricted. 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.

Ready to look at what is available?

Browse reviewed listings

Transparency

Sources and references

Law and courts

Government

News

Ready to explore Nandurbar farmland?

Browse reviewed projects and individual land parcels across Nandurbar — or if you own land here, list it with platform review and reach serious buyers.

Explore Nandurbar listings Own land in Nandurbar? List it