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District guide
Buying Land in Pune
A Western Maharashtra district where two ring roads and the Purandar airport are in the acquisition stage, farmer-only buying rules apply, and an estimated land price* varies from ₹20 lakh to ₹6 crore per acre by belt.
about 15,642 sq km
Area (CGWB, 2013)
14
Talukas (CGWB)
₹20 lakh–₹6 crore per acre
Estimated land price*
980 of 1,216 ha in possession (Oct 2026)
Purandar airport land
*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 — Pune
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Maharashtra (Pune revenue division; Western Maharashtra)
Sub-divisions
The CGWB booklet lists 14 talukas: Pune City, Haveli, Khed, Ambegaon, Junnar, Shirur, Daund, Indapur, Baramati, Purandhar, Bhor, Velhe, Mulshi and Maval (CGWB Pune booklet, 2013). The district portal list was not opened, so check it for any later change
Key markets
Haveli and Mulshi (Hinjawadi fringe, ring road) · Maval · Purandar (airport villages) · Bhor and Velhe (Sahyadri) · Baramati, Indapur and Daund (canal and sugarcane belt)
Demand anchors
Pune Ring Road (about 169 km, under construction) · PMRDA Inner Ring Road surveys (Oct 2026) · Purandar airport land acquisition · Mumbai–Pune missing link opened May 2026
Rail
The CGWB booklet gives no rail length; the current station and train list was not opened
Size and population
About 15,642 sq km and 14 talukas in the booklet, which gives 72.33 lakh people but labels the year inconsistently (2001 in one section, 2011 in another), so treat the figure as dated; the Census 2011 district table was not opened (CGWB Pune booklet)
Estimated land price*
₹20 lakh–₹6 crore per acre depending on the belt (indicative; see the note under the price table)
Pricing unit
₹/acre or ₹/guntha for farm land · ₹/sq m for ready reckoner (guideline) rates
Local units
Guntha (1,089 sq ft) and acre (40 gunthas) in 7/12 extracts and sale quotes; hectare = 2.47 acres
Land records portal
Digital 7/12 and 8A extracts, with legal validity granted by a December 2025 resolution (reported); the Mahabhumi 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.
Pune — 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
Pune — district-specific notes
The Maharashtra state page applies to Pune in full. The notes below are specific to this district and are not repeated from the state page. Law was read from Indian Kanoon copies of the Acts, Supreme Court judgments, law-firm notes and news; the Mahabhumi portal, the Inspector General of Registration rate pages and India Code PDFs could not be opened, and the notes say so where it matters.
⚠ Section 63 of the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 makes a sale of agricultural land to a person who is not an agriculturist invalid unless an exception or the Collector’s permission applies; the Act’s text carries a two-thirds ceiling test and an income test, and a 2016 amendment lifts the bar inside Municipal Corporation limits (Indian Kanoon, section 63; PRS copy of the Act). On 8 July 2026 the Revenue Minister said in the Assembly that only recognised farmers may buy and that buyers must show proof of farmer status; no new statute was named (IANS, July 2026). Pune’s towns and Pimpri-Chinchwad lie inside corporation limits, which is a different position from a village survey number, so ask which side of the line the land is on. We could not confirm the latest wording of section 63 or the text of section 63A.
⚠ Non-agricultural use: the Land Revenue Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2025, notified on 31 December 2025, replaced section 42, and a one-time premium of 0.1%, 0.25% or 0.5% of the ready reckoner value, by plot size up to 1,000 sq m, 1,001 to 4,000 sq m and above 4,000 sq m, replaces the yearly assessment (JSA, March 2026; Khaitan & Co, February 2026). Punekar News reported on 30 August 2026 that, inside Pune Municipal Corporation limits, a landowner whose land is zoned residential under the Development Plan or Regional Plan no longer needs a separate Collector’s NA permission, because the premium is collected with the building permission; the report covers PMC limits only and says Class-II or leasehold land is not changed by it (Punekar News, August 2026). We found no equivalent report for PMRDA or gram panchayat areas, so ask the planning authority for the zone of the survey number.
⚠ Fragmentation: the Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1947 bars sale of plots below the notified standard area; a law-firm summary of the 8 August 2023 notification gives about 0.25 acre for bagayat (garden) land and about 0.5 acre for jirayat (dry) land outside corporations and councils, which is roughly 10 and 20 gunthas (Conventus Law summary). A 2025 amendment, in force from 3 November 2025 according to a legal-update note, allows regularisation of some earlier sub-divisions without a premium in listed zones (TeamLease RegTech; PRS bill text). CONFIRM the notification and the Gazette number with the office.
⚠ Ceiling: the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961 limits what a family may hold, with a 2011 summary giving 18 to 54 acres by land class (BCAJ). We could not open the current schedule, so check it before assembling a large holding.
⚠ Forest and eco-sensitive land: the CGWB booklet gives 1,720 sq km of forest in 2010-11 (CGWB Pune booklet). We found no district-specific notification on eco-sensitive land, tiger-reserve buffer or a tribal Scheduled Area in the sources opened. Ask the Forest Department’s divisional office and the Collector for a written status on any survey number in the Sahyadri taluka belt (Bhor, Velhe, Mulshi, Maval, Ambegaon, Junnar and Khed). Where a seller is a Scheduled Tribe holder, section 63-1A carries seller protections (Indian Kanoon, section 63-1A).
Read the full state-wise land laws guide for buyer eligibility, stamp duty and NRI rules.
- Section 63
- NA reform 2025
- Fragmentation Act
- Ceiling Act 1961
District overview
Pune — a Western Maharashtra district with ring roads and an airport in the acquisition stage
Pune district covers about 15,642 sq km in 14 talukas, drained by the Bhima, Mula-Mutha, Nira and their tributaries, with medium black and deep black soils (CGWB Pune booklet, 2013). Rainfall ranges from 468 mm in the rain-shadow east to 4,659 mm on the Sahyadri crest, so the hill talukas and the plains east of Purandar behave like different markets.
We found no registered-deed series for farm land. The state held its ready reckoner unchanged for 2026-27 after average rises of 3.89% in 2025-26 and 3.36% for rural areas (Investment Guru India, April 2026). The one hard price anchor is public acquisition: Punekar News reported on 7 October 2026 a land rate of ₹1.61 crore per acre for the Purandar airport villages, with separate packages for trees, wells and houses (Punekar News, October 2026). The estimated bands on this page, from about ₹20 lakh to ₹6 crore per acre*, are wide and indicative.
The ring roads are the main story. The PMRDA Inner Ring Road surveys in Mulshi, Haveli and Maval villages were scheduled for October 2026, with acquisition targeted by December 2026 (Punekar News, October 2026), and the Pune Ring Road is reported to be under construction in stages (The Bridge Chronicle, September 2026).
- Haveli
- Mulshi
- Maval
- Purandar
- Baramati
- Ring roads
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Pune
5% + 1%
Stamp duty, municipal areas
Article 25 text amended to May 2019; current schedule not opened
4%
Stamp duty, gram panchayat areas
same Act text; CONFIRM with the Sub-Registrar
1%, max ₹30,000
Registration fee
reported with the Act text; CONFIRM
The Article 25 text of the Maharashtra Stamp Act amended to May 2019 gives 5% plus 1% in municipal corporation and council areas, a further 1% levy from 8 February 2019 in notified areas, and 4% in gram panchayat areas (Maharashtra Stamp Act, Article 25); the registration fee of 1% capped at ₹30,000 is reported by the Free Press Journal (Free Press Journal, May 2025). The home page of the Inspector General of Registration shows the iSARITA system but no rate table (IGR Maharashtra), so we could not confirm the current schedule or whether the extra 1% applies in a given village; ask the Sub-Registrar of the taluka. Duty is charged on the higher of the deed value and the ready reckoner value. The state kept the ready reckoner unchanged for 2026-27 (The Hitavada, April 2026). A May 2026 report of a cabinet stamp-duty exemption on land purchases gave no scope, so no exemption is assumed here.
Know the belt
What is moving prices in Pune
Acquisition awards, ring road news and ready reckoner reports, plus wide indicative price bands marked *. No registered-deed series was found.
Purandar airport villages
Estimated land price*: ₹1–3 crore per acre
The state acquisition rate reported on 7 October 2026 was ₹1.61 crore per acre across seven villages (Vanpuri, Kumbharvalan, Ekhatpur, Khanwadi, Pargaon, Udachiwadi and Munjwadi), with 980 hectares in possession against 1,216 required and about 96% of farmers consenting (Punekar News, October 2026). The band is a wide, rounded estimate for nearby farm land, not an award figure.
Check: whether the survey number is inside the notified acquisition area, and what package applies to trees and wells.
Haveli, Mulshi and Maval ring road belt
Estimated land price*: ₹1–6 crore per acre
PMRDA surveys for the 65 m wide Inner Ring Road were scheduled in Hinjawadi, Jambe, Marunji, Nande, Manjari Khurd, Kolwadi and other villages in October 2026; compensation will follow the notification and be based on transactions of the previous three years (Punekar News, October 2026). The band is very wide because plot-level zoning drives value.
Check: the zone in the Regional Plan, the ring road alignment and the access road in the record.
Bhor, Velhe, Ambegaon, Junnar and Khed
Estimated land price*: ₹25 lakh–₹1.5 crore per acre
Hill and valley farm land on the Sahyadri side, where forest status, access and water matter more than soil. We found no dated rate or award, so the band is an analogy-based estimate.
Check: forest and eco-sensitive status, the access road and the water source.
Baramati, Indapur, Daund and Shirur
Estimated land price*: ₹20 lakh–₹1 crore per acre
Canal and well-irrigated plains where the booklet puts groundwater development at 96.13% in Baramati and 83.95% in Purandhar (semi-critical, base year 2008-09) (CGWB Pune booklet). The band is an analogy-based estimate; irrigated cane land sits at the top.
Check: well yield, canal command status and the semi-critical groundwater rating.
Ready reckoner 2025-26 and 2026-27
Unchanged for 2026-27
The state raised the average ready reckoner by 3.89% for 2025-26 (rural 3.36%) and left it unchanged for 2026-27 (Investment Guru India, April 2026; Business Standard, April 2025). These are state-wide averages, not Pune farm-land rates.
Check: the rate for the specific village and land type in force on the deed date.
Units: acres, hectares, gunthas
Pune 7/12 extracts and sale quotes use gunthas and acres. One guntha is about 1,089 sq ft, and an acre is 40 gunthas (43,560 sq ft; the guntha figure is reported by The Week, July 2025); one hectare is 2.47 acres. Local terms differ between talukas, so ask the Talathi for the area in the record and convert every quote to acres before comparing offers.
Connectivity
How Pune 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 7/12 extract 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
04In progress or pending
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water in Pune
A sugarcane, cereal and pulse district on medium and deep black soils, irrigated mainly from wells, with semi-critical groundwater in the east.
🌾 Soil and crops
The CGWB booklet gives medium black and deep black soils, a net sown area of 9,920 sq km and cultivable area of 10,150 sq km in 2010-11, and crop areas of cereals 7,430 sq km, pulses 930, oil seeds 710 and sugarcane 660 (CGWB Pune booklet). The state is the second largest sugarcane producer, per Invest India (Invest India).
- Cereals
- Sugarcane
- Pulses
- Oil seeds
💧 Irrigation
Net irrigated area was 3,20,000 ha in 2010-11, of which dug and tube wells irrigated 1,45,500 ha; the booklet gives canal irrigation as 12,440 ha in one table and 1,22,400 ha in another, so we do not quote a canal figure (CGWB Pune booklet). Water access varies by village.
- Wells
- Canals
- Tube wells
🌊 Rivers and forest
The Bhima-Ghod, Mula-Mutha and Nira basins drain the district, with the Indrayani and Pushpavati among the tributaries; forest covers 1,720 sq km (2010-11) (CGWB Pune booklet). Forest and river-bank parcels need a written status from the Forest Department and the Collector.
- Bhima
- Mula-Mutha
- Nira
- Forest
💧 Rainfall & groundwater
Normal rainfall in the booklet ranges from 468 mm to 4,659 mm across the district. Stage of groundwater development was 71.51% overall in base year 2008-09, with Baramati at 96.13% and Purandhar at 83.95% (semi-critical). The CGWB 2024 state assessment gives Maharashtra as a whole at 52.99%, with 8 over-exploited, 7 critical and 41 semi-critical of 359 units, and we did not find the Pune taluka figures (CGWB, 2024).
📐 Measurement units
Records use gunthas, acres and hectares; one guntha is about 1,089 sq ft and an acre is 40 gunthas. Price a parcel on location, zoning and permitted use, not on crop income; the state Economic Survey 2025-26 gives state-wide crop areas only (Economic Survey of Maharashtra 2025-26).
At a glance
Pune vs. its neighbours
| District / belt | Estimated land price* (per acre) | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Pune — Purandar airport villages | ₹1–3 crore* | Indicative estimate; acquisition rate reported at ₹1.61 crore |
| Pune — Haveli, Mulshi, Maval | ₹1–6 crore* | Indicative estimate; very wide band |
| Pune — Bhor, Velhe, Ambegaon, Junnar | ₹25 lakh–₹1.5 crore* | Indicative estimate; wide band |
| Pune — Baramati, Indapur, Daund | ₹20 lakh–₹1 crore* | Indicative estimate; wide band |
| Satara | Not estimated here | See the Satara page |
| Ahmednagar | Not estimated here | See the Ahmednagar 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 Satara page, the Ahmednagar page and the Raigad page for neighbouring districts; Solapur is also adjacent (Solapur page). Thane lies across the Konkan, see the Thane page.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Pune
Five reasoned points, with an honest note that the price evidence is thin and several catalysts are still pending.
Ring roads in acquisition and construction
Surveys for the Inner Ring Road were set for October 2026 (Punekar News, October 2026), and the Pune Ring Road western stretch was reported 30% complete (The Bridge Chronicle, September 2026). Alignment decides value, so price on parcels the road does not take.
An airport with an awarded land rate
The Purandar land rate of ₹1.61 crore per acre gives a public reference point for the surrounding villages (Punekar News, October 2026). It is an acquisition rate, not a market price.
A faster Mumbai link
The missing link opened on 1 May 2026 for light vehicles (Realty Today, May 2026), which matters for Maval and Mulshi weekend demand.
Conversion became cheaper on paper
The one-time premium of 0.1% to 0.5% replaced yearly assessment (JSA, March 2026), but it applies only to zoned land and does not remove the section 63 farmer-only bar.
A paperwork-led market
Farmer status, zoning, fragmentation limits, forest status and the semi-critical groundwater in the east are all parcel-specific. The return case rests on location and permitted use, not crop yield.
Confirm land-use, farmer-status and ready-reckoner status directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.
Risks & challenges in Pune
Read these before shortlisting in Pune specifically.
Farmer-only buying
A non-agriculturist cannot buy farm land outside the exceptions, and the Revenue Minister said on 8 July 2026 that buyers must show proof of farmer status (IANS, July 2026; Indian Kanoon, section 63). Get legal advice before paying a deposit.
Alignment and acquisition risk
Ring road and airport acquisition can take part or all of a survey number, and compensation follows transactions of the previous three years, not the asking price (Punekar News, October 2026).
Fragmentation limits
Plots below the standard area (about 10 gunthas bagayat, 20 gunthas jirayat, as summarised) cannot be freely sold (Conventus Law summary). CONFIRM the notification.
Forest and Sahyadri land
Pune has 1,720 sq km of forest (2010-11) (CGWB Pune booklet). We found no district-specific eco-sensitive notification, so ask the Forest Department about any hill parcel.
Groundwater in the east
Baramati stood at 96.13% and Purandhar at 83.95% development in base year 2008-09 (CGWB Pune booklet); the figures are old, so check the current rating and the well yield.
Announced is not delivered
The Pune Ring Road target slipped from May 2026 for the western section to December 2027 (The Bridge Chronicle, September 2026), and no airport opening date was sourced. Price on today’s fundamentals. The price bands here are estimates*, not deal prices.
Who to contact
Local revenue, planning & forest offices
Mutation and 7/12 matters go through the Talathi and the Tehsildar of the relevant taluka (the CGWB booklet lists 14), under the District Collector, Pune. Sale-deed registration is handled by the local Sub-Registrar through the iSARITA system shown on the IGR Maharashtra home page, zoning questions go to the Pune Municipal Corporation inside its limits, to the Pimpri-Chinchwad body in its area, or to PMRDA in the regional plan area (reported by Punekar News), and forest status goes to the Forest Department’s divisional office. We could not open the Mahabhumi, district portal or PMRDA pages, so check them directly.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Everything buyers, NRIs and investors ask before their first reviewed farmland purchase in Pune.
Visit full wiki01 of 04
What does farm land cost in Pune?
Our estimate is about ₹20 lakh to ₹6 crore per acre*, depending on the belt: roughly ₹1–6 crore in Haveli, Mulshi and Maval near the ring roads, ₹1–3 crore near the Purandar airport villages, ₹25 lakh–₹1.5 crore in the Sahyadri talukas and ₹20 lakh–₹1 crore in Baramati, Indapur and Daund. These are wide, 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 Pune?
Generally no. Section 63 of the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act makes a sale to a non-agriculturist invalid apart from exceptions such as land inside a Municipal Corporation or the Collector’s permission, and on 8 July 2026 the Revenue Minister said buyers must show proof of farmer status (IANS, July 2026). No new statute was named, so get legal advice before paying a deposit.
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What is the status of the Purandar airport land?
Punekar News reported on 7 October 2026 that 980 hectares of the 1,216 required across seven villages were in possession, about 96% of farmers had consented, and the land rate was ₹1.61 crore per acre with separate packages for trees and wells. The report’s percentage and hectare figures do not quite match and no opening date was sourced, so check with the Collector’s office.
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Does the 2025 non-agricultural reform apply to my land?
The Land Revenue Code Second Amendment Act, notified on 31 December 2025, replaced section 42 with a one-time premium of 0.1% to 0.5% of the ready reckoner value, and Punekar News reported in August 2026 that Pune Municipal Corporation collects it with the building permission on zoned land. The report covers PMC limits only, and the reform does not touch the section 63 farmer-only bar, so ask the planning authority which zone applies.
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Sources and references
Law and courts
- Indian Kanoon text of section 63, Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act
- Indian Kanoon text of section 63-1A (industrial use; tribal seller protections)
- Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 as amended to 2018, PRS Legislative Research copy
- Maharashtra Land Revenue Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2025, JSA Prism, March 2026
- Land Revenue Code amendment and the 10 Feb 2026 resolution, Khaitan & Co, 23 Feb 2026
- Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Act, 2025, TeamLease RegTech
- Overview of recent amendments to the Fragmentation Act, Conventus Law (law-firm summary)
- Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Bill, 2025, PRS Legislative Research
- Agricultural land laws: Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961, BCAJ
- Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 (Article 25), reproduction amended to May 2019
Government
- Ground water information booklet, Pune district, Central Ground Water Board (2013)
- Inspector General of Registration and Controller of Stamps, Maharashtra (home page)
News
- Only farmers can buy agricultural land, minister warns, IANS via The Hawk, 8 Jul 2026
- Cabinet waives registration fee for agricultural land partition documents, Free Press Journal, May 2025
- Maharashtra maintains status quo in Ready Reckoner rates for 2026-27, Investment Guru India, Apr 2026
- State opts for status quo in Ready Reckoner rates, The Hitavada, 1 Apr 2026
- Maharashtra hikes Ready Reckoner rates by 3.9%, Business Standard, Apr 2025
- Assembly land-law announcement on small plots, The Week (wire), 9 Jul 2025
- Mumbai-Pune Expressway missing link opens, Realty Today, May 2026
- Pune Inner Ring Road land acquisition gains momentum, Punekar News, 9 Oct 2026
- Purandar airport land acquisition gains pace, Punekar News, 7 Oct 2026
- Pune landowners no longer need separate NA permission for construction, Punekar News, 30 Aug 2026
- Pune Ring Road cabinet approval and land acquisition, Punekar News, Aug 2026
- Pune Ring Road western stretch 30 percent complete, The Bridge Chronicle, Sep 2026
Further reading
- Tenancy and Agricultural Lands amendment of 2026, JSA Prism, June 2026
- Maharashtra land bill and legacy urban plot sales, King Stubb and Kasiva, Jan 2026
- E-governance in the office of the Settlement Commissioner, Elets, Feb 2025
- Maharashtra, Invest India
- Economic Survey of Maharashtra 2025-26
- Maharashtra overview, State Disaster Management Authority
- Dynamic ground water resources of Maharashtra, 2024, Central Ground Water Board
- Pune Ring Road route map and status, The Metro Rail Guy
- Master Direction on acquisition and transfer of immovable property in India, RBI (FED 12/2015-16, updated Sep 2022)
- Vinodchandra Sakarlal Kapadia v. State of Gujarat, Supreme Court, 15 Jun 2020: sections 63 and 43 and a bequest to a non-agriculturist
- Gundaji Satwaji Shinde v. Ramchandra Bhikaji Joshi, Supreme Court, 5 Dec 1978: who is an agriculturist, Manupat case guide
Data-currency note: area, talukas and crops come from the 2013 CGWB booklet, which labels its population year inconsistently; groundwater stages are for 2008-09. Infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly; ready reckoner items are reports, not notified schedules; estimated land prices are indicative and are not taken from any registered deed. Pages we could not open 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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