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Aerial view of agricultural land and farm fields near Baran, Rajasthan

District guide

Buying Land in Baran

An irrigated mustard-wheat district in south-east Rajasthan, with a Saharia-tribe sale bar, a draft Shergarh eco-zone, stressed groundwater and no sourced price series.

  • 6,992 sq km

    Area

  • 12.23 lakh

    Population (Census 2011)

  • 97.05% of sown area

    Net irrigated, 2023-24

  • 8

    Tehsils

*Indicative range across districts and land types. Stamp duty, registration and conversion charges are additional. Local measurement units vary โ€” every listing states the unit it is priced in. Not a valuation or an offer.

Apna Khata โ€” Rajasthan Land Records Portal

District land record โ€” Baran

Rev. 2026 ยท Farmland India desk

State

Rajasthan

Sub-divisions

8 tehsils: Baran, Anta, Atru, Mangrol, Chhabra, Chhipabarod, Kishanganj and Shahabad (district profile in a May 2018 environmental clearance reply). The district portal home page opened but carried no profile page.

Key markets

Baran town ยท Anta ยท Chhabra ยท Atru ยท Shahbad and Kishanganj

Demand anchors

Irrigated mustard-wheat farming ยท three RIICO industrial areas (Baran, IID Baran, Chhabra) ยท a link canal project at DPR stage ยท Shergarh sanctuary eco-zone still a draft

Rail

95 km of line in the district in 2010-11 (industrial profile); a Sheopur-Kota route via Baran has been requested in Parliament (Lok Sabha record)

Size and population

6,992 sq km ยท 12,22,755 people (Census 2011) (May 2018 district profile; the industrial profile gives 6,992 sq km too, CGWB 6,955 sq km)

Pricing unit

โ‚น/acre or โ‚น/hectare (farmland) ยท โ‚น/sq yd (plots)

Local units

Local land units vary by tehsil and village in Rajasthan; this page quotes acres and hectares only

Land records portal

Revenue land-records system (Apna Khata / eDharti) (NeGD listing); not opened for this page

District overview

Baran โ€” an irrigated mustard-wheat district with forest on its edge

Baran is a district of 6,992 sq km with 12,22,755 people at Census 2011 (district profile, May 2018). It has eight tehsils (Baran, Anta, Atru, Mangrol, Chhabra, Chhipabarod, Kishanganj, Shahabad) and one nagar parishad in that profile. The industrial profile lists three RIICO industrial areas with 383 plots, 324 of them allotted in data that runs to 2011-12 (MSME industrial profile). Those figures are old and the profile itself is undated.

We publish no per-acre price band for Baran. No district rate series or registered-deal data could be traced, and listing-site asking prices cannot be linked to registered deals. The statewide DLC revisions are the only dated reference: up to 50% for irrigated rural land in December 2024 (Patrika, December 2024), about 10% in April 2026 and 5% to 49% in listed areas from 3 August 2026 (Patrika, August 2026). We found no Baran village list for the August revision.

Baran is farmland first. The 2023-24 agricultural statistics put net irrigated area at 97.05% of net sown area, with rapeseed-mustard on 23.76% and wheat on 18.81% of cropped area (Directorate of Economics and Statistics), and forest covers 2,18,630 hectares of the 6,99,461 hectare reporting area, about 31% by our arithmetic. Groundwater, forest status and the Shergarh eco-zone matter as much as the road.

  • Baran
  • Anta
  • Atru
  • Chhabra
  • Shahbad
  • Kishanganj
Locator map of Baran district in Rajasthan

Transaction costs

Stamp duty & registration in Baran

Up to 20%

Surcharge on stamp duty

cow-protection surcharge, s.3-B Rajasthan Stamp Act 1998; cap raised from 10% in 2018

DLC

Valuation basis

Patrika reported in August 2026 that duty and fee follow DLC rates

Not traced

Base duty and registration fee

no official page or news report found for the sale-deed rates

The surcharge cap was raised from 10% to 20% by the Rajasthan Stamp (Amendment) Bill, 2018 (PRS, Bill 18 of 2018; The Tribune, September 2018). The rate notified today is not confirmed, and the base stamp duty and registration fee for a sale deed could not be traced, so none is quoted. Deeds are registered through the Registration and Stamps Department's ePanjiyan system (NeGD listing). DLC rates were raised by up to 50% for irrigated rural land in December 2024, with agricultural registration moving to hectares (Patrika, December 2024), by about 10% in April 2026 and by 5% to 49% in listed areas from 3 August 2026 (Patrika, August 2026). Since July 2024 Rule 57 of the Stamp Rules lets the registering officer inspect the land and value open land and structures separately (TeamLease RegTech, July 2024). We found no Baran village-level DLC list, so no district rate is quoted. Take the current schedule from the Sub-Registrar.

Know the belt

What is moving prices in Baran

No district rate series was found. The notes below separate what is dated and official from what is not available.

Statewide DLC revisions

Up to 50% (Dec 2024) ยท +10% (Apr 2026) ยท 5-49% in listed areas (3 Aug 2026)

DLC rates for irrigated rural land rose by up to 50% in December 2024 and agricultural registration moved to hectares (Patrika, December 2024). Rates rose about 10% in April 2026 and by 5% to 49% in listed areas from 3 August 2026 (Patrika, August 2026; the report is not in English). We did not find which Baran villages were listed.

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

Asking prices

No sourced price series

Listing-site asking prices for Baran could not be traced to registered deals, so none are shown. The DLC rate is a registration floor, not what a seller will accept.

Check: registered sale deeds in the same revenue estate before negotiating.

Irrigated farmland

Net irrigated 97.05% of net sown area (2023-24)

Net sown area was 3,46,765 hectares and net irrigated area 3,36,531 hectares; gross cropped area was 6,65,042 hectares (Directorate of Economics and Statistics). The CGWB brochure (data to 2009) shows tubewells irrigating 1,91,558 hectares and canals 54,485 hectares (CGWB brochure).

Check: the source of irrigation for the parcel and the borewell yield.

Forest and sanctuary edge

Forest 2,18,630 ha of a 6,99,461 ha reporting area

About 31% of the reporting area is recorded as forest (Directorate of Economics and Statistics). Land near Shergarh sits inside a proposed eco-sensitive zone that would bar new commercial construction (draft S.O. 2868(E)).

Check: whether the khasra is forest, revenue or inside the eco-zone.

Units: acres and hectares

Rajasthan land is sold in local units that vary by district and tehsil, so convert every quote into acres or hectares and confirm the share of the khasra being sold. Agricultural registration in the state moved to hectares in December 2024 (Patrika, December 2024). Ask the patwari which local unit a seller means.

Connectivity

How Baran connects โ€” road, rail and air

Distances to Kota, Jhalawar and Bhopal are not given because no official or news source was found. Journey times vary with traffic and road works.

By road

Highway lengthsThe 2010-11 industrial profile lists national, state and district roads, but its figures repeat across categories, so none is quoted
DistancesKota, Jhalawar and Bhopal: not sourced
Beawar-Bharatpur expresswayDoes not pass through Baran on the route described in the reports read

By air

Airport in the districtNone named in any source read
Nearest airportDistance and schedules not sourced

By rail

Rail line in the district95 km in 2010-11 (industrial profile)
Sheopur-Kota via BaranRequested in the Lok Sabha; no sanction found (Lok Sabha record)
Station upgradesNo Baran item found in the sources read

The practical question is the last leg from the highway to the parcel; ask for the access road in the revenue record. Full Rajasthan rules for buyers from outside the state: Rajasthan agricultural land rules.

Growth catalysts

Upcoming infrastructure & developments

Status labels reflect sources read in October 2026. Government-announced timelines are not guaranteed; items marked confirm have a single or an older source.

01Open or inaugurated

03In progress or pending

Planning stage ยท DPR appraisal (Dec 2025) Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal link with ERCP
Draft since Oct 2015 ยท final not seen Shergarh eco-sensitive zone
Requested in Parliament ยท no sanction found Sheopur-Kota rail route via Baran
In place ยท data to 2011-12 RIICO industrial areas at Baran and Chhabra
Planning stage ยท DPR appraisal (Dec 2025)

Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal link with ERCP

Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh signed an MoU with the Jal Shakti Ministry on 28 January 2024. In December 2024 the Ministry told the Lok Sabha that the link was at DPR stage with no cost estimate, and it listed 21 Rajasthan districts to benefit, Baran among them (Lok Sabha, December 2024). A report of 2 December 2025 said the Rajasthan DPRs were under Central Water Commission appraisal and that the project was not being considered as a national project (NBM&CW, December 2025). That report names no districts and no cost, so a Baran-specific canal or date is not sourced.

Source: Lok Sabha, 12 Dec 2024; NBM&CW, 2 Dec 2025

Stage

DPR appraisal

MoU

28 Jan 2024

Cost

Not stated

Baran works

Not sourced

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Baran
Draft since Oct 2015 ยท final not seen

Shergarh eco-sensitive zone

The draft notification covers a 1 km zone of about 58.06 sq km around the 81.67 sq km sanctuary, across 22 villages, 17 in Baran and 5 in Jhalawar. It would bar new commercial construction, new hotels and all mining and quarrying, and allow agricultural land conversion only for listed local needs with state approval (MoEFCC draft S.O. 2868(E)). We did not find a final notification, so confirm the status with the Forest Department.

Source: MoEFCC, 19 Oct 2015

Zone

About 58.06 sq km

Villages

22 (17 in Baran)

Tehsil

Atru

Status

Draft; final to confirm

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Atru
Requested in Parliament ยท no sanction found

Sheopur-Kota rail route via Baran

A member of the Lok Sabha for Jhalawar-Baran asked the Government for a railway route connecting Sheopur to Kota via Baran and sought a status update; the extract we read is undated and carries no reply (Lok Sabha record). We found no sanction, survey or cost. Treat it as a request.

Source: Lok Sabha record (undated extract)

Route

Sheopur-Kota via Baran

Status

Requested

Cost

Not sourced

Date

Not sourced

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Baran
In place ยท data to 2011-12

RIICO industrial areas at Baran and Chhabra

The industrial profile lists three RIICO areas: Baran (140 plots, 132 allotted), IID Baran (199 plots, 151 allotted) and Chhabra (44 plots, 41 allotted), with 71 units in production across them (industrial profile). The profile is undated and its data stops in 2011-12, so current allotment is not known.

Source: MSME industrial profile, Baran (data to 2011-12)

Areas

3

Plots

383

Allotted

324

Data year

To 2011-12

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Baran
  • Chhabra

Agriculture & terrain

Soil, crops & water in Baran

Irrigated black and loamy soils, mustard and wheat on most cropped land, and a forested southern and eastern edge. Groundwater is stressed in two blocks on the 2009 figures.

๐ŸŒพ Soils and crops

The CGWB brochure lists deep black clayey soil, deep brown loamy soil, red gravelly loam in the hilly southern and eastern parts, and black kachari soil mainly in Baran and Mangrol tehsils (CGWB brochure). In 2023-24 rapeseed-mustard took 23.76% of cropped area, wheat 18.81%, maize 6.38% and gram 3.92%; gross cropped area was 6,65,042 hectares against 3,46,765 hectares net sown, so land is sown about 1.9 times a year by our arithmetic (Directorate of Economics and Statistics).

  • Mustard
  • Wheat
  • Maize
  • Gram

๐Ÿ’ง Irrigation

Net irrigated area was 3,36,531 hectares in 2023-24, or 97.05% of net sown area (Directorate of Economics and Statistics). The CGWB brochure, with data to 2009, gives canal irrigation of 54,485 hectares, tubewells 1,91,558, other wells 28,252 and tanks 2,376 (CGWB brochure). The source mix has probably changed since, so ask which canal or well serves the parcel.

  • Tubewells
  • Canal
  • Wells

โ›ฐ๏ธ Forest and hills

Forest covers 2,18,630 hectares of the 6,99,461 hectare reporting area (Directorate of Economics and Statistics). The southern and eastern parts carry red gravelly hilly soil (CGWB brochure), and Shergarh sanctuary sits on the Jhalawar border. Legal status matters more than soil near the forest edge.

  • Forest
  • Shergarh
  • Hilly soil

๐Ÿ’ง Water & rainfall

The CGWB brochure puts normal annual rainfall at 852.7 mm (1951-2000) and the 2000-2011 average at 707 mm (CGWB brochure); the 2018 district profile gives an average of 824.31 mm for 2014-15 (district profile). On 31 March 2009 the district stage of groundwater development was 96.18%: Baran (146.01%) and Atru (122.46%) were over-exploited, Chhipabarod (98.43%) critical, Anta (88.91%) semi-critical, and Chhabra, Kishanganj and Shahbad safe (CGWB brochure). Those figures are 17 years old. CGWB's 2024 assessment puts the state at 149.86% extraction with 214 of 302 units over-exploited and lists Baran only for nitrate above 45 mg/L in sporadic samples (CGWB, 2024). We did not find a 2024 block table for Baran. Check the borewell yield and permission for any parcel.

๐Ÿ“ Measurement units

Rajasthan local land units vary by district and tehsil, so convert every quote to acres or hectares before comparing offers. Mandi prices are published on the national agricultural marketing portal, which was not opened for this page; crop income is modest next to land values, so price a parcel on its location, water and permitted use.

At a glance

Baran vs. its neighbours

District / beltPrice band* (per acre)Evidence
BaranNo sourced price seriesNamed among the 21 districts in the Lok Sabha link-project list (December 2024)
KotaNo sourced price seriesAlso named in the same list; no figure used on this page
JhalawarNo sourced price seriesShares 5 of the 22 Shergarh eco-zone villages (draft S.O. 2868(E)); no price figure used
BundiNo sourced price seriesAlso named in the same list; no figure used on this page

*No price band is shown because none could be traced to an official or news series. See the Kota page and the Jhalawar page for the neighbouring markets, and the Bundi page for the third district named in the link-project list.

Farmhouse plot with boundary stones near Baran, Rajasthan

District report โ€” Baran

Farmland India view

Why investors look at Baran

Five reasoned points, with an honest note that the price evidence is thin and the catalysts are pending.

An irrigated base

Net irrigated area was 97.05% of net sown area in 2023-24 and gross cropped area ran about 1.9 times net sown area. The return case on farming is real, but it depends on a working water source.

Forest and sanctuary limits on supply

About 31% of the reporting area is forest, and a draft eco-zone would restrict construction and conversion near Shergarh. That narrows where a farmhouse or plot can lawfully go.

A named link project, not a built one

Baran is on the 21-district Lok Sabha list for the link canal, which was at DPR appraisal in December 2025. This desk reads it as optionality, not a basis for a premium.

Older industrial estates

Three RIICO areas had 324 of 383 plots allotted in data to 2011-12. That shows past take-up, not current demand.

A market that rewards paperwork

With tribal-land, eco-zone, groundwater and DLC questions all parcel-specific, a buyer who documents each one is better placed than one relying on a broker summary.

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Confirm khatedar class, forest or eco-zone status and Section 90A conversion directly; these are not certified by Farmland India's review.

STRAIGHT TALK

Risks & challenges in Baran

Read these before shortlisting in Baran specifically.

Tribal-land sale bar

Section 42 voids a sale of khatedari land by an SC or ST member, including the Saharia tribe, to someone outside the community. The industrial profile records Sehariya settlements in four tehsils. Establish the seller's community before any advance.

Shergarh eco-zone

The 2015 draft would bar new commercial construction and all mining in a 1 km zone across 17 Baran villages. We did not find the final notification; ask the Forest Department.

Groundwater stress

On 2009 figures Baran and Atru blocks were over-exploited and Chhipabarod critical. Check borewell depth and any restriction before assuming irrigation.

Forest land

About 31% of the reporting area is forest. Ask whether a khasra is revenue land and whether any forest or sanctuary rule applies.

DLC-rate churn

DLC rates were revised in December 2024, April 2026 and on 3 August 2026. A valuation agreed in spring may not match the schedule in force at registration.

Announced is not delivered

The link canal was at DPR appraisal in December 2025 and the Sheopur-Kota rail route is only a request. Price on today's fundamentals.

No sourced price series

We use no listing-site prices for Baran, and DLC rates are only a floor. Collect registered comparables before negotiating.

Who to contact

Local revenue, planning & forest offices

Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Tehsildar of the relevant tehsil (Baran, Anta, Atru, Mangrol, Chhabra, Chhipabarod, Kishanganj or Shahabad, per the 2018 district profile), under the District Collector. Sale-deed registration is handled by the Sub-Registrar under the ePanjiyan system, which feeds eDharti land records for agricultural deeds (NeGD listing). Conversion of rural agricultural land is decided by the Tehsildar, Sub-Divisional Officer, Collector or State Government depending on use and size (Rule 9, 2007 rules, 2019 compilation). The Divisional Forest Officer is the office to ask about forest land and the Shergarh eco-zone. The Revenue Department portal, ePanjiyan and the Baran district portal pages we opened carried no office detail, so take office locations and jurisdiction maps from the department directly.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions

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

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What does agricultural land cost in Baran?

We publish no per-acre band for Baran because no district rate series could be traced and listing-site asking prices cannot be linked to registered deals. The only dated reference points are statewide: DLC rates rose by up to 50% for irrigated rural land in December 2024 (Patrika), about 10% in April 2026 and 5% to 49% in listed areas from 3 August 2026 (Patrika, August 2026). We found no Baran village list, so check the village's DLC rate at the Sub-Registrar.

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Sources and references

Law and courts

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News

Further reading

Data-currency note: sources were read in October 2026. The district industrial profile and the CGWB brochure are undated or carry data from 2009 to 2012; the district profile is from May 2018; rainfall and cropping figures are from the 2023-24 agricultural statistics. The Apna Khata and ePanjiyan portals, the Revenue Department site and the India Code text of the Land Revenue Act and the Stamp Act could not be opened, so nothing here is attributed to a reading of them. DLC rates, court orders and project timelines change often. Pages marked as not opened are named only as places to check. General information, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.

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