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

District guide

Buying Land in Nagaur

A well-irrigated, canal-free district in central Rajasthan: over-drawn groundwater, Section 42 checks and NH-62 four-laning approved but not yet built.

  • 17,718 sq km

    Area before 2023 split (CGWB)

  • 177.93%

    Groundwater development (Mar 2009)

  • 9 of 11

    Over-exploited blocks (2009)

  • Rs 1,359 crore, approved Jun 2026

    NH-62 Nagaur–Bikaner four-laning

*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.

Apna Khata — Rajasthan Land Records Portal

District land record — Nagaur

Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk

State

Rajasthan

Sub-divisions

Pre-2023 district had 13 tehsils and 11 blocks (CGWB brochure, 2013). Reported to have lost Didwana, Ladnun, Parbatsar, Makrana, Nawa and Kuchaman to Didwana-Kuchaman district (Rajras, undated); current notified list not opened

Key markets

Nagaur city · Merta · Degana · Mundwa · Jayal · Khinwsar

Demand anchors

NH-62 four-laning to Bikaner (approved June 2026) and to Jodhpur (bid stage) · Nagaur ring road · Pushkar–Merta rail line

Rail

Pushkar–Merta line (about 60 km) under construction through Merta and Riyan Badi tehsils (Patrika, January 2025)

Size and population

17,718 sq km before the 2023 split (CGWB brochure); population of the reduced district not sourced

Pricing unit

₹/acre or ₹/hectare (farmland); DLC schedules for agricultural land moved to hectares in December 2024, as reported

Local units

Revenue records and local usage vary by district and tehsil; convert every quote to acres or hectares

Land records portal

State land-records system (Apna Khata / eDharti); portals not opened for this page

District overview

Nagaur — a well-irrigated central Rajasthan district on the NH-62 corridor

Before the 2023 reorganisation Nagaur covered 17,718 sq km, with 13 tehsils and 11 blocks (CGWB brochure, 2013). Didwana-Kuchaman was then carved out of it and kept in the December 2024 cabinet decision that left the state with 41 districts (Scroll, December 2024); Rajras lists Didwana, Ladnun, Parbatsar, Makrana, Nawa and Kuchaman as the tehsils that went there (Rajras, undated). That leaves, on the CGWB list, Nagaur, Khinwsar, Jayal, Degana, Merta, Riyan Badi and Mundwa. We did not open a notified list, so the tehsil roll and the population of the reduced district are not stated.

We publish no per-acre price band for Nagaur. No registered-deal series or district-specific DLC report could be traced, so the page uses the state-level revisions only: about 10% in April 2026 and 5% to 49% in listed areas from 3 August 2026 (Patrika, August 2026; the report is in Hindi). A DLC rate is a valuation floor for registration, not a market price.

Nagaur is rainfed-and-well farmland. CGWB gives a normal rainfall of 363.1 mm, no canal irrigation and a groundwater stage of development of 177.93% in 2009, with nine of 11 blocks over-exploited (CGWB brochure, 2013). Road projects are the clearest local catalyst: four-laning of NH-62 towards Bikaner was approved in June 2026 (NBM&CW, June 2026).

  • Nagaur city
  • Merta
  • Degana
  • Mundwa
  • NH-62
  • Pushkar–Merta rail
Locator map of Nagaur district in Rajasthan

Transaction costs

Stamp duty & registration in Nagaur

Up to 20%

Surcharge on stamp duty

Cow-protection surcharge, Section 3-B, 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 fee

Sale-deed rates could not be traced to an official page or a news report

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 notified rate 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 ePanjiyan system (NeGD listing). State DLC rates rose about 10% in April 2026 and by 5% to 49% in listed areas from 3 August 2026 (Patrika, August 2026); in December 2024 irrigated rural land rose by up to 50% and agricultural registration moved to hectares (Patrika, December 2024). We found no Nagaur-specific schedule. 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). Take the current schedule from the Nagaur Sub-Registrar.

Know the belt

What is moving prices in Nagaur

State-level DLC revisions plus district farm and road facts. No Nagaur-specific rate or price was traced.

Statewide DLC revisions

About +10% (Apr 2026); +5% to 49% in listed areas (Aug 2026)

Patrika reported the April 2026 rise and the 3 August 2026 revision for listed areas (Patrika, August 2026). We could not tell from the report which Nagaur areas, if any, are on the list.

Check: the village’s line on the registrar’s schedule for the date of registration.

NH-62 corridor villages

Road approvals, no price series

The Centre approved four-laning of Nagaur–Bikaner on NH-62 at ₹1,359 crore in June 2026 (NBM&CW, June 2026), and the Nagaur–Jodhpur four-laning bid was opened (Patrika, June 2026). No land price effect has been measured.

Check: whether the parcel touches the existing carriageway or sits behind a village road; alignment and land acquisition are not final.

Merta and the rail line

Line under construction, reported

Work resumed in January 2025 on the roughly 60 km Pushkar–Merta line through Merta and Riyan Badi tehsils, in two phases of about ₹100 crore and ₹600 crore (Patrika, January 2025). No later progress report was found.

Check: the current stage with the railway before paying for land on the alignment.

Asking prices

No sourced price series

Listing-site asking prices for Nagaur could not be traced to registered deals, so none are shown. The DLC rate is the only official reference and it is a floor for registration, not what a seller will accept.

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

Units: acres and hectares

Revenue records and local usage differ by district and tehsil in Rajasthan, so a quoted figure may not mean what a buyer assumes. Convert every quote to acres or hectares and ask the Tehsildar’s office which unit the khasra uses. Patrika reported in December 2024 that agricultural registration moved to hectares (Patrika, December 2024).

Connectivity

How Nagaur connects — road, rail and air

No drive times or distances to Jodhpur, Bikaner or Jaipur are given because none were sourced. Journey times vary with traffic and road works.

By road

NH-62 Nagaur–BikanerFour-laning approved Jun 2026, ₹1,359 crore, BOT (reported)
Nagaur–JodhpurAbout 87 km Nagaur to Netada, financial bid opened (Jun 2026)
Gogelav–Amarpura bypass19 km, part of the Jodhpur package
Nagaur ring roadBypass approved between Bikaner and Ladnun roads (Jun 2026)

By air

Airport in the districtNone found in the sources read
Nearest airportsDistances and schedules not sourced for this page

By rail & metro

Pushkar–Merta lineAbout 60 km; work resumed Jan 2025; phase 2 about 3 years
Other stations and timetablesNot sourced for this page
MetroNo metro project 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. 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.

00Open or inaugurated

04In progress or pending

Bid stage · financial bid opened (Jun 2026) Nagaur–Jodhpur four-laning (NH-62)
Approved · construction date not given (Jun 2026) Nagaur–Bikaner four-laning (NH-62)
Approved · bypass (Jun 2026) Nagaur ring road
Under construction · phase 2 about 3 years (Jan 2025) Pushkar–Merta rail line
Bid stage · financial bid opened (Jun 2026)

Nagaur–Jodhpur four-laning (NH-62)

Patrika reported in June 2026 that four-laning of about 87 km from Nagaur to Netada in Jodhpur district, approved the previous year, had reached financial-bid opening, at an estimated ₹884 crore, with the ministry meeting 40% and the construction agency 60%; a 19 km bypass from Gogelav to Amarpura is part of the package (Patrika, June 2026; the report is in Hindi). No start or completion date was given.

Source: Patrika, Jun 2026

Length

About 87 km + 19 km bypass

Cost

About ₹884 crore

Stage

Financial bid opened

Dates

None given

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Nagaur city
  • Jayal
  • Mundwa
Approved · construction date not given (Jun 2026)

Nagaur–Bikaner four-laning (NH-62)

The Centre approved four-laning of the Nagaur–Bikaner stretch of NH-62 at ₹1,359 crore on a build-operate-transfer basis (NBM&CW, June 2026; Indian Infrastructure, June 2026). Construction is to start after final approvals and land-acquisition alignments are complete. Neither report gives the length or a timeline.

Source: NBM&CW, 11 Jun 2026; Indian Infrastructure, 11 Jun 2026

Cost

₹1,359 crore

Mode

BOT (reported)

Stage

Approved

Dates

None given

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Nagaur city
  • Khinwsar
Approved · bypass (Jun 2026)

Nagaur ring road

Patrika’s June 2026 report says the ministry approved the bypass for the remaining section linking the Bikaner Road and Ladnun Road (Patrika, June 2026). No length, cost or schedule is given, and the alignment relative to farmland is not published in the report.

Source: Patrika, Jun 2026

Section

Bikaner Rd–Ladnun Rd

Stage

Approved

Cost

Not given

Dates

None given

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Nagaur city
Under construction · phase 2 about 3 years (Jan 2025)

Pushkar–Merta rail line

A roughly 60 km line through Merta and Riyan Badi tehsils in Nagaur district and Pushkar and Pisangan tehsils in Ajmer, covering 23 villages. Patrika reported on 27 January 2025 that work had resumed after years of delay, with phase 1 at about ₹100 crore and phase 2 at about ₹600 crore, expected to finish within three years (Patrika, January 2025). We found no later progress report.

Source: Patrika, 27 Jan 2025

Length

About 60 km

Villages

23

Cost

About ₹700 crore (two phases)

Stage

Under construction (Jan 2025)

Land markets in the blast radius

  • Merta
  • Riyan Badi

Agriculture & terrain

Soil, crops & water in Nagaur

A dry-land and well-irrigated district where pearl millet, pulses and mustard lead and groundwater has been over-drawn.

🌾 Rainfed and well-irrigated farmland

ICAR-CRIDA’s plan gives pearl millet on about 439,000 hectares, moth bean 207,000, moong 206,000 and cluster bean 159,000 in kharif, with mustard 127,000, wheat 72,000 and fenugreek 12,000 in rabi, from a net sown area of about 1.23 million hectares (ICAR-CRIDA Nagaur plan; the document gives no data year for these tables). CGWB’s 2010-11 table differs in detail, for example 517,838 hectares of bajra (CGWB brochure, 2013).

  • Bajra
  • Moth
  • Moong
  • Mustard
  • Methi

🏜️ Sandy and sandy-loam soils

CGWB lists 565,705 hectares of sandy soil, 472,905 of sandy loam, 134,450 of clay loam and 22,840 of clay (CGWB brochure, 2013). The ICAR-CRIDA percentages for the same classes do not add up cleanly, so treat the shares as indicative. Village-level soil data would sit on the Soil Health Card portal, which was not opened.

  • Sandy
  • Sandy loam
  • Clay loam

🚜 Wells and bore wells only

In 2010-11 CGWB recorded 16,742 tube wells and bore wells and 47,187 open wells, 328,088 hectares gross irrigated, and no canal irrigation; ICAR-CRIDA likewise reports no canal, tank or lift irrigation (CGWB brochure, 2013; ICAR-CRIDA). Water access is the parcel’s main asset, so check the well and borewell record.

  • Tube wells
  • Open wells
  • No canal

💧 Water & rainfall

CGWB gives a normal rainfall of 363.1 mm for 1901-1970 and a 1971-2005 mean of 410 mm; ICAR-CRIDA gives 346.8 mm. The stage of groundwater development was 177.93% as on 31 March 2009, and the brochure says the scope for further development was exhausted. Nine blocks (Degana, Didwana, Jayal, Kuchaman, Makarana, Merta, Mundwa, Parbatsar, Riyan) were over-exploited, Ladnun critical and Nagaur semi-critical (CGWB brochure, 2013). Several of those blocks now sit in Didwana-Kuchaman district. CGWB’s 2024 report lists Nagaur among districts with sporadic anomalies in salinity, fluoride, nitrate and uranium (CGWB, 2024). Test water quality before relying on a well.

📐 Measurement units

Convert every quote to acres or hectares before comparing offers, and ask the Tehsildar’s office which unit the khasra uses. Mandi prices for cluster bean, moong, mustard and fenugreek are published on Agmarknet, which was not opened for this page, so no mandi price is quoted.

At a glance

Nagaur vs. its neighbours

District / beltPrice band* (per acre)Evidence
Nagaur — districtNo sourced price seriesNo district-specific DLC schedule or per-acre figure traced
JodhpurNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page
BikanerNo sourced price seriesNo figure used on this page
Didwana-KuchamanNo sourced price seriesFormed from Nagaur in 2023; no figure used on this page

*No price band is shown because none could be traced to an official or news series. See the Jodhpur page, the Bikaner page and the Didwana-Kuchaman page for the neighbouring markets.

Farmhouse plot with boundary stones near Nagaur, Rajasthan

District report — Nagaur

Farmland India view

Why investors look at Nagaur

Five reasoned points, with an honest note that price evidence is thin and most catalysts are still approvals.

Road approvals on both sides

NH-62 four-laning towards Bikaner was approved in June 2026 and the Jodhpur package is at financial-bid stage. These are approvals and bids, not roads, so price on today’s carriageway.

A large district with a single highway spine

Nagaur covered 17,718 sq km before the split, and the road and rail projects named for it run through a few corridors. Parcels near them are the ones to study first.

Rail reaching Merta

The Pushkar–Merta line resumed in January 2025 with a three-year phase-2 estimate. No later progress report was found.

Water as the asset

With no canal and groundwater over-drawn since at least 2009, a parcel with a documented, working well is worth more than one without. That is also the main risk.

A market that rewards paperwork

With Section 42, zone-based ceiling limits, the 2023 reorganisation and fast-moving DLC rates 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, Section 90A conversion and DLC status directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.

STRAIGHT TALK

Risks & challenges in Nagaur

Read these before shortlisting in Nagaur specifically.

Over-exploited groundwater

The 2009 CGWB categorisation put nine of 11 blocks in the over-exploited class at 177.93% development. Check the current block category and borewell yield before counting on irrigation.

Groundwater quality

CGWB’s 2024 report lists Nagaur for sporadic high salinity, fluoride, nitrate and uranium. Test the water before planning a farmhouse or crop.

Section 42 exposure

A sale of khatedari land by an SC or ST member to someone outside that community is void under Section 42, and the Supreme Court applied the bar to a company buyer in 2012. Establish the seller’s community before any advance.

District reorganisation confusion

Nagaur lost several tehsils to Didwana-Kuchaman in 2023, and older papers may name the former district. Check which district and which Sub-Registrar office a village now falls under.

Rainfall and drought

Normal rainfall is 346.8 to 410 mm depending on source and years, and the CRIDA plan marks drought as a major contingency. Rainfed yields swing widely.

Announced is not delivered

The Bikaner four-laning has no start date, the Jodhpur package is at bid stage and the rail line’s last progress report is from January 2025. Price on today’s fundamentals.

No sourced price series

We use no listing-site prices for Nagaur, and found no district-specific DLC schedule. Collect registered comparables before negotiating.

Who to contact

Local revenue, planning & registration offices

Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Tehsildar of the relevant tehsil, and the District Collector’s office oversees the district revenue administration. Conversion of rural agricultural land is decided by the Tehsildar, Sub-Divisional Officer, Collector or State Government, depending on use and plot size (Rule 9, Revenue Department rules, 2019 compilation). Sale-deed registration is handled by the Sub-Registrar office under the ePanjiyan system, which feeds the eDharti land records for agricultural deeds (NeGD listing). Because tehsils moved to Didwana-Kuchaman in 2023, confirm which Sub-Registrar covers the village. The Nagaur district portal, the Revenue Department site and ePanjiyan did not open from our review environment, so take office locations from the department directly.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions

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

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What does agricultural land cost in Nagaur?

We publish no per-acre band for Nagaur because no registered-deal series or district-specific DLC schedule could be traced. The only official references are state-level: DLC rates rose about 10% in April 2026 and by 5% to 49% in listed areas from 3 August 2026, according to Patrika. A DLC rate is a registration floor, not a market price.

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Sources and references

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News

Further reading

Data-currency note: soils, crop areas, irrigation and block categories come from documents dated 2011-2013 (groundwater data as on 31 March 2009) and describe the district before the 2023 reorganisation; the tehsil split rests on one non-official summary. Road and rail statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly. The Nagaur district portal, the Revenue Department site, Apna Khata, ePanjiyan 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. The base stamp duty and registration fee are not quoted. This is a general guide, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.

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