
District guide
Buying Land in Hamirpur
A Bundelkhand district at the Yamuna–Betwa confluence, 67 km from Kanpur, with wheat-and-pulse land, more than half its sown area rainfed and no sourced price series.
4,121.9 sq km
Area (district portal)
850.7 mm
Normal rainfall (ICAR-CRIDA)
67 km
Kanpur (district portal)
159.5 thousand ha
Rainfed area (ICAR-CRIDA)
District land record — Hamirpur
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Uttar Pradesh (not Himachal Pradesh)
Division
Chitrakoot
Key markets
Hamirpur town · Rath · Maudaha · Sarila · Sumerpur
Demand anchors
Yamuna–Betwa confluence · Betwa coarse sand · Bundelkhand Expressway · Kanpur to the north
Regional hub
Kanpur, 67 km away (district portal)
Tehsils
Hamirpur · Maudaha · Rath · Sarila; 7 blocks (district portal)
Area and people
About 4,122 sq km (district portal) · third least populous district in the state at the 2011 Census, after Mahoba and Chitrakoot
Land records portal
UP Bhulekh (khatauni, khasra) · IGRSUP for circle rates
Land law is state law. These rules are maintained on the Uttar Pradesh page and apply to every district within it.
Hamirpur — land purchase legal rules
⚠ Two checks come before any advance in Uttar Pradesh: the Revenue Code limit of 5.0586 hectares (about 12.5 acres) on what one person can acquire by purchase or gift, and the registry position in the DNGIR villages near Noida, where a purchase halt was reported in January 2024 and no later word was found. UP Revenue Code 2006, section 89; Sakshi Post, January 2024.
Who can buy agricultural land? The Revenue Code sections we read set a size limit (section 89) and special rules for land held by Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe members (sections 98 and 99). None asks the buyer to be a farmer or to live in the state (UP Revenue Code 2006, IGRS UP). We did not read the whole tenure chapter, so ask the Sub-Registrar whether anything further applies. The Code repealed the Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act 1950 when it was enforced on 18 December 2015 (SCC Online, February 2016).
Holding limit: section 89(2) of the Code bars a purchase or gift that would take the buyer's total holding in Uttar Pradesh above 5.0586 hectares, about 12.5 acres on our conversion (UP Revenue Code 2006). Under the earlier Act the Supreme Court read a company as a person for this limit and let the excess vest in the State (Oswal Fats and Oils, April 2010). The separate 1960 Ceiling Act caps total holdings; the India Code text gives 7.30 hectares of irrigated land for a family of five or fewer, with additions for larger families, and the text mixes acres and hectares, so the current schedule needs checking (India Code).
DNGIR villages: the Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad Investment Region covers 84 notified villages, 63 in Bulandshahr and 21 in Gautam Buddh Nagar, notified in October 2024 (Swarajya, July 2026). In January 2024 a Noida Authority letter to the Stamp Department halted purchase and sale in the proposed villages, with registration of agricultural land needing the Authority's consent (Sakshi Post, January 2024). Two July 2026 reports on acquisition by mutual consent do not mention the halt (Millennium Post, July 2026), so ask the Noida Authority or the District Magistrate's office whether it still applies to a given village.
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe land: a Scheduled Caste bhumidhar needs the Collector's previous written permission to transfer land to a non-Scheduled Caste buyer (section 98), and a Scheduled Tribe bhumidhar may not transfer to a non-Scheduled Tribe buyer (section 99) (UP Revenue Code 2006). The Allahabad High Court described a transfer without the permission as void in Omwati v District Collector, Pilibhit, November 2022.
NRI & OCI buyers: the Reserve Bank's Master Direction under FEMA 1999 excludes agricultural land, plantation land and a farm house from what NRIs and OCIs may buy or receive as a gift (paragraphs 3.1.1 and 3.1.2). Inheritance is covered separately in paragraphs 3.1.3 and 3.1.4, without that exclusion (Reserve Bank of India Master Direction FED 12/2015-16).
- Revenue Code 2006
- Purchase limit: 5.0586 ha
- DNGIR: 84 villages
- SC land: Collector permission
- NRI agri: barred (FEMA)
- Ceiling Act 1960
Hamirpur — district-specific notes
The full Uttar Pradesh legal framework on the state page (ceiling, stamp duty, SC/ST land, NRI rules) applies to Hamirpur in full. The notes below are specific to this district and are not repeated from the state page.
⚠ This page covers Hamirpur in Uttar Pradesh, in the Bundelkhand region and the Chitrakoot Dham division. Himachal Pradesh also has a Hamirpur district with its own tehsils and industrial profile (Ministry of MSME profile of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh), so check that a listing, a khasra number and a Sub-Registrar office all belong to the Uttar Pradesh district before you send money. The Uttar Pradesh rules on the state page apply here.
⚠ The conversion rule changed in 2026. The state cabinet cleared an ordinance amending section 80 of the UP Revenue Code in March 2026 (Free Press Journal, March 2026). Ordinance No. 14 of 2026 treats a building, development or layout approval inside a notified development-authority or industrial-authority area as the section 80(2) declaration, with the entry recorded in the revenue records within 15 days (PRS, Ordinance 14 of 2026), and a compliance bulletin reports it notified as an Act on 13 August 2026 (TeamLease RegTech, August 2026). Outside such areas the section 80 route through the Sub-Divisional Officer applies, with a 45 working-day decision period (UP Revenue Code text, India Code). Which regime covers your village is a question for the tehsil.
⚠ Two corridors are relevant. The Bundelkhand Expressway, a 296 km four-lane road, passes through seven districts including Hamirpur (PMO release, July 2022) and was inaugurated on 16 July 2022 (The Quint, July 2022). A separate 117.7 km Kanpur–Kabrai highway was approved by the Cabinet in July 2026 as a four-lane toll road at Rs 7,145.14 crore (NBM&CW, July 2026); the report names no districts, though it lists Hamirpur among logistics nodes, so ask the district revenue office and NHAI whether a parcel lies on a notified alignment.
- Revenue Code Section 80
- Bundelkhand Expressway
- Kanpur–Kabrai Highway
- Bundelkhand
District overview
Hamirpur — Bundelkhand farmland at the Yamuna–Betwa confluence, 67 km from Kanpur
Hamirpur is a district in the Chitrakoot Dham division of southern Uttar Pradesh, where the Yamuna and the Betwa meet (district portal). It covers 4,121.9 sq km and, on the portal's account, was the third least populous district in the state at the 2011 Census, after Mahoba and Chitrakoot; the portal's own count is 1,042,374 for the 2001 Census. There are four tehsils (Hamirpur, Maudaha, Rath and Sarila) and seven blocks (Gohand, Kurara, Maudaha, Muskara, Rath, Sarila and Sumerpur). The district borders Jalaun, Kanpur and Fatehpur to the north, Banda to the east, Mahoba to the south and Jhansi and Jalaun to the west (district profile).
The land is farmed in wheat, pulses and oilseeds, and water is the defining issue. ICAR-CRIDA's draft district plan gives normal rainfall of 850.7 mm and shows 159.5 thousand hectares rainfed within a 294.2 thousand-hectare net sown area (ICAR-CRIDA). The district portal says coarse sand from the Betwa banks is exported to other parts of the state. For a land buyer that means thin demand and few comparables, with water and river-side exposure the main risks.
The buyer geography is Kanpur, 67 km away on the district portal's figure, with Orai and Mahoba 85 km and Banda 95 km. NH 86, the Kanpur–Hamirpur–Sagar road, runs through the district. The Bundelkhand Expressway also runs through it and a Kanpur–Kabrai highway was approved in July 2026, but neither has a sourced effect on local land prices, and we found no sourced price series for Hamirpur farmland.
- Chitrakoot Division
- Bundelkhand
- Yamuna River
- Betwa River
- Rath
- Kanpur
Market & connectivity
What is moving prices in Hamirpur
Project status with the source of each named, and a note on what price evidence does not exist.
No sourced price series
We found no official or news price series for Hamirpur farmland, and no listing-site figure we could trace to a registered deed, so this page proposes no per-acre band. Ask a seller for the last registered sale in the same village, and compare it with the village circle rate on IGRS UP.
Why we do not quote a trend
Without a price history, circle rates read from IGRS UP or a second independent source, this page gives neither a price band nor a direction of travel.
Bundelkhand Expressway
The PMO's release before the inauguration describes a 296 km four-lane expressway from near Gonda village in Chitrakoot district to Kudrail in Etawah district, passing through seven districts including Hamirpur, at roughly Rs 14,850 crore, with an option to widen to six lanes (PMO, July 2022). The Quint reports it was inaugurated on 16 July 2022 at Kaitheri village in Jalaun (The Quint, July 2022). We found no sourced evidence of its effect on Hamirpur land prices.
Kanpur–Kabrai highway
NBM&CW, July 2026 reports a 117.7 km four-lane, access-controlled corridor from Kanpur to Kabrai at Rs 7,145.14 crore in BOT toll mode, cutting travel time between the two from 3.5 hours to 1.5 hours. The article lists Hamirpur among logistics nodes but names no alignment, so we do not know where the road touches the district.
Betwa sand
The district portal says coarse sand from the Betwa banks is exported to other parts of Uttar Pradesh (district portal). Land beside a river may carry sand-lease, riverbank and flood-line questions, so ask for the lease and water-line position in writing for any parcel near the Betwa or Yamuna.
Circle rates and stamp duty
District magistrates set minimum land rates each year (PTI via The Week, March 2025), and that report lists Hamirpur among the districts where a revision was underway. We did not open the Hamirpur village rate list on IGRS UP, so no circle rate is quoted. Stamp duty follows the state page, where the base rates remain unconfirmed.
Connectivity
How Hamirpur connects — road, rail and air
Hamirpur's outside buyers come mainly from Kanpur, 67 km away on the district portal's figure. Journey times vary with traffic and road works.
🚗 By road
✈️ By air
🚆 By rail
🛣 Bundelkhand Expressway
The Bundelkhand Expressway (about 296 km, four lanes with an option to widen to six) runs from near Gonda village in Chitrakoot district to Kudrail in Etawah district, where it joins the Agra–Lucknow Expressway, and passes through Hamirpur (PMO, July 2022). See our UP land-rules guide for who may buy. The interchange closest to a given parcel was not confirmed, so check it on the expressway authority's alignment map.
Growth catalysts
Upcoming infrastructure & developments
Status labels maintained by the Farmland India research desk. Government-announced timelines — not guaranteed.
Bundelkhand Expressway
Inaugurated on 16 July 2022, about 296 km, four lanes, at roughly ₹14,850 crore according to the PMO's release. Seven districts are served, from Etawah in the north to Chitrakoot in the south, and Hamirpur is among them (PMO, July 2022).
Kanpur–Kabrai highway
A 117.7 km, four-lane access-controlled section approved by the Cabinet in July 2026 at ₹7,145.14 crore, in BOT toll mode, to cut Kanpur–Kabrai travel from about 3.5 hours to 1.5 hours (NBM&CW, July 2026). The report did not name the districts crossed.
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, water & crops in Hamirpur
Hamirpur is borewell-and-rainfed farming, with wheat, pulses and oilseeds; more than half the net sown area has no irrigation.
🌾 Cropped area
ICAR-CRIDA's draft district plan (ICAR-CRIDA) gives a net sown area of 294.2 thousand hectares, a gross cropped area of 345.1 thousand hectares and a cropping intensity of 117.33%. Major crops in 2011-12 were wheat (105.84 thousand hectares), pulses (160.988 thousand) and oilseeds (47.085 thousand). For village-level soil data, ask the district agriculture office for the Soil Health Card result.
- Wheat
- Pulses
- Oilseeds
💧 Water
ICAR-CRIDA gives normal rainfall of 850.7 mm, of which 768.7 mm falls in the south-west monsoon. Net irrigated area is 134.7 thousand hectares (bore wells 57.1%, canals 21.4%, open wells 17.3% and tanks 4.2% of irrigated area) and 159.5 thousand hectares are rainfed. CGWB's December 2024 report lists Hamirpur for electrical conductivity above 3,000 µS/cm and nitrate above 45 mg/L at some sampling points (CGWB 2024). We did not find current block-wise groundwater categories.
🟫 Soil and geology
The ICAR-CRIDA plan lists rakar, parwa, kabar and maar soils, the Bundelkhand types, without area figures. Soil type changes quickly within a village, so a Soil Health Card test beats a district average.
- Rakar
- Kabar
- Parwa
🌾 Mandi price reference
Wholesale prices for Hamirpur-district markets are published daily on the Agmarknet portal, which we did not open for this page. Farm income depends on rainfall and irrigation here, so price a parcel on water, access and river exposure, not on yield.
At a glance
Hamirpur vs. nearby districts: circle-rate revision status
| District | Circle-rate revision, 10 Mar 2025 | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Hamirpur | Revision underway | PTI via The Week, March 2025 |
| Jalaun | Pending, to be initiated soon | PTI via The Week, March 2025 |
| Banda | Revision underway | PTI via The Week, March 2025 |
| Jhansi | Pending, to be initiated soon | PTI via The Week, March 2025 |
*Status as reported by PTI on 10 March 2025 (The Week); it says nothing about the level of rates. No price band is proposed for Hamirpur.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Hamirpur
Three reasons this desk includes Hamirpur, with an honest note that water risk and thin evidence are the trade-offs for a low entry price.
Thin, unpriced market
We found no sourced price series for Hamirpur farmland. That can leave room to negotiate, but a buyer then has to build comparables from registered deeds.
An expressway already open
The Bundelkhand Expressway has run through the district since July 2022, and a Kanpur–Kabrai highway was approved in July 2026, so connectivity to Kanpur and the corridor is improving on reported timelines.
Kanpur within a day trip
Kanpur is 67 km away on the district portal's figure, which suits an agri-business holding or a long-term land-banking position near a large industrial city.
Confirm that the parcel is in Uttar Pradesh, then check irrigation, river-side exposure and conversion status — these are not certified by Farmland India's review.
STRAIGHT TALK
Risks & challenges in Hamirpur
Read these before shortlisting in Hamirpur specifically.
Rainfed land
159.5 thousand hectares of the net sown area is rainfed (ICAR-CRIDA). Check borewell yield and a Soil Health Card result before assuming irrigation.
River-side and sand-lease exposure
Land near the Betwa or Yamuna can carry flood-line, riverbank and sand-lease questions. Ask for the khatauni and a written position from the district office.
Wrong-Hamirpur risk
Himachal Pradesh also has a Hamirpur district. Confirm the state on the khasra, the Sub-Registrar office and the sale deed.
Thin price evidence
No price series was found and no circle rates were read. Collect registered comparables before negotiating.
Water quality
CGWB's December 2024 report lists Hamirpur for electrical conductivity above 3,000 µS/cm and nitrate above 45 mg/L at some points. Test borewell water before building.
Announced is not delivered
The Kanpur–Kabrai highway was approved in July 2026 and its route through Hamirpur is unconfirmed. Price on today's fundamentals.
Conversion and ceiling rules
Farmhouse or homestay use means a section 80 declaration to the Sub-Divisional Officer, or the approval route in notified development areas after the 2026 amendment. The 12.5-acre purchase limit under section 89(2) applies (IGRS UP copy of the Code); see the state page.
Who to contact
Local revenue & registration offices
Mutation, khatauni extracts and record corrections for Hamirpur are handled at the tehsil (Hamirpur, Maudaha, Rath and Sarila), with the District Magistrate's office as the district authority; the district profile lists the tehsils and blocks. Section 80 declarations go to the Sub-Divisional Officer. Sale-deed registration is at the local Sub-Registrar, land records are on UP Bhulekh and IGRS UP, and plotted layouts should be checked against the state RERA register; we did not open those portals for this page. Confirm the exact office for your village with the District Magistrate's office.
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- Bhu Naksha UP: Check Village Land Map Online (2026 Guide)Wiki · P02 Land Records & Documentation
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- IGRS UP Encumbrance Certificate: Apply, Track and Download (2026 Guide)Wiki · P02 Land Records & Documentation
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- Circle Rate Uttar Pradesh: Check Land Rates Online (2026 Guide)Wiki · P02 Land Records & Documentation
- Property Tax for Land in Uttar Pradesh: Check and Pay Online (2026 Guide)Wiki · P02 Land Records & Documentation
- Bigha in Uttar Pradesh: District-wise VariationsWiki · P01 Land Measurement Units
COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Everything buyers, NRIs and investors ask before their first reviewed farmland purchase in Hamirpur.
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What does land cost in Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh?
We found no official or news price series for Hamirpur farmland, so we publish no per-acre figure. District magistrates set circle rates each year (PTI via The Week, March 2025), which lists Hamirpur among districts with a revision underway; check the village rate on IGRS UP and collect registered sale deeds for the same village.
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How far is Hamirpur from Kanpur?
The district portal puts Kanpur 67 km from Hamirpur, Orai and Mahoba 85 km and Banda 95 km. NH 86 is the Kanpur–Hamirpur–Sagar road.
03 of 04
Does the Bundelkhand Expressway pass through Hamirpur?
Yes. The PMO's release before the inauguration says the roughly 296 km expressway passes through seven districts including Hamirpur, and The Quint reports it was inaugurated on 16 July 2022. The interchange nearest a given village was not confirmed.
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Is water a problem in Hamirpur?
ICAR-CRIDA's draft district plan shows 159.5 thousand hectares rainfed within a 294.2 thousand-hectare net sown area. CGWB's December 2024 report lists Hamirpur for electrical conductivity and nitrate above limits at some points, so test the borewell for your village.
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Sources and references
Law and courts
- UP Revenue Code 2006 (English text), India Code
- UP Revenue Code 2006, text hosted by IGRS UP (s.89(2) purchase limit)
- UP Revenue Code (Fourth Amendment) Ordinance 2026, Ordinance 14 of 2026, PRS
- Master Direction FED 12/2015-16, Reserve Bank of India, updated 1 Sep 2022
Government
- Hamirpur (UP) district portal: district profile
- Hamirpur (UP) district portal: about the district
- District agriculture contingency plan (draft), Hamirpur, ICAR-CRIDA
- Dynamic Ground Water Resources and Ground Water Quality of Uttar Pradesh, 2024, CGWB, Dec 2024
- PM to inaugurate Bundelkhand Expressway on 16th July, PMO release, 13 Jul 2022
- District Industrial Profile of Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh), Ministry of MSME
News
- PM inaugurates 296 km Bundelkhand Expressway, The Quint, 16 Jul 2022
- Cabinet approves Rs 7,145 crore Kanpur-Kabrai greenfield highway on BOT mode, NBM&CW, 2 Jul 2026
- UP Cabinet clears ordinance on land use conversion, Free Press Journal, 23 Mar 2026
- UP Revenue Code (Amendment) Act 2026, TeamLease RegTech
- UP govt to revise land circle rates, PTI via The Week, 10 Mar 2025
Further reading
- UP Revenue Code 2006 (English text), India Code
- UP Revenue Code 2006, text hosted by IGRS UP (s.89(2) purchase limit)
- UP Revenue Code (Fourth Amendment) Ordinance 2026, Ordinance 14 of 2026, PRS
- UP Revenue Code (Amendment) Act 2026, TeamLease RegTech
- UP Cabinet clears ordinance on land use conversion, Free Press Journal, 23 Mar 2026
- Dynamic Ground Water Resources and Ground Water Quality of Uttar Pradesh, 2024, CGWB, Dec 2024
- District agriculture contingency plan (draft), Hamirpur, ICAR-CRIDA
- Hamirpur (UP) district portal: district profile
- Hamirpur (UP) district portal: about the district
- PM to inaugurate Bundelkhand Expressway on 16th July, PMO release, 13 Jul 2022
- PM inaugurates 296 km Bundelkhand Expressway, The Quint, 16 Jul 2022
- Cabinet approves Rs 7,145 crore Kanpur-Kabrai greenfield highway on BOT mode, NBM&CW, 2 Jul 2026
- UP govt to revise land circle rates, PTI via The Week, 10 Mar 2025
- Master Direction FED 12/2015-16, Reserve Bank of India, updated 1 Sep 2022
Internal guides
Data-currency note: the district portal gives a 2001 population and no 2011 total, ICAR-CRIDA crop areas are for 2011-12 from a draft plan, and the CGWB report is a state-level document. Infrastructure items are as reported up to October 2026. No listing-site prices are used, and this is a general guide, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.
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