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District guide
Buying Land in Bathinda
Cotton-belt land in south-west Malwa, with a refinery, an airport and two road corridors: Punjab buying rules, water stress, collector-rate news and no sourced per-acre price.
13.89 lakh
Population (Census 2011)
About 3,367 sq km
Area
Up 5%, further rise pending
Collector rates (Aug 2025)
115 of 153 units over-exploited
Groundwater (Punjab, CGWB 2024)
*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.
PLRS — Punjab Land Records SocietyDistrict land record — Bathinda
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Punjab (Malwa region)
Sub-divisions
4 tehsils (Bathinda · Rampura Phul · Maur · Talwandi Sabo) and 9 blocks (Bathinda · Sangat · Nathana · Rampura · Phul · Maur · Balianwali · Bhagta Bhai Ka · Talwandi Sabo) (Bathinda district portal; its table names Goniana in place of Balianwali)
Key markets
Bathinda city · Rampura Phul · Maur · Sangat · Talwandi Sabo · Raman Mandi (refinery) · Lehra Mohabbat
Agricultural land
Open to Indian citizens: the Land Reforms Act text sets a holding ceiling but no residence bar (PLRS text); NRIs and OCIs may not buy (RBI Master Direction)
Demand anchors
Cotton belt · refinery · civil airport · Ludhiana–Bathinda highway and Amritsar–Jamnagar corridor · closed thermal-plant land
Rail
Bathinda–Ferozepur Cantonment single line, 87 km (The Tribune, July 2019); other lines not checked
Size and population
About 3,367 sq km · 13.89 lakh people at the 2011 Census (CGWB district booklet, 2013)
Pricing unit
₹ per acre for larger land · ₹ per sq yd for colony plots
Local units
Revenue records give areas in acre, kanal and marla: 1 kanal = 20 marla and 8 kanal = 1 acre (standard Punjab usage; no official conversion table was opened). Take the area from the fard
Land records
Easy Jamabandi: jamabandi copies with a QR code and online mutation, launched June 2025 (The Tribune)
Land law is state law. These rules are maintained on the Punjab page and apply to every district within it.
Bathinda — land purchase legal rules
The Act text we read limits how much land a family may hold, not who may buy. The main check is land classification: village common land (Shamlat Deh) vests in the Gram Panchayat, and a private seller cannot pass title to it.
Who can buy agricultural land? Section 4 of the Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972 (Act No. 10 of 1973) caps what a person or family may hold. We found no clause in the text we read that limits the buyer by domicile or occupation; the copy is a 2005 printout, so a Punjab revenue lawyer should confirm there is no later restriction.
Ceiling limits: under Section 4(2) the permissible area is 7 hectares of two-crop irrigated land, 11 hectares of one-crop irrigated land and 20.5 hectares of barani land, with other classes capped at 21.8 hectares. A family of more than five gets one-fifth extra per additional member, for at most three members. Section 12 makes a transfer beyond the limit void (Act text, Punjab Land Records Society). A 2017 amending Bill took land bought for housing, industry, tourism and institutions outside the Act and asks the buyer to tell the Collector of the change of use within a year (Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Bill 33-PLA-2017).
Shamlat Deh — the parcel that cannot be sold: under the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 this land vests in the Gram Panchayat, which may dispose of it only for the benefit of villagers and, under the rules, with prior government approval; the Collector decides disputes over its status. A private seller therefore cannot give a buyer title to it. Match every khasra number against the seller's current Jamabandi before paying any advance; the state reported in Tribune, June 2025 that its Easy Jamabandi portal issues free digitally signed copies with a QR code.
NRI Power of Attorney: a power-of-attorney sale does not transfer title; in Suraj Lamp & Industries v State of Haryana (Supreme Court, 2011) the Court held that only a registered deed of conveyance does, though an attorney may sign that registered deed for the owner. If the seller is abroad, read the PoA for an express power to sell and for its registration.
NRI & OCI buyers: the Reserve Bank's Master Direction under FEMA 1999 lets NRIs and OCIs buy immovable property other than agricultural land, plantation property or a farm house. That applies across India, Punjab included.
- Ceiling, not buyer class
- Ceiling: 7 / 11 / 20.5 ha
- Shamlat Deh: Panchayat land
- NRI PoA: registered deed
- NRI agri: barred (FEMA)
- Jamabandi check
Bathinda — district-specific notes
The full Punjab legal framework on our state page applies here in full. The notes below are specific to this district and are not repeated from the state page. Law was read in October 2026 from Act texts, one Supreme Court judgment and press reports; where an official page did not open, the note says so.
⚠ Any Indian citizen can buy, subject to a ceiling. The Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972 (PLRS text) limits a holding under Section 4(2) to seven hectares of land irrigated for two crops a year, eleven hectares of one-crop irrigated land and 20.5 hectares of barani land, with 21.8 hectares as the outer limit for other and mixed classes, and Section 12 makes a transfer beyond that area null and void. The text we read carries no clause that bars buyers from outside Punjab or non-agriculturists; a Congress leader's January 2023 request for a Himachal-style law implies that none exists (The Tribune, January 2023). We read no amendments, so confirm any exemption with a Punjab revenue lawyer. See our ceiling guide.
⚠ NRIs and OCIs cannot buy agricultural land, plantation land or a farmhouse in India; the Reserve Bank's Master Direction under FEMA permits purchase of other immovable assets only (RBI Master Direction, updated September 2022). If you buy through a power of attorney, the Supreme Court held in Suraj Lamp & Industries v. State of Haryana (11 October 2011) that a sale through a general power of attorney does not pass title; only a registered conveyance does, though an attorney may sign a registered deed for the owner. See our NRI land guide.
⚠ Farmland near the airport needs an extra check. The Bathinda airport is a civil enclave at Virk Kalan run by the Airports Authority of India, and the district portal says the runway and operational area are looked after by the Indian Air Force (district portal). We found no notification of height or NOC limits around it, so ask the district administration whether a parcel falls under any defence or aviation restriction before you pay an advance.
⚠ Change of land use (CLU) is what makes farmland buildable, and colonies and plotted layouts fall under the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act, 1995 (PAPRA). A notification of 5 December 2025 requires a colony promoter to hold the entire project land in clear title before CLU approval, replacing an earlier 25% threshold (Outlook Money, December 2025). Ask which development authority covers the village and which office issues the order. We opened no PUDA fee schedule, so we give no CLU fees or timelines. Read our CLU guide.
⚠ Plots cut from farmland are the main trap. A 2024 amendment to PAPRA, approved by the Assembly on 3 September 2024, let holders of a power of attorney or stamp-paper agreement to sell dated up to 31 July 2024 register plots of up to 500 sq yd in unauthorised colonies without a no-objection certificate (NOC) (The Tribune, October 2024); the window opened on 1 December 2024 and was extended to 31 August 2025 (The Tribune, March 2025). In March 2025 a High Court bench directed strict compliance with Section 20(3) (PTC News, March 2025), and The Tribune reported in May 2025 that the state had stopped registering plots in unauthorised colonies without an NOC (The Tribune, May 2025). We did not read the order, so ask the Sub-Registrar and a local advocate what the specific plot needs.
⚠ Land pooling: Punjab's Land Pooling Policy 2025 was notified in May or June 2025 (The Tribune's reports give 14 May and 4 June; the GMADA page dates it 4 June), amended on 25 July, stayed by the High Court on 7 August and withdrawn by notification on 14 August 2025; on 11 September the court disposed of the challenges as infructuous (The Tribune, September 2025). The Tribune reports an optional revised policy in November 2025 and an enhanced package in April 2026 (The Tribune, June 2026); we have not read the official text of either. We found no list of pooled villages for Bathinda, so treat a seller's claim of pooling-linked uplift as unconfirmed until the notification for that village is shown.
⚠ Border and reserved-land rules: In April 2026 the Ministry of Home Affairs asked the Deputy Commissioners of Ferozepur, Tarn Taran, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Fazilka for a social impact survey on moving the border fence (All India Radio, 13 April 2026). Bathinda is not among those six districts. We found no published rule that bars a buyer in a border district or adds a permission step, and we did not research BSF fence-zone rules. Shamlat Deh (village common land) is vested in the village panchayat by Section 4 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, so a private seller cannot give title to it. Forest and SC/ST-owned land also need a separate check anywhere.
Read the full Punjab land buying guide for buyer eligibility, stamp duty and NRI rules.
- Open to Indian citizens
- NRI/OCI barred (FEMA)
- CLU before building
- PAPRA colony rules
- Airport zone check
- Pooling policy status
District overview
Bathinda — the cotton belt of south-west Malwa, with a refinery and an airport
Agricultural land in Bathinda is cotton-belt land in south-west Punjab: All India Radio's June 2025 report ranks Bathinda among the four leading cotton districts, with Fazilka, Mansa and Muktsar (AIR). CGWB's district booklet gives about 3,367 sq km and 13.89 lakh people at the 2011 Census (CGWB). The district has four tehsils (Bathinda, Rampura Phul, Maur and Talwandi Sabo) and nine blocks. The booklet reports canals irrigating 219,000 hectares and tubewells 76,000 hectares (years not stated), so water supply varies by canal reach.
Large public infrastructure sits inside the district. A refinery near Raman Mandi was reported commissioned on 29 March 2012, with crude arriving by a 1,017 km pipeline from Mundra (Digital Refining, March 2012). The older Guru Nanak Dev thermal plant at Bathinda has closed, and the Chief Minister said in October 2023 that its land would be used for public projects (The Tribune, October 2023). The civil airport at Virk Kalan is run by the Airports Authority of India (district portal). None of these makes a given farm parcel more valuable; they shape employment, roads and where the market is deeper.
We publish no per-acre price for Bathinda: listing-site asking prices could not be traced to registered deals. The Tribune reported on 13 August 2025 that Bathinda's collector rates had risen by 5%, with a further increase for some high-value areas awaiting approval (The Tribune). That is a rate movement, not a market price.
The practical questions for a buyer are the same as elsewhere in Malwa. Is the khasra recorded as agricultural, and is the canal or tubewell water real or only claimed? Has a seller cut the land into plots without approval? Cotton income is volatile: the state's cotton area rose from 2.49 lakh acres in 2024 to 2.98 lakh acres in 2025 (AIR, June 2025), so one season says little about the next.
- Cotton belt
- Bathinda refinery
- Bathinda airport
- Rampura Phul
- Maur
- Talwandi Sabo
- Canal and tubewell water
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Bathinda
5%
Stamp duty (2017-18 audit rate)
current rate to confirm with the Sub-Registrar
6% / 4%
Men / women, as reported
press reports, 2018 and 2020
1%
Registration fee
capped at ₹2 lakh (2017-18 audit)
The Comptroller and Auditor General's report on Punjab's revenue sector records stamp duty on a sale deed at 5% of the higher of the deed value and the collector rate, a 1% social infrastructure cess and a 1% registration fee capped at ₹2 lakh, as in force in 2017-18 (CAG report, 2019). The Tribune says an earlier 3% cess was waived in July 2017 (The Tribune, February 2020), and press reports of 2018 and 2020 put the rate at 6% for men and 4% for women (The Statesman, June 2018). A woman buying in her own name gets a 2% rebate on stamp duty, or 1% on a joint registration, and a 2018 amendment reclaims it if the land passes to a male relative within a year (same Statesman report). The state also waived 2.25% in extra duty and fees for March 2023 only (The Tribune, March 2023). We opened no official current rate schedule and found no report of a change in 2025 or 2026, so treat these as the last published figures and confirm the current rate with the Sub-Registrar before budgeting.
Collector rates matter as much as the duty rate. The Tribune reported on 13 August 2025 that Bathinda's rates had risen by 5% and that a further increase for some high-value areas was awaiting approval from the Revenue Department, while 12 other districts had received rises of 5% to 50%; the wider proposal was then put on hold (The Tribune; first round 7 Aug 2024). We did not find the village-wise Bathinda list, so look up the village before pricing an offer. CLU fees, conversion charges and any affidavit or power-of-attorney costs are extra.
Know the belt
What is moving prices in Bathinda
Bathinda has no sourced price series. The cards below say what we looked at and what a buyer should collect.
Farmland prices: none sourced
No per-acre figure sourced
We publish no per-acre figure for Rampura Phul, Maur, Sangat or Talwandi Sabo. Listing-site asking prices could not be traced to registered deals, and we found no sourced compensation award for the district.
Check: registered deeds from the same village and the village collector rate; there is no sourced band to anchor on.
Highway-front land: the Ludhiana–Bathinda road
Possession of over 95% of the land (Feb 2025)
Package 1 of the 75.54 km highway runs from near Rampura Phul to near Tallewal (The Tribune, February 2025). A road-front parcel in a market town is priced for roadside use, not crops, and an access-controlled road limits entry points.
Check: legal access, distance to the nearest interchange and whether the khasra appears in the NHAI acquisition notification.
Large blocks: Maur, Sangat, Rampura Phul
No price shown
We found no sourced transaction or compensation figure for large blocks in these tehsils. A "canal-fed" claim is the seller's own until the water-course record shows it.
Check: the water-course record (warabandi) and canal turn timing before accepting any "canal-fed" claim.
Closed thermal-plant land
Public land, not for sale
The Guru Nanak Dev thermal plant site is public land. In October 2023 the Chief Minister rejected a cement company's proposal for the site, said the factory would move to Lehra Mohabbat, and described a ₹115 crore bus stand; the engineers' association asked for a 250 MW solar plant instead (The Tribune, October 2023). The site matters for the city's growth direction, not as a listing.
Check: any seller claiming "near the thermal land" value; the plan was still a proposal in 2023 and we found no later decision.
Circle rates
Further rise awaiting approval (Aug 2025)
The Tribune reported on 13 August 2025 that Bathinda's collector rates had risen by 5% and that a further increase for some high-value areas awaited Revenue Department approval (The Tribune). Until the sheet in force is confirmed, any registration cost estimate can be off.
Check: the village agricultural rate with the Sub-Registrar on the day you sign the agreement.
Units: acre, kanal, marla
Punjab revenue records use kanal and marla: 1 kanal = 20 marla and 8 kanal = 1 acre (standard Punjab usage; no official conversion table was opened). Always ask for the area in the jamabandi and compare it with the area in the sale agreement. This page prices larger land per acre and plots per sq yd.
Connectivity
How Bathinda connects — road, rail and air
Distances and flight details come from the district portals and The Tribune; road times were not sourced and vary with traffic.
By road
By air
By rail & expressway
Air service is thin and changes often: flights stopped in the pandemic, and an Alliance Air Delhi flight resumed on 9 October 2023 after a gap of three and a half years (The Tribune). We found no later timetable, so treat the airport as an option, not a fixture. The highway and the Amritsar–Jamnagar corridor are the larger story for road access; see the infrastructure section for their status.
Growth catalysts
Upcoming infrastructure & developments
Status labels reflect sources read in October 2026. Government timelines are not guaranteed; items marked confirm rest on single, old or conflicting reports.
02Operational
03In progress or planned
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water in Bathinda
Flat cotton land in south-west Malwa, with groundwater under heavy stress and canal water uneven. Water decides what a parcel is worth.
🌾 Cotton belt (Bathinda, Maur, Rampura Phul)
All India Radio reported on 10 June 2025 that Punjab's cotton area rose from 2.49 lakh acres in 2024 to 2.98 lakh acres in 2025, with Fazilka, Mansa, Bathinda and Muktsar the leading districts (AIR); it gave no district acreage. CGWB's district booklet gives a total cropped area of 556,000 hectares and a net sown area of 296,000 hectares, with arid brown and sierozem soils (CGWB; years not stated). Cotton income swings with the season, so one good year is a weak basis for a price.
- Cotton
- Canal irrigation
- Tubewells
- Arid brown soil
💧 Groundwater and canals
Statewide, CGWB's 2024 assessment gives a stage of extraction of 156.87% with 115 of 153 assessment units over-exploited (CGWB), and PIB reports 156.36% for the 2025 assessment (PIB, December 2025). For Bathinda itself the latest block table we opened is the CGWB district booklet, with data for 31 March 2011: a district stage of 119%, with Phul (255%), Maur (206%) and Bathinda (106%) over-exploited, Rampura (96%) and Nathana (84%) critical and Talwandi Sabo (79%) and Sangat (67%) safe (CGWB booklet). The booklet's summary and detailed tables disagree on some categories, and the data is old, so ask for the current block category and the borewell depth in the village. Canals irrigate far more land than tubewells here (219,000 against 76,000 hectares), so a "canal-fed" claim needs the water-course record.
- Stage 119% (2011 data)
- Phul and Maur worst
- Canal tail-ends
🏭 Refinery, power and industry
The refinery at Raman Mandi and the closed thermal plant make Bathinda a district where farm income is not the only economy. Industrial neighbours can bring jobs and traffic, and also dust, tanker movement and pollution-control rules that matter near a farmhouse.
- Refinery
- Closed thermal plant
- Traffic
☣️ Water quality
The Tribune reported in April 2025 that contaminated Harike barrage water entered the Sirhind Feeder Canal and affected Ferozepur, Faridkot, Muktsar and Fazilka for about a month (The Tribune). Bathinda was not among the districts named. Test drinking and irrigation water at the parcel and ask which canal supplies it.
📐 Measurement units
Convert every quote to acres before comparing offers: 1 kanal = 20 marla and 8 kanal = 1 acre (standard Punjab usage; no official conversion table was opened). Price a parcel on location, water and permitted use rather than crop income alone.
At a glance
Bathinda vs. its neighbours
| District / belt | Collector-rate news | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bathinda | Up 5%; a further rise for some high-value areas awaiting approval | The Tribune, Aug 2025 |
| Faridkot | Named among 12 districts with rises of 5–50%; no figure | See the Faridkot page |
| Barnala | Named among the 12; no figure | See the Barnala page |
| Mansa | Not named in the report | See the Mansa page |
| Moga | Named among the 12; no figure | See the Moga page |
| Punjab, wider proposal | Put on hold (Aug 2025) | The Tribune, Aug 2025 |
Collector-rate news, not market prices; rates and proposals vary by locality. Bathinda has no sourced per-acre price. See the Mansa page for the next cotton-belt district, the Faridkot page for the canal-affected neighbour, the Moga page and the Sirsa page across the Haryana boundary.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Bathinda
Six points that rest on location and projects, with an honest note that price evidence is thin and water and title carry the risk.
Big public assets inside the district
A refinery, a civil airport and the former thermal-plant site give Bathinda a base of public and industrial employment. That supports local housing and services, though it does not raise farm prices by itself.
Two road corridors
The Ludhiana–Bathinda highway restarted in March 2025 after a stall (The Tribune), and the Amritsar–Bathinda–Jamnagar corridor is partially completed (PIB, February 2024). Both improve access if delivered; neither has a sourced completion date for the Bathinda section.
No domicile bar
On the Act text we read, any Indian citizen may buy agricultural land in Punjab, so the buyer pool is wider than in Uttarakhand or Himachal Pradesh. A wide pool does not substitute for a clean title.
Collector rates are moving
Bathinda's rates rose 5% by August 2025 with a further rise pending, so registration costs can change before you sign. Check the village rate.
A buyer who documents water wins
CGWB's booklet classed the Phul, Maur and Bathinda blocks as over-exploited on 2011 data, and the 2024 statewide assessment found 115 of 153 units over-exploited. A parcel with a recorded water-course turn and a working tubewell is a different asset from one with only a seller's claim.
Farmhouse buyers: avoid unapproved plots
A farmhouse needs CLU and a legal road. Land sold as cheap "farm plots" from an unapproved colony risks title and registration problems; buy approved land or whole farmland and apply for CLU yourself.
Confirm title, land class, water access and approvals directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.
STRAIGHT TALK
Risks & challenges in Bathinda
Read these before shortlisting in Bathinda specifically.
Over-exploited groundwater
Statewide, CGWB's 2024 assessment gives a stage of extraction of 156.87% with 115 of 153 assessment units over-exploited (CGWB), and PIB reports 156.36% for the 2025 assessment (PIB, December 2025). For Bathinda, CGWB's booklet put the district at 119% on 2011 data, with Phul, Maur and Bathinda blocks over-exploited. Ask for borewell depth, pump history and the current block category.
Volatile cotton income
The state's cotton area moved from 2.49 lakh acres to 2.98 lakh acres between 2024 and 2025 (AIR). Do not price a farm on a cotton year.
Plots from farmland
The NOC position has swung since 2024: registration without an NOC was allowed for a window, the High Court directed strict compliance in March 2025 and the state halted such registrations in May 2025, as reported. A plot without CLU and an approved layout may never be registrable on clean terms.
Collector rates in motion
Bathinda's rates rose 5% by August 2025 and a further rise awaited approval. Duty follows the higher of the deal value and the rate, so the cost can change before you register.
Defence and aviation limits
The airport's operational area is looked after by the IAF. We found no notification of height or land-use limits, so ask the administration before building near it.
Announced is not delivered
The highway stalled after contractors left over land delays and restarted in March 2025; the Bathinda section of the Amritsar–Jamnagar corridor has no sourced status. Price on today's roads.
No sourced price series
Without published comparables, collect registered sale deeds nearby before you negotiate.
Who to contact
Local revenue, planning & water offices
Mutation (intkal) and revenue-record matters go to the Tehsildar or Naib Tehsildar of the tehsil (Bathinda, Rampura Phul, Maur, Talwandi Sabo); the Bathinda district portal lists the district offices. Easy Jamabandi gives digitally signed jamabandi copies with a QR code and handles online mutation (The Tribune, June 2025). Sale deeds are registered at the Sub-Registrar office; we did not open any Punjab rate or registration page.
Change of land use goes to the development authority covering the village; we did not open PUDA's pages, so confirm which office issues the order for yours. Canal and water-course questions go to the Water Resources Department division for the canal, and groundwater questions to the groundwater cell. For any parcel near the airport or defence land, write to the district administration about restrictions before paying any advance.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Everything buyers, NRIs and investors ask before their first reviewed farmland purchase in Bathinda.
Visit full wiki01 of 04
Can an outsider or NRI buy agricultural land in Bathinda?
Yes for Indian citizens, on the texts we read: the Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972 sets a holding ceiling (Section 4(2): seven, eleven or 20.5 hectares by land class) but we found no residence bar. NRIs and OCIs cannot buy agricultural land under the RBI's FEMA Master Direction. If you act through an agent, a general power of attorney does not pass title (Supreme Court, 2011); only a registered deed does.
02 of 04
What does agricultural land cost in Bathinda?
We publish no per-acre band, because listing-site asking prices could not be traced to registered deals. What we can source is collector-rate news: The Tribune reported on 13 August 2025 that Bathinda's rates had risen by 5%, with a further rise for some high-value areas awaiting approval.
03 of 04
What stamp duty applies to land in Bathinda?
The last published figures we found are 5% stamp duty, a 1% social infrastructure cess and a 1% registration fee capped at ₹2 lakh (CAG report, 2017-18 data), and press reports of 6% for men and 4% for women. A woman buyer gets a 2% rebate that is reclaimed if the land passes to a male relative within a year. We opened no current official schedule, so confirm the rate with the Sub-Registrar.
04 of 04
Is the Bathinda airport or refinery a reason to buy farmland?
Neither lifts a farm parcel on its own. The refinery was reported commissioned in March 2012. The airport is a civil enclave run by the Airports Authority of India, and an Alliance Air Delhi flight resumed on 9 October 2023 after a gap of three and a half years; we found no later timetable. The Ludhiana–Bathinda highway, restarted in March 2025, and the Amritsar–Jamnagar corridor matter more for access.
Transparency
Sources and references
Law and courts
- Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972 (ss. 4, 12), Punjab Land Records Society, text opened October 2026
- Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (s. 4), India Code
- Suraj Lamp & Industries v. State of Haryana, Supreme Court, 11 Oct 2011
Government
- Master Direction FED 12/2015-16 on immovable assets under FEMA, Reserve Bank of India, updated 1 Sep 2022
- Administrative setup (tehsils, blocks), Bathinda district portal
- Airport Authority Bathinda, Bathinda district portal
- Bathinda ground water information booklet (area, population, irrigation, 2011 block table), CGWB
- Dynamic ground water resources of Punjab 2024, CGWB
- Groundwater assessment, PIB, 18 Dec 2025
- Greenfield corridors under Bharatmala, PIB, 7 Feb 2024
- Cotton cultivation sees 20% surge in Punjab, All India Radio, 10 Jun 2025
- Centre starts process to move border fencing in Punjab, All India Radio, 13 Apr 2026
- Land pooling policy page, GMADA
- About Faridkot (distance to Bathinda), Faridkot district portal
News
- Shelved Ludhiana-Bathinda highway project back on track, The Tribune, 5 Feb 2025
- Work begins to build Ludhiana-Bathinda national highway at Rs 1,555 crore, The Tribune, 5 Mar 2025
- After Katra e-way, other stalled NHAI projects also take off, The Tribune, 31 Aug 2024
- Highways of progress: new expressways to benefit major cities of Punjab, India Blooms, 22 May 2023
- Bathinda-Delhi flight resumes, The Tribune, 9 Oct 2023
- Resumption of flights from state's four airports sought, The Tribune, 18 Oct 2022
- Commissioning of the Guru Gobind Singh refinery, Digital Refining, 29 Mar 2012
- Will use Bathinda thermal plant land for public projects, says CM, The Tribune, 9 Oct 2023
- No plan of doubling Bathinda-Ferozepur rail link, The Tribune, 18 Jul 2019
- Why Malwa is facing polluted water crisis, The Tribune, 29 Apr 2025
- Proposals to raise collector rates put on back burner, The Tribune, 13 Aug 2025
- Cash-strapped state hikes collector rates, The Tribune, 7-8 Aug 2024
- Stamp duty chapter, CAG report no. 3 of 2019 (Punjab revenue sector)
- Govt to impose 1% cess on property registration, The Tribune, Feb 2020
- Punjab amends rule to bar misuse of stamp-duty rebate for women, The Statesman, June 2018
- Punjab announces 2.25% exemption in stamp duty, The Tribune, Mar 2023
- Now NOC not needed to register land deeds, The Tribune, Oct 2024
- Now plots can be registered without NOC till August 31, The Tribune, Mar 2025
- HC halts plot registrations without mandatory NOC, PTC News, Mar 2025
- Govt stalls registration of plots without NOC, The Tribune, May 2025
- HC disposes of pleas against Punjab land pooling policy, The Tribune, Sep 2025
- Why Punjab keeps rewriting its land pooling policy, The Tribune explainer, Jun 2026
- Punjab tightens real estate rules: full land title mandatory for CLU, Outlook Money, Dec 2025
- Govt rolls out Easy Jamabandi portal, The Tribune, 13 Jun 2025
- Khaira seeks bill to restrict purchase of agri land by non-Punjabis, The Tribune, Jan 2023
Further reading
- NHAI expedites Rs 1,716-cr Ludhiana-Bathinda NH project, NBM&CW, 29 Oct 2021
- Punjab Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill 2017, Punjab Vidhan Sabha
- Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2024, PRS
- Village Common Lands Act page, Punjab Revenue Department
- Rajya Sabha reply on Punjab floods, MHA, 3 Dec 2025
- Balance-for-award list, NHAI, 1 Mar 2026
- Agriculture land-use statistics, Punjab Agriculture Department
- Monsoon 2026 report for Punjab, IMD Chandigarh
Data-currency note: census figures reflect 2011, the latest full Census. The CGWB district block table is for 2011 and is dated. Road, airport and flight statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly. The stamp-duty figures are the last published ones we found; no official current rate schedule opened. Collector rates and policies change by notification. This is a general guide, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.
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