Bihar Elections 2025: Property Boom Electrifies Equations
A village in Bihar (Image credit TRH)
From Buxar to Bhagalpur, from Muzaffarpur to Purnea, land prices in Bihar are heading north as roads obliterate the rural-urban distinctions.
By MANISH ANAND
Patna, October 10, 2025 — Somesh Kumar claims to have gained financial freedom. He’s 35 years old. He has never been in a job. Kumar’s path to financial freedom went through his ancestral land.
In the Munger district, Kumar’s village is making hey with the highway passing on its periphery. “My land parcel is on the side of the highway. A representative of a large FMCG company suggested that a build a godown. I acted on the advice, and now the land parcel fetches ₹1.50 lakh monthly rental,” he said.
From Buxar to Bhagalpur, from Muzaffarpur to Purnea, land prices in Bihar are just heading northward. Villages which were on periphery of towns are urbanising fast. Roads have obliterated the rural-urban distinctions.
“The village land where mango trees dotted in the past now boast of godowns. The towns are congested. Storages need spaces. We now get good rentals,” said Anirudh Yadav in Purnea.
In the last decade, some of the cities in Bihar such as Gaya, Begusarai, Buxar, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga and a few more have seen accelerated growth in real-estate, as well as urban amenities. “Take for instance Darbhanga. This city was almost known as Bihar’s most backward district. Now, it boats of an AIIMS, an airport, and the hub of activities around Makhana,” said Anil Singh, a migrant from Bihar who shuttles between the state and Delhi NCR to keep a tab on his multiple work assignment, including overseeing labourers at the construction sites.
The Bihar Cabinet, two days ahead of the poll date announcement, barred sale and purchase of land in Sultanganj on 931 acres of identified land for a greenfield airport project, for which the land acquisition budget has been released.
“Plotting of land for housing projects along the highways is rapidly undergoing. With cities congested, the rural land parcels converted for mixed-land use are being eyed by realtors, as well as investors,” said Bablu Kumar, who runs a showroom of electronic goods in the Bhagalpur district.
A village land now even commands the rate of ₹10 lakh per katha (1960 square feet), while the rate for the same exceeds ₹25 lakh in urban centres. “Flats in high-rises are commanding prices of ₹4000 per square feet and more. In Patna and big cities, the rates are higher than even Noida and Ghaziabad,” said Brijesh Sinha, a banking professional in Patna.
Ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at the helm claims that the property boom in the state is attributable to garland of highways being built, by the state and the Centre. The Opposition, including Jan Suraj party’s Prashant Kishor, argues that Bihar may have witnessed more growth if Patna policies were investor friendly.
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