What a farmer gets back for one acre under Amaravati land pooling
The standard patta rates are the same in the Phase 1 package and in Rule 16 of the 2025 rules. What you are owed depends on the land area the authority accepts, the land class, and the official category of your land.
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Calculators that use these rates
The LPS calculator applies these per-acre rates to your own land. You can enter acres, cents or guntas, and it shows residential and commercial area separately.
The LPS learning centre explains the Phase 1 Telugu ebook in simple English, including what happens to area left over after you choose your plots.
Plots you get back for each acre
One acre is 4,840 square yards. So a dry-land farmer gets back roughly a quarter of the area given, and a jareebu farmer a little under a third. The rest goes into roads, drains, water lines and parks, and into land the authority builds on or sells to pay for all of it.
That is the bargain. You give up most of the area. What comes back is smaller, but it has roads and services, and it sits inside a planned city.
| Land category | Residential plot | Commercial plot | Total developed land |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (metta) patta land | 1,000 sq yards | 250 sq yards | 1,250 sq yards |
| Jareebu (irrigated / riverbank) patta land | 1,000 sq yards | 450 sq yards | 1,450 sq yards |
| Gardens such as lime, sapota or guava | Use the accepted title and land-class rate | Use the matching commercial rate | Rule 16 also lists a one-time additional garden payment; confirm eligibility |
| Assigned and other Rule 8 categories | 250–1,000 sq yd, by category | 0–450 sq yd, by category and land class | See the category table in our LPS calculator; some eligible categories match patta rates |
Money and benefits on top of the plots
- A yearly payment for each acre. ₹30,000 a year for dry land and ₹50,000 for jareebu, going up by ₹3,000 and ₹5,000 each year. The 2015 rules wrote the same rise as 10% a year. It runs for ten years. Phase 1 farmers were given five more years on 3 August 2024, so fifteen for them. Farmers who pooled after 12 June 2024 have been offered ₹40,000 for dry land.
- A monthly pension for landless families. ₹5,000 a month for ten years to each poor family that lived off the pooled land. The 2015 rules said ₹2,500 and it was later doubled.
- A loan waiver. Up to ₹1.5 lakh of farm loans written off once, for each eligible family.
- Schooling, health care and other help. Free education and health care for families of the pooling villages once the village declares its intent. Old-age homes, cheap meals at Anna Canteens, and first preference for local tractors and machinery on the construction work.
Three things people get wrong
- Assuming irrigation means jareebu. The 2025 definition includes location, soil, groundwater and cropping conditions. It excludes certain lifted or piped water sources. Confirm the authority’s accepted classification; a crop or water connection alone is not enough.
- Expecting the 1,000 square yards in one piece. It can come back as more than one plot in the layout. The commercial plot is always separate, and it sits in the commercial part of the colony.
- Thinking the yearly payment comes with the plot. It does not. That money is paid to the farmer who gave the land. If you buy that farmer's plot, you get the plot and nothing else.
Questions people ask
How many square yards does a farmer get for one acre?
For dry land, 1,000 square yards of residential plot and 250 of commercial. For jareebu land, 1,000 and 450. These are entitlement rates, not a promise of individual plot sizes. Confirm the applicable category and allotment.
What does jareebu mean?
Jareebu is an officially accepted land class under the scheme. The 2025 definition includes location, soil, groundwater and cropping conditions, with exclusions. Irrigation alone does not establish eligibility. Standard jareebu patta land receives 450 sq yd commercial per acre; dry patta receives 250.
Do I get the yearly payment if I buy a plot from a farmer?
No. The yearly payment belongs to the farmer who pooled the land, and it stays with that farmer. Buying the returnable plot gets you the plot only.
Want a straight answer about a plot or a village?
We live and work in the capital villages. Send the survey number or LP number and we will tell you what we know, including the things that should make you pause.