When agricultural land is considered situated in a rural area?
​​Agricultural land is considered situated in a rural area if it is situated beyond the jurisdiction of a municipality or cantonment board having a population of 10,000 or more, and does not fall within the following distances (to be measured aerially):

​Up to 2 km from local limits of the municipality or cantonment board if the population of such municipality or cantonment board exceeds 10,000 but does not exceed 1,00,000;
Up to 6 km from local limits of the municipality or cantonment board, if the population of such municipality or cantonment board exceeds 1,00,000 but does not exceed 10,00,000;
Up to 8 km from the local limits of the municipality or cantonment board, if the population of such municipality or cantonment board exceeds 10,00,000.​