After a two -day intensive debate of two days in both houses of Parliament, the Parliament approved the Waqf Amendment Bill on Friday morning. Now it will be sent to President Draupadi Murmu, so that it becomes an act. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, this bill is a "important moment" for the management and supervision of Waqf properties in India. In the 13 -hour discussion on the Waqf Bill in the Rajya Sabha, the opposition parties raised strong objections, who described the bill as "anti -Muslim" and "unconstitutional", while the government replied that "historical reforms" would benefit the minority community.
In the Rajya Sabha, 128 members voted in favor of the bill and 95 members in protest, in which the bill was passed. It was passed in the Lok Sabha on Thursday morning, in which 288 members supported it and 232 opposed it. During the debate on the bill on Thursday, the Ministry of Minority Affairs issued a detailed note on the history of Waqf in India, its total number of total properties and the number of state -wise Waqf properties and area. Do you know which state has Waqf's property and how much its area is. You will be surprised to know that after UP and West Bengal, the state of Punjab has the highest land of Waqf. Let us also tell you which state has the property of how many wakf and how much land it has?
What is the history of Waqf?
Waqf properties in India have been ruled by various laws to improve management and prevent misuse, which began with the Muslim Waqf Vidyalaya Act, 1913, which allowed the family Waqf to eventually allow for charitable use. The Acts of 1923 and 1930 introduced transparency and strengthened legal validity. The Waqf Act, 1954 formed the State Waqf Board and the Central Waqf Council (1964), which was later replaced by the Comprehensive Waqf Act, 1995, which launched Waqf Tribunals with Civil Court powers.
The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2013 made three -member tribunals mandatory in which a Muslim law expert, each board, was banned from the sale or gift of two women members, Waqf properties and extended the lease period to 30 years. Now, according to the government, the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2025 and the Muslim Waqf (Sandemon) Bill, 2024 aims to modernize the Waqf rule and resolve legal challenges.
The statement said that the Ministry of Minority Affairs is implementing the Quami Waqf Board Promotion Scheme (QWBTS) and Urban Waqf Property Development Scheme (SWSVY) to make the record digital and fund commercial development on Waqf land.
Waqf's property in India
As of March 14, 2025, according to data from the Waqf Management System (WAMSI) portal in India, there are 8.72 lakh registered Waqf properties spread over an area of more than 38 lakh acres. Of these, 4.02 lakh are Waqf by users. However, ownership documents of only 9,279 cases have been uploaded, and only 1,083 has the respective Waqf deeds.
Waqf Board Properties in States
| Serial number | State waqf board | Total property number | Total area in acre |
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Waqf Board | 151 | 178.09 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh State Waqf Board | 14,685 | 78,229.97 |
| 3 | Assam Waqf Board | 2,654 | 6,618.14 |
| 4 | Bihar State (Shia) Waqf Board | 1,750 | 29,009.52 |
| 5 | Bihar State (Sunni) Waqf Board | 6,866 | 1,69,344.82 |
| 6 | Chandigarh Waqf Board | 34 | 23.26 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh State Waqf Board | 4,230 | 12,347.1 |
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli Waqf Board | 30 | 4.41 |
| 9 | Delhi Waqf Board | 1,047 | 28.09 |
| 10 | Gujarat State Waqf Board | 39,940 | 86,438.95 |
| 11 | Haryana Waqf Board | 23,267 | 36,482.4 |
| 12 | Himachal Pradesh Waqf Board | 5,343 | 8,727.6 |
| 13 | Jammu and Kashmir Oukaf Board | 32,533 | 3,50,300.75 |
| 14 | Jharkhand State (Sunni) Waqf Board | 698 | 1,084.76 |
| 15 | Karnataka State Oukaf Board | 62,830 | 5,96,516.61 |
| 16 | Kerala State Waqf Board | 53,282 | 36,167.21 |
| 17 | Lakshadweep State Waqf Board | 896 | 143.81 |
| 18 | Madhya Pradesh Waqf Board | 33,472 | 6,79,072.39 |
| 19 | Maharashtra State Waqf Board | 36,701 | 20,1105.17 |
| 20 | Manipur State Waqf Board | 991 | 10,077.44 |
| 21 | Meghalaya State Waqf Board | 58 | 889.07 |
| 22 | Odisha Waqf Board | 10,314 | 28,714.65 |
| 23 | Puducherry State Waqf Board | 693 | 352.67 |
| 24 | Punjab Waqf Board | 75,965 | 72,867.89 |
| 25 | Rajasthan Muslim Waqf Board | 30,895 | 5,09,725.57 |
| 26 | Tamil Nadu Waqf Board | 66,092 | 6,55,003.2 |
| 27 | Telangana State Waqf Board | 45,682 | 1,43,305.89 |
| 28 | Tripura Waqf Board | 2,814 | 1,015.73 |
| 29 | Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board | 15,386 | 20,483 |
| 30 | Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Board of Waqf | 2,17,161 | |
| 31 | Uttarakhand Waqf Board | 5,388 | 21.8 |
| 32 | West Bengal Board of Waqf | 80,480 | 82,011.84 |
| total | 8,72,328 | 38,16,291.788 |
Most Waqf Board properties in these states
According to the states, Uttar Pradesh (Sunni) is at the forefront of 2.17 lakh Waqf Properties, although the total area figures are not available. This is followed by West Bengal (80,480 properties), Punjab (75,965), Tamil Nadu (66,092) and Karnataka (62,830). 32 states have 8,72,328 properties, which have a total area of 38,16,291.788 acres.
