Marble in Jaipur and Kishangarh: Markets, Types and Price per Sq Ft

Kishangarh is the marble town Jaipur buyers drive to: it sits in Ajmer district on NH-48, at the far end of a Jaipur to Kishangarh highway section that is around 90 km long, and it cuts, polishes and trades stone from Rajasthan and abroad. Published rates put marble laid on a floor at roughly ₹110 to ₹350 per sq ft on government schedules, while Kishangarh sellers listed imported "Italian" slabs mostly at ₹150 to ₹300 per sq ft for the stone alone in October 2026.

About the numbers below: laid rates come from two government schedules: the Rajasthan Housing Board's Basic Schedule of Rates 2024 (in force from 1 July 2024) and CPWD's Delhi Schedule of Rates 2023 (April 2023 Delhi prices, GST included). They are rates for government works, not quotes. Listed prices are what sellers showed on IndiaMART on 31 Oct 2026: asking prices for stone only, usually before GST, cutting, transport and laying. Square-foot figures are our conversions from square metres. No business paid to appear in this post, and MOA takes no commission.

This post is about where to buy and what to pay. For how marble compares with Kota, granite and sandstone as a material, read our guide to natural stone for houses, and for the rest of a Rajasthan house, building materials for Jaipur, Jodhpur and Rajasthan.

Kishangarh marble market: what it is and where

Kishangarh is in Ajmer district, as Down To Earth's report of a January 2026 National Green Tribunal order describes it. From Jaipur you take NH-48: NBM&CW puts the Jaipur to Kishangarh section at around 90 km, and the road ministry, quoted by The Week in March 2026, says the trip takes "two-plus hours" today, with an upgrade aimed at about one hour.

The town is a trading and processing centre more than a quarry town. ETV Bharat notes that Kishangarh has no marble mines of its own and built its name on importing and exporting stone. The Airports Authority of India's page for Kishangarh airport lists "Asia's largest marble center" among the area's attractions and says marble traders use the airport. The NGT case gives a sense of scale: over 1,200 marble processing units send their slurry to the town's dumping site.

Kishangarh Marble Association. The association runs the dumping yard (ETV Bharat) and was a respondent in the NGT case. We could not find an official website for it, so we give no phone number or office address: numbers on directory sites can be out of date. Your dealer or designer will know how to reach it.

The RIICO marble area. We could not find a page on RIICO's own site that maps a marble area in Kishangarh, so we do not list RIICO phases or a pin code here. Ask your dealer for the yard's exact location before you set off.

Schematic route diagram: Jaipur to Kishangarh along NH-48, a section around 90 km long and about two hours by road, continuing to Ajmer, with a branch on Rupangarh Road about 3 km off the Kishangarh to Ajmer highway to the marble slurry dumping yard; notes say over 1,200 processing units send slurry there, the town has no marble mines of its own, and the weekly closing day is not published — Planning the trip: Kishangarh sits on NH-48 between Jaipur and Ajmer, with the slurry yard just off the Ajmer highway. Diagram: MOA

Kishangarh marble market timings and closing day

People often ask which day the market is closed and whether it opens on Sunday. We could not find a published notice from the association or a news report that settles it, so we will not guess. Call the dealer you plan to visit the day before. Our guidance: go on a weekday morning, so you see slabs in daylight and have time to look through whole lots.

The Kishangarh marble dumping yard

The "dumping yard" many people search for is not a market. It is where the fine slurry from cutting and polishing is dumped, and it has become a backdrop for photos and film shoots. According to ETV Bharat (March 2026), it is about 3 km off the Kishangarh to Ajmer highway on Rupangarh Road, is managed by the Kishangarh Marble Association, has free entry and parking, and charges ₹500 for a pre-wedding shoot, while film crews need permission and pay a fee.

Flat white ground of dried marble slurry around a shallow pale blue pool, with low white mounds in the water, a long white embankment behind with a few small parked cars and visitors far away, and a hazy hill on the horizon — The marble slurry dumping yard at Kishangarh, now visited as the Snow Yard: fine waste from cutting and polishing, settled into white flats. Photo: Sunilkumawatsunil, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

It is also an environmental problem on record. Down To Earth reports that the site covers around 82 acres and takes more than 5,500 tonnes of slurry a day; on 7 January 2026 the NGT told the association to follow a joint committee's recommendations and asked the Central Pollution Control Board to finish guidelines on reusing slurry. A Gulf News report (August 2026) notes concerns over dust and groundwater. If you go, treat it as a side trip, not part of buying stone.

Marble market in Jaipur

Jaipur has marble dealers of its own, and IndiaMART's white marble listings on 31 Oct 2026 included Jaipur sellers alongside those in Kishangarh and Makrana. But we found no newspaper feature or official page that maps a single marble market in Jaipur, so we do not name streets or shops. In practice you can see samples at a Jaipur dealer and either buy there or pick slabs in Kishangarh, where the choice of lots is wider.

Marble murti market. Searches for a "marble murti market in Jaipur" usually mean Khazane Walon Ka Rasta in the walled city. A 1997 Hinduism Today feature described it as the "Lane of Treasures", lined with workshops carving idols in Makrana marble. It is the place for murtis and carved pieces, not for flooring slabs. Check shop timings locally before you go.

Other posts in this Jaipur series, coming soon, cover tile showrooms, bath fittings showrooms and New Aatish Market for plywood and hardware.

Types of marble you will be offered

Rajasthan holds about 63% of India's marble resources, according to the Indian Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook 2022 chapter on marble. The same chapter notes that in trade, any calcareous stone that takes a polish is sold as marble, so names on price lists are trade names, not geology.

Makrana marble

Makrana Marble is a registered Geographical Indication: the GI Registry record shows certificate 233 dated 30 March 2015, valid to 8 April 2033, held by the Makrana RIICO Area Marble Association. The IUGS geoheritage listing notes it was used to build the Taj Mahal. "Makrana" covers a range of grades, which is why its prices spread so widely: the Rajasthan Housing Board's schedule prices second quality plain veined Makrana white at ₹4,000 per sq m (about ₹372 per sq ft) for the stone, against ₹1,100 per sq m (about ₹102 per sq ft) for large pieces of Makrana Adanga.

Indian marble by trade name

The RHB schedule names the Indian varieties a Jaipur buyer is most likely to hear: Rajnagar plain white, Agaria white, Makrana Adanga, green marble from Keseriaji and Abu Ambaji, pink marble and Kishangarh Zebra black. IBM adds newer types classified by BIS, among them pista marble from the Jaipur, Alwar and Dausa districts and yellow marble from Jaisalmer. On the IndiaMART listings some Indian stones carry Italian-style names, such as "Indian Statuario" or "Indian Michelangelo", so ask where the block was quarried.

Kishangarh Italian marble

"Italian marble" in Kishangarh means imported stone, and not always from Italy. IBM lists Turkey, Italy, Greece, Spain and Iran as the major marble exporters. In May 2025 the Udaipur Marble Processors Association said India imports 14 to 18 lakh tonnes of marble a year, around 70% of it from Turkey (The Tribune, via ANI). Our guidance: ask for the stone's trade name and country of origin to be written on the invoice.

Marble price per sq ft in Jaipur and Kishangarh

Bar chart of marble prices per sq ft: CPWD DSR 2023 laid rates of 347 rupees for Makrana white and 218 for Raj Nagar plain; Rajasthan Housing Board BSR 2024 laid rates of 146 for Makrana Adanga, 132 for green marble, 117 for Kishangarh Zebra black and 112 for Rajnagar or Agaria; RHB stone-only rates of 372 for second quality Makrana white, 123 for Agaria white, 102 for Makrana Adanga and 74 for Rajnagar plain; IndiaMART listings on 31 Oct 2026 with Italian marble from Kishangarh sellers mostly 150 to 300 and ranging 45 to 900, and white marble 30 to 950 — Published marble rates per sq ft side by side: two government schedules (laid and stone only) and what sellers listed online on 31 Oct 2026. Diagram: MOA

Rajasthan schedule rates (laid)

The RHB Basic Schedule of Rates 2024, item 7, prices 15 to 18 mm table-rubbed marble laid on a 20 mm cement mortar bed, jointed and polished. These are the slab rates (pieces over 3,601 sq cm); the schedule does not say whether GST is included.

Marble (RHB item)	Per sq m	Per sq ft
Makrana Adanga (7.1.3)	₹1,575	₹146
Green marble, Keseriaji or Abu Ambaji (7.3.3)	₹1,416	₹132
Kishangarh Zebra black (7.4.3)	₹1,257	₹117
Rajnagar 1st quality or Agaria (7.2.3)	₹1,208	₹112

Extras in the same chapter: mirror polishing ₹93 per sq m (item 7.9) and full edge moulding on marble ₹225 per metre (7.6.1). For comparison, CPWD's Delhi Schedule of Rates 2023 puts 18 mm Makrana white laid at ₹3,737.45 per sq m (about ₹347 per sq ft) and Raj Nagar plain at ₹2,346.80 (about ₹218), with GST. These are the same CPWD figures as in our natural stone guide. In our reading, the Rajasthan rates are lower mainly because they price different grades, at Rajasthan rather than Delhi costs.

Kishangarh marble price list: what sellers listed

On 31 Oct 2026, IndiaMART's page for Italian marble in Kishangarh showed 28 priced listings from ₹45 to ₹900 per sq ft, with 19 of them between ₹150 and ₹300. Its white marble page, updated the same day, ran from ₹30 for Indian whites to ₹950 for an Italian white. One Kishangarh firm with its own website, R.K. Marble (described as a Kishangarh processor by MGS Architecture), published a white marble price list in February 2025 running from ₹55 per sq ft for Makrana Kumari to ₹600 for Albeta white, without stating thickness or GST. Treat all of these as asking prices for stone alone.

To turn a stone price into a floor budget, add laying, polishing, wastage and transport, then GST. Our Jaipur construction cost guide and the Jaipur home cost calculator show where flooring sits in the whole budget. A separate post in this series covers interior design cost in Jaipur.

How to inspect marble slabs before you pay

Drawing of a marble slab with seven numbered checks: measure thickness at corners and middle, look at the back for mesh or resin, wet the face to show hairline cracks, check colour and veining across the whole lot, note slab numbers for book-matching, confirm the finish (polished, honed or sand), and confirm how the area is charged and what the rate includes — Seven checks to make at the yard before you pay for marble slabs. Diagram: MOA

Two of these checks come from IS 1130, the Indian Standard for marble: it warns that no sample guarantees uniform colour or veining, and it defines three finishes (sand, honed and polished). The rest are our guidance.

See the whole lot, not a sample piece. Ask to see every slab you will get, laid out or flipped one by one.
Measure thickness at the corners and middle. Thin spots crack when laid.
Look at the back. Mesh and resin mean the slab was reinforced or filled. Ask why, and what it means for laying.
Wet the face. Hairline cracks and filled pits show up when the stone is wet.
Choose the finish for the room. Polished for dry rooms, honed or sand-finished for bathrooms and steps; marble is soft and dulls with acids.
Agree how area is charged. Per sq ft of slab, measured how, and whether polish, cutting and GST are in the rate.

Planning a buying trip from Jaipur

Measure first. Take room dimensions and a floor plan, and let your designer work out the quantity with wastage.
Shortlist by photos. Ask dealers for photos of whole lots with slab numbers before you drive.
Call ahead to confirm the yard is open, since no closing day is published.
Pick, number and photograph the slabs you choose.
Get a GST invoice that names the stone, lot, thickness, finish, area and rate per sq ft.
Settle transport and breakage in writing: who loads, who pays for slabs broken on the way.

This is where a designer earns their fee: they know which finish suits which room, can read a lot quickly, and can lay out the slabs so the veining runs the way you want.

FAQ

How far is Kishangarh from Jaipur?

The Jaipur to Kishangarh section of NH-48 is around 90 km long, and the road ministry put the drive at a little over two hours in March 2026.

Is the Kishangarh marble market open on Sunday?

We could not find a published notice of the market's weekly closing day. Call the dealer before you travel.

What is the price of Makrana marble per sq ft?

It depends heavily on grade. Rajasthan's RHB schedule prices large Makrana Adanga pieces at about ₹102 per sq ft for the stone and about ₹146 laid, and second quality plain veined Makrana white at about ₹372 for the stone alone. CPWD's 2023 laid rate for 18 mm Makrana white is about ₹347 per sq ft.

Which is the best marble in Kishangarh?

There is no single best. Choose by room: a honed finish for wet areas, a polished one for living rooms, and one lot for the whole floor. We do not rank dealers.

Is Italian marble in Kishangarh really from Italy?

Not always. Imports come from several countries, and Udaipur's processors said in 2025 that most of India's imported marble comes from Turkey. Ask for the country of origin on the invoice.

Want help choosing and laying marble? See interior designers on MOA and choose Jaipur in the city filter: interior designers on MOA.

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NBM&CW: NHAI receives nine bids for six-laning of Jaipur to Kishangarh section of NH-48, 17 March 2026 (accessed 31 Oct 2026)
The Week: Jaipur to Kishangarh in one hour? NHAI gets nine bids to upgrade 90 km of NH-48, 17 March 2026 (accessed 31 Oct 2026)
ETV Bharat: Kishangarh's Snow Yard, 18 March 2026 (accessed 31 Oct 2026)
Gulf News: Indian marble waste dump becomes unlikely tourist attraction, August 2026 (accessed 31 Oct 2026)
Airports Authority of India: Kishangarh Airport (accessed 31 Oct 2026)
Indian Bureau of Mines: Indian Minerals Yearbook 2022, Marble (March 2024) (accessed 31 Oct 2026)
Geographical Indications Registry: Application 405, Makrana Marble (accessed 31 Oct 2026)
IUGS International Commission on Geoheritage: Makrana Marble (accessed 31 Oct 2026)
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