House Construction Cost Calculator India (per sq ft)

House construction cost per sq ft in India (2026)

Building a house in India costs roughly ₹1,500–2,000 per sq ft of built-up area for a basic specification, ₹1,800–2,800 for standard and ₹2,800–3,500 or more for premium, materials and labour included. Metro cities sit at the top of each range.

A contractor's package rate is the simplest comparison: it bundles materials, labour and a stated specification for each package. Enter your contractor's rate in the calculator and the result updates.

The two sources don't agree, so both are shown: Brick & Bolt package rates (Bengaluru brochure September 2026, including GST; other city pages undated) and Infralens standard-specification ranges (2026). National tiers in the calculator follow BeyondWalls (December 2025).

Built-up area, carpet area and super built-up area

House construction in India is priced on built-up area: the floor area of every storey including the walls. Carpet area, the usable floor inside the walls, is typically 10–20% smaller, so pricing on carpet area understates the cost.

Sources: Sobha on area types; Housing.com on FSI.

• Carpet area: the net usable floor area inside the walls, as defined for flats under RERA.
• Built-up area: carpet area plus the walls and any exclusive balcony. Use this in the calculator.
• Super built-up area: built-up area plus a share of common areas. It applies to flats, not to a house you build.
• FSI or FAR: total floor area ÷ plot area. Your city's rules set it, and it caps the built-up area you can put on the plot.

G+1 and G+2 house construction cost

Adding a floor adds built-up area at roughly the same rate per sq ft. The rate itself rises a few percent per floor for the heavier structure, while the foundation and roof are shared.

Brick & Bolt prices each floor at its package rate per sq ft: at its Bengaluru standard rate, 900 sq ft per floor is about ₹19.3 lakh for the ground floor alone, ₹38.6 lakh for G+1 and ₹57.9 lakh for G+2 (Brick & Bolt, October 2026). Infralens puts the per-sq-ft rate for G+1 at 1.04–1.07 times a single storey, and G+2 at 1.08–1.14 times. Enter the total built-up area of all floors and the number of floors in the calculator.

Material and labour cost in India

Labour is about 20–30% of the cost of building a house in India; the rest is materials, with steel and cement the largest single items.

If you buy the materials yourself and hire a labour contractor, expect about ₹260–360 per sq ft for labour in Bengaluru (Brick & Bolt, February 2025). Choose Labour only in the calculator to price that arrangement.

Source: Infralens. BeyondWalls puts labour at 20–25%; the calculator's default is 22.5%.

GST on house construction

Building your own house isn't itself taxed, but a contract that includes materials and labour attracts 18% GST, while a labour-only contract for a single house is exempt. GST paid on materials can't be claimed back by a home owner.

Source: TaxGarden, GST on self-construction (October 2026). Contractor package rates usually include GST; check before comparing.

• Works contract (materials and labour): 18% GST.
• Labour-only contract for a single residential unit: exempt (Notification 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate), entry 11).
• Materials after the September 2025 rate changes: cement 18% (down from 28%), steel 18%, sand 5%.
• No input tax credit on construction for your own use, so GST on materials is a real cost.

Default rates for India

The calculator starts from these INR rates per sq ft, data as of 2025-12. Change any of them in the tool to match a local quote.

• Rates per sq ft of built-up area; they vary widely between cities.
• Grey structure rate is from one city guide (low confidence).

Sources: BeyondWalls, Cost of constructing a house in India (2025) (2025-12); Brick & Bolt, House construction cost in Ghaziabad: 2026 (grey structure) (2026). A dash means no reliable source: enter your own rate. See the methodology for how defaults are chosen.