Plan & budget · Materials
Cement, steel, sand and bricks
Rule-of-thumb quantities of the main building materials for a low-rise house, and roughly what they cost. A structural engineer's drawings give the real figures.
Approximate cost
₹11.9 lakh – ₹17.1 lakh
Typically about ₹14.1 lakh
Approximate, from published rates, checked Nov 2026. Get 2–3 quotes before you commit.
- Main materials, per sq ft
- ₹705 per sq ft
Where the money goes
Cement: 824 bags
Shop cement & concrete →₹3.38 lakh₹3.05 lakh – ₹3.79 lakh
Steel: 9.9 tonnes
Shop steel & metals →₹6.52 lakh₹5.73 lakh – ₹7.51 lakh
Sand: 2,640 cft
₹1.72 lakh₹1.19 lakh – ₹2.51 lakh
Aggregate: 2,971 cft
₹1.49 lakh₹1.13 lakh – ₹1.93 lakh
Bricks: 11,025
Shop bricks & blocks →₹99,225₹77,175 – ₹1.32 lakh
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Good to know
- Per sq ft of built-up area: about 0.4 bags of cement, 4.75 kg of steel, 1.2 cft of sand, 1.35 cft of aggregate and 5 bricks, with wastage added.
- Material prices are rough national figures [rough estimate]: check with local dealers.
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How we work this out
Rules, not AI: your inputs times rates per city, gathered in November 2026 from builders, cement and paint brands, banks, interiors firms and government pages. Most published rates come from firms that sell this work, and they often disagree, so we show a range. Use it to plan and to compare quotes, not as a quote.