The paver block price per sq ft for the block alone is Rs 51.50 for 60 mm and Rs 61.60 for 80 mm delivered to site in Tamil Nadu’s Schedule of Rates 2025-26, before GST, and about Rs 57 to 79 in Kerala PWD’s October to December 2026 market rates. Laid on a sand bed with labour, Chhattisgarh’s road schedule of 15 June 2026 pays about Rs 42 a sq ft for plain 60 mm M-30 blocks and Rs 58 for plain 80 mm M-40, of which about Rs 9 is laying. At roughly 33 blocks to a square metre, one block costs about Rs 17 to 26. Thickness, grade, colour, the sand bed, edge restraint and GST move the final bill.

A contractor walks a 12 by 20 ft driveway with a tape, and the house owner wants one number before anyone mixes sand. On Chhattisgarh’s 2026 road book, that 240 sq ft in plain 80 mm blocks laid on sand comes to about Rs 58 a sq ft, or roughly Rs 14,000 before GST, edging and the stone base. The rest of this page shows where that figure comes from and what pushes it up or down.

Every rate below is quoted from a state schedule of rates or a state market-rate list as the book prints it, mostly per square metre. The per sq ft column is our arithmetic: divide the sqm figure by 10.764.

Paver block price per sq ft by thickness and grade

These are prices for the blocks only, delivered or at the market, with no laying.

Block Source and date Per sqm Per sq ft
60 mm, supply at site (TAMIN) Tamil Nadu SOR 2025-26, M-0224 Rs 554 (printed per sq ft) Rs 51.50
80 mm, supply at site (TAMIN) Tamil Nadu SOR 2025-26, M-0225 Rs 663 (printed per sq ft) Rs 61.60
60 mm, M-30 Kerala LMR, Oct-Dec 2026, item 8689 Rs 610 to 700 Rs 56.67 to 65.03
80 mm, M-30 Kerala LMR, Oct-Dec 2026, item 8785 Rs 725 to 850 Rs 67.35 to 78.97
60 mm, M-35, coloured Kerala LMR, Oct-Dec 2026, item 7773 Rs 621 to 753 Rs 57.69 to 69.96
60 mm, M-35 Haryana HSR 2023, RM189 Rs 339 Rs 31.49
80 mm, M-40 Haryana HSR 2023, RM185 Rs 393 Rs 36.51
100 mm, M-50 Haryana HSR 2023, RM184 Rs 447 Rs 41.53

Tamil Nadu’s book (w.e.f. 22 July 2025) is a list of basic rates excluding GST, and it is the one book here that prices paver blocks per sq ft, under the name “TAMIN Paver Block”. Kerala’s figures are the lowest and highest of six places (Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam-Aluva, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Kannur and Palakkad) on the Public Works Department’s PRICE portal, published between 6 and 12 October 2026; the lists do not say whether GST is included.

Haryana’s basic rates date from 1 April 2023, so treat them as a floor. They do show the grade steps in one book: 80 mm M-40 to 100 mm M-50 adds Rs 54 a sqm, about Rs 5 a sq ft.

Paver block price per piece

No schedule prices a single block. They all price area, because the number of pieces in a square metre depends on the shape. Chhattisgarh’s building schedule describes its standard block as about 305 sq cm in plan, which works out to roughly 33 blocks a square metre, or 3 a square foot.

At that size, Tamil Nadu’s rates come to about Rs 17 a piece for 60 mm and Rs 20 for 80 mm. Kerala’s work out to Rs 18.60 to 21.35 for 60 mm and Rs 22.10 to 25.90 for 80 mm. For any other shape, ask the seller one question: how many pieces make a square metre? Divide the sqm price by that number and you can compare a per-piece quote with a per sq ft one.

Laid rate: labour, bedding sand and edge restraint

A laid rate covers the blocks, a coarse sand bed, the fine sand brushed into the joints, the labour and the compaction. It does not cover the stone base under the sand, which is a separate road item. The paver block road guide sets out which base each kind of traffic needs.

Item as listed Book and item Per sqm Per sq ft
60 mm M-30, plain, 30 mm sand bed CG Road SOR 2026, 4.14(A)(i) Rs 456 Rs 42.36
60 mm M-30, polymer coated coloured CG Road SOR 2026, 4.14(A)(ii) Rs 591 Rs 54.91
80 mm M-40, plain CG Road SOR 2026, 4.14(B)(i) Rs 625 Rs 58.06
80 mm M-40, polymer coated coloured CG Road SOR 2026, 4.14(B)(ii) Rs 740 Rs 68.75
Laying only, 60 or 80 mm, sand included CG Road SOR 2026, 4.16 Rs 96 Rs 8.92
60 mm, plain, 40 mm sand bed CG Building SOR 2026, 12.65.1 Rs 371 Rs 34.47
60 mm M-35, 25 mm sand bed Haryana HSR 2023, 17.69 Rs 526 Rs 48.87
80 mm M-40, 30 mm sand bed Haryana HSR 2023, 17.69 Rs 607 Rs 56.39
100 mm M-50, 30 mm sand bed Haryana HSR 2023, 17.69 Rs 684 Rs 63.55

The Chhattisgarh PWD road schedule of 15 June 2026 states that its rates include labour, material, plant, overheads and profit, and exclude GST. Its building schedule of 10 June 2026 also excludes GST.

Labour is a small share of the job. Haryana’s 100 mm item splits into Rs 40 labour, Rs 5 machinery and Rs 639 material, and Chhattisgarh’s laying-only rate of Rs 96 is about 15 per cent of its 80 mm laid rate. The block is the bill. If a pipe has to be dug up later, Chhattisgarh pays Rs 31 a sqm to lift the old blocks and Rs 96 to relay them.

Compaction is where the machines come in. The blocks are bedded with a vibratory plate compactor, and Tamil Nadu’s schedule prices the hire of a surface vibrator or earth rammer at Rs 1,000 a day including fuel. On larger streets a small tandem roller follows the plate, and only light machines qualify, such as the Dynapac CC800 or the CASE 450NX; the road guide explains the weight and amplitude limits.

Edge restraint is priced by length, not area. Chhattisgarh’s building schedule, item 12.66, pays Rs 144 a metre for a precast edge block 500 x 250 x 60 mm set in a 150 mm trench. Leave it out and the edge rows creep outwards under every braking wheel.

Worked example: the 12 x 20 ft driveway

Here is the scene from the top, priced on Chhattisgarh’s 2026 books, with edge blocks on the two long sides (12.19 m) and none at the gate or the garage end.

Option Blocks laid, 22.30 sqm Edge block, 12.19 m Total before GST Per sq ft
60 mm M-30, plain Rs 10,167 Rs 1,756 Rs 11,923 Rs 49.68
80 mm M-40, plain Rs 13,935 Rs 1,756 Rs 15,691 Rs 65.38

The base, any digging and GST are extra. A private job is quoted at market rates, so use these figures to check a quote rather than to write one. Contractors can find municipal and panchayat street, drain and footpath work in the live government tenders, where the department’s estimate is usually built from these same books.

What moves the paver block price

Thickness and grade come first. On Chhattisgarh’s road book, moving from 60 mm M-30 to 80 mm M-40 adds Rs 169 a sqm, about Rs 15.70 a sq ft, or 37 per cent. Tamil Nadu’s 80 mm block costs 20 per cent more than its 60 mm block.

Colour is the next jump. Polymer coated coloured blocks cost 30 per cent more than plain at 60 mm in Chhattisgarh’s road book and 18 per cent more at 80 mm. Its building book puts rubber-moulded pigment blocks 45 per cent above plain.

Place matters more than buyers expect. Kerala’s market rate for a 60 mm block alone, Rs 610 to 700 a sqm, is above Chhattisgarh’s rate for the same block laid. Puducherry’s 2024-25 schedule, item 16.68, prices 60 mm M-30 blocks laid on a 50 mm sand bed at Rs 1,014.34 a sqm, about Rs 94 a sq ft. Freight, sand and local labour sit inside those gaps.

Some suppliers offer quarry dust instead of coarse sand for the bed; read the difference between quarry dust and M-sand before you accept the swap.

Then GST. Paver blocks are articles of cement under HSN heading 6810 and carry 18 per cent on a supply bill; a supply-and-lay job is a works contract with its own rules. The GST and HSN codes guide sets out both. If you are on the other side of this trade, the paver block business piece covers how a maker builds a price.

When 60 mm is enough and when to pay for 80 mm

Chhattisgarh’s road book draws the line clearly. It specifies 60 mm M-30 blocks for footpaths and cycle tracks, and 80 mm M-40 for light-traffic and residential streets. The Indian Roads Congress guideline, as summarised in the road guide, puts 60 mm under pedestrians, cars and cycles, and 80 mm under medium traffic.

So a house driveway, a garden path or a society car park that only sees cars can stay at 60 mm and save about Rs 16 a sq ft. Pay for 80 mm M-40 when tractors, water tankers, delivery trucks or a school bus will use the surface, as on a panchayat lane or a colony road. Go to 100 mm M-50 only where loaded trucks turn and brake all day. Either way, budget for edge blocks and a proper base, and check that the gang has a plate compactor on site. If you are buying the compaction kit yourself, compare compactor models and prices before the first block goes down.

Schedule of rates items, market rates, GST and paver block prices change — confirm current prices with the block supplier or contractor, and the block thickness and base with your engineer, before deciding.