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 "@context": "https://schema.org",
 "name": "Dholerapedia entity index",
 "site": "https://dholerapedia.com",
 "license": "Free to cite with attribution to Dholerapedia",
 "generated": "2026-07-16",
 "count": 48,
 "entities": [
  {
   "slug": "abcd-building-dholera",
   "title": "The ABCD Building, Dholera: the Command Centre and Smart-City Brain",
   "category": "Government",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/abcd-building-dholera.html",
   "description": "The ABCD Building is Dholera's administrative and command centre in the TP2 Knowledge and IT Zone, housing the ICCC that runs the smart city's core utilities.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Full name",
     "Administrative cum Business Centre for Dholera"
    ],
    [
     "Location",
     "TP Scheme 2, Knowledge and IT Zone"
    ],
    [
     "Plot size",
     "~9 hectares"
    ],
    [
     "Houses",
     "Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC)"
    ],
    [
     "Green rating",
     "LEED Gold (design)"
    ],
    [
     "Status",
     "Reported operational; opening date unknown"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "ahmedabad-dholera-expressway",
   "title": "Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway: Route, Speed and Travel Time",
   "category": "Connectivity",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/ahmedabad-dholera-expressway.html",
   "description": "The Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway: a 109 km, four-lane, access-controlled NHAI road, 120 km/h design speed, reported open March 2026, drive cut to about an hour.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Length",
     "109 km"
    ],
    [
     "Configuration",
     "4-lane, access-controlled (to 8)"
    ],
    [
     "Design speed",
     "120 km/h"
    ],
    [
     "Agency",
     "NHAI"
    ],
    [
     "Opened",
     "Reported 31 March 2026"
    ],
    [
     "Travel time",
     "~40 min to ~1 hr"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "ahmedabad-to-dholera-distance",
   "title": "Ahmedabad to Dholera Distance: Route and Travel Time",
   "category": "Connectivity",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/ahmedabad-to-dholera-distance.html",
   "description": "Ahmedabad to Dholera is about 100 km southwest. The new expressway cuts the drive to about 40 min to 1 hr, versus 2 to 2.25 hrs on the old road, plus routes.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Distance",
     "~100 km southwest"
    ],
    [
     "Old road time",
     "~2 to 2.25 hrs"
    ],
    [
     "Expressway time",
     "~40 min to ~1 hr"
    ],
    [
     "Expressway length",
     "109 km"
    ],
    [
     "Airport from Ahmedabad",
     "~80 km"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "best-areas-to-invest-in-dholera",
   "title": "Best Areas to Invest in Dholera: The Factors That Actually Matter",
   "category": "Buying",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/best-areas-to-invest-in-dholera.html",
   "description": "How to judge where to buy in Dholera using verified factors, not invented locality prices: Activation Area proximity, TP scheme status, airport and fab access.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Strongest anchor",
     "Proximity to Activation Area"
    ],
    [
     "Zone check",
     "Sanctioned TP scheme + Final Plot no."
    ],
    [
     "Legal check",
     "Non-Agricultural (N.A.) status"
    ],
    [
     "Infra anchors",
     "Expressway, airport, spine road, fab"
    ],
    [
     "Prices",
     "Not reliably sourced (no locality quotes)"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-activation-area",
   "title": "Dholera Activation Area: The 22.5 sq km Demo Zone",
   "category": "Overview",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-activation-area.html",
   "description": "The Dholera Activation Area is a roughly 22.5 sq km plug-and-play zone in TP2, carrying trunk roads, utilities and the ABCD building. A sourced explainer.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Size",
     "~22.5 sq km (NICDC: 22.54)"
    ],
    [
     "Located in",
     "Town Planning Scheme 2"
    ],
    [
     "Role",
     "Plug-and-play demo zone"
    ],
    [
     "Share",
     "~4.25% of developable land"
    ],
    [
     "Holds",
     "ABCD building and ICCC"
    ],
    [
     "2020 target",
     "Lapsed"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-airport",
   "title": "Dholera International Airport: Status, Runway and Timeline",
   "category": "Connectivity",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-airport.html",
   "description": "Dholera International Airport explained: the DIACL joint venture, a 3,200 m Code 4E runway, contracts, and why its opening remains a moving target in 2026.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "SPV",
     "DIACL"
    ],
    [
     "Ownership",
     "AAI 51 / Gujarat 33 / NICDC 16"
    ],
    [
     "Runway",
     "3,200 m, Code 4E"
    ],
    [
     "From SIR",
     "~20 km"
    ],
    [
     "From Ahmedabad",
     "~80 km"
    ],
    [
     "Opening",
     "Slipping target, not confirmed"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-completion-date",
   "title": "Dholera Completion Date: When Will the Smart City Be Finished?",
   "category": "Overview",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-completion-date.html",
   "description": "When will Dholera be finished? An honest, sourced answer: three phases over about 30 years toward a reported 2040 to 2042 target, plus what is done in 2026.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Phases",
     "3 phases, ~30 years"
    ],
    [
     "Full-build target",
     "~2040 to 2042 (reported)"
    ],
    [
     "Phase 1",
     "Activation Area ~22.5 sq km"
    ],
    [
     "Total region",
     "~920 sq km planned"
    ],
    [
     "Single date?",
     "No, phased build"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-development-authority-dsirda",
   "title": "DSIRDA: the Dholera Special Investment Region Development Authority",
   "category": "Government",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-development-authority-dsirda.html",
   "description": "DSIRDA is the statutory planning and land authority for the Dholera SIR, created under the Gujarat SIR Act 2009 and holding the state's 51% stake in DICDL.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Full name",
     "Dholera SIR Development Authority"
    ],
    [
     "Type",
     "Statutory planning and land authority"
    ],
    [
     "Legal basis",
     "Gujarat SIR Act, 2009"
    ],
    [
     "Established",
     "2019 (reported)"
    ],
    [
     "Stake in DICDL",
     "Holds Gujarat's 51%"
    ],
    [
     "Parent",
     "Government of Gujarat"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-geography-climate",
   "title": "Dholera Geography and Climate: The Land Under the Smart City",
   "category": "Geography",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-geography-climate.html",
   "description": "Dholera sits on flat, low-lying Bhal land on the Gulf of Khambhat coast in Ahmedabad district. A sourced look at its terrain, coastal zone and climate.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "District",
     "Ahmedabad district, Dholera taluka"
    ],
    [
     "Coast",
     "Western Gulf of Khambhat"
    ],
    [
     "Terrain",
     "Flat low-lying Bhal plain"
    ],
    [
     "Planned area",
     "~920 sq km (reported)"
    ],
    [
     "Developable",
     "~580 sq km; ~422 urban (reported)"
    ],
    [
     "Climate",
     "Semi-arid, monsoon-influenced"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-history-satyagraha",
   "title": "Dholera History and the 1930 Salt Satyagraha",
   "category": "Geography",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-history-satyagraha.html",
   "description": "Dholera was a salt satyagraha site in April 1930, part of the civil disobedience after Dandi. A sourced history from the old port town to the modern SIR.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Event",
     "Dholera salt satyagraha, April 1930"
    ],
    [
     "Trigger",
     "Civil disobedience after Dandi"
    ],
    [
     "6 April 1930",
     "Amritlal Seth, ~21 satyagrahis"
    ],
    [
     "~13 April 1930",
     "Balwantrai Mehta, larger group"
    ],
    [
     "Heritage",
     "Swaminarayan temple"
    ],
    [
     "Modern SIR",
     "From 22 villages of Dholera taluka"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-industries-sectors",
   "title": "Dholera Industries and Sectors: What Will Be Built Here",
   "category": "Mega-projects",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-industries-sectors.html",
   "description": "A sourced guide to Dholera's planned sectors, from semiconductors to pharma and agro, plus job targets and the anchors actually on the ground in 2026.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Model",
     "Multi-sector industrial city"
    ],
    [
     "Lead sector",
     "Electronics / semiconductors"
    ],
    [
     "Jobs target",
     ">800,000 SIR-wide (target)"
    ],
    [
     "Fab anchor",
     "Tata Electronics (under construction)"
    ],
    [
     "Power anchor",
     "~300 MW solar commissioned"
    ],
    [
     "Adani",
     "Announced / planning stage"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-investment-risks",
   "title": "Dholera Investment Risks: The Honest List (and How to Manage Each)",
   "category": "Money",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-investment-risks.html",
   "description": "An honest, sourced look at Dholera investment risks: a phased build toward 2040, dates that move, land outside sanctioned zones, price swings and liquidity.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Build horizon",
     "3 phases, ~30 years"
    ],
    [
     "Full-build target",
     "~2040 to 2042 (reported)"
    ],
    [
     "Activation Area",
     "~22.5 sq km of ~920"
    ],
    [
     "Stamp duty + reg.",
     "4.9% + 1% (Gujarat)"
    ],
    [
     "Biggest lever",
     "Proximity to sanctioned zone"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-jobs-employment",
   "title": "Dholera Jobs and Employment: Sectors, Targets and Work on the Ground",
   "category": "Overview",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-jobs-employment.html",
   "description": "Dholera jobs explained: planned sectors, an SIR-wide target above 800,000, the Tata fab's 20,000-plus target, and the construction work happening in 2026.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "SIR-wide target",
     ">800,000 jobs (target)"
    ],
    [
     "Tata fab",
     ">20,000 jobs (target)"
    ],
    [
     "Multi-fab vision",
     "~100,000 (target)"
    ],
    [
     "Old 2020 goal",
     "~80,000 jobs (lapsed)"
    ],
    [
     "Today",
     "Mostly construction work"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-master-plan",
   "title": "Dholera Master Plan: TP Schemes, Phases and Zones",
   "category": "Overview",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-master-plan.html",
   "description": "The Dholera master plan explained: six TP schemes, three phases over about 30 years toward 2040, land-use zones, and the reported 920, 580 and 422 sq km split.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Planned envelope",
     "~920 sq km (reported)"
    ],
    [
     "Developable",
     "~580 sq km (reported)"
    ],
    [
     "Urban",
     "~422 sq km (reported)"
    ],
    [
     "TP schemes",
     "Six (TP1-TP6)"
    ],
    [
     "Phasing",
     "Three phases, ~30 years"
    ],
    [
     "Horizon",
     "~2040 (reported)"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-metro-mrts",
   "title": "Dholera Metro and MRTS: What Is Actually Planned",
   "category": "Connectivity",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-metro-mrts.html",
   "description": "Dholera metro and MRTS explained: the Ahmedabad-DSIR MRTS reported approved around January 2021, its unclear status, and the transit corridor inside the SIR.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Metro service today",
     "None operating"
    ],
    [
     "MRTS proposal",
     "Reported approved ~Jan 2021"
    ],
    [
     "Current status",
     "Unclear, likely overlapping 2026 rail"
    ],
    [
     "Inside SIR",
     "Transit corridor reserved in Activation Area"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-myths-facts",
   "title": "Dholera Myths vs Facts: A Neutral Fact-Check",
   "category": "Reference",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-myths-facts.html",
   "description": "A neutral fact-check of common Dholera claims: India's first smart city, biggest greenfield city, guaranteed appreciation, and the airport opening next year.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "First smart city",
     "Imprecise; GIFT City is first operational"
    ],
    [
     "Biggest city",
     "Unverified superlative"
    ],
    [
     "Guaranteed returns",
     "Speculative, not fact"
    ],
    [
     "Airport next year",
     "Recurring slipping target"
    ],
    [
     "Nothing happening",
     "False; real anchors exist"
    ],
    [
     "Our stance",
     "Neutral, sourced, no plot selling"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-plot-prices",
   "title": "Dholera Plot Prices: Why There Is No Fixed Rate and What Actually Drives It (2026)",
   "category": "Money",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-plot-prices.html",
   "description": "How Dholera plot prices work in 2026: why there is no single fixed rate, the drivers that move it, and where to get a real, plot-specific quote you can trust.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Usual quote unit",
     "Per square yard"
    ],
    [
     "Main driver",
     "Proximity to Activation Area"
    ],
    [
     "Legal driver",
     "N.A. status + TP Final Plot number"
    ],
    [
     "Region size",
     "~920 sq km, phased build"
    ],
    [
     "A reliable price",
     "Written quote, per plot"
    ],
    [
     "Specific rupee rate",
     "Not reliably sourced"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-rail-connectivity",
   "title": "Dholera Rail Connectivity: Semi-High-Speed Line and Freight Links",
   "category": "Connectivity",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-rail-connectivity.html",
   "description": "Dholera rail connectivity in 2026: the reported Ahmedabad-Dholera semi-high-speed line, the long-pending Bhimnath freight link, and what stays unconfirmed.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Main project",
     "Sarkhej-Dholera semi-high-speed rail"
    ],
    [
     "Reported clearance",
     "CCEA ~13 May 2026"
    ],
    [
     "Reported cost",
     "~Rs 20,667 cr"
    ],
    [
     "Reported length",
     "~134 km, double line"
    ],
    [
     "Target",
     "~2030-31"
    ],
    [
     "Journey",
     "~45 min (reported)"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-rera-guide",
   "title": "Dholera RERA Guide: How to Verify a GUJRERA Registration Before You Buy (2026)",
   "category": "Buying",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-rera-guide.html",
   "description": "A 2026 Dholera RERA guide: what GUJRERA is, why plotted developments must register, how to verify a registration number, and what it does not guarantee.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Law",
     "Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016"
    ],
    [
     "Authority",
     "GUJRERA (Gujarat RERA)"
    ],
    [
     "Portal",
     "gujrera.gujarat.gov.in"
    ],
    [
     "Applies to",
     "Projects incl. plotted developments"
    ],
    [
     "Rule",
     "Register before marketing"
    ],
    [
     "Does not replace",
     "Title and N.A. verification"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-semiconductor-fab",
   "title": "Dholera Semiconductor Fab: Tata Electronics and PSMC, Explained",
   "category": "Mega-projects",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-semiconductor-fab.html",
   "description": "Sourced explainer on the Dholera semiconductor fab by Tata Electronics and PSMC: the Rs 91,000 crore approval, capacity, nodes, and what is fact vs target.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Builder",
     "Tata Electronics + PSMC (Taiwan)"
    ],
    [
     "Cabinet approval",
     "29 February 2024"
    ],
    [
     "Investment",
     "~Rs 91,000 crore (~US$11B)"
    ],
    [
     "Capacity target",
     "Up to 50,000 wafers/month, 300mm"
    ],
    [
     "Nodes",
     "28 / 40 / 55 / 90 / 110 nm"
    ],
    [
     "First chip",
     "2026-27 (target)"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-sir-full-form",
   "title": "Dholera SIR Full Form: What SIR Actually Means",
   "category": "Overview",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-sir-full-form.html",
   "description": "The Dholera SIR full form is Dholera Special Investment Region. Here is what a SIR is, the 2009 Gujarat law behind it, and how it differs from an SEZ.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "SIR full form",
     "Special Investment Region"
    ],
    [
     "Full name",
     "Dholera Special Investment Region"
    ],
    [
     "Enabling law",
     "Gujarat SIR Act, 2009"
    ],
    [
     "Planning authority",
     "DSIRDA"
    ],
    [
     "Not the same as",
     "SEZ or a private township"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-smart-city-explained",
   "title": "Dholera Smart City Explained: What Makes It Smart",
   "category": "Overview",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-smart-city-explained.html",
   "description": "Dholera Smart City explained: the ICCC brain inside the ABCD building, underground utilities, smart metering, and why it is a greenfield city from scratch.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "What it is",
     "Marketing name for Dholera SIR"
    ],
    [
     "Smart brain",
     "ICCC in the ABCD building"
    ],
    [
     "Utilities",
     "Underground, smart-metered"
    ],
    [
     "Type",
     "Greenfield, built from scratch"
    ],
    [
     "Where it is real today",
     "~22.5 sq km Activation Area"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-smart-city-utilities",
   "title": "Dholera Smart City Utilities: The Infrastructure Under the Ground",
   "category": "Mega-projects",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-smart-city-utilities.html",
   "description": "A sourced guide to Dholera's Activation Area utilities: underground power, recycled water, a 6.5 km stormwater canal, a 50 MLD water plant, and the ICCC.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Where",
     "Activation Area (~22.5 sq km)"
    ],
    [
     "Utilities",
     "Underground power, ICT, gas, water"
    ],
    [
     "Stormwater canal",
     "6.5 km man-made"
    ],
    [
     "Water plant",
     "~50 MLD + reservoirs"
    ],
    [
     "Roads",
     "~72 km, 18-70 m wide"
    ],
    [
     "Brain",
     "ICCC in the ABCD building"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-stamp-duty-registration",
   "title": "Dholera Stamp Duty and Registration: The Gujarat Charges, Jantri Value and Process (2026)",
   "category": "Money",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-stamp-duty-registration.html",
   "description": "Dholera stamp duty and registration in 2026: Gujarat's 4.9 percent duty plus 1 percent registration, the Jantri guideline value and the women's-name waiver.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Basic stamp duty",
     "3.5%"
    ],
    [
     "Surcharge",
     "1.4%"
    ],
    [
     "Effective stamp duty",
     "4.9%"
    ],
    [
     "Registration fee",
     "1%"
    ],
    [
     "Total government charge",
     "~5.9% of value"
    ],
    [
     "Duty base",
     "Higher of value or Jantri rate"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-villages",
   "title": "The 22 Villages of Dholera and How Their Land Was Pooled",
   "category": "Geography",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-villages.html",
   "description": "Dholera SIR was formed from 22 villages of Dholera taluka. A sourced look at the durable count, the 2011 census of Dholera village, and how land was pooled.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Villages in SIR",
     "22 (durable count)"
    ],
    [
     "Taluka",
     "Dholera taluka, from former Dhandhuka"
    ],
    [
     "Named list",
     "Not reliably sourced"
    ],
    [
     "Dholera village (2011)",
     "2,779 people"
    ],
    [
     "Households (2011)",
     "576"
    ],
    [
     "Literacy (2011)",
     "80.29%"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-vs-gift-city",
   "title": "Dholera SIR vs GIFT City: How Gujarat's Two Flagship Projects Differ",
   "category": "Reference",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-vs-gift-city.html",
   "description": "A neutral side-by-side of Dholera SIR and GIFT City: purpose, size, location, legal basis, regulator and stage of build. Two Gujarat projects, not rivals.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Dholera purpose",
     "Industry and manufacturing city"
    ],
    [
     "GIFT purpose",
     "Finance and IFSC hub"
    ],
    [
     "Dholera size",
     "~920 sq km (planned)"
    ],
    [
     "GIFT size",
     "359 hectares (886 acres)"
    ],
    [
     "Dholera stage",
     "Early build-out"
    ],
    [
     "GIFT stage",
     "Operational (since 2015)"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-water-infrastructure",
   "title": "Dholera Water Infrastructure: Treatment, Reuse and Drainage Explained",
   "category": "Mega-projects",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-water-infrastructure.html",
   "description": "How Dholera handles water: a roughly 50 MLD treatment plant, a recycled-water network, a 6.5 km stormwater canal, smart metering and coastal drainage limits.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Treatment plant",
     "~50 MLD + reservoirs"
    ],
    [
     "Stormwater canal",
     "6.5 km man-made"
    ],
    [
     "Recycled water",
     "Separate reuse network"
    ],
    [
     "Metering",
     "Smart meters + leak detection"
    ],
    [
     "Long-range source",
     "Not reliably sourced"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dmic-explained",
   "title": "DMIC Explained: the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor and Dholera's Place in It",
   "category": "Government",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dmic-explained.html",
   "description": "The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) is India's flagship corridor, announced in 2009. Dholera is a key node, and the programme has documented delays.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Full name",
     "Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor"
    ],
    [
     "Announced",
     "2009"
    ],
    [
     "Nodal agency",
     "NICDC (formerly DMICDC)"
    ],
    [
     "Dholera's role",
     "A node; often called the largest (reported)"
    ],
    [
     "Backbone",
     "Western Dedicated Freight Corridor"
    ],
    [
     "Delays",
     "Documented (2017 Business Standard)"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "how-to-buy-plot-in-dholera",
   "title": "How to Buy a Plot in Dholera: The Step-by-Step Verification and Registration Process (2026)",
   "category": "Buying",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/how-to-buy-plot-in-dholera.html",
   "description": "A step-by-step 2026 guide to buying a plot in Dholera: pick a sanctioned zone, verify RERA, check title and N.A. status, then register the sale deed correctly.",
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    [
     "Step 1",
     "Pick a sanctioned TP zone"
    ],
    [
     "Step 2",
     "Verify RERA number on GUJRERA"
    ],
    [
     "Step 3",
     "Title, 7/12, 30-yr EC, N.A. status"
    ],
    [
     "Step 4",
     "Sale deed + duty + registration"
    ],
    [
     "Stamp duty",
     "4.9% + 1% registration"
    ],
    [
     "Final step",
     "Mutation / Khata in your name"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "is-dholera-safe-to-invest",
   "title": "Is Dholera Safe to Invest In? A Balanced Look at the Progress and the Risks (2026)",
   "category": "Buying",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/is-dholera-safe-to-invest.html",
   "description": "Is Dholera safe to invest in? A balanced 2026 view of the real progress, the early-stage risks, and how verification, not any promise, keeps a purchase safer.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Verdict",
     "Conditionally safe for long-horizon buyers"
    ],
    [
     "Real progress",
     "Activation Area infra, expressway open"
    ],
    [
     "Under construction",
     "Tata fab, solar park"
    ],
    [
     "Main risk",
     "Long timeline + land outside zones"
    ],
    [
     "Horizon",
     "Phased toward ~2040"
    ],
    [
     "Safety comes from",
     "RERA + title + N.A. verification"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "land-units-conversion-gujarat",
   "title": "Land Units in Gujarat Explained: Vaar, Gaj, Square Feet, Bigha and Acre",
   "category": "Money",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/land-units-conversion-gujarat.html",
   "description": "A guide to Gujarat land units for Dholera buyers: vaar, gaj, square yard, square feet, square metre, bigha and acre, with a safe conversion table and caveats.",
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    [
     "Vaar = gaj = ",
     "1 square yard"
    ],
    [
     "1 square yard",
     "9 square feet"
    ],
    [
     "1 acre",
     "4,840 sq yd = 43,560 sq ft"
    ],
    [
     "1 acre",
     "about 4,047 sq metres"
    ],
    [
     "Bigha (Gujarat)",
     "commonly ~2,500 sq yd, not standardised"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "lothal-near-dholera",
   "title": "Lothal Near Dholera: The Ancient Dock Down the Road",
   "category": "Geography",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/lothal-near-dholera.html",
   "description": "Lothal, the Harappan port with the world's earliest known dock per ASI, sits in the same district as Dholera, commonly cited about 36 km away. A sourced guide.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "What it is",
     "Harappan port site"
    ],
    [
     "District",
     "Ahmedabad district"
    ],
    [
     "Excavated",
     "ASI, 1955 to 1960"
    ],
    [
     "Claim to fame",
     "World's earliest known dock (ASI)"
    ],
    [
     "Distance from Dholera",
     "~36 km (approximate)"
    ],
    [
     "Nearby project",
     "National Maritime Heritage Complex (under development)"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "nri-guide-dholera",
   "title": "NRI Guide to Buying Property in Dholera: FEMA, Payment and Verification",
   "category": "Buying",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/nri-guide-dholera.html",
   "description": "How NRIs buy non-agricultural property in Dholera under FEMA: eligibility, NRE and NRO payment routes, power of attorney, RERA and title checks, repatriation.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Who can buy",
     "NRI or OCI, non-agricultural property"
    ],
    [
     "Cannot buy",
     "Agricultural land, plantation, farmhouse"
    ],
    [
     "Payment",
     "NRE, NRO or FCNR (banking channels)"
    ],
    [
     "Stamp duty",
     "4.9% + 1% registration (Gujarat)"
    ],
    [
     "Verify",
     "RERA, title, 7/12, N.A. status"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "plots-vs-flats-in-dholera",
   "title": "Plots vs Flats in Dholera: What Is Actually Available and Why",
   "category": "Buying",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/plots-vs-flats-in-dholera.html",
   "description": "Why Dholera is mostly plotted land today, not flats: pros and cons of plots versus built units at an early-stage smart city, and the checks that apply to both.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Available now",
     "Mostly plotted land"
    ],
    [
     "Flats",
     "Largely future, as the city builds"
    ],
    [
     "Why plots dominate",
     "Early-stage, long horizon"
    ],
    [
     "Activation Area",
     "~22.5 sq km, most built today"
    ],
    [
     "Verify either way",
     "RERA, title, 7/12, N.A."
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sir-act-2009",
   "title": "The Gujarat Special Investment Region Act, 2009",
   "category": "Government",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/sir-act-2009.html",
   "description": "The Gujarat SIR Act 2009 is the law that lets the state create Special Investment Regions like Dholera and set up their planning authorities such as DSIRDA.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Name",
     "Gujarat Special Investment Region Act, 2009"
    ],
    [
     "Enacted by",
     "Government of Gujarat"
    ],
    [
     "Creates",
     "Special Investment Regions (SIRs)"
    ],
    [
     "Provides for",
     "A development authority per region"
    ],
    [
     "Dholera authority",
     "DSIRDA"
    ],
    [
     "Applies to",
     "Dholera's ~920 sq km region"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "vedanta-foxconn-history",
   "title": "Vedanta-Foxconn: The Dholera Chip JV That Collapsed",
   "category": "Reference",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/vedanta-foxconn-history.html",
   "description": "A neutral, sourced account of the collapsed Vedanta-Foxconn semiconductor JV: the 2022 Gujarat MoU, the 2023 Foxconn exit, and why Tata's fab is separate.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "What it was",
     "Vedanta + Foxconn semiconductor/display JV"
    ],
    [
     "MoU signed",
     "September 2022 (Gujarat)"
    ],
    [
     "Announced value",
     "~US$19.5B (project value, never built)"
    ],
    [
     "Foxconn exit",
     "10 July 2023"
    ],
    [
     "Outcome",
     "JV dissolved, no plant built"
    ],
    [
     "Not related to",
     "Tata-PSMC fab (approved Feb 2024)"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "what-is-dholera-sir",
   "title": "What Is Dholera SIR? The Complete, Sourced Explainer",
   "category": "Overview",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/what-is-dholera-sir.html",
   "description": "Dholera SIR is the Dholera Special Investment Region, a roughly 920 sq km greenfield smart city in Gujarat and a flagship DMIC node. A sourced explainer.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Full form",
     "Dholera Special Investment Region"
    ],
    [
     "Planned area",
     "~920 sq km (reported)"
    ],
    [
     "Activation Area",
     "~22.5 sq km"
    ],
    [
     "Legal basis",
     "Gujarat SIR Act, 2009"
    ],
    [
     "Location",
     "~100 km SW of Ahmedabad"
    ],
    [
     "Status",
     "DMIC node, early build-out"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "what-is-dicdl",
   "title": "What Is DICDL, the Company That Builds Dholera?",
   "category": "Government",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/what-is-dicdl.html",
   "description": "DICDL, Dholera Industrial City Development Ltd, is the SPV that builds the Dholera smart city. Incorporated 28 Jan 2016, owned 51% Gujarat, 49% NICDC Trust.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Full name",
     "Dholera Industrial City Development Ltd"
    ],
    [
     "Type",
     "Special-purpose vehicle (SPV)"
    ],
    [
     "Incorporated",
     "28 January 2016"
    ],
    [
     "Gujarat stake",
     "51% (via DSIRDA)"
    ],
    [
     "Central stake",
     "49% (NICDC Trust)"
    ],
    [
     "Role",
     "Builds the city's core infrastructure"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "agriculture-land-in-dholera",
   "title": "Agriculture Land in Dholera: NA Conversion, Rules and Cautions",
   "category": "Buying",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/agriculture-land-in-dholera.html",
   "description": "What agriculture land in Dholera really means, why NA and title-clear status matters, the conversion route, and the verification steps before you buy any farm plot.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Default land status",
     "Mostly agricultural"
    ],
    [
     "To build, you need",
     "NA (Non-Agricultural) status"
    ],
    [
     "Key record",
     "7/12 extract"
    ],
    [
     "Safest form",
     "NA final plot in a TP scheme"
    ],
    [
     "Always verify",
     "NA order, title, RERA"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "common-mistakes-buying-in-dholera",
   "title": "9 Common Mistakes People Make Buying in Dholera (and How to Avoid Them)",
   "category": "Trust",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/common-mistakes-buying-in-dholera.html",
   "description": "The nine most common Dholera buying mistakes, from buying far from the Activation Area to skipping the RERA check and trusting renders, plus the exact fix for each one.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Activation Area",
     "~22.5 sq km (most developed)"
    ],
    [
     "Total region",
     "~920 sq km planned"
    ],
    [
     "Expressway",
     "Open (Mar 2026)"
    ],
    [
     "Build horizon",
     "Toward 2040"
    ],
    [
     "Fix for most mistakes",
     "RERA + title + N.A. + written price"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-current-status-2026",
   "title": "Dholera Current Status 2026: What Is Actually Built vs Planned",
   "category": "Status & Progress",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-current-status-2026.html",
   "description": "An honest, sourced 2026 status check on Dholera Smart City: expressway open, airport in progress, Tata semiconductor fab, solar park and activation area. What is real vs still on paper.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Region size",
     "~920 sq km"
    ],
    [
     "Activation Area",
     "~22.5 sq km"
    ],
    [
     "Expressway",
     "Open (Mar 2026)"
    ],
    [
     "Airport",
     "Under construction"
    ],
    [
     "Full build horizon",
     "Toward 2040"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-investment-2026",
   "title": "Dholera Investment in 2026: A Sober, Sourced Guide",
   "category": "Investment",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-investment-2026.html",
   "description": "A balanced 2026 guide to Dholera investment: real infrastructure progress against early-stage risks, plus the RERA, written-price and title checks that make a purchase safer.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Region size",
     "~920 sq km"
    ],
    [
     "Activation Area",
     "~22.5 sq km"
    ],
    [
     "Expressway",
     "Open (Mar 2026)"
    ],
    [
     "Horizon",
     "Long, phased toward 2040"
    ],
    [
     "Safety",
     "RERA + title + written price"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-jobs",
   "title": "Dholera Jobs 2026: Where the Work Actually Is (and Isn't Yet)",
   "category": "Jobs",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-jobs.html",
   "description": "An honest, sourced look at Dholera jobs in 2026. Today the work is construction, infrastructure and logistics. Semiconductor and manufacturing jobs are a future phase as the Tata fab and airport come online.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Jobs now",
     "Construction, infra, logistics"
    ],
    [
     "Jobs next",
     "Fab, manufacturing, aviation"
    ],
    [
     "Fab jobs (reported)",
     "20,000+ direct + indirect"
    ],
    [
     "Tata multi-fab vision",
     "1,00,000+ (long term, planned)"
    ],
    [
     "Big triggers",
     "Fab ramp-up, airport opening"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-land-price-per-bigha",
   "title": "Dholera Land Price Per Bigha, Acre and Sq Ft: How Rates Actually Work (2026)",
   "category": "Prices",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-land-price-per-bigha.html",
   "description": "How Dholera land price per bigha, acre and square foot actually works in 2026: unit conversions, the real price drivers, and why any Rs/bigha figure is only illustrative.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "1 acre",
     "4,840 sq yd = 43,560 sq ft"
    ],
    [
     "1 bigha (Gujarat)",
     "~2,500 sq yd / ~1/2 acre (varies)"
    ],
    [
     "1 sq yard",
     "9 sq ft"
    ],
    [
     "Usual quote unit",
     "Per square yard"
    ],
    [
     "Reliable price",
     "Written quote, per plot"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-map-guide",
   "title": "Dholera Map Explained: SIR Boundaries, TP Schemes and Activation Area",
   "category": "Geography",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-map-guide.html",
   "description": "A plain reading of the Dholera SIR map: the ~920 sq km region, the ~22.5 sq km Activation Area, TP1 to TP6, and where Dholera sits relative to Ahmedabad.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Region on the map",
     "~920 sq km"
    ],
    [
     "Activation Area",
     "~22.5 sq km (in TP2)"
    ],
    [
     "TP schemes",
     "TP1 to TP6"
    ],
    [
     "Distance from Ahmedabad",
     "~100 km south-west"
    ],
    [
     "Coast",
     "Gulf of Khambhat"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dholera-solar-park",
   "title": "Dholera Solar Park: One of the World's Largest, Explained",
   "category": "Mega Projects",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/dholera-solar-park.html",
   "description": "A clear, sourced explainer on the Dholera ultra-mega solar park: how the phased build works, why it is called one of the world's largest, and why clean power matters for the region and its fab.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Type",
     "Ultra-mega solar park"
    ],
    [
     "Scale",
     "One of the world's largest (phased)"
    ],
    [
     "Target",
     "Multi-GW range (reported)"
    ],
    [
     "Build",
     "Commissioned in stages"
    ],
    [
     "Why",
     "Clean power for industry and the fab"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "how-to-verify-dholera-developer",
   "title": "How to Verify a Dholera Developer Before You Pay a Rupee",
   "category": "Trust",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/how-to-verify-dholera-developer.html",
   "description": "A neutral, checklist-driven guide to verifying any Dholera developer before you pay: RERA number lookup on the GujRERA portal, title and N.A. checks, written price and the red flags to double-check.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Official RERA portal",
     "gujrera.gujarat.gov.in"
    ],
    [
     "Land record check",
     "7/12 via AnyROR"
    ],
    [
     "Checks before paying",
     "RERA, title, N.A., written price"
    ],
    [
     "Developers profiled",
     "60+ (neutral)"
    ],
    [
     "Golden rule",
     "Verify, then trust"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  },
  {
   "slug": "why-is-dholera-so-famous",
   "title": "Why Is Dholera So Famous? The Real Reasons Behind the Hype",
   "category": "Explainer",
   "url": "https://dholerapedia.com/why-is-dholera-so-famous.html",
   "description": "Why is Dholera so famous? The honest reasons: India's flagship greenfield smart city under DMIC, the Tata semiconductor fab, the airport, expressway and solar park, with substance separated from hype.",
   "keyfacts": [
    [
     "Why it is famous",
     "Smart city + semiconductor fab"
    ],
    [
     "DMIC role",
     "Flagship node"
    ],
    [
     "Region size",
     "~920 sq km"
    ],
    [
     "Fab investment",
     "Up to ~Rs 91,000 crore (reported)"
    ],
    [
     "Reality check",
     "Mostly under construction"
    ]
   ],
   "lastVerified": "2026-07-16"
  }
 ]
}