Velavadar Blackbuck Park near Dholera
The blackbuck grassland national park
This page covers what the park is, and why include it. Every figure below carries the source it came from and the date it was recorded.
Velavadar Blackbuck National Park is a grassland park in the Bhal region of Bhavnagar district, part of the same coastal-plain belt that Dholera sits in.
| Park | Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar |
|---|---|
| District | Bhavnagar, Gujarat |
| Known for | blackbuck, grassland, harriers |
| Note | verify exact distance and route |
- SIR
- Special Investment Region. A large area the Gujarat government has set aside for industry under its own 2009 law, with its own planning authority instead of the usual local one.
- TP scheme
- Town planning scheme. The authority pools all the land in one area, lays out the roads and services, then hands each owner back a smaller but serviced plot.
- DSIRDA
- The statutory authority that plans and regulates Dholera SIR, in place of a municipal corporation.
- DICDL
- The company that actually builds Dholera. Gujarat holds 51% of it and the central government holds 49% through the NICDC Trust.
- NICDC
- The central agency that runs India's industrial corridor programme, which Dholera sits inside.
- DMIC
- The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, the national industrial corridor programme Dholera is a node of.
- GUJRERA
- Gujarat's property regulator. A plotted project that has to register with it gets a number you can look up on the regulator's own website.
What the park is
Velavadar is a national park in Bhavnagar district known for its blackbuck antelope, open grasslands and one of the world's notable harrier roosts in season. It lies in the Bhal, the flat coastal plain along the Gulf of Khambhat, which is the same broad landscape as Dholera, though it is a protected natural area rather than anything connected to the SIR. Reported
Why include it
It is here because visitors and prospective residents often ask what is around Dholera, and Velavadar is one of the genuine regional attractions. As with other nearby landmarks, the exact distance and drive time depend on your route, so confirm them rather than trusting a single quoted number. The park is a nature destination, not a development or investment site. Reported
This article follows Dholerapedia's sourcing standard: every figure is tagged Confirmed (government or official), Reported (press or trade) or Unverified (broker), and dated. Anything framed as a future event is labelled a target until a government source confirms it. Where a fact is not reliably available, we say so rather than estimate. See the methodology.
Key facts
These are the core facts for velavadar blackbuck park near dholera, written out in full. Each one comes from a source listed at the foot of this page and is current as at the review month.
- Park: Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar.
- District: Bhavnagar, Gujarat.
- Known for: blackbuck, grassland, harriers.
- Note: verify exact distance and route.
Dholera SIR in one paragraph
Dholera SIR is a planned industrial city covering about 920 sq km, of which roughly 422 sq km is marked for urban development. That land is being delivered as six town planning schemes, spread over roughly three decades. DSIRDA is the authority that plans and regulates the region, and DICDL is the company that builds it, owned 51% by Gujarat and 49% by the central government through the NICDC Trust. Dholera is the flagship node of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor. That is the frame every entry here sits in. The fuller version is in What Dholera SIR is and the master plan.
References
- Gujarat Forest Department and Gujarat Tourism public pages.
- Survey/Census of India district references (Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar).
This is a reference, so it is written to be checked rather than believed. Each figure is marked Confirmed when a government or official record says it, Reported when the press or trade said it, and Unverified when only a seller says it. Each one carries a date, because Dholera keeps moving and a number that was right last year may not be right now. Anything still in the future is written as a target until a government source confirms it happened, and where a fact is not reliably available we say so instead of guessing.
None of this is legal, tax or investment advice, and no government source promises that land here will rise in value. If you are looking at one specific plot, treat everything on this page as background and confirm that parcel's own GUJRERA registration, title and price yourself before you pay. If a figure here has gone out of date, tell us on the contact page and we will correct it. All the figures gathered in one place are in Dholera in numbers, and the full method is on the methodology page.