Localities
Every localities page on Dholera SIR: sourced, dated and neutral. Every fact, number and tool for the Dholera Special Investment Region, verified and dated.
The Ahmedabad-Dholera corridor: the 100 km link and what sits along it
The roughly 100 km corridor connecting Ahmedabad and Dholera: a 109 km access-controlled expressway reported open in March 2026, an approved semi-high-speed rail targeted for 2030-31, and the anchors that make the link matter.
Bhavnagar and Dholera: the nearest big city and regional context
Bhavnagar is the established Saurashtra port city to the south of the Dholera region on the Gulf of Khambhat. What the relationship means for the region, and why we do not quote a precise distance we cannot source.
Dholera town: the original village behind the Special Investment Region
The real Dholera town: a coastal village of 2,779 people (Census 2011) with 80.29 percent literacy, a Swaminarayan temple, a claimed port tradition and a place in the 1930 salt satyagraha. How the old settlement relates to the planned 920 sq km region.
The Gulf of Khambhat coast: why Dholera's geography matters
Dholera sits on the flat, low-lying Bhal coast of the Gulf of Khambhat, with tidal flats, mangroves and a large Coastal Regulation Zone share. Around 370 sq km of the region falls in CRZ, and drainage is a real planning constraint. Why the coast shapes everything.
Lothal near Dholera: the Harappan dock and the heritage angle
Lothal, the Indus Valley site with the world's earliest known dock (ASI-excavated 1955-60), sits in the same Ahmedabad district about 40 km from Dholera, though distances vary by source. What is confirmed, and how the heritage angle really connects.
Navagam: the village next to the Dholera airport site
Navagam is the village near the Dholera International Airport site, about 20 km from the Dholera core and roughly 80 km from Ahmedabad. What is sourced, what is not, and why the airport, not the village, drives interest here.