Dholera's Geography and Why It Matters

The Bhal coastal land

Dholera sits on flat, low-lying coastal land known as the Bhal region, on the Gulf of Khambhat, with tidal flats and mangroves. DURABLE A large share of the developable land (about 422 of 580 sq km) is affected by the Coastal Regulation Zone, and flooding and drainage are real, documented planning constraints the master plan addresses with canals and stormwater systems.

Why so much is not developable

Of the ~920 sq km planned, about 580 sq km is developable and ~422 sq km is set for urban development, because a large share of the coastal land falls in the Coastal Regulation Zone and other buffers (green belt, agriculture, village buffers). REPORTED The CRZ share (about a third of developable land) limits where construction can happen, which is a real planning constraint, not a marketing footnote.

Drainage and flooding

Because the Bhal land is flat and low-lying with a large CRZ share, drainage is a genuine constraint the plan engineers around, including stormwater routed into a roughly 6.5 km man-made canal in the Activation Area and a designed stormwater network. REPORTED Flooding and drainage are documented planning challenges, not solved-and-done features.

Building is planned around the land's constraints: a large CRZ share limits where construction can happen, and drainage and flood management are engineered with canals and stormwater systems. REPORTED For any specific plot, confirm it is N.A., outside CRZ restrictions, and inside a sanctioned TP scheme. We do not certify individual plots; that is for your own legal and technical due diligence.

The climate

Dholera has a semi-arid, tropical-monsoon-influenced climate. DURABLE Exact climate normals for the site are not reliably sourced, so we do not publish specific temperature or rainfall figures.