Dholera

Dholera is a town in Gujarat, India. Dholera is an ancient port-city in Gulf of Khambhat, 30 km. from Dhandhuka village of Ahmedabad district. One of the original six temples built by Swaminarayan is located here.

Connectivity

National Highway 8 connects the Dholera Special Investment Region with Delhi, Bhavnagar and Mumbai. Dholera itself has good connectivity with National Highway (NH) 8 (Anand) and 8A (Bagodra), augmenting Bagodra -Bhavnagar, Bagodra- Surendranagar- Radhanpur.

As a part of the Golden Quadrilateral, the 500 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway connects the region.

The nearest broad gauge connection is Bhavnagar (34 km).

Dholera SIR

Dholera SIR is a major project under the DMIC Project an aim to make it a global manufacturing hub supported by world class infrastructure.

Project goals in next five years are:

The city would be built as a world-class city, with a 10 lane expressway running between the city from the state capital Ahmedabad to the container port. It would be the world largest urban development project worth $12 billion.

Dholera (Mahendragarh)

Dholera is a village in the Mahendergarh district of Haryana, India. Dholera Sarpanch seat is Unreserved.

Adjacent villages

Demographics of 2011

As of 2011 India census, Dholera (Mahendragarh) had a population of 3424 in 665 households. Males (1833) constitute 53.53% of the population and females (1591) 46.46%. Dholera has an average literacy (2263) rate of 66.09%, lower than the national average of 74%: male literacy (1407) is 62.17%, and female literacy (856) is 37.82% of total literates(2263). In Dholera, 10.77% of the population is under 6 years of age (369).

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