Methodology

How We Research Dholera

The eight stages behind every parcel, price and infrastructure claim on this site — and, just as importantly, what this process cannot tell you.

Stages in the process
8Stages in the process
Scheme plans published
16Scheme plans published
Parcels visited before listing
100%Parcels visited before listing
On the ground
10+ yrsOn the ground

How does DholeraMaster research a Dholera parcel?

Eight stages: a ground visit with boundaries walked against the survey map, revenue records pulled directly from the government AnyRoR portal, TP scheme number and stage confirmed against the sanctioned record, infrastructure status separated into delivered versus targeted, the full mutation chain reviewed, prices compared against same-scheme transactions, a written risk note produced, and a published review date.

Why publish this at all

A methodology page is the one asset a competitor cannot copy without doing the work. Anyone can claim ten years of experience; describing exactly what you do, in enough detail that you could be held to it, is a different kind of claim.

The process

Eight stages, in order

Each stage gates the next. A parcel that fails stage 5 does not reach stage 6.

Ground visits

Every parcel we list is visited before it is listed. Boundaries are walked against the survey map, the access route is driven from the public road, and the state of trunk infrastructure is recorded as it stands rather than as planned. Photographs are dated. If we have not stood on it, it does not go on the site.

  • Boundary walked corner to corner against the survey map
  • Access route driven and road width measured
  • Neighbouring land use and encroachment noted
  • Dated photographs retained

Government sources first

Revenue records come from AnyRoR, the Gujarat government portal, not from documents supplied by a seller. Scheme records come from DSIRDA. Allotment rates come from the DICDL card. Where a figure originates with a developer or in press reporting rather than a government source, we say so on the page.

  • 7/12 and 8-A pulled directly from anyror.gujarat.gov.in
  • Sanctioned scheme records cross-checked with DSIRDA
  • DICDL allotment rates used as the authority reference
  • Non-government figures attributed to their publisher

TP scheme review

For any parcel inside the notified SIR we establish the scheme number, its current stage, and the final plot allotment — then confirm the FP against the sanctioned scheme document. A village name is not a scheme: Zankhi falls in both TP4 and TP6, Sodhi in TP3 and TP5, Bavaliyari across TP2, TP5 and TP6.

  • Scheme number and stage confirmed, not assumed
  • Final plot number matched to the sanctioned scheme
  • Designated land use recorded from the development plan
  • All 16 sanctioned scheme plans published free on this site

Infrastructure verification

We separate what is commissioned from what is announced, and we hold that line everywhere on the site. The expressway was inaugurated on 31 March 2026 and is delivered. The airport is roughly 80% complete with operations targeted for late 2026 — a target, not a commitment. Those two facts are presented differently because they are different kinds of fact.

  • Delivered milestones carry the date they actually happened
  • Forward dates labelled as targets, with the source named
  • Trunk service status recorded per scheme, not per region
  • Timeline slippage noted rather than quietly updated

Document review

The full mutation chain is read, not just the current entry. Every recorded co-owner is identified, including those abroad or with unrecorded succession. Encumbrances and agreements to sell are checked. Where land is sold as non-agricultural, we obtain the NA order as a document rather than an assurance.

  • Complete mutation history traced through the chain
  • Every co-owner identified and consent status established
  • Encumbrance and agreement-to-sell check completed
  • NA order obtained as a document, with number and date

Price comparison

Rates are built from comparable transactions in the same scheme and zoning, adjusted for road section width, infrastructure status and scheme stage. Asking prices are recorded separately from transacted prices. Registered deed values are treated as a floor rather than a comparable, because sale deeds are frequently registered at or near jantri value rather than actual consideration.

  • Comparables drawn from the same scheme and zoning
  • Frontage, infrastructure and stage adjustments applied explicitly
  • Asking and transacted prices kept distinct
  • Thin comparable data reported as a wide range, not false precision

Risk identification

Every listing gets a risk note before it gets a price. The question we answer internally is "what is wrong with this parcel?" — every parcel has something. Where a parcel is speculative we say so on the listing itself, in the same words we would use privately.

  • A written risk note on every parcel, published
  • Speculative parcels labelled as speculative
  • Zoning restrictions stated, not implied
  • "Who should not buy this" recorded alongside who should

Corrections and review

Data pages carry a review date. When we find an error we fix it and say what changed rather than editing quietly. If you find something wrong on this site, tell us — we would rather be corrected than be wrong in public.

  • Review dates published on data pages
  • Corrections made openly rather than silently
  • Sources listed so any claim can be checked independently
  • Reader corrections welcomed and acted on

Limits

What this process cannot tell you

A methodology that only lists strengths is marketing. These are the real boundaries of what our work establishes.

Revenue records are fiscal documents. A clean 7/12 lowers risk substantially but does not confer indefeasible title, and unregistered agreements will not appear on it.
We are land consultants, not advocates or chartered accountants. Our review does not replace a legal opinion or tax advice.
Price figures are indicative market rates from industry sources, portal data and our own observation. They are not an audited index.
Comparable transaction data is genuinely thin in some zones. Where it is, we report a wide range with low confidence rather than a precise-looking number.
Every forward-looking date on this site originates with a developer, an authority or the press. Several have moved before.

Our conflict, stated

We earn from land transactions. Everything on this site is produced by a party with a commercial interest in land sales, and you should read it that way. The counterweights are structural rather than promissory: advisory work is charged as a fixed fee rather than a share of a deal, every listing carries its own risk note, and we publish survey and scheme references so you can verify our work or take it to somebody else entirely.

Verify us

Check our work

Every source we rely on is public. You do not need our permission or our help to audit anything on this site.

  • Pull any survey number yourself on AnyRoR
  • Cross-check scheme records with DSIRDA
  • Compare our rates against portal data
  • Measure our distance claims on any map
  • Ask us for the survey number behind any listing
Open AnyRoR

Sources we cite

Found something wrong? Tell us — we would rather be corrected than be wrong in public.

Want this run on a parcel you have been offered?

Stages 3 to 7 are exactly what a title check covers — on any parcel, including land we are not selling.