A guide to the paperwork · checked 4 August 2026
How land paperwork actually works in Dholera
Buying land here means dealing with about eight different offices, and nobody hands you the list. This site is that list: 35 steps in the order you meet them, with the office you go to, the form you fill in, what it costs where a fee is published, and how long the rule says it takes.
It is written for a buyer rather than for a lawyer, so every step page says what the step is for in ordinary words before it quotes anything. Where a government word is unavoidable, such as jantri or mutation or tenure, it is explained the first time it appears, and all of them are collected on the words page.
The other half of the job is being honest about what is not published. A fee is published for 17 of the 35 steps, which means 18 steps have no official amount anywhere we could find. A timing is stated for 9. Those are not blank cells here. Each one is printed as a declared gap that says what was searched and what was not found, and all 20 of them are listed. The biggest is property tax inside Dholera SIR, where the Act names who may tax you and no government source we read publishes a rate.
The eight stages, in order
Each stage answers one question. Follow them from the top if you are starting from nothing, or jump to the one you are stuck on.
| No. | Stage | Steps | Fee published | Timing stated | The question it answers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Checks before you pay | 10 | 4 | 0 | What do you check before you hand over money for land in Gujarat? |
| 2 | Permission to buy | 4 | 1 | 1 | Who is allowed to buy farmland in Gujarat, and whose permission is needed? |
| 3 | Permission to stop farming the land | 1 | 1 | 1 | How is farmland converted to non-agricultural use in Gujarat? |
| 4 | The sale deed and registering it | 4 | 3 | 1 | What does it cost to register a sale deed in Gujarat, and by when? |
| 5 | After you buy | 6 | 0 | 1 | What still has to be done after the sale deed is registered? |
| 6 | If the developer defaults | 4 | 4 | 1 | How does a buyer complain about a developer in Gujarat, and what does it cost? |
| 7 | Getting a plot inside Dholera SIR | 3 | 3 | 2 | How is land given out inside Dholera SIR, and what does it cost to apply? |
| 8 | Permission to build inside Dholera SIR | 3 | 1 | 2 | Who grants development and building permission inside Dholera SIR? |
| 35 | Every stage together | 35 | 17 | 9 | What do you do, in what order, at which counter? |
Four ways into the same 35 steps
- All 35 steps in order. The full table, with the exact wording of every fee and every timing.
- By the office you have to visit. Seven offices, from the land record portal to the company that allots plots inside the region.
- By what it costs. The 17 published amounts in one place, and the 18 steps where no amount exists.
- By how long it takes. The 9 stated timings, and who the clock actually runs against.
- What to carry to the counter. Every document list in the register, on one page you can print.
- What you can do without leaving home. 10 of the 35 steps are online only.
- Which law is behind each step. Seven Acts and one company policy.
- The words in plain English. Jantri, khata, ferfar, varsai, tenure, NA, BU and the rest.
What this site does not do
There is no plot for sale here, no price enquiry, no calculator and no agent. Nobody on this site will file an application for you or take a payment for any step described on it. It is documentation, with the government source named on every page, and the source is linked so you can read it yourself rather than take our word for it.
It also does not fill a hole with a plausible number. Where a fee is not published, the page says so and links to the gap that records exactly which page was searched. If you find an official page that publishes something we have marked missing, send it to corrections@dholera.support and it will be corrected here.