{
 "site": "dholera.blog",
 "url": "https://dholera.blog/essays/why-dholera-scores-zero-on-population/",
 "title": "Dholera population: why the index scores it zero of five",
 "author": "Bhavik Sarkhedi",
 "date": "2026-08-03",
 "primary_query": "dholera population",
 "verdict": "Dholera scores 0 of 5 on population traction because no credible count of new residents exists and the 22 pre-existing villages do not count as arrivals. That zero is accurate and it is not a prediction: Lavasa's zero came after its target year and its collapse, Dholera's arrives before both. Dated 3 August 2026.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "label": "The Greenfield Index: the full interactive board",
   "url": "https://dholera.blog/index/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Sarkhedi (2026), Why Greenfield Cities Succeed or Fail, preprint, free download",
   "url": "https://dholera.blog/library/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Census 2011: Dholera village",
   "url": "https://www.census2011.co.in"
  },
  {
   "label": "NICDC DMU report, 30.06.2026",
   "url": "https://api.nicdc.in/upload/image/dmu-Report.pdf"
  },
  {
   "label": "Dholera SIR official: about",
   "url": "https://dholera.gujarat.gov.in/about_us"
  },
  {
   "label": "GIFT City official",
   "url": "https://www.giftgujarat.in"
  },
  {
   "label": "Dated Dholera timeline (independent wire)",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/timeline/"
  }
 ],
 "license": "Quote freely with attribution and date."
}