Industrial land in Hansalpur-Becharaji.

GIDC Hansalpur is tightly held — nearly all plots are allotted to Tier-1 vendors with active supply contracts to SMG. New entrants today mostly find inventory through <strong>secondary transfers</strong>, which require GIDC NOC and take 14–18 weeks. Vithalapur is the more active transfer market for Tier-1 and Tier-2 units. We tell clients which side fits their part family and sequencing commitment before chasing a specific plot.

Yes, materially. The <strong>Becharaji side</strong> is closer to SMG's main gate and to the Vithalapur vendor park — better for JIT and sequenced suppliers. The <strong>Mandal side</strong> is cheaper, still inside the notified SIR, and works well for Tier-2 suppliers who ship to a Tier-1 rather than directly to the OEM. The travel-time delta is 20–35 minutes, which matters on a three-shift cadence.

Tier-1 suppliers to Maruti typically need <strong>4–10 acres</strong> for a single-OEM part family, more if they serve Honda and Toyota too. Tier-2 suppliers are usually 1.5–4 acres. Greenfield vendor campuses consolidating multiple part families run 15–25 acres and almost always go the <strong>63AA private route</strong>, because that scale is not available inside GIDC Hansalpur or Vithalapur anymore.

Yes — private parcels within about 5 km of the SMG gate trade at a clear premium to land 10–15 km out, even inside the same SIR. The premium is not linear; it steps up sharply inside the JIT envelope. That is why we insist on travel-time mapping over raw sq m comparison. A cheaper parcel 20 minutes further out can cost a supplier more in logistics over five years than the land-price saving.

Power is in good shape — GETCO's <strong>220 kV Hansalpur substation</strong> serves the SIR and SMG itself is a dedicated offtaker. Water is the real constraint: the block is water-stressed, CGWA borewell permissions are non-trivial, and most new units are being pushed toward <strong>Narmada branch canal supply via GIDC</strong> or tanker-plus-recycling. We flag this on day one because it quietly changes the capex plan.

Toyota's planned Mehsana-side plant extends the OEM anchor beyond Maruti, which diversifies vendor demand and supports land values on the Becharaji-Mehsana axis. For vendors deciding today, the practical read is this: parcels that work for Maruti will mostly also work for Toyota, but a site chosen purely for Toyota travel time may sit slightly north of the current Vithalapur vendor park. We re-score shortlists as the Toyota site specifics firm up.

Technically yes, but the SIR's zoning, the OEM-anchored ecosystem and the land pricing are all built around auto manufacturing. Non-auto units — general engineering, packaging, electricals — usually get better economics in <strong>Mandal GIDC</strong> or the Viramgam side of the corridor, outside the SIR premium. We steer non-auto clients accordingly rather than force-fit them into OEM-adjacent inventory.