Vikram Udyogpuri (Ujjain) Master Plan: Area, Phases, Land Use and Targets

Planning horizon

Vikram Udyogpuri began life around 2010–2013 as a DMIC (Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor) project, originally conceived as a "Knowledge City" before being reoriented toward manufacturing. In January 2015, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the development of trunk infrastructure for Vikram Udyogpuri, which falls in the Pithampur-Dhar-Mhow investment region of the DMIC project. That approval was for Stage-1 of the project at an estimated cost of Rs 808.60 crore. The horizon for the project's economic outcomes — investment, revenue and jobs — runs to 2040: the total revenue (direct and indirect) expected to be generated by the project is Rs 1,20,600 crore by 2040, and the project is expected to generate employment of 78,000 (direct and indirect) by 2040. Phase 1 became substantially operational when it was formally dedicated to the nation, and Phase 2 planning is ongoing as of 2025–2026 with no published completion year yet.

Total planned area vs. area developed to date — do not confuse the two

Phase 1 (original, largely built out): The site is located at village Narwar, about 8 km from Ujjain and 12 km from Dewas, and has a total area of 442.3 hectares (1,096 acres). A later environmental filing lists the acquired area more precisely: MPIDC has acquired 458.265 hectares of land for development of the industrial estate and amenities. By early 2025, industry-side reporting described this Phase 1 footprint as effectively full: the first phase of Vikram Udyogpuri spans 458 hectares and is almost at full capacity.

Phase 2 (announced, not yet built): This is a separate, additional tranche of land, not a re-measurement of Phase 1. The Madhya Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation (MPIDC) has taken a step towards expanding the Vikram Udyogpuri industrial area by acquiring over 400 hectares of private land for its second phase. The scale ultimately proposed by the state government is larger still: an internal NICDC status report notes approx 1,200 acres has been proposed by GoMP for development of Phase-II, of which 3 industrial plots admeasuring 174 acres have been allotted in the Phase-II area of the project. No official target year for Phase 2 completion has been published; as of early 2025 MPIDC was still preparing a detailed project report for the second phase, meaning Phase 2 is at the DPR/land-acquisition stage, not under active construction.

Bottom line: "Total planned area" for the project as a whole (Phase 1 + proposed Phase 2) works out to roughly 900–950 hectares (~2,250–2,350 acres) once Phase 2 is finalised, but only the Phase 1 footprint (~442–459 ha) is actually built, allotted and operating today.

Land-use split

DMICVUL's own materials describe the plan in functional categories rather than a single detailed percentage table: integrated plotting for Industrial, Commercial, Public/Semi Public (PSP), Residential, Logistic and Recreation uses. The project is intended to have a sustainable economic base primarily driven by manufacturing product mix, along with institutional (public and semi-public) land use, supported by residential and commercial activities. The one specific split reported for the site is that roughly half the land was earmarked for industry when the project was reoriented from an education-led "Knowledge City" to an industrial township, with the remaining half shared across residential, institutional and other uses. Because DMICVUL has not published a full percentage-by-use table for the current (post-2023) layout, this split should be treated as indicative rather than exact — see the official revised layout plan (linked below) for the authoritative parcel-level breakdown.

Phased development

Population, employment and investment targets

Vikram Udyogpuri is planned as an industrial township with supporting residential/institutional use rather than a standalone city, so no distinct residential population target has been found in official material. The targets that are published relate to jobs and investment: expected employment generation of 78,000 jobs and expected investment of about INR 11,000 to 13,000 crore. An earlier official estimate put private-sector investment potential even a little higher: the development of infrastructure at Vikram Udyogpuri is expected to attract private sector investments of around Rs 13,000 crore. On the ground, as of early 2025 the realised figure was: industries have proposed investments totaling over INR 5,000 crore.

Planner / technical consultants

Vikram Udyogpuri sits under the National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation's (NICDC) DMIC programme, with DMICVUL as the project SPV. For site engineering, Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd was assigned the job of geotechnical investigation of the site and had already submitted its detailed report by around 2015. No separate master-plan architecture/urban-design consultancy has been named in publicly available material reviewed for this page; the master plan itself is administered and revised by DMICVUL/MPIDC, with the current layout available as an official PDF (see sources).

Where to find the official plan documents

• Revised layout plan (PDF) — Madhya Pradesh Invest portal: invest.mp.gov.in
• Project overview — DMICVUL official site: vikramudyogpuriujjain.com
• Project profile — NICDC (national industrial corridor authority): nicdc.in
• Cabinet/PIB briefing note on National Industrial Corridor cities (includes Vikram Udyogpuri factsheet): static.pib.gov.in
• Investment/project-update listing — India Investment Grid: indiainvestmentgrid.gov.in