Dhoraji's economy moved from sugar and tiles to cotton, groundnut and edible oil, and the town is now growing into a plastics hub. An oil mill and a plastics unit send the same four kinds of WhatsApp message; they send them to different people.
Trade 1
Edible oil and groundnut
Groundnut is grown around the town and edible oil is made in it, sold to grocers and distributors by the tin.
Trade 2
Plastics
The newer trade: Dhoraji is developing into a plastics hub, selling moulded goods by the lot.
For Dhoraji's edible-oil mills and groundnut traders, its growing plastics units, the town's farsan shops and Rajkot district's engineering suppliers: which messages to grocers, traders and buyers are free-form replies, which need a Gujarati template, which need consent, and what each costs.
See it work
Put an illustrative edible-oil mill and an illustrative plastics unit in Dhoraji side by side. Each row is one kind of WhatsApp message; the categories are the same, the readers and the words are not.
Most of either firm's WhatsApp day is the second row: a buyer asks, someone answers, and the 24-hour service window means no template is needed. Every reply is charged at the service rate.
The marketing row is the one that needs care. WhatsApp's policy allows a business to contact people only with their opt-in and requires it to honour every request to stop. The India guide covers consent under the DPDP Act.
Compared on
Edible-oil mill
Tins and barrels to grocers and distributors
Plastics unit
Moulded goods by the lot to traders and factories
Verdict
Both firms send replies, utility notes and the odd offer. What changes is who reads them and in which language, so each approves its own templates.
Verdict: Both firms send replies, utility notes and the odd offer. What changes is who reads them and in which language, so each approves its own templates.
Five kinds of business, from the oil mill to the farsan counter.
Groundnut and edible-oil production are part of the town's economy, selling to grocers and distributors who order by message.[7]
Dhoraji is developing into a plastics hub, with units that sell lots of moulded goods to traders and factories.[7]
Cotton, sugarcane and vegetables are grown around the town and bought by traders who send them on.[7]
Besan gathiya and garlic potatoes are among the town's known foods, and a farsan shop answers orders and sends parcels.[7]
Engineering goods and machine products are Rajkot district's primary ODOP product, and suppliers in the district's towns sell parts and services to them.[2]
From the Dhoraji municipality's site, Invest India's ODOP list and IBEF's Gujarat profile, with the town's history, economy and roads from Wikipedia.
The municipality's site presents Dhoraji as a town on the Safura and Bhadar riverbanks, known by its Three Gates, with nine wards and the PIN 360410.[1]
Kumbhaji II of Gondal State acquired Dhoraji from Junagadh State around the middle of the 18th century; its fort, with Kathiawadi, Porbandar, Halar and Junagadh gates, was completed in 1755.[7]
After the railway came, the new town was laid out with axial planning, road circles, parks and markets.[7]
The town's economy was once centred on sugar and tile making; it now relies on cotton, groundnut, sugarcane and vegetables, with edible oil production, and is developing into a plastics hub.[7]
NH27 links Dhoraji with Upleta, Jetpur, Gondal, Rajkot and Porbandar, NH927D runs to Jamnagar via Kalavad, and the station is on the Wansjaliya–Jetalsar line.[7]
The ODOP list names engineering goods and machine products as Rajkot district's primary product and single ikat weaving as its secondary one.[2]
IBEF lists dairy, textiles and apparels, chemicals and petrochemicals among Gujarat's key industries.[3]
Gujarati, Hindi and English (India) are on Meta's list of template languages. An oil mill selling around Saurashtra may need only Gujarati; a plastics unit selling across India adds Hindi.
Inside the 24-hour window after a buyer writes, staff can reply in any language with no template. InfiQ's own support team works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Gujarati | gu | Grocers, growers, farsan customers and shops across Saurashtra |
| Hindi | hi | Plastics buyers and drivers from other states |
| English (India) | en_IN | Factory purchase teams, invoices and banks |
On InfiQ
The same tools behind both columns of the versus.
Draft, submit and track WhatsApp message templates for Meta's approval, starting from a library of 1,000+ ready templates in 27 categories.
Each firm drafts its own dispatch and loading notes from the library in Gujarati and Hindi and tracks each through Meta's approval.
Learn moreWhatsApp Coexistence
A mill that already takes orders on the WhatsApp Business app can keep the app on the counter phone while the API sends the templates.
Busy accounting integration
A mill or unit keeping accounts in Busy sends bills and payment reminders on WhatsApp automatically, with no integration fee.
Broadcast campaigns
The new-season price list or the new range goes as a scheduled broadcast to the grocers and buyers who opted in, with delivery reports.
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
Plans from ₹999 a month, plus each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.19 for a dispatch or loading note, ₹0.94 for a price list or a new range, ₹0.14 for a login code and ₹0.145 for each reply to a grocer or trader who wrote first.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Dhoraji · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $0.0572₹5.4352 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $0.0578₹5.4970 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $0.0822₹7.8162 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $0.0116₹1.0993 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $0.0596₹5.6629 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 |
| France | $0.0795₹7.5588 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $0.126₹12.0088 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 |
| India | $0.0099₹0.9435 | $0.0020₹0.1941 | $0.0015₹0.1402 | $0.0015₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $0.0380₹3.6133 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $0.0327₹3.1045 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $0.0735₹6.9847 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $0.0733₹6.9671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $0.0796₹7.5644 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $0.0367₹3.4877 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $0.0383₹3.6425 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $0.148₹14.0494 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $0.0478₹4.5421 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $0.0438₹4.1620 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $0.0651₹6.1843 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $0.0338₹3.2105 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $0.0742₹7.0520 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $0.0351₹3.3385 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $0.0654₹6.2161 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $0.0101₹0.9587 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0587₹5.5795 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 |
| North America | $0.0231₹2.1976 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $0.0208₹1.9796 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $0.0779₹7.4057 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $0.0684₹6.5048 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $0.0363₹3.4490 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $0.0548₹5.2054 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 |
| Other | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. Grocers and traders on +91 numbers are billed at the India rate in any state. A plastics buyer abroad is billed at that country's rate, published in rupees on the pricing page. Invoices carry your Gujarat GSTIN.
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City pages for neighbouring markets, nearest first.
Jetpur and Gondal, up NH27 towards Rajkot, have their own pages on this map. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
No. Each grocer's message opens a 24-hour window, and your answers inside it, the rate, the stock and a photo of the tin, are service messages at ₹0.145 each. Only a message your mill starts after the window has closed, like the next day's dispatch note, needs an approved template.
Yes, to traders who agreed to order updates. A loading note with the trader's own lot, quantity, lorry number and invoice is a utility template at ₹0.19. Approve it in Gujarati, and in Hindi for buyers in other states.
Only to grocers who agreed to receive price lists; buying from you is not that agreement. A price list sent to many is a marketing template at ₹0.94. Ask each grocer, note the date of the yes, and honour any request to stop, as WhatsApp's policy requires.
Yes. A note that a family's own order is packed, with the courier's tracking number, is a utility template at ₹0.19, approved in Gujarati. A festival-box offer to past customers is marketing and goes only to those who agreed to offers.
Yes. With WhatsApp Coexistence, the Business app stays on the number while the API sends templates and the shared inbox handles replies, within Meta's coexistence limits. The trial is a 7-day Lite trial, no card needed.
Meta charges by the recipient's country calling code, so a Kenyan number is billed at the rate for that market, which InfiQ publishes in rupees on the pricing page, not at the India rate. A dispatch note about the buyer's own order is a utility template there too.
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
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