About Dholnar Village

Dholnar is a small village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 286, made up of 144 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495689, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dholnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dholnar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Sakti
Pincode	495689
Area (hectares)	84.68 hectares
Population	286
Male Population	144
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dholnar compares

By the 2011 count Dholnar is the 116th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 84.68 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Dholnar

Dholnar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dholnar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dholnar from other places

Dholnar lies about 37 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Jetha, about 7.9 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Dholnar
Tehsil headquarters	Sakti	7.2 km
Nearest town	Saktī	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Jetha	7.9 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	37 km

Villages closest to Dholnar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sakti tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Dholnar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dholnar village had a population of 286. That makes it the 116th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Dholnar village has 144 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dholnar has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Dholnar is 495689. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dholnar covers 84.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dholnar falls under Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dholnar is Jetha, about 7.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dholnar.

Dholnar is about 37 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dholnar is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Sakti is about 7.2 km away. Saktī is about 7.2 km away. Jetha is about 7.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.