About Dahej Village

Dahej is one of the larger villages in Vagra tehsil, in the district of Bharuch, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 13,495, made up of 8,345 males and 5,150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 617 females per 1000 males. The village covers 7630.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 392130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dahej Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dahej village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Bharuch
Tehsil	Vagra
Pincode	392130
Area (hectares)	7630.52 hectares
Population	13,495
Male Population	8,345
Female Population	5,150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	617
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Dahej compares

By the 2011 count Dahej is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,493 residents. Its 7630.52 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Dahej

Dahej is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dahej as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dahej from other places

Dahej lies about 40 km from Bharuch, and the nearest railway station is Dahej, about under 2 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 Dahej
Nearest railway station	Dahej	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vagra	30 km
District headquarters	Bharuch	40 km
Nearest town	Bharūch	40 km

Villages closest to Dahej

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Vagra 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 Dahej

As per the Census of India 2011, Dahej village had a population of 13,495. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,493 residents.

Dahej village has 8,345 males and 5,150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dahej has about 617 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Dahej is 392130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dahej covers 7630.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dahej falls under Vagra tehsil of Bharuch district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Dahej is Dahej, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dahej.

Dahej is about 40 km from Bharuch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dahej is in Vagra tehsil of Bharuch district. Dahej is about under 2 km away. Vagra is about 30 km away. Bharuch is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.