About Dholgam Village

Dholgam is a large village in Valia tehsil, in the district of Bharuch, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,556, made up of 1,311 males and 1,245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1416.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 393135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Dholgam compares

By the 2011 count Dholgam is the 10th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 1416.14 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Dholgam

Dholgam 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 Dholgam 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Daheli, Dajipara, Dansoli and Datt Nagar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.