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About Dhrasan Vel Village

Dhrasan Vel is a mid sized village in Okhamandal tehsil, in the district of Jamnagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 991, made up of 491 males and 500 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1930.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 361335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhrasan Vel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhrasan Vel village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Jamnagar
Tehsil Okhamandal
Pincode 361335
Area (hectares) 1930.21 hectares
Population 991
Male Population 491
Female Population 500
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dhrasan Vel compares

By the 2011 count Dhrasan Vel is the 18th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,318 residents. Its 1930.21 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Dhrasan Vel

Dhrasan Vel is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhrasan Vel as Available within village. 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 Dhrasan Vel from other places

Dhrasan Vel lies about 108 km from Jamnagar, and the nearest railway station is Dwarka, about 7.4 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 Dhrasan Vel
Tehsil headquarters Okhamandal 2.8 km
Nearest railway station Dwarka 7.4 km
Nearest town Dwārka 9.2 km
District headquarters Jamnagar 108 km

Villages closest to Dhrasan Vel

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

Common questions about Dhrasan Vel

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhrasan Vel village had a population of 991. That makes it the 18th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,318 residents.

Dhrasan Vel village has 491 males and 500 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhrasan Vel has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Dhrasan Vel is 361335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhrasan Vel covers 1930.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhrasan Vel falls under Okhamandal tehsil of Jamnagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Dhrasan Vel is Dwarka, about 7.4 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dhrasan Vel.

Dhrasan Vel is about 108 km from Jamnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhrasan Vel is in Okhamandal tehsil of Jamnagar district. Okhamandal is about 2.8 km away. Dwarka is about 7.4 km away. Dwārka is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mevasa (2.4 km), Kalyanpur (3.3 km) and Tobar (3.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Dhrasan Vel today is likely to be higher.

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