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About Dholvani Village

Dholvani is a mid sized village in Bhiloda tehsil, in the district of Sabar Kantha, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,668, made up of 874 males and 794 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 383245, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dholvani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dholvani village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Sabar Kantha
Tehsil Bhiloda
Pincode 383245
Area (hectares) 337.48 hectares
Population 1,668
Male Population 874
Female Population 794
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dholvani compares

By the 2011 count Dholvani is the 47th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,377 residents. Its 337.48 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Dholvani

Dholvani 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 Dholvani as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dholvani from other places

Dholvani lies about 12 km from Sabar Kantha, and the nearest railway station is Vadali, about 14 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 Dholvani
District headquarters Sabar Kantha 12 km
Nearest railway station Vadali 14 km
Nearest town Vadāli 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhiloda 21 km

Villages closest to Dholvani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dholvani village had a population of 1,668. That makes it the 47th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,377 residents.

Dholvani village has 874 males and 794 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dholvani has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Dholvani is 383245. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dholvani covers 337.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dholvani falls under Bhiloda tehsil of Sabar Kantha district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Dholvani is Vadali, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dholvani.

Dholvani is about 12 km from Sabar Kantha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dholvani is in Bhiloda tehsil of Sabar Kantha district. Sabar Kantha is about 12 km away. Vadali is about 14 km away. Vadāli is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Godh (5.8 km), Mandhari (6.0 km) and Bavaliya (9.1 km).

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

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