About Dandi Village

Dandi is a large village in Olpad tehsil, in the district of Surat, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,310, made up of 1,748 males and 1,562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6917.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 394540, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dandi village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Surat
Tehsil	Olpad
Pincode	394540
Area (hectares)	6917.14 hectares
Population	3,310
Male Population	1,748
Female Population	1,562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dandi compares

By the 2011 count Dandi is the 9th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,581 residents. Its 6917.14 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 941.

Getting to Dandi

Dandi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dandi 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dandi from other places

Dandi lies about 26 km from Surat, and the nearest railway station is Bhesan, about 19 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 Dandi
Tehsil headquarters	Olpad	13 km
Nearest railway station	Bhesan	19 km
District headquarters	Surat	26 km

Villages closest to Dandi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dandi village had a population of 3,310. That makes it the 9th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,581 residents.

Dandi village has 1,748 males and 1,562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dandi has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Dandi is 394540. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dandi covers 6917.14 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.

Dandi falls under Olpad tehsil of Surat district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Dandi is Bhesan, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Dandi is about 26 km from Surat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dandi is in Olpad tehsil of Surat district. Olpad is about 13 km away. Bhesan is about 19 km away. Surat is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.