About Dholia Village

Dholia is a mid sized village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 803, made up of 423 males and 380 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dholia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dholia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	252 hectares
Population	803
Male Population	423
Female Population	380
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dholia compares

By the 2011 count Dholia is the 77th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 252 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Dholia

Dholia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dholia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Dholia from other places

Dholia lies about 31 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Ismailpur, about 44 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 Dholia
Nearest town	Sherghāti	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	31 km
District headquarters	Chatra	31 km
Nearest railway station	Ismailpur	44 km

Villages closest to Dholia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Dholia

As per the Census of India 2011, Dholia village had a population of 803. That makes it the 77th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Dholia village has 423 males and 380 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dholia has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Dholia is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dholia covers 252 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dholia falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dholia is Ismailpur, about 44 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dholia.

Dholia is about 31 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dholia is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Sherghāti is about 19 km away. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 31 km away. Chatra is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.