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About Holdi Village

Holdi is a small village in Jaora tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 290, made up of 154 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221.11 hectares hectares.

Holdi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Holdi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Jaora
Area (hectares) 221.11 hectares
Population 290
Male Population 154
Female Population 136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Holdi compares

By the 2011 count Holdi is the 134th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,105 residents. Its 221.11 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 962.

Getting to Holdi

Holdi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Holdi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Holdi from other places

Holdi lies about 36 km from Ratlam. 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 Holdi
Tehsil headquarters Jaora 12 km
District headquarters Ratlam 36 km

Villages closest to Holdi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Holdi village had a population of 290. That makes it the 134th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,105 residents.

Holdi village has 154 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Holdi has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Holdi covers 221.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Holdi falls under Jaora tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Holdi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Holdi.

Holdi is about 36 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Holdi is in Jaora tehsil of Ratlam district. Jaora is about 12 km away. Ratlam is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kheroda (under 2 km), Virpura (2.2 km) and Chhayan (2.5 km).

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

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