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About Dholaku Village

Dholaku is a mid sized village in Jaitpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,423, made up of 719 males and 704 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428.22 hectares hectares.

Dholaku Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dholaku village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shahdol
Tehsil Jaitpur
Area (hectares) 428.22 hectares
Population 1,423
Male Population 719
Female Population 704
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dholaku compares

By the 2011 count Dholaku is the 34th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 879 residents. Its 428.22 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Dholaku

Dholaku is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dholaku 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. The nearest villages by name are Deogarh, Deori, Dhakhar and Dhanaura. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Dholaku

As per the Census of India 2011, Dholaku village had a population of 1,423. That makes it the 34th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 879 residents.

Dholaku village has 719 males and 704 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dholaku has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Dholaku covers 428.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dholaku falls under Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Dholaku notes the nearest railway station 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 Dholaku.

Dholaku is in Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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