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About Dhorwadi Village

Dhorwadi is a mid sized village in Wadwani tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 756, made up of 405 males and 351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 799.63 hectares hectares.

Dhorwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhorwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Wadwani
Area (hectares) 799.63 hectares
Population 756
Male Population 405
Female Population 351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhorwadi compares

By the 2011 count Dhorwadi is the 36th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 799.63 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 908.

Getting to Dhorwadi

Dhorwadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhorwadi as Available within village. 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 Dhorwadi from other places

Dhorwadi lies about 26 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Parli-Vaijnath, about 58 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 Dhorwadi
Tehsil headquarters Wadwani 6.0 km
Nearest town Dhārūr 26 km
District headquarters Bid 26 km
Nearest railway station Parli-Vaijnath 58 km

Villages closest to Dhorwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhorwadi village had a population of 756. That makes it the 36th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Dhorwadi village has 405 males and 351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhorwadi has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Dhorwadi covers 799.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhorwadi falls under Wadwani tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dhorwadi is Parli-Vaijnath, about 58 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dhorwadi.

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

Dhorwadi is in Wadwani tehsil of Bid district. Wadwani is about 6.0 km away. Dhārūr is about 26 km away. Bid is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Laxmipur (2.6 km), Kanhapur (2.7 km) and Salimba (3.5 km).

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

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