About Dhodap Village

Dhodap is a mid sized village in Chikhli tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,520, made up of 804 males and 716 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 517.17 hectares hectares.

Dhodap Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhodap village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Chikhli
Area (hectares)	517.17 hectares
Population	1,520
Male Population	804
Female Population	716
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhodap compares

By the 2011 count Dhodap is the 55th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents. Its 517.17 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 932.

Getting to Dhodap

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

Dhodap lies about 17 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Khamgaon, about 39 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 Dhodap
Tehsil headquarters	Chikhli	12 km
District headquarters	Buldana	17 km
Nearest railway station	Khamgaon	39 km

Villages closest to Dhodap

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhodap village had a population of 1,520. That makes it the 55th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents.

Dhodap village has 804 males and 716 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhodap has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Dhodap covers 517.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhodap falls under Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dhodap is Khamgaon, about 39 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 Dhodap.

Dhodap is about 17 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhodap is in Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district. Chikhli is about 12 km away. Buldana is about 17 km away. Khamgaon is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.