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About Dodyal Village

Dodyal is a mid sized village in Akkalkot tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,530, made up of 768 males and 762 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 495.11 hectares hectares.

Dodyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dodyal village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Solapur
Tehsil Akkalkot
Area (hectares) 495.11 hectares
Population 1,530
Male Population 768
Female Population 762
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 992
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dodyal compares

By the 2011 count Dodyal is the 64th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,836 residents. Its 495.11 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Dodyal

Dodyal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dodyal 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dodyal from other places

Dodyal lies about 32 km from Solapur, and the nearest railway station is Akalkot Road, about 6.3 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 Dodyal
Nearest town Akalkot 5.7 km
Nearest railway station Akalkot Road 6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Akkalkot 32 km
District headquarters Solapur 32 km

Villages closest to Dodyal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dodyal village had a population of 1,530. That makes it the 64th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,836 residents.

Dodyal village has 768 males and 762 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dodyal has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Dodyal covers 495.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dodyal falls under Akkalkot tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dodyal is Akalkot Road, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Dodyal.

Dodyal is about 32 km from Solapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dodyal is in Akkalkot tehsil of Solapur district. Akalkot is about 5.7 km away. Akalkot Road is about 6.3 km away. Akkalkot is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bagehalli (2.8 km), Konhali (5.2 km) and Jeur (5.7 km).

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

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