About Dhavale Village

Dhavale is a mid sized village in Ambarnath tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,167, made up of 605 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 444 hectares hectares.

How Dhavale compares

By the 2011 count Dhavale is the 29th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,803 residents. Its 444 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Dhavale

Dhavale is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dhavale 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhavale from other places

Dhavale lies about 10 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Bhivandi Road, about 1.6 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.

Villages closest to Dhavale

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ambarnath tehsil.

• Chinchavali Bk under 2 km
• Devaloli under 2 km
• Karavale Kh under 2 km
• Khuntavali under 2 km
• Kushivali under 2 km
• Nevali under 2 km

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.