About Gholwad Village

Gholwad is a large village in Dahanu tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,403, made up of 2,191 males and 2,212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1137.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 401702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gholwad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gholwad village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Dahanu
Pincode	401702
Area (hectares)	1137.95 hectares
Population	4,403
Male Population	2,191
Female Population	2,212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gholwad compares

By the 2011 count Gholwad is the 13th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,969 residents. Its 1137.95 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Gholwad

Gholwad 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 Gholwad 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gholwad from other places

Gholwad lies about 102 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Gholvad, about under 2 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 Gholwad
Nearest railway station	Gholvad	under 2 km
Nearest town	Umargām	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dahanu	13 km
District headquarters	Thane	102 km

Villages closest to Gholwad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gholwad village had a population of 4,403. That makes it the 13th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,969 residents.

Gholwad village has 2,191 males and 2,212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gholwad has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Gholwad is 401702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gholwad covers 1137.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gholwad falls under Dahanu tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gholwad is Gholvad, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gholwad.

Gholwad is about 102 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gholwad is in Dahanu tehsil of Thane district. Gholvad is about under 2 km away. Umargām is about 13 km away. Dahanu is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.