About Dholanwal Village

Dholanwal is a mid sized village in Ludhiana East tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,914, made up of 1,040 males and 874 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dholanwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dholanwal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Ludhiana East
Pincode	141126
Area (hectares)	192 hectares
Population	1,914
Male Population	1,040
Female Population	874
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	840
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dholanwal compares

By the 2011 count Dholanwal is the 50th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents. Its 192 hectares work out to about 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Dholanwal

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

Dholanwal lies about 20 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 12 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 Dholanwal
Nearest railway station	Rahon	12 km
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ludhiana East	20 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	20 km

Villages closest to Dholanwal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ludhiana East 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 Dholanwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Dholanwal village had a population of 1,914. That makes it the 50th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents.

Dholanwal village has 1,040 males and 874 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dholanwal has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Dholanwal is 141126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dholanwal covers 192 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dholanwal falls under Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dholanwal is Rahon, about 12 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 village for Dholanwal.

Dholanwal is about 20 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dholanwal is in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district. Rahon is about 12 km away. Māchhīwāra is about 15 km away. Ludhiana East is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.