About Dholan Village

Dholan is a mid sized village in Rajgarh tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 566, made up of 311 males and 255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 820 females per 1000 males. The village covers 487 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301415, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dholan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dholan village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Alwar
Tehsil	Rajgarh
Pincode	301415
Area (hectares)	487 hectares
Population	566
Male Population	311
Female Population	255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	820
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dholan compares

By the 2011 count Dholan is the 172nd largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,349 residents. Its 487 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 883.

Getting to Dholan

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

How far is Dholan from other places

Dholan lies about 38 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Rajgarh, about 8.2 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 Dholan
Nearest railway station	Rajgarh	8.2 km
Nearest town	Rājgarh	9.7 km
District headquarters	Alwar	38 km

Villages closest to Dholan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dholan village had a population of 566. That makes it the 172nd largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,349 residents.

Dholan village has 311 males and 255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dholan has about 820 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 883.

The pincode recorded for Dholan is 301415. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dholan covers 487 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dholan falls under Rajgarh tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Dholan is Rajgarh, about 8.2 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 village for Dholan.

Dholan is about 38 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dholan is in Rajgarh tehsil of Alwar district. Rajgarh is about 8.2 km away. Rājgarh is about 9.7 km away. Alwar is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.