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About Doodhwa Village

Doodhwa is a mid sized village in Pachpadra tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 759, made up of 382 males and 377 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 652.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344034, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doodhwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doodhwa village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Barmer
Tehsil Pachpadra
Pincode 344034
Area (hectares) 652.63 hectares
Population 759
Male Population 382
Female Population 377
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 987
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Doodhwa compares

By the 2011 count Doodhwa is the 147th largest of the 276 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,261 residents. Its 652.63 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Doodhwa

Doodhwa 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 Doodhwa 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Doodhwa from other places

Doodhwa lies about 63 km from Barmer, and the nearest railway station is Gole, about 3.7 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 Doodhwa
Nearest railway station Gole 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Pachpadra 27 km
Nearest town Balotra 27 km
District headquarters Barmer 63 km

Villages closest to Doodhwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Doodhwa village had a population of 759. That makes it the 147th largest of the 276 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,261 residents.

Doodhwa village has 382 males and 377 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doodhwa has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Doodhwa is 344034. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doodhwa covers 652.63 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.

Doodhwa falls under Pachpadra tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Doodhwa is Gole, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Doodhwa.

Doodhwa is about 63 km from Barmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doodhwa is in Pachpadra tehsil of Barmer district. Gole is about 3.7 km away. Pachpadra is about 27 km away. Balotra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Doodhwa Der (under 2 km), Doodhwa Malinath (under 2 km) and Naya Doodhwa (under 2 km).

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

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