About Dholkiya Village

Dholkiya is a mid sized village in Sheo tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,102, made up of 589 males and 513 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1942 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dholkiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dholkiya village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Barmer
Tehsil	Sheo
Pincode	344011
Area (hectares)	1942 hectares
Population	1,102
Male Population	589
Female Population	513
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dholkiya compares

By the 2011 count Dholkiya is the 56th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 796 residents. Its 1942 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 861.

Getting to Dholkiya

Dholkiya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dholkiya as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dholkiya from other places

Dholkiya lies about 35 km from Barmer, and the nearest railway station is Khadeen, about 32 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 Dholkiya
Tehsil headquarters	Sheo	21 km
Nearest railway station	Khadeen	32 km
District headquarters	Barmer	35 km
Nearest town	Bārmer	35 km

Villages closest to Dholkiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dholkiya village had a population of 1,102. That makes it the 56th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 796 residents.

Dholkiya village has 589 males and 513 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dholkiya has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 861.

The pincode recorded for Dholkiya is 344011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dholkiya covers 1942 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dholkiya falls under Sheo tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Dholkiya is Khadeen, about 32 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dholkiya.

Dholkiya is about 35 km from Barmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dholkiya is in Sheo tehsil of Barmer district. Sheo is about 21 km away. Khadeen is about 32 km away. Barmer is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.