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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
VASAVA SUDHABEN H
Contact: 93****4926
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- LGD code
- 521489
- Pincode
- 392025
- Post office
- Samni
- Population
- 1,645
- Households
- 352
- Literacy rate
- 78.5%
- Sex ratio
- 956 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,043
- Distance to district centre
- 247 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 333 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 314 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 147 km
- Nearest railway station
- Vapi · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Dholar · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dholar compares
By population, Dholar ranks #19 of 111 villages in Nandod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.5%
+10.3% vs mandal average
Dholar78.5%
Nandod mandal68.2%
Narmada district62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
956
+21 vs mandal average
Dholar956
Nandod mandal935
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.1 vs mandal average
Dholar4.7
Nandod mandal4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dholar at a glance
Dholar is a village of 1,645 people in 352 households (Census 2011) in Nandod taluka, Narmada district, Gujarat, the 19th-largest of 111 villages in Nandod taluka. Literacy is 79%, 10 points above the taluka average of 68% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. It lies 247 km from the Narmada district centre, 7 km from Fansa, the nearest town, 8 km from Vapi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 392025, served by Samni post office; the LGD village code is 521489. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Dholar, <1 km away. The sarpanch is VASAVA SUDHABEN H, and the village votes in Tankara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Durlabhjibhai Harakhjibhai Dethariya. The population is estimated at 1,939 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dholar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAJPIPLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 8
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHOLAR
- Total area (ha)
- 518.69
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 255
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dholar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dholar
- LGD code
- 521489
- Pincode
- 392025
- Post office
- Samni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,645
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,939
- Households
- 352
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 956
- Literacy rate
- 78.5%
- Coordinates
- 20.39362°N, 72.83160°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tankara
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Durlabhjibhai Harakhjibhai Dethariya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VASAVA SUDHABEN H
- Block / Mandal
- Nandod
Getting there
How to reach Dholar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar314 kmcapital
- Mumbai147 km
- Hyderabad682 km
- Bengaluru969 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationVapi8 km
- Bus stopNani Daman Bus Depot3 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Dholar<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India2 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum<1 km
- CollegeVaidik dental college and research centre6 km
- Police stationPolice Station , Nani Daman3 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Dholar
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕The Church of Our Lady of RemediosTemple1.0 km ↗
- 🛕The Chapel of Our Lady of RosarioTemple1.4 km ↗
- 🛕Church of Bom JesusTemple1.5 km ↗
- 🛕Ruined ChurchTemple1.5 km ↗
- 🛕samudra dev mandirTemple2.1 km ↗
- 🛕Church of Our Lady of the SeaTemple2.2 km ↗
- 🛕Mahalakshmi TempleTemple2.4 km ↗
- 🛕Bhidbhanjan Mahadev TempleTemple2.6 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Dholar
3 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)