Land
How much of the farmland is irrigated
Rain-fed farming and irrigated farming are two different livelihoods. This page prints how much of the land around each of the 22 Dholera villages was watered, and from what.
Census of India 2011, Village Directory, irrigation columns.
The other fifteen recorded none.
All the irrigation there is comes from wells, tube wells and tanks.
Fifteen villages out of twenty-two have no irrigated land at all
Of the farmland the census recorded across the 22 villages, 5.7 per cent was irrigated. The rest depends on rain. Only 7 of the 22 villages recorded any irrigated area whatsoever, and the whole of that irrigation comes from wells, tube wells and tanks.
The canal column is zero for every one of the 22 villages. That is worth saying plainly because canal irrigation is what usually changes the economics of farming in Gujarat, and in 2009 none of it had reached here.
Where the irrigation water comes from, across all 22 villagesCensus of India 2011, Village Directory, irrigation columns 389 to 394.
| Source | Hectares irrigated | Villages using it | Share of the irrigated total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canal | 0.00 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Well or tube well | 2,361.11 | 3 | 89.1% |
| Tank or lake | 286.07 | 5 | 10.8% |
| Waterfall | 2.00 | 1 | 0.1% |
| Any other source | 0.00 | 0 | 0.0% |
| All sources | 2,649.18 | 7 | 100.0% |
Where this comes from: Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India, District Census Handbook, Village Directory, Gujarat (state code 24), sheet Village_Data_2400, 396 columns. Census year 2011, amenity reference year 2009.
Last verified: 10 August 2026.
What this table cannot tell you It cannot tell you about a canal built after 2009. The region has since been the subject of large water infrastructure announcements, and this table predates all of them. The zero in the canal row is a 2009 zero.
Village by village
Irrigated against unirrigated, village by villageCensus of India 2011, Village Directory. Hectares as printed.
| Village | Irrigated | Unirrigated | Share irrigated | From wells or tube wells |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambli | 0.00 | 2,983.91 | 0.0% | 0.00 |
| Bavaliyari | 0.00 | 5,714.84 | 0.0% | 0.00 |
| Bhadiyad | 4.00 | 4,293.19 | 0.1% | 1.00 |
| Bhangadh | 0.00 | 1,648.07 | 0.0% | 0.00 |
| Bhimtalav | 0.00 | 468.02 | 0.0% | 0.00 |
| Cher | 0.00 | 1,402.30 | 0.0% | 0.00 |
| Dholera | 0.00 | 1,965.74 | 0.0% | 0.00 |
| Gogla | 0.00 | 2,004.66 | 0.0% | 0.00 |
| Gorasu | 0.00 | 2,933.50 | 0.0% | 0.00 |
| Hebatpur | 1,532.00 | 3,064.60 | 33.3% | 1,532.00 |
| Kadipur | 0.00 | 1,357.93 | 0.0% | 0.00 |
| Khun | 0.00 | 576.78 | 0.0% | 0.00 |
| Mahadevpura | 0.00 | 1,040.47 | 0.0% | 0.00 |
| Mingalpur | 2.00 | 1,931.78 | 0.1% | 0.00 |
| Mundi | 0.00 | 1,589.06 | 0.0% | 0.00 |
| Otariya | 50.00 | 1,260.50 | 3.8% | 0.00 |
| Panchi | 9.00 | 1,133.74 | 0.8% | 0.00 |
| Rahatalav | 0.00 | 952.02 | 0.0% | 0.00 |
| Sandhida | 0.00 | 1,171.45 | 0.0% | 0.00 |
| Sangasar | 828.11 | 1,214.34 | 40.5% | 828.11 |
| Sodhi | 224.07 | 2,973.23 | 7.0% | 0.00 |
| Zankhi | 0.00 | 2,036.56 | 0.0% | 0.00 |
| All 22 villages | 2,649.18 | 43,716.69 | 5.7% | 2,361.11 |
Where this comes from: Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India, District Census Handbook, Village Directory, Gujarat (state code 24), sheet Village_Data_2400, 396 columns. Census year 2011, amenity reference year 2009.
Last verified: 10 August 2026.
What this table cannot tell you It cannot tell you whether a well still yields. Groundwater in a coastal salt belt changes over seventeen years, and no source retrieved for this site measures it.
One warning that applies to this whole page. The census amenity columns describe 2009, not 2026. Nothing built in the Dholera region after 2009 is in them, and an absence here is not proof of an absence on the ground today. It is proof that the last national survey of these villages did not find one.
Related: What the land is used for · What is grown, and what supports it · Where drinking water comes from · Does the water last through summer