Is there anything to do in the Dholera villages?

On the census list, almost nothing. No cinema, no library and no reading room in any of the 22 villages. A sports field in a few.

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Is there anything to do here

A fair question and one nobody publishes an answer to. Here is every recreation and public space column the census records, for all 22 Dholera villages, including the ones that are empty.

0cinemas and 0 libraries in any of the 22 villages

Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Surveyed 2009.

2villages with a sports field

Out of 22.

7with a community centre

The hall a village uses for meetings and weddings.

Almost nothing, and the census is honest about it

No cinema in any of the 22 villages. No library in any of them. No sports club. One village had a reading room and 2 had a sports field. A community centre, which in practice is the hall a village uses for everything from meetings to weddings, was recorded in 7.

The two things every village did have are a delivered daily newspaper and, in 21 of the 22, a polling station. Those are worth noticing. They are the two places where a village is connected to the wider country without leaving it.

One caution about reading this page too harshly. These columns are narrow. They count buildings, and village life mostly does not happen in buildings. A temple courtyard, a field used for cricket and a shaded spot outside a shop have no column here and never will.

Everything the census counts as recreation or public spaceCensus of India 2011, Village Directory. The amenity columns carry an internal reference year of 2009, so this describes the ground in 2009 and not today.

Everything the census counts as recreation or public space
What the census asked about	In the village	Not there
Sports field	2	20
Sports club or recreation centre	0	22
Cinema or video hall	0	22
Public library	0	22
Public reading room	1	21
Community centre	7	15
Daily newspaper delivered	22	0
Assembly polling station	21	1

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 see a temple, a cricket match in a field, or a wedding hall. The census recreation columns are narrow and they miss most of what village life actually consists of. Read this as a list of built facilities, not as a description of a place.

Village by village

Village by villageCensus of India 2011, Village Directory. The amenity columns carry an internal reference year of 2009, so this describes the ground in 2009 and not today.

Village by village
Village	Sports field	Community centre	Library	Cinema	Polling station
Ambli	No	No	No	No	Yes
Bavaliyari	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Bhadiyad	No	No	No	No	Yes
Bhangadh	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Bhimtalav	No	No	No	No	No
Cher	No	No	No	No	Yes
Dholera	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Gogla	No	No	No	No	Yes
Gorasu	No	No	No	No	Yes
Hebatpur	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Kadipur	No	No	No	No	Yes
Khun	No	No	No	No	Yes
Mahadevpura	No	No	No	No	Yes
Mingalpur	No	No	No	No	Yes
Mundi	No	No	No	No	Yes
Otariya	No	No	No	No	Yes
Panchi	No	No	No	No	Yes
Rahatalav	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Sandhida	No	No	No	No	Yes
Sangasar	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Sodhi	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Zankhi	No	No	No	No	Yes

What this table cannot tell you It cannot be turned into a quality of life score. This register does not rank the villages against each other on anything, because the source does not support it and a ranking would be an opinion wearing a number.

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.