Water
Does the water last through summer
Having a well and having water in May are different things, and the census asks about them separately. This page prints the seasonal answer for every drinking water source in the 22 Dholera villages.
Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Surveyed 2009.
The tap that most households actually use.
The fallback when the tap stops.
Why the summer column exists at all
In this part of coastal Saurashtra the water question is not really whether there is a source. It is whether the source is still giving water in May. The Census Village Directory knows that, which is why it asks three separate questions about every water source: is it there, does it work all year, and does it work between April and September.
Across the 22 villages, treated tap water appears in 0 of them, untreated tap water in 22, and a hand pump in 3. The seasonal columns are the interesting part, and they are also the part with the most blanks, which is itself worth knowing before anyone quotes a figure from them.
Every drinking water source, and whether it survives the summerCensus 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.
| Source | Villages that have it | Working all year | Working in April to September | Summer column blank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tap water, treated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Tap water, untreated | 22 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Covered well | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Uncovered well | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Hand pump | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| Tube well or borehole | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Spring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| River or canal | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Tank, pond or lake | 17 | 17 | 17 | 5 |
| Any other source | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
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 how much water came out, or whether it was safe to drink. Working means the source existed and functioned, on the enumerator's record. There is no yield figure and no water quality test in this source, and none was borrowed from anywhere else.
What the blanks mean
Two of the seasonal columns in this source are blank for every village in the country, not just for these. The census notes list them: the treated tap water year-round and summer columns, and both spring columns. So where you see a blank in the table above, it is very often the national dataset being empty rather than this village being unusual. We print the blank instead of filling it, and we tell you which kind of blank it is.
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.
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