Dholka
Sign in to saveDholka is a City and municipality in the Ahmedabad District of the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the headquarters of Dholka Taluka, and is 48 km by road via National Highway 8A southwest of the city of Ahmedabad. Dholka has an average elevation of .
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Within Vinony's link graph, Dholka is referenced by 105 other articles, and connects out to India, Mecca and Hindi.
It is catalogued under the topic Cities and towns in Ahmedabad district.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Dholka
- Region
- Gujarat
- Country
- India
- Population
- 80,945
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dholka City
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.nickname
- Viratnagar
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Gujarat
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Gujarat, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Taluka
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gujarat
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ahmedabad
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Dholka
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality (B Level)
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 17
- Settlement.population_total
- 250000 approx
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
Show 4 more facts
- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok
- postal code
- 387810
- Commons category
- Dholka
- P12749
- 1959
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Other Name in Literature
- Notable people
- Architecture
- Demographics
- Places of interest
- References
- Further reading
Dholka is a City and municipality in the Ahmedabad District of the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the headquarters of Dholka Taluka, and is 48 km by road via National Highway 8A southwest of the city of Ahmedabad. Dholka has an average elevation of .
==History== thumb|Dholka in map of Ahmedabad district under Bombay Presidency, British India 1877 Large numbers of old buildings in the city suggest that it was important in ancient times; archaeologists have discovered small stone chert tools made of chalcedony, quartz and agate which date to the Middle Stone and Iron Ages.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dholka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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