Edal
Dhanera block · Banas Kantha
district, Gujarat · PIN 385310
· village code 507636
Population 2011
1,445
Census of India
Population 2020
1,925
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+33.2%
480 people · 3.2% a year
Households
375
+72.8% vs 217 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,445
Male / female
726 / 719
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
990
Children aged 0–6
305
Literacy rate
48.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
221 / 84
Working population
438
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.0%
Households
217
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Adal panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
325
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
52
Non-farm households
300
Share of households farming, 2020
15%
Net sown area
400 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
400 / 400 / 400
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Adal panchayat, Dhanera zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹19.89 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.12 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹13.82 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.19 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.90 lakh · received ₹2.85 lakh · spent ₹5.94 lakh · left ₹4.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.99 lakh · received ₹4.27 lakh · spent ₹7.88 lakh · left ₹8.39 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.6306, 72.1305 —
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