Dhota
Vadgam block · Banas Kantha
district, Gujarat · PIN 385421
· village code 508030
Population 2011
2,604
Census of India
Population 2020
4,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+53.6%
1,396 people · 4.9% a year
Households
1,200
+114.7% vs 559 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,604
Male / female
1,323 / 1,281
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
968
Children aged 0–6
336
Literacy rate
65.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
435 / 91
Working population
1,170
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
40.9%
Households
559
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
400
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
380
Non-farm households
140
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
272 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
272 / 247 / 225
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhota panchayat, Vadgam 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
₹9.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.41 lakh
Received directly
₹4.36 lakh
Spent
₹13.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.61 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.35 lakh · received ₹4.96 lakh · spent ₹5.37 lakh · left ₹2.92 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.20 lakh · received ₹7.45 lakh · spent ₹8.34 lakh · left ₹9.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1441, 72.5839 —
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