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Vadgam block · Banas Kantha district, Gujarat · PIN 385520 · village code 508039

Population 2011

6,353

Census of India

Population 2020

6,352

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-0.0%

-1 people · -0.0% a year

Households

2,170

+68.3% vs 1,289 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

6,353

Male / female

3,172 / 3,181

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,003

Children aged 0–6

797

Literacy rate

75.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,069 / 177

Working population

2,215

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

25.9%

Households

1,289

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

CHC

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

434

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

770

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

100%

Net sown area

210 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

210 / 170 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Meta 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

₹33.43 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹28.27 lakh

Received directly

₹97,000

Spent

₹30.26 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹32.42 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹9.73 lakh · received ₹11.31 lakh · spent ₹12.01 lakh · left ₹10.00 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹23.70 lakh · received ₹16.96 lakh · spent ₹18.25 lakh · left ₹22.41 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

24.1655, 72.4378 — view on OpenStreetMap

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