Vada
Kankrej block · Banas Kantha
district, Gujarat · PIN 385555
· village code 508560
Population 2011
14,337
Census of India
Population 2020
15,400
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.4%
1,063 people · 0.8% a year
Households
2,110
-12.3% vs 2,407 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
14,337
Male / female
7,354 / 6,983
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
2,400
Literacy rate
47.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,413 / 9
Working population
6,631
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.9%
Households
2,407
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Vada panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
1,596
Teachers
73
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,550
Non-farm households
560
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
1,350 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,200 / 1,350 / 1,100
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Vada panchayat, Kankrej 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
₹9.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹37.49 lakh
Received directly
₹8.83 lakh
Spent
₹25.99 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.25 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.18 lakh · received ₹15.00 lakh · spent ₹11.99 lakh · left ₹12.85 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.73 lakh · received ₹22.49 lakh · spent ₹13.99 lakh · left ₹17.39 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9820, 71.8612 —
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