Palaj

Petlad block · Anand district, Gujarat · PIN 388465 · village code 516966

Population 2011

9,781

Census of India

Population 2020

11,010

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+12.6%

1,229 people · 1.3% a year

Households

2,512

+18.9% vs 2,112 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

9,781

Male / female

5,131 / 4,650

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

906

Children aged 0–6

1,254

Literacy rate

74.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

168 / 7

Working population

3,916

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

68.5%

Households

2,112

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

Sub Centre

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

860

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,317

Non-farm households

910

Share of households farming, 2020

59%

Net sown area

692 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

692 / 692 / 692

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Palaj panchayat, Petlad 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

₹56.10 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹35.39 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹51.04 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹40.45 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹9.02 lakh · received ₹14.15 lakh · spent ₹12.12 lakh · left ₹11.06 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹47.08 lakh · received ₹21.23 lakh · spent ₹38.92 lakh · left ₹29.39 lakh

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

Location

22.5405, 72.9610 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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