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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
pravinaben hareshbhai vala
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- LGD code
- 515674
- Pincode
- 365630
- Post office
- Chalala
- Population
- 2,934
- Households
- 674
- Literacy rate
- 74.3%
- Sex ratio
- 989 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,216
- Distance to district centre
- 60 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 65 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 254 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 321 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chalala · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shri Ram Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gopalgram compares
By population, Gopalgram ranks #8 of 77 villages in Dhari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.3%
+7.6% vs mandal average
- Gopalgram
- 74.3%
- Dhari mandal
- 66.7%
- Amreli district
- 65.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
989
+27 vs mandal average
- Gopalgram
- 989
- Dhari mandal
- 962
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Gopalgram
- 4.4
- Dhari mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gopalgram at a glance
Gopalgram is a village of 2,934 people in 674 households (Census 2011) in Dhari taluka, Amreli district, Gujarat, the 8th-largest of 77 villages in Dhari taluka. Literacy is 74%, 8 points above the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 989 women per 1,000 men. It lies 60 km from the Amreli district centre, 13 km from Dhari, the nearest town, 7 km from Chalala railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 365630, served by Chalala post office; the LGD village code is 515674. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shri Ram Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is pravinaben hareshbhai vala, and the village votes in Lathi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Janakbhai Talaviya. The population is estimated at 3,459 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gopalgram
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHALALA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 24
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GOPALGRAM
- Total area (ha)
- 1,818.54
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 180.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gopalgram
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gopalgram
- LGD code
- 515674
- Pincode
- 365630
- Post office
- Chalala
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,934
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,459
- Households
- 674
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 989
- Literacy rate
- 74.3%
- Coordinates
- 21.42773°N, 71.09907°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Amreli
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lathi
- Member of Parliament
- Bharatbhai Sutariya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Janakbhai Talaviya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- pravinaben hareshbhai vala
- Block / Mandal
- Dhari
Getting there
How to reach Gopalgram
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar254 kmcapital
- Mumbai321 km
- Hyderabad896 km
- Delhi1008 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChalala7 km
- Bus stopAMARAPUR22 km
- Hospital / PHCShri Ram Hospital7 km
- ATM / banksaurashtra gramin bank, keriyachad11 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil7 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)