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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANJAYBHAI PARMAR
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- LGD code
- 517105
- Pincode
- 388570
- Post office
- Ras
- Population
- 6,755
- Households
- 1,520
- Literacy rate
- 72.4%
- Sex ratio
- 908 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,734
- Distance to district centre
- 41 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 99 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 363 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathana · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Karamsad Hospital Sanchalit Arogya Kendra · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ras compares
By population, Ras ranks #14 of 64 villages in Borsad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.4%
+1.2% vs mandal average
- Ras
- 72.4%
- Borsad mandal
- 71.2%
- Anand district
- 74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
908
−12 vs mandal average
- Ras
- 908
- Borsad mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Ras
- 4.4
- Borsad mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ras at a glance
Ras is a village of 6,755 people in 1,520 households (Census 2011) in Borsad taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, the 14th-largest of 64 villages in Borsad taluka. Literacy is 72%, 1 points above the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 908 women per 1,000 men. It lies 41 km from the Anand district centre, 7 km from Dahewan, the nearest town, 5 km from Kathana railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 388570, served by Ras post office; the LGD village code is 517105. The nearest hospital or health centre is Karamsad Hospital Sanchalit Arogya Kendra, 7 km away. The sarpanch is SANJAYBHAI PARMAR, and the village votes in Sojitra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai. The population is estimated at 7,964 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ras
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 5
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 2
- Community health centre
- 1
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BORSAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RAS
- Total area (ha)
- 1,281.27
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,009.36
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ras
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ras
- LGD code
- 517105
- Pincode
- 388570
- Post office
- Ras
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,755
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,964
- Households
- 1,520
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 908
- Literacy rate
- 72.4%
- Coordinates
- 22.34329°N, 72.83090°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sojitra
- Member of Parliament
- Mitesh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANJAYBHAI PARMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Borsad
- Nearest railway station
- Sayama (18.5 km)
Getting there
How to reach Ras
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar99 kmcapital
- Mumbai363 km
- Hyderabad808 km
- Delhi824 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathana5 km
- Bus stopBharel Bus Stop8 km
- Hospital / PHCKaramsad Hospital Sanchalit Arogya Kendra7 km
- ATM / bankmeet33 km
- Petrol pumpCNG pump Gspc24 km
- CollegeInstitute of Science and Technology for Advanced studies and Research25 km
- Police stationPolice Station37 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, 2026-09-18
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