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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KUSHAGRBHAI PATEL
Contact: 99****1779
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- LGD code
- 517075
- Pincode
- 388540
- Post office
- Borsad
- Population
- 6,623
- Households
- 1,394
- Literacy rate
- 70.4%
- Sex ratio
- 937 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,363
- Distance to district centre
- 37 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 18 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 91 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 373 km
- Nearest railway station
- Borsad · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pinki Child Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vahera compares
By population, Vahera ranks #15 of 64 villages in Borsad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.4%
−0.8% vs mandal average
- Vahera
- 70.4%
- Borsad mandal
- 71.2%
- Anand district
- 74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
937
+17 vs mandal average
- Vahera
- 937
- Borsad mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
- Vahera
- 4.8
- Borsad mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vahera at a glance
Vahera is a village of 6,623 people in 1,394 households (Census 2011) in Borsad taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, the 15th-largest of 64 villages in Borsad taluka. Literacy is 70%, about the same as the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 937 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Anand district centre, 9 km from Dharmaj, the nearest town, 4 km from Borsad railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 388540, served by Borsad post office; the LGD village code is 517075. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pinki Child Hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is KUSHAGRBHAI PATEL, and the village votes in Sojitra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai. The population is estimated at 7,809 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vahera
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- 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
- 3
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- 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
- BORSAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 17
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VAHERA
- Total area (ha)
- 733.84
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 641.23
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vahera
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vahera
- LGD code
- 517075
- Pincode
- 388540
- Post office
- Borsad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,623
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,809
- Households
- 1,394
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 937
- Literacy rate
- 70.4%
- Coordinates
- 22.43315°N, 72.88433°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sojitra
- Member of Parliament
- Mitesh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KUSHAGRBHAI PATEL
- Block / Mandal
- Borsad
- Nearest railway station
- Yawarpura (22.7 km)
Getting there
How to reach Vahera
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar91 kmcapital
- Mumbai373 km
- Hyderabad811 km
- Delhi813 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBorsad4 km
- Bus stopBharel Bus Stop5 km
- Hospital / PHCPinki Child Hospital2 km
- ATM / bankState Bank Of India29 km
- Petrol pumpCNG pump Gspc13 km
- CollegeInstitute of Science and Technology for Advanced studies and Research14 km
- Police stationPolice Station27 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)