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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Patel Kritiben Ashvinbhai
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- LGD code
- 510792
- Pincode
- 383315
- Post office
- Modasa
- Population
- 2,246
- Households
- 424
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Sex ratio
- 972 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 642
Census 2011 · in context
How Badodara compares
By population, Badodara ranks #19 of 105 villages in Modasa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.3%
−5.6% vs mandal average
- Badodara
- 60.3%
- Modasa mandal
- 65.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
972
+27 vs mandal average
- Badodara
- 972
- Modasa mandal
- 945
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Badodara
- 5.3
- Modasa mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Badodara at a glance
Badodara is a village of 2,246 people in 424 households (Census 2011) in Modasa taluka, Arvalli district, Gujarat, the 19th-largest of 105 villages in Modasa taluka. Literacy is 60%, 6 points below the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 972 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 383315, served by Modasa post office; the LGD village code is 510792. The sarpanch is Patel Kritiben Ashvinbhai, and the village votes in Dahegam assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chauhan Balrajsinh Kalyansinh. The population is estimated at 2,648 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Badodara
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- 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
- MODASA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 67
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BADODARA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,167.29
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 110.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 189.44
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Badodara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Badodara
- LGD code
- 510792
- Pincode
- 383315
- Post office
- Modasa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,246
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,648
- Households
- 424
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 972
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ahmedabad East
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dahegam
- Member of Parliament
- Hasmukh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chauhan Balrajsinh Kalyansinh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Patel Kritiben Ashvinbhai
- Block / Mandal
- Modasa
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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
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