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- LGD code
- 508353
- Pincode
- 385530
- Post office
- Bhildi
- Population
- 2,719
- Households
- 447
- Literacy rate
- 54.3%
- Sex ratio
- 963 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 742
- Distance to district centre
- 63 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 89 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 24 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 439 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gheekanta · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Navkar Plastic Surgery Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Paldi compares
By population, Paldi ranks #59 of 113 villages in Deesa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.3%
+1.9% vs mandal average
- Paldi
- 54.3%
- Deesa mandal
- 52.4%
- Banas Kantha district
- 54.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
963
+15 vs mandal average
- Paldi
- 963
- Deesa mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
6.1
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Paldi
- 6.1
- Deesa mandal
- 5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paldi at a glance
Paldi is a village of 2,719 people in 447 households (Census 2011) in Deesa taluka, Banas Kantha district, Gujarat, the 59th-largest of 113 villages in Deesa taluka. Literacy is 54%, 2 points above the taluka average of 52% and the sex ratio is 963 women per 1,000 men. It lies 63 km from the Banas Kantha district centre, 4 km from Vejalpur, the nearest town, 3 km from Gheekanta railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 385530, served by Bhildi post office; the LGD village code is 508353. The nearest hospital or health centre is Navkar Plastic Surgery Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Sarpanch, and the village votes in Chanasma assembly constituency, represented by MLA Thakor Dineshbhai Ataji. The population is estimated at 3,206 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Paldi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- DEESA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PALDI
- Total area (ha)
- 637.51
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 566.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Paldi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Paldi
- LGD code
- 508353
- Pincode
- 385530
- Post office
- Bhildi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,719
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,206
- Households
- 447
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 963
- Literacy rate
- 54.3%
- Coordinates
- 23.01455°N, 72.56354°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Patan
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chanasma
- Member of Parliament
- Bharatsinhji Dabhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Thakor Dineshbhai Ataji
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sarpanch
- Block / Mandal
- Deesa
Getting there
How to reach Paldi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar24 kmcapital
- Mumbai439 km
- Delhi777 km
- Hyderabad879 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGheekanta3 km
- Bus stopPaldi Bus Stand<1 km
- Hospital / PHCNavkar Plastic Surgery Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank Paldi Branch<1 km
- Petrol pumpCNG Adani<1 km
- CollegeGovernment Polytechnic2 km
- Police stationEllisbridge Police Station1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Paldi
7 Temples, 1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Jalaram MandirTemple<1 km ↗
- 🕌Shahi Masjid - Dargah Hazrat Ali Sher BangaliMosque<1 km ↗
- 🛕Bhimnath Mahadev, Shiv TempleTemple1.4 km ↗
- 🛕BAPS Swaminarayan Temple PaldiTemple1.4 km ↗
- 🛕SwaminarayanTemple1.5 km ↗
- 🛕Samartheshwar Mahadev TempleTemple1.6 km ↗
- 🛕Jagannath Temple, AhmedabadTemple1.8 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Paldi
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Navchetan SchoolSchool<1 km ↗
- 🎓Divan Ballubhai SchoolHigh school<1 km ↗
- 🏫Exhibition & Spatial DesignSchool<1 km ↗
- 📚British Library, AhmedabadLibrary1.1 km ↗
- 🏫Prabhudas Thakkar CollegeSchool1.3 km ↗
- 🎓F D High School for Girls, JamalpurHigh school2.0 km ↗
- 🎓Government PolytechnicCollege2.1 km ↗
- 🏫Mt. Carmel SchoolSchool2.3 km ↗
- 🎓SLIMS - Som Lalit Institute of Management StudiesCollege2.3 km ↗
- 🎓St. Xavier's CollegeCollege2.4 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
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