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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Rajdeepsinh Surendrasinh Yadav
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- LGD code
- 521890
- Pincode
- 392155
- Post office
- Kora (Bharuch)
- Population
- 2,551
- Households
- 565
- Literacy rate
- 74.4%
- Sex ratio
- 894 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 859
- Distance to district centre
- 14 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 50 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 119 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 343 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kavi · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Dilipbhai Jantran · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sigam compares
By population, Sigam ranks #20 of 81 villages in Jambusar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.4%
+6.6% vs mandal average
Sigam74.4%
Jambusar mandal67.8%
Bharuch district72.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
894
−28 vs mandal average
Sigam894
Jambusar mandal922
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.3 vs mandal average
Sigam4.5
Jambusar mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sigam at a glance
Sigam is a village of 2,551 people in 565 households (Census 2011) in Jambusar taluka, Bharuch district, Gujarat, the 20th-largest of 81 villages in Jambusar taluka. Literacy is 74%, 7 points above the taluka average of 68% and the sex ratio is 894 women per 1,000 men. It lies 14 km from the Bharuch district centre, 8 km from Kavi, the nearest town, 7 km from Kavi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 392155, served by Kora (Bharuch) post office; the LGD village code is 521890. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Dilipbhai Jantran, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Rajdeepsinh Surendrasinh Yadav, and the village votes in Dholka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kiritsinh Dabhi. The population is estimated at 3,008 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sigam
- 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
- 1
- 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
- JAMBUSAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SIGAM
- Total area (ha)
- 1,818.23
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sigam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sigam
- LGD code
- 521890
- Pincode
- 392155
- Post office
- Kora (Bharuch)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,551
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,008
- Households
- 565
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 894
- Literacy rate
- 74.4%
- Coordinates
- 22.14500°N, 72.58620°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kheda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dholka
- Member of Parliament
- Devusinh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kiritsinh Dabhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Rajdeepsinh Surendrasinh Yadav
- Block / Mandal
- Jambusar
- Nearest railway station
- Arnej (58.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Sigam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar119 kmcapital
- Mumbai343 km
- Hyderabad813 km
- Delhi856 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKavi7 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Dilipbhai Jantran8 km
- Collegelake56 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)