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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Vasava Rajnikant Rajubhai
Contact: 96****5435
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- LGD code
- 522462
- Pincode
- 393135
- Post office
- Valia
- Population
- 2,556
- Households
- 522
- Literacy rate
- 62.4%
- Sex ratio
- 950 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 900
Census 2011 · in context
How Dholgam compares
By population, Dholgam ranks #7 of 59 villages in Valia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.4%
−3.2% vs mandal average
- Dholgam
- 62.4%
- Valia mandal
- 65.6%
- Bharuch district
- 72.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
950
−10 vs mandal average
- Dholgam
- 950
- Valia mandal
- 960
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Dholgam
- 4.9
- Valia mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dholgam at a glance
Dholgam is a village of 2,556 people in 522 households (Census 2011) in Valia taluka, Bharuch district, Gujarat, the 7th-largest of 59 villages in Valia taluka. Literacy is 62%, 3 points below the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 393135, served by Valia post office; the LGD village code is 522462. The sarpanch is Vasava Rajnikant Rajubhai . The population is estimated at 3,014 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dholgam
- 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
- 2
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ANKLESVAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 1
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHOLGAM
- Total area (ha)
- 1,416.14
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 210.35
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dholgam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dholgam
- LGD code
- 522462
- Pincode
- 393135
- Post office
- Valia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,556
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,014
- Households
- 522
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 950
- Literacy rate
- 62.4%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Vasava Rajnikant Rajubhai
- Block / Mandal
- Valia
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View all 59+ →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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)