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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
tadvi ramilaben maheshbhai
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- LGD code
- 520770
- Pincode
- 391135
- Post office
- Bodeli
- Population
- 1,911
- Households
- 341
- Literacy rate
- 59.3%
- Sex ratio
- 982 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,085
Census 2011 · in context
How Surya compares
By population, Surya ranks #18 of 150 villages in Bodeli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.3%
+0.8% vs mandal average
- Surya
- 59.3%
- Bodeli mandal
- 58.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
982
+41 vs mandal average
- Surya
- 982
- Bodeli mandal
- 941
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Surya
- 5.6
- Bodeli mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Surya at a glance
Surya is a village of 1,911 people in 341 households (Census 2011) in Bodeli taluka, Chhotaudepur district, Gujarat, the 18th-largest of 150 villages in Bodeli taluka. Literacy is 59%, about the same as the taluka average of 59% and the sex ratio is 982 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 391135, served by Bodeli post office; the LGD village code is 520770. The sarpanch is tadvi ramilaben maheshbhai, and the village votes in Mehmedabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arjunsinh Udesinh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 2,253 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Surya
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- 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
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- BODELI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SURYA
- Total area (ha)
- 887.08
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 500
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Surya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Surya
- LGD code
- 520770
- Pincode
- 391135
- Post office
- Bodeli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,911
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,253
- Households
- 341
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 982
- Literacy rate
- 59.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kheda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mehmedabad
- Member of Parliament
- Devusinh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arjunsinh Udesinh Chauhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- tadvi ramilaben maheshbhai
- Block / Mandal
- Bodeli
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)