Lead story
29
September 2026
newsSTATE
Gujarat cotton farmers can register for MSP sales till Oct 31
Reported by Investment Guru India.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
kalara bhai
Contact: 91****5219
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Golana can update it.
- LGD code
- 519218
- Pincode
- 389180
- Post office
- Limdi
- Population
- 1,360
- Households
- 189
- Literacy rate
- 50.1%
- Sex ratio
- 962 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 729
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 23 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 87 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 379 km
- Nearest railway station
- Arnej · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sahjanand Prashutigruh & General Hospital · 24 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Golana compares
By population, Golana ranks #78 of 94 villages in Jhalod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.1%
+5.8% vs mandal average
Golana50.1%
Jhalod mandal44.3%
Dahod district47.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
962
−19 vs mandal average
Golana962
Jhalod mandal981
Household size
people per home
7.2
+0.8 vs mandal average
Golana7.2
Jhalod mandal6.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Golana at a glance
Golana is a village of 1,360 people in 189 households (Census 2011) in Jhalod taluka, Dahod district, Gujarat, the 78th-largest of 94 villages in Jhalod taluka. Literacy is 50%, 6 points above the taluka average of 44% and the sex ratio is 962 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Dahod district centre, 23 km from Koth, the nearest town, 21 km from Arnej railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 389180, served by Limdi post office; the LGD village code is 519218. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sahjanand Prashutigruh & General Hospital, 24 km away. The sarpanch is kalara bhai, and the village votes in Matar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpeshbhai Ashabhai Parmar. The population is estimated at 1,603 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Golana →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Golana
- 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
- 0
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JHALOD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BILWANI
- Total area (ha)
- 216.85
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Golana
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Golana
- LGD code
- 519218
- Pincode
- 389180
- Post office
- Limdi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,360
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,603
- Households
- 189
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 962
- Literacy rate
- 50.1%
- Coordinates
- 22.46001°N, 72.41999°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kheda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Matar
- Member of Parliament
- Devusinh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalpeshbhai Ashabhai Parmar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- kalara bhai
- Block / Mandal
- Jhalod
Getting there
How to reach Golana
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar87 kmcapital
- Mumbai379 km
- Delhi836 km
- Hyderabad849 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationArnej21 km
- Hospital / PHCSahjanand Prashutigruh & General Hospital24 km
- Petrol pumpCNG Hp petroleum30 km
- Collegelake44 km
- Police stationPolice Station51 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 389180
Same name, different place
Other villages named Golana
Looking for a different Golana? 5 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Golana →
Villages near Golana
Other villages in Jhalod mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)