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Village snapshot
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
rasanbhai
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- LGD code
- 519186
- Pincode
- 389180
- Post office
- Limdi
- Population
- 819
- Households
- 105
- Literacy rate
- 43.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1048 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 353
- Distance to district centre
- 218 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 198 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 250 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 332 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sajiyavadar · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Akshar Clinic, Jaliya · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Paniya compares
By population, Paniya ranks #89 of 94 villages in Jhalod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.1%
−1.2% vs mandal average
- Paniya
- 43.1%
- Jhalod mandal
- 44.3%
- Dahod district
- 47.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,048
+67 vs mandal average
- Paniya
- 1,048
- Jhalod mandal
- 981
Household size
people per home
7.8
+1.4 vs mandal average
- Paniya
- 7.8
- Jhalod mandal
- 6.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paniya at a glance
Paniya is a village of 819 people in 105 households (Census 2011) in Jhalod taluka, Dahod district, Gujarat, the 89th-largest of 94 villages in Jhalod taluka. Literacy is 43%, 1 points below the taluka average of 44% and the sex ratio is 1,048 women per 1,000 men. It lies 218 km from the Dahod district centre, 21 km from Dhari, the nearest town, 13 km from Sajiyavadar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 389180, served by Limdi post office; the LGD village code is 519186. The nearest hospital or health centre is Akshar Clinic, Jaliya, 4 km away. The sarpanch is rasanbhai, and the village votes in Matar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpeshbhai Ashabhai Parmar. The population is estimated at 966 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Paniya
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JHALOD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 44
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VAGELA
- Total area (ha)
- 129.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4
- Forest area (ha)
- 16.58
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Paniya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Paniya
- LGD code
- 519186
- Pincode
- 389180
- Post office
- Limdi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 819
- Population (projected 2026)
- 966
- Households
- 105
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1048
- Literacy rate
- 43.1%
- Coordinates
- 21.52002°N, 71.04446°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kheda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Matar
- Member of Parliament
- Devusinh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalpeshbhai Ashabhai Parmar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- rasanbhai
- Block / Mandal
- Jhalod
- Nearest PHC
- Akshar Clinic, Jaliya (3.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Paniya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar250 kmcapital
- Mumbai332 km
- Hyderabad905 km
- Delhi1003 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSajiyavadar13 km
- Bus stopAMARAPUR11 km
- Hospital / PHCAkshar Clinic, Jaliya4 km
- ATM / banksaurashtra gramin bank, keriyachad16 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil17 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Akshar Clinic, Jaliya3.6 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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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