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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
VP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
VIMA PRAJAPATI
Contact: 97****9779
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- LGD code
- 519381
- Pincode
- 389140
- Post office
- Limkheda
- Population
- 2,874
- Households
- 437
- Literacy rate
- 53.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,468
- Distance to district centre
- 141 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 136 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 477 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kuda · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bar compares
By population, Bar ranks #24 of 80 villages in Limkheda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.8%
+6.7% vs mandal average
- Bar
- 53.8%
- Limkheda mandal
- 47.1%
- Dahod district
- 47.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
−12 vs mandal average
- Bar
- 1,000
- Limkheda mandal
- 1,012
Household size
people per home
6.6
Same as the mandal average
- Bar
- 6.6
- Limkheda mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bar at a glance
Bar is a village of 2,874 people in 437 households (Census 2011) in Limkheda taluka, Dahod district, Gujarat, the 24th-largest of 80 villages in Limkheda taluka. Literacy is 54%, 7 points above the taluka average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 141 km from the Dahod district centre, 57 km from Lakhtar, the nearest town, 9 km from Kuda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 389140, served by Limkheda post office; the LGD village code is 519381. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 17 km away. The sarpanch is VIMA PRAJAPATI, and the village votes in Dhrangadhra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prakashbhai Parsotambhai Varmora. The population is estimated at 3,388 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- 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
- LIMKHEDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BAR
- Total area (ha)
- 508.36
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 122
- Forest area (ha)
- 128
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bar
- LGD code
- 519381
- Pincode
- 389140
- Post office
- Limkheda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,874
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,388
- Households
- 437
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 53.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.11070°N, 71.30843°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhrangadhra
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prakashbhai Parsotambhai Varmora
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VIMA PRAJAPATI
- Block / Mandal
- Limkheda
- Nearest railway station
- Sukhpur (12.7 km)
Getting there
How to reach Bar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar136 kmcapital
- Mumbai477 km
- Delhi850 km
- Hyderabad983 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKuda9 km
- Bus stopHalvad Bus Stand17 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital17 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India17 km
- Petrol pumpHP18 km
- Police stationCity police line & A divison police station59 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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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