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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RANJIT CHAUHAN
Contact: 70****9307
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- LGD code
- 519294
- Pincode
- 389146
- Post office
- Dudhia
- Population
- 1,069
- Households
- 185
- Literacy rate
- 44.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1052 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 536
- Distance to district centre
- 328 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 203 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 337 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 501 km
- Nearest railway station
- Viramdad · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shraddha Clinic · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bara compares
By population, Bara ranks #65 of 80 villages in Limkheda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.5%
−2.6% vs mandal average
- Bara
- 44.5%
- Limkheda mandal
- 47.1%
- Dahod district
- 47.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,052
+40 vs mandal average
- Bara
- 1,052
- Limkheda mandal
- 1,012
Household size
people per home
5.8
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Bara
- 5.8
- Limkheda mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bara at a glance
Bara is a village of 1,069 people in 185 households (Census 2011) in Limkheda taluka, Dahod district, Gujarat, the 65th-largest of 80 villages in Limkheda taluka. Literacy is 45%, 3 points below the taluka average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,052 women per 1,000 men. It lies 328 km from the Dahod district centre, 32 km from Bhatiya, the nearest town, 13 km from Viramdad railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 389146, served by Dudhia post office; the LGD village code is 519294. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shraddha Clinic, 16 km away. The sarpanch is RANJIT CHAUHAN, and the village votes in Dhrangadhra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prakashbhai Parsotambhai Varmora. The population is estimated at 5,951 in 2026, up 457% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bara →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bara · this village | 1,069 | 45% | — |
| Bara · Abdasa | 356 | 67% | 0 km N |
| Bara · Devgadbaria | 3,669 | 36% | 0 km N |
| Goinj · Khambhalia | 1,858 | 51% | 5.9 km E |
| Chudeshwar · Tilakwada | 993 | 65% | 6.5 km NE |
| Kotha Visotri · Khambhalia | 2,206 | 57% | 8.4 km E |
| Salaya · Khambhalia | — | — | 10.5 km E |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- LIMKHEDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARA
- Total area (ha)
- 191.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18
- Forest area (ha)
- 100
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bara
- LGD code
- 519294
- Pincode
- 389146
- Post office
- Dudhia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,069
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,951
- Households
- 185
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1052
- Literacy rate
- 44.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.28846°N, 69.50335°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhrangadhra
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prakashbhai Parsotambhai Varmora
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RANJIT CHAUHAN
- Block / Mandal
- Limkheda
- Nearest railway station
- Sukhpur (195.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Bara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar337 kmcapital
- Mumbai501 km
- Delhi1045 km
- Hyderabad1086 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationViramdad13 km
- Bus stopHansthal (Haithal) Bus Stop10 km
- Hospital / PHCShraddha Clinic16 km
- Petrol pumpDivyapath Petroleum Guragadh34 km
- Police stationMeghpar Police Station33 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bara
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Jungivara Dada (Vachhradada) MandirTemple3.8 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 389146
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- DudhiyaLimkheda mandal4,302 pop
- Moti VavLimkheda mandal3,510 pop
- PalliLimkheda mandal3,469 pop
- PratappuraLimkheda mandal3,386 pop
- Parmarna KharkhariyaLimkheda mandal3,183 pop
- AmbaLimkheda mandal3,148 pop
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)