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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
BJ
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
bhijabha jam
Contact: 99****6336
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- LGD code
- 513455
- Pincode
- 361335
- Post office
- Dwarka
- Population
- 422
- Households
- 72
- Literacy rate
- 58.1%
- Sex ratio
- 835 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 270
- Distance to district centre
- 84 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 382 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 541 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhimrana · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mithapur Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Batisa compares
By population, Batisa ranks #32 of 39 villages in Okhamandal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.1%
+12.3% vs mandal average
- Batisa
- 58.1%
- Okhamandal mandal
- 45.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
835
−121 vs mandal average
- Batisa
- 835
- Okhamandal mandal
- 956
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Batisa
- 5.9
- Okhamandal mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Batisa at a glance
Batisa is a village of 422 people in 72 households (Census 2011) in Okhamandal taluka, Devbhumi Dwarka district, Gujarat, the 32nd-largest of 39 villages in Okhamandal taluka. Literacy is 58%, 12 points above the taluka average of 46% and the sex ratio is 835 women per 1,000 men. It lies 84 km from the Devbhumi Dwarka district centre, 38 km from Bhatiya, the nearest town, 6 km from Bhimrana railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 361335, served by Dwarka post office; the LGD village code is 513455. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mithapur Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is bhijabha jam, and the village votes in Dwarka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pabubha Virambha Manek. The population is estimated at 498 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Batisa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DWARKA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 156
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BATISA
- Total area (ha)
- 473.65
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Batisa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Batisa
- LGD code
- 513455
- Pincode
- 361335
- Post office
- Dwarka
- Population (Census 2011)
- 422
- Population (projected 2026)
- 498
- Households
- 72
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 835
- Literacy rate
- 58.1%
- Coordinates
- 22.34748°N, 69.02763°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jamnagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dwarka
- Member of Parliament
- Poonamben Maadam
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pabubha Virambha Manek
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- bhijabha jam
- Block / Mandal
- Okhamandal
- Nearest police station
- Meghpar Police Station (81.2 km)
- Nearest PHC
- Siddhi Cinic (89.8 km)
- Nearest bank
- ICICI (107.2 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Moti Khawdi (86.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Batisa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar382 kmcapital
- Mumbai541 km
- Delhi1076 km
- Hyderabad1132 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhimrana6 km
- Bus stopBhimrana6 km
- Hospital / PHCMithapur Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankCENTRAL BANK OF INDIA - ATM13 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil station5 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Batisa
4 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 361335
- VaravalaOkhamandal mandal11,955 pop
- BaradiaOkhamandal mandal2,087 pop
- VasaiOkhamandal mandal1,951 pop
- GadhechiOkhamandal mandal1,805 pop
- PositraOkhamandal mandal1,719 pop
- TupaniOkhamandal mandal1,603 pop
- GoriyaliOkhamandal mandal1,490 pop
- ShamlasarOkhamandal mandal1,251 pop
- GorinjaOkhamandal mandal1,231 pop
Villages near Batisa
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View all 44+ →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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)