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- LGD code
- 513458
- Pincode
- 361335
- Post office
- Dwarka
- Population
- 1,951
- Households
- 312
- Literacy rate
- 52.3%
- Sex ratio
- 985 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 780
- Distance to district centre
- 86 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 7 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 386 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 541 km
- Nearest railway station
- Varvala · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Varvala · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vasai compares
By population, Vasai ranks #4 of 39 villages in Okhamandal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.3%
+6.5% vs mandal average
- Vasai
- 52.3%
- Okhamandal mandal
- 45.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
985
+29 vs mandal average
- Vasai
- 985
- Okhamandal mandal
- 956
Household size
people per home
6.3
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Vasai
- 6.3
- Okhamandal mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vasai at a glance
Vasai is a village of 1,951 people in 312 households (Census 2011) in Okhamandal taluka, Devbhumi Dwarka district, Gujarat, the 4th-largest of 39 villages in Okhamandal taluka. Literacy is 52%, 7 points above the taluka average of 46% and the sex ratio is 985 women per 1,000 men. It lies 86 km from the Devbhumi Dwarka district centre, 38 km from Bhatiya, the nearest town, 4 km from Varvala railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 361335, served by Dwarka post office; the LGD village code is 513458. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Varvala, 5 km away. The village votes in Dwarka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pabubha Virambha Manek. The population is estimated at 2,300 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vasai
- 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
- 3
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DWARKA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 150
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VASAI
- Total area (ha)
- 2,138.65
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vasai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vasai
- LGD code
- 513458
- Pincode
- 361335
- Post office
- Dwarka
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,951
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,300
- Households
- 312
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 985
- Literacy rate
- 52.3%
- Coordinates
- 22.32016°N, 68.99856°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jamnagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dwarka
- Member of Parliament
- Poonamben Maadam
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pabubha Virambha Manek
- Block / Mandal
- Okhamandal
Getting there
How to reach Vasai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar386 kmcapital
- Mumbai541 km
- Delhi1081 km
- Hyderabad1133 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationVarvala4 km
- Bus stopRupen Bander8 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Varvala5 km
- ATM / bankCENTRAL BANK OF INDIA - ATM9 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil station5 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Vasai
7 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 361335
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- TupaniOkhamandal mandal1,603 pop
- GoriyaliOkhamandal mandal1,490 pop
- ShamlasarOkhamandal mandal1,251 pop
- GorinjaOkhamandal mandal1,231 pop
- RajparaOkhamandal mandal1,223 pop
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)