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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
VILASBEN BHARATSINH CHAVADA
Contact: 96****4812
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- LGD code
- 511237
- Pincode
- 382630
- Post office
- Rupal
- Population
- 6,587
- Households
- 1,323
- Literacy rate
- 72.8%
- Sex ratio
- 934 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,236
- Distance to district centre
- 75 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 49 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 62 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 499 km
- Nearest railway station
- Viravada · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Anjali Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rupal compares
By population, Rupal ranks #11 of 49 villages in Gandhinagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.8%
+1.5% vs mandal average
- Rupal
- 72.8%
- Gandhinagar mandal
- 71.3%
- Gandhinagar district
- 74.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
934
−1 vs mandal average
- Rupal
- 934
- Gandhinagar mandal
- 935
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Rupal
- 5.0
- Gandhinagar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rupal at a glance
Rupal is a village of 6,587 people in 1,323 households (Census 2011) in Gandhinagar taluka, Gandhinagar district, Gujarat, the 11th-largest of 49 villages in Gandhinagar taluka. Literacy is 73%, 2 points above the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. It lies 75 km from the Gandhinagar district centre, 24 km from Dhansura, the nearest town, 8 km from Viravada railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 382630, served by Rupal post office; the LGD village code is 511237. The nearest hospital or health centre is Anjali Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is VILASBEN BHARATSINH CHAVADA, and the village votes in Gandhinagar South assembly constituency, represented by MLA Alpesh Khodaji Thakor. The population is estimated at 7,766 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rupal
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- 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
- GANDHINAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 13
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RUPAL
- Total area (ha)
- 1,722.85
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 814.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rupal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rupal
- LGD code
- 511237
- Pincode
- 382630
- Post office
- Rupal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,587
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,766
- Households
- 1,323
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 934
- Literacy rate
- 72.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.55353°N, 73.12153°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ahmedabad East
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gandhinagar South
- Member of Parliament
- Hasmukh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Alpesh Khodaji Thakor
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VILASBEN BHARATSINH CHAVADA
- Block / Mandal
- Gandhinagar
Getting there
How to reach Rupal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar62 kmcapital
- Mumbai499 km
- Delhi695 km
- Hyderabad885 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationViravada8 km
- Hospital / PHCAnjali Hospital10 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum40 km
- CollegeModasa Government Engineering College19 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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