Lead story
7
May 2026
newsSTATE
Ester Industries Signs Gujarat Recycling Plant MoU
Ester Industries Signs Gujarat Recycling Plant MoU (via Passionate In Marketing). Read the full story at the source.
By Passionate In MarketingRead full →
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
BG
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
bhikhubhai giganbhai vadher
Contact: 99****2104
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Bhalgam can update it.
- LGD code
- 514375
- Pincode
- 362620
- Post office
- Bantwa
- Population
- 601
- Households
- 151
- Literacy rate
- 73.5%
- Sex ratio
- 926 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 362
- Distance to district centre
- 235 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 270 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 87 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 530 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chanasma · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Patel Santosh Jain General Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhalgam compares
By population, Bhalgam ranks #52 of 56 villages in Manavadar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.5%
+3.7% vs mandal average
- Bhalgam
- 73.5%
- Manavadar mandal
- 69.8%
- Junagadh district
- 67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
926
−13 vs mandal average
- Bhalgam
- 926
- Manavadar mandal
- 939
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Bhalgam
- 4.0
- Manavadar mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhalgam at a glance
Bhalgam is a village of 601 people in 151 households (Census 2011) in Manavadar taluka, Junagadh district, Gujarat, the 52nd-largest of 56 villages in Manavadar taluka. Literacy is 74%, 4 points above the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 926 women per 1,000 men. It lies 235 km from the Junagadh district centre, 12 km from Kamboi, the nearest town, 10 km from Chanasma railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 362620, served by Bantwa post office; the LGD village code is 514375. The nearest hospital or health centre is Patel Santosh Jain General Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is bhikhubhai giganbhai vadher, and the village votes in Jetpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jayesh Radadiya. The population is estimated at 709 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhalgam →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhalgam
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BANTWA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHALGAM
- Total area (ha)
- 465.58
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 175.18
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhalgam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhalgam
- LGD code
- 514375
- Pincode
- 362620
- Post office
- Bantwa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 601
- Population (projected 2026)
- 709
- Households
- 151
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 926
- Literacy rate
- 73.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.77806°N, 72.04416°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Porbandar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jetpur
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukh Mandaviya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jayesh Radadiya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- bhikhubhai giganbhai vadher
- Block / Mandal
- Manavadar
- Nearest railway station
- Bhayavadar (283.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Bhalgam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar87 kmcapital
- Mumbai530 km
- Delhi745 km
- Hyderabad977 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChanasma10 km
- Bus stopPatan Bus Port13 km
- Hospital / PHCPatel Santosh Jain General Hospital9 km
- ATM / bankA.P.M.C Nagrik Bank33 km
- Petrol pumpAuto Lpg Gas STation10 km
- CollegeGMERS Medical College And Hospita17 km
- Police stationRadhanpur circle police station39 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bhalgam
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Gauri MaiyaTemple3.9 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 362620
Same name, different place
Other villages named Bhalgam
Looking for a different Bhalgam? 7 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Bhalgam →
- BhalgamVisavadar · Junagadh, Gujarat3,780 pop
- BhalgamKankrej · Banas Kantha, Gujarat2,899 pop
- BhalgamWankaner · Morbi, Gujarat1,829 pop
- BhalgamJunagadh · Junagadh, Gujarat1,774 pop
- BhalgamPatan · Patan, Gujarat1,241 pop
- BhalgamVadgam · Banas Kantha, Gujarat1,091 pop
- BhalgamDasada · Surendranagar, Gujarat963 pop
Villages near Bhalgam
Other villages in Manavadar mandal
View all 57+ →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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)