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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
Patel Hardikkumar Amaratbhai
Contact: 99****6618
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- LGD code
- 509295
- Pincode
- 384310
- Post office
- Valam
- Population
- 7,716
- Households
- 1,771
- Literacy rate
- 81.8%
- Sex ratio
- 951 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,698
Census 2011 · in context
How Valam compares
By population, Valam ranks #5 of 58 villages in Visnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
81.8%
+5.6% vs mandal average
Valam81.8%
Visnagar mandal76.2%
Mahesana district73.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
951
+22 vs mandal average
Valam951
Visnagar mandal929
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.4 vs mandal average
Valam4.4
Visnagar mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Valam at a glance
Valam is a village of 7,716 people in 1,771 households (Census 2011) in Visnagar taluka, Mahesana district, Gujarat, the 5th-largest of 58 villages in Visnagar taluka. Literacy is 82%, 6 points above the taluka average of 76% and the sex ratio is 951 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 384310, served by Valam post office; the LGD village code is 509295. The sarpanch is Patel Hardikkumar Amaratbhai , and the village votes in Visnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rushikesh Ganeshbhai Patel. The population is estimated at 9,097 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Valam
- 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
- 5
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- VISNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VALAM
- Total area (ha)
- 2,357.66
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,503
- Forest area (ha)
- 5
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Valam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Valam
- LGD code
- 509295
- Pincode
- 384310
- Post office
- Valam
- Population (Census 2011)
- 7,716
- Population (projected 2026)
- 9,097
- Households
- 1,771
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 951
- Literacy rate
- 81.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahesana
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Visnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Haribhai Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rushikesh Ganeshbhai Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Patel Hardikkumar Amaratbhai
- Block / Mandal
- Visnagar
Same pincode
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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)