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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Kiranben Mansukhbhai Kundaria
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- LGD code
- 512649
- Pincode
- 363630
- Post office
- Jetpar (M)
- Population
- 1,957
- Households
- 407
- Literacy rate
- 76.1%
- Sex ratio
- 934 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 757
Census 2011 · in context
How Gala compares
By population, Gala ranks #25 of 88 villages in Morvi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.1%
+7.6% vs mandal average
- Gala
- 76.1%
- Morvi mandal
- 68.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
934
+1 vs mandal average
- Gala
- 934
- Morvi mandal
- 933
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Gala
- 4.8
- Morvi mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gala at a glance
Gala is a village of 1,957 people in 407 households (Census 2011) in Morvi taluka, Morbi district, Gujarat, the 25th-largest of 88 villages in Morvi taluka. Literacy is 76%, 8 points above the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 363630, served by Jetpar (M) post office; the LGD village code is 512649. The sarpanch is Kiranben Mansukhbhai Kundaria, and the village votes in Wankaner assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kantilal Somani. The population is estimated at 2,307 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gala
- 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
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MORVI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 89
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GALA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,488.13
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 100
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gala
- LGD code
- 512649
- Pincode
- 363630
- Post office
- Jetpar (M)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,957
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,307
- Households
- 407
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 934
- Literacy rate
- 76.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Wankaner
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jitendra Kantilal Somani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Kiranben Mansukhbhai Kundaria
- Block / Mandal
- Morvi
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Other villages in Morvi mandal
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- Nani Vavdi
- Lalpar
- Paneli
- Khanpar
- Khareda
- Pipali
- Rajpar
- Ghunada Sajanpar
- Koyli
- Nichi Mandal
- Lilapar
- Khakhrala
- Panchasar
- Chanchapar
- Rangpar
- Zinkiyali
- Jivapar Chakampar
- Andarna
- Chakampar
- Vanaliya
- Bela Rangpar
- Lakhdhirnagar
- Bhadiyad (Part)
- Jodhpur Nadi
- Khevaliya
- Vaghpar
- Juna Nagdavas
- Manekvada
- Barvala
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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)