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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Bhagirath Singh Dhirubha Jhala
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- LGD code
- 512696
- Pincode
- 363641
- Post office
- Morbi MDG
- Population
- 2,339
- Households
- 454
- Literacy rate
- 73.2%
- Sex ratio
- 999 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 960
- Distance to district centre
- 32 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 24 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 198 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 469 km
- Nearest railway station
- Morbi · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dhruv Children Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Panchasar compares
By population, Panchasar ranks #19 of 88 villages in Morvi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.2%
+4.7% vs mandal average
Panchasar73.2%
Morvi mandal68.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
999
+66 vs mandal average
Panchasar999
Morvi mandal933
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.3 vs mandal average
Panchasar5.2
Morvi mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Panchasar at a glance
Panchasar is a village of 2,339 people in 454 households (Census 2011) in Morvi taluka, Morbi district, Gujarat, the 19th-largest of 88 villages in Morvi taluka. Literacy is 73%, 5 points above the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 999 women per 1,000 men. It lies 32 km from the Morbi district centre, 15 km from Tankara, the nearest town, 8 km from Morbi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 363641, served by Morbi MDG post office; the LGD village code is 512696. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dhruv Children Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Bhagirath Singh Dhirubha Jhala, and the village votes in Wankaner assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kantilal Somani. The population is estimated at 2,758 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Panchasar
- 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
- 1
- 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
- MALIYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 73
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PANCHASAR
- Total area (ha)
- 1,971.98
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 40
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Panchasar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Panchasar
- LGD code
- 512696
- Pincode
- 363641
- Post office
- Morbi MDG
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,339
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,758
- Households
- 454
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 999
- Literacy rate
- 73.2%
- Coordinates
- 22.79596°N, 70.75646°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Wankaner
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jitendra Kantilal Somani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Bhagirath Singh Dhirubha Jhala
- Block / Mandal
- Morvi
Getting there
How to reach Panchasar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar198 kmcapital
- Mumbai469 km
- Delhi914 km
- Hyderabad1006 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMorbi8 km
- Bus stopBus Stand Vavdi બસ સ્ટેન્ડ વાવડી5 km
- Hospital / PHCDhruv Children Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankRAJKOT NAGRIK SAHKARI BANK8 km
- Petrol pumpGujarat Gas CNG Station12 km
- CollegeG M Patel Girls School & Collage45 km
- Police stationCity police line & A divison police station8 km
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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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)