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‘I was engaged at 11’: Gujarat village uses early engagements to keep girls out of sex work
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
lakhabhai hirabhai susra
Contact: 98****4619
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- LGD code
- 512861
- Pincode
- 363621
- Post office
- Wankaner
- Population
- 1,829
- Households
- 288
- Literacy rate
- 59%
- Sex ratio
- 952 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 790
- Distance to district centre
- 165 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 152 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 #32 of 99 villages in Wankaner mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.0%
−1.5% vs mandal average
- Bhalgam
- 59.0%
- Wankaner mandal
- 60.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
952
−15 vs mandal average
- Bhalgam
- 952
- Wankaner mandal
- 967
Household size
people per home
6.4
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Bhalgam
- 6.4
- Wankaner mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhalgam at a glance
Bhalgam is a village of 1,829 people in 288 households (Census 2011) in Wankaner taluka, Morbi district, Gujarat, the 32nd-largest of 99 villages in Wankaner taluka. Literacy is 59%, 2 points below the taluka average of 61% and the sex ratio is 952 women per 1,000 men. It lies 165 km from the Morbi district centre, 12 km from Kamboi, the nearest town, 10 km from Chanasma railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 363621, served by Wankaner post office; the LGD village code is 512861. The nearest hospital or health centre is Patel Santosh Jain General Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is lakhabhai hirabhai susra, and the village votes in Wankaner assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kantilal Somani. The population is estimated at 2,156 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhalgam
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- WANKANER
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHALGAM
- Total area (ha)
- 757.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 153.12
- 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
- 512861
- Pincode
- 363621
- Post office
- Wankaner
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,829
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,156
- Households
- 288
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 952
- Literacy rate
- 59.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.77806°N, 72.04416°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Wankaner
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jitendra Kantilal Somani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- lakhabhai hirabhai susra
- Block / Mandal
- Wankaner
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 ↗
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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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)