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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RANJITKUMAR VASAVA
Contact: 78****4901
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- LGD code
- 521592
- Pincode
- 392035
- Post office
- Sarbhan
- Population
- 603
- Households
- 138
- Literacy rate
- 42.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1087 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 345
- Distance to district centre
- 199 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 159 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 262 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 200 km
- Nearest railway station
- Vedchha · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Piyush Vaidya - Aayurvedic Clinic · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vedchha compares
By population, Vedchha ranks #118 of 213 villages in Dediapada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.8%
−10.4% vs mandal average
- Vedchha
- 42.8%
- Dediapada mandal
- 53.2%
- Narmada district
- 62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,087
+105 vs mandal average
- Vedchha
- 1,087
- Dediapada mandal
- 982
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Vedchha
- 4.4
- Dediapada mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vedchha at a glance
Vedchha is a village of 603 people in 138 households (Census 2011) in Dediapada taluka, Narmada district, Gujarat, the 118th-largest of 213 villages in Dediapada taluka. Literacy is 43%, 10 points below the taluka average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,087 women per 1,000 men. It lies 199 km from the Narmada district centre, 17 km from Maroli, the nearest town, under 1 km from Vedchha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 392035, served by Sarbhan post office; the LGD village code is 521592. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Piyush Vaidya - Aayurvedic Clinic, 5 km away. The sarpanch is RANJITKUMAR VASAVA, and the village votes in Padra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chaitanyasinh Zala. The population is estimated at 711 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vedchha
- 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
- No
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DEDIAPADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 61
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SUKWAL
- Total area (ha)
- 403.26
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 183.8
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vedchha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vedchha
- LGD code
- 521592
- Pincode
- 392035
- Post office
- Sarbhan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 603
- Population (projected 2026)
- 711
- Households
- 138
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1087
- Literacy rate
- 42.8%
- Coordinates
- 20.87513°N, 72.93806°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Chhota Udaipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Padra
- Member of Parliament
- Jashubhai Rathva
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chaitanyasinh Zala
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RANJITKUMAR VASAVA
- Block / Mandal
- Dediapada
- Nearest railway station
- Vedchha (0.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Vedchha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar262 kmcapital
- Mumbai200 km
- Hyderabad700 km
- Delhi962 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationVedchha<1 km
- Bus stopChikali Bus stand18 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Piyush Vaidya - Aayurvedic Clinic5 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda9 km
- Petrol pumpGandevi Petrol Pump9 km
- CollegeAmbaba Commerce College34 km
- Police stationPolice station9 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Vedchhaunder 1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Vedchha
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Hansapore - Chachar Maata MandirTemple3.7 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)