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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Navinbai Shanabhai Parmar
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- LGD code
- 510678
- Pincode
- 383205
- Post office
- Prantij
- Population
- 1,323
- Households
- 234
- Literacy rate
- 69.9%
- Sex ratio
- 966 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 720
- Distance to district centre
- 72 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 69 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 62 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 499 km
- Nearest railway station
- Viravada · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Anjali Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rupal compares
By population, Rupal ranks #35 of 73 villages in Talod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.9%
+2.5% vs mandal average
- Rupal
- 69.9%
- Talod mandal
- 67.4%
- Sabar Kantha district
- 65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
966
+28 vs mandal average
- Rupal
- 966
- Talod mandal
- 938
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Rupal
- 5.7
- Talod mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rupal at a glance
Rupal is a village of 1,323 people in 234 households (Census 2011) in Talod taluka, Sabar Kantha district, Gujarat, the 35th-largest of 73 villages in Talod taluka. Literacy is 70%, 3 points above the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 966 women per 1,000 men. It lies 72 km from the Sabar Kantha district centre, 24 km from Dhansura, the nearest town, 8 km from Viravada railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 383205, served by Prantij post office; the LGD village code is 510678. The nearest hospital or health centre is Anjali Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Navinbai Shanabhai Parmar, and the village votes in Kalol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji. The population is estimated at 1,560 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rupal
- 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
- 2
- 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
- TALOD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RUPAL
- Total area (ha)
- 361.11
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 166.15
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rupal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rupal
- LGD code
- 510678
- Pincode
- 383205
- Post office
- Prantij
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,323
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,560
- Households
- 234
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 966
- Literacy rate
- 69.9%
- Coordinates
- 23.55353°N, 73.12153°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gandhinagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalol
- Member of Parliament
- Amit Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Navinbai Shanabhai Parmar
- Block / Mandal
- Talod
Getting there
How to reach Rupal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar62 kmcapital
- Mumbai499 km
- Delhi695 km
- Hyderabad885 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationViravada8 km
- Hospital / PHCAnjali Hospital10 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum40 km
- CollegeModasa Government Engineering College19 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
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