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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Shaileshbhai Jagubhai Rathod
Contact: 99****1046
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- LGD code
- 523720
- Pincode
- 394540
- Post office
- Olpad
- Population
- 1,653
- Households
- 360
- Literacy rate
- 66.1%
- Sex ratio
- 968 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 798
- Distance to district centre
- 33 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 23 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 205 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 256 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sayan · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Iris Eye Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhatgam compares
By population, Bhatgam ranks #28 of 103 villages in Olpad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.1%
−6.7% vs mandal average
- Bhatgam
- 66.1%
- Olpad mandal
- 72.8%
- Surat district
- 75.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
968
+46 vs mandal average
- Bhatgam
- 968
- Olpad mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
4.6
Same as the mandal average
- Bhatgam
- 4.6
- Olpad mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhatgam at a glance
Bhatgam is a village of 1,653 people in 360 households (Census 2011) in Olpad taluka, Surat district, Gujarat, the 28th-largest of 103 villages in Olpad taluka. Literacy is 66%, 7 points below the taluka average of 73% and the sex ratio is 968 women per 1,000 men. It lies 33 km from the Surat district centre, 4 km from Olpad, the nearest town, 17 km from Sayan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 394540, served by Olpad post office; the LGD village code is 523720. The nearest hospital or health centre is Iris Eye Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is Shaileshbhai Jagubhai Rathod, and the village votes in Vagra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arunsinh Ajitsinh Rana. The population is estimated at 1,949 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhatgam
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- 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
- SURAT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHATGAM
- Total area (ha)
- 828.84
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 675.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhatgam
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Key facts — Bhatgam
- LGD code
- 523720
- Pincode
- 394540
- Post office
- Olpad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,653
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,949
- Households
- 360
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 968
- Literacy rate
- 66.1%
- Coordinates
- 21.37512°N, 72.74154°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bharuch
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vagra
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukhbhai Vasava
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arunsinh Ajitsinh Rana
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Shaileshbhai Jagubhai Rathod
- Block / Mandal
- Olpad
- Nearest PHC
- Jivandeep Clinic (38.3 km)
Getting there
How to reach Bhatgam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar205 kmcapital
- Mumbai256 km
- Hyderabad748 km
- Delhi922 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSayan17 km
- Bus stopUtran R.O.B. Bridge20 km
- Hospital / PHCIris Eye Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankState Bank ATM Aamba Talavadi, Vaikunthdham Society, Vishal Nagar, Surat, Gujarat 39500418 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil20 km
- CollegeShri O.H. Nazar Ayurved College21 km
- Police stationChowk Bazar Police Station (Furja)21 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bhatgam
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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