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- LGD code
- 523740
- Pincode
- 394540
- Post office
- Olpad
- Population
- 3,310
- Households
- 687
- Literacy rate
- 82.9%
- Sex ratio
- 894 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,187
- Distance to district centre
- 87 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 75 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 259 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 202 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gandhismriti · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hospital Aat · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dandi compares
By population, Dandi ranks #9 of 103 villages in Olpad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
82.9%
+10.1% vs mandal average
- Dandi
- 82.9%
- Olpad mandal
- 72.8%
- Surat district
- 75.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
894
−28 vs mandal average
- Dandi
- 894
- Olpad mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Dandi
- 4.8
- Olpad mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dandi at a glance
Dandi is a village of 3,310 people in 687 households (Census 2011) in Olpad taluka, Surat district, Gujarat, the 9th-largest of 103 villages in Olpad taluka. Literacy is 83%, 10 points above the taluka average of 73% and the sex ratio is 894 women per 1,000 men. It lies 87 km from the Surat district centre, 17 km from Maroli, the nearest town, 13 km from Gandhismriti railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 394540, served by Olpad post office; the LGD village code is 523740. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hospital Aat, 6 km away. The village votes in Vagra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arunsinh Ajitsinh Rana. The population is estimated at 3,902 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dandi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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)
- 16
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DANDI
- Total area (ha)
- 6,917.14
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Dandi
- LGD code
- 523740
- Pincode
- 394540
- Post office
- Olpad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,310
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,902
- Households
- 687
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 894
- Literacy rate
- 82.9%
- Coordinates
- 20.89057°N, 72.80591°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bharuch
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vagra
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukhbhai Vasava
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arunsinh Ajitsinh Rana
- Block / Mandal
- Olpad
- Nearest PHC
- Jivandeep Clinic (92.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Dandi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar259 kmcapital
- Mumbai202 km
- Hyderabad713 km
- Delhi967 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGandhismriti13 km
- Hospital / PHCHospital Aat6 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda21 km
- Petrol pumpGandevi Petrol Pump21 km
- CollegeCKPCET Cricket Ground28 km
- Police stationPolice station22 km
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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