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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Veenaben Bhavinbhai Patel
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- LGD code
- 523754
- Pincode
- 394130
- Post office
- Sayan
- Population
- 4,028
- Households
- 863
- Literacy rate
- 69.7%
- Sex ratio
- 955 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,644
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 36 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 212 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 249 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sayan · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Jeevan Raksha Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Delad compares
By population, Delad ranks #4 of 103 villages in Olpad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.7%
−3.1% vs mandal average
- Delad
- 69.7%
- Olpad mandal
- 72.8%
- Surat district
- 75.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
955
+33 vs mandal average
- Delad
- 955
- Olpad mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Delad
- 4.7
- Olpad mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Delad at a glance
Delad is a village of 4,028 people in 863 households (Census 2011) in Olpad taluka, Surat district, Gujarat, the 4th-largest of 103 villages in Olpad taluka. Literacy is 70%, 3 points below the taluka average of 73% and the sex ratio is 955 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Surat district centre, 8 km from Kathor, the nearest town, 2 km from Sayan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 394130, served by Sayan post office; the LGD village code is 523754. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jeevan Raksha Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Veenaben Bhavinbhai Patel, and the village votes in Vagra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arunsinh Ajitsinh Rana. The population is estimated at 4,749 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Delad
- 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
- 1
- 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)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DELAD
- Total area (ha)
- 290.19
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 227.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Delad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Delad
- LGD code
- 523754
- Pincode
- 394130
- Post office
- Sayan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,028
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,749
- Households
- 863
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 955
- Literacy rate
- 69.7%
- Coordinates
- 21.31835°N, 72.87272°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bharuch
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vagra
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukhbhai Vasava
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arunsinh Ajitsinh Rana
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Veenaben Bhavinbhai Patel
- Block / Mandal
- Olpad
Getting there
How to reach Delad
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar212 kmcapital
- Mumbai249 km
- Hyderabad733 km
- Delhi921 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSayan2 km
- Bus stopUtran R.O.B. Bridge9 km
- Hospital / PHCJeevan Raksha Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank ATM Aamba Talavadi, Vaikunthdham Society, Vishal Nagar, Surat, Gujarat 39500410 km
- Petrol pumpCng petrol pump9 km
- CollegeShri O.H. Nazar Ayurved College13 km
- Police stationChowk Bazar Police Station (Furja)14 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Jeevan Raksha Hospitalunder 1 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, 2026-09-18
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