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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
solanki jesangbhai amthabhai
Contact: 93****2228
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- LGD code
- 512092
- Pincode
- 363755
- Population
- 1,952
- Households
- 430
- Literacy rate
- 64.9%
- Sex ratio
- 940 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 881
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhama compares
By population, Dhama ranks #22 of 87 villages in Dasada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.9%
−0.6% vs mandal average
- Dhama
- 64.9%
- Dasada mandal
- 65.5%
- Surendranagar district
- 62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
940
Same as the mandal average
- Dhama
- 940
- Dasada mandal
- 940
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Dhama
- 4.5
- Dasada mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhama at a glance
Dhama is a village of 1,952 people in 430 households (Census 2011) in Dasada taluka, Surendranagar district, Gujarat, the 22nd-largest of 87 villages in Dasada taluka. Literacy is 65%, about the same as the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 940 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 363755; the LGD village code is 512092. The sarpanch is solanki jesangbhai amthabhai, and the village votes in Dasada assembly constituency, represented by MLA P.K.Parmar. The population is estimated at 2,301 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhama
- 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
- 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
- PATDI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 95
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHAMA
- Total area (ha)
- 3,527.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhama
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhama
- LGD code
- 512092
- Pincode
- 363755
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,952
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,301
- Households
- 430
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 940
- Literacy rate
- 64.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dasada
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- P.K.Parmar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- solanki jesangbhai amthabhai
- Block / Mandal
- Dasada
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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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)