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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PARMAR ALSHK
Contact: 98****1210
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- LGD code
- 512099
- Pincode
- 363750
- Population
- 3,973
- Households
- 877
- Literacy rate
- 68.9%
- Sex ratio
- 947 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,649
- Distance to district centre
- 186 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 118 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 97 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 558 km
- Nearest railway station
- Umardashi · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. I.A. Mansuri · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vadgam compares
By population, Vadgam ranks #7 of 87 villages in Dasada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.9%
+3.4% vs mandal average
- Vadgam
- 68.9%
- Dasada mandal
- 65.5%
- Surendranagar district
- 62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
947
+7 vs mandal average
- Vadgam
- 947
- Dasada mandal
- 940
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Vadgam
- 4.5
- Dasada mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vadgam at a glance
Vadgam is a village of 3,973 people in 877 households (Census 2011) in Dasada taluka, Surendranagar district, Gujarat, the 7th-largest of 87 villages in Dasada taluka. Literacy is 69%, 3 points above the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 947 women per 1,000 men. It lies 186 km from the Surendranagar district centre, 16 km from Basu, the nearest town, 7 km from Umardashi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 363750; the LGD village code is 512099. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. I.A. Mansuri, <1 km away. The sarpanch is PARMAR ALSHK, and the village votes in Dasada assembly constituency, represented by MLA P.K.Parmar. The population is estimated at 4,684 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vadgam
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 2
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 78
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VADGAM
- Total area (ha)
- 3,970.64
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 626.01
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vadgam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vadgam
- LGD code
- 512099
- Pincode
- 363750
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,973
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,684
- Households
- 877
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 947
- Literacy rate
- 68.9%
- Coordinates
- 24.07823°N, 72.48917°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dasada
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- P.K.Parmar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PARMAR ALSHK
- Block / Mandal
- Dasada
Getting there
How to reach Vadgam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar97 kmcapital
- Mumbai558 km
- Delhi689 km
- Hyderabad971 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationUmardashi7 km
- Bus stopBiliya sidhpur23 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. I.A. Mansuri<1 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda10 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump12 km
- CollegeGMERS Medical College And Hospita40 km
- Police stationpolice parade Ground53 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Vadgam
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)