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‘I was engaged at 11’: Gujarat village uses early engagements to keep girls out of sex work
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- LGD code
- 512562
- Pincode
- 363421
- Post office
- Limbdi
- Population
- 2,880
- Households
- 568
- Literacy rate
- 69.4%
- Sex ratio
- 917 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,118
- Distance to district centre
- 128 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 71 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 62 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 510 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhinoj · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Balol PHC · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhalgamda compares
By population, Bhalgamda ranks #13 of 59 villages in Limbdi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.4%
+14.0% vs mandal average
- Bhalgamda
- 69.4%
- Limbdi mandal
- 55.4%
- Surendranagar district
- 62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
917
−23 vs mandal average
- Bhalgamda
- 917
- Limbdi mandal
- 940
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Bhalgamda
- 5.1
- Limbdi mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhalgamda at a glance
Bhalgamda is a village of 2,880 people in 568 households (Census 2011) in Limbdi taluka, Surendranagar district, Gujarat, the 13th-largest of 59 villages in Limbdi taluka. Literacy is 69%, 14 points above the taluka average of 55% and the sex ratio is 917 women per 1,000 men. It lies 128 km from the Surendranagar district centre, 8 km from Dhinoj, the nearest town, 9 km from Dhinoj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 363421, served by Limbdi post office; the LGD village code is 512562. The nearest hospital or health centre is Balol PHC, 12 km away. The sarpanch is bbvcbvcbvcxbcx, and the village votes in Dasada assembly constituency, represented by MLA P.K.Parmar. The population is estimated at 3,396 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhalgamda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- 1
- 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
- LIMBDI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 34
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHALGAMDA
- Total area (ha)
- 2,380.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,225.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 5
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhalgamda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhalgamda
- LGD code
- 512562
- Pincode
- 363421
- Post office
- Limbdi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,880
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,396
- Households
- 568
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 917
- Literacy rate
- 69.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.61883°N, 72.21240°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dasada
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- P.K.Parmar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- bbvcbvcbvcxbcx
- Block / Mandal
- Limbdi
Getting there
How to reach Bhalgamda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar62 kmcapital
- Mumbai510 km
- Delhi746 km
- Hyderabad952 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhinoj9 km
- Bus stopBrahmanwada Bus Stop13 km
- Hospital / PHCBalol PHC12 km
- ATM / bankunion bank17 km
- Petrol pumpEssar Petroleum9 km
- CollegeLR Patel Higher Secondary School2 km
- Police stationRadhanpur circle police station17 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bhalgamda
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Mahakali Mataji templeTemple2.4 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Bhalgamda
2 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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View all 59+ →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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)