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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SINDHAV PRAVINBHAI PRATAPBHAI
Contact: 98****6253
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- LGD code
- 512212
- Pincode
- 363030
- Post office
- Wadhwancity
- Population
- 2,804
- Households
- 538
- Literacy rate
- 63.2%
- Sex ratio
- 958 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,283
Census 2011 · in context
How Bala compares
By population, Bala ranks #13 of 45 villages in Wadhwan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.2%
−0.9% vs mandal average
- Bala
- 63.2%
- Wadhwan mandal
- 64.1%
- Surendranagar district
- 62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
958
+12 vs mandal average
- Bala
- 958
- Wadhwan mandal
- 946
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Bala
- 5.2
- Wadhwan mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bala at a glance
Bala is a village of 2,804 people in 538 households (Census 2011) in Wadhwan taluka, Surendranagar district, Gujarat, the 13th-largest of 45 villages in Wadhwan taluka. Literacy is 63%, about the same as the taluka average of 64% and the sex ratio is 958 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 363030, served by Wadhwancity post office; the LGD village code is 512212. The sarpanch is SINDHAV PRAVINBHAI PRATAPBHAI, and the village votes in Limbdi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kiritsinh Jitubha Rana. The population is estimated at 3,306 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bala
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- WADHWAN
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 13
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BALA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,864.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bala
- LGD code
- 512212
- Pincode
- 363030
- Post office
- Wadhwancity
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,804
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,306
- Households
- 538
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 958
- Literacy rate
- 63.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Limbdi
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kiritsinh Jitubha Rana
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SINDHAV PRAVINBHAI PRATAPBHAI
- Block / Mandal
- Wadhwan
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View all 47+ →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)