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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
vasva Maluniben Mahendra bhai
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- LGD code
- 524536
- Pincode
- 394375
- Post office
- Uchchhal
- Population
- 601
- Households
- 132
- Literacy rate
- 45.1%
- Sex ratio
- 939 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 371
- Distance to district centre
- 261 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 203 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 #36 of 46 villages in Uchchhal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.1%
−4.5% vs mandal average
- Vadgam
- 45.1%
- Uchchhal mandal
- 49.6%
- Tapi district
- 60.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
939
−86 vs mandal average
- Vadgam
- 939
- Uchchhal mandal
- 1,025
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Vadgam
- 4.6
- Uchchhal mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vadgam at a glance
Vadgam is a village of 601 people in 132 households (Census 2011) in Uchchhal taluka, Tapi district, Gujarat, the 36th-largest of 46 villages in Uchchhal taluka. Literacy is 45%, 5 points below the taluka average, and the sex ratio is 939 women per 1,000 men. It lies 261 km from the Tapi district centre, 16 km from Basu, the nearest town, 7 km from Umardashi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 394375, served by Uchchhal post office; the LGD village code is 524536. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. I.A. Mansuri, under 1 km away. The sarpanch is vasva Maluniben Mahendra bhai . The population is estimated at 709 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Vadgam
- LGD code
- 524536
- Pincode
- 394375
- Post office
- Uchchhal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 601
- Population (projected 2026)
- 709
- Households
- 132
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 939
- Literacy rate
- 45.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.07823°N, 72.48917°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- vasva Maluniben Mahendra bhai
- Block / Mandal
- Uchchhal
- Nearest railway station
- Taropa (265.1 km)
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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View all 54+ →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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)