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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Rahul Patel
Contact: 99****4619
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- LGD code
- 523432
- Pincode
- 396125
- Post office
- Killa Pardi
- Population
- 3,621
- Households
- 868
- Literacy rate
- 80.7%
- Sex ratio
- 918 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,643
Census 2011 · in context
How Balda compares
By population, Balda ranks #15 of 51 villages in Pardi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
80.7%
+3.8% vs mandal average
- Balda
- 80.7%
- Pardi mandal
- 76.9%
- Valsad district
- 68.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
918
−60 vs mandal average
- Balda
- 918
- Pardi mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Balda
- 4.2
- Pardi mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balda at a glance
Balda is a village of 3,621 people in 868 households (Census 2011) in Pardi taluka, Valsad district, Gujarat, the 15th-largest of 51 villages in Pardi taluka. Literacy is 81%, 4 points above the taluka average of 77% and the sex ratio is 918 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 396125, served by Killa Pardi post office; the LGD village code is 523432. The sarpanch is Rahul Patel , and the village votes in Dharampur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arvind Chhotubhai Patel. The population is estimated at 4,269 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balda
- 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
- 4
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- 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
- PARDI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 2
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BALDA
- Total area (ha)
- 773.39
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balda
- LGD code
- 523432
- Pincode
- 396125
- Post office
- Killa Pardi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,621
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,269
- Households
- 868
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 918
- Literacy rate
- 80.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Valsad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dharampur
- Member of Parliament
- Dhavalbhai Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arvind Chhotubhai Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Rahul Patel
- Block / Mandal
- Pardi
- Nearest PHC
- Maa Aashirvad Clinic (15.1 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Rankuva (24.7 km)
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View all 52+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)