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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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Contact: 99****5278
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- LGD code
- 514047
- Pincode
- 360590
- Post office
- Bagvadar
- Population
- 2,079
- Households
- 422
- Literacy rate
- 63%
- Sex ratio
- 1003 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 865
- Distance to district centre
- 134 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 104 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 341 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 348 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chorwad Road · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pruthviraj Hospital · <1 km
జనగణన 2011 · పోలిక
Gadu ఇతరులతో పోలిస్తే
By population, Gadu ranks #18 of 93 villages in Bhanvad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.0%
+4.7% vs mandal average
- Gadu
- 63.0%
- Bhanvad mandal
- 58.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,003
+38 vs mandal average
- Gadu
- 1,003
- Bhanvad mandal
- 965
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Gadu
- 4.9
- Bhanvad mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gadu ఒక్క చూపులో
Gadu Gujaratలోని Devbhumi Dwarka జిల్లా, Bhanvad తాలూకాలో 2,079 జనాభా 422 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Bhanvad తాలూకాలోని 93 గ్రామాలలో 18వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 63%, తాలూకా సగటు 58% కంటే 5 పాయింట్లు ఎక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 1,003 మహిళలు. ఇది Devbhumi Dwarka జిల్లా కేంద్రం నుండి 134 కి.మీ, సమీప పట్టణం Mendarda నుండి 34 కి.మీ, Chorwad Road రైల్వే స్టేషన్ నుండి 1 లోపు కి.మీ ఉంది (సరళ రేఖ దూరాలు). పిన్కోడ్ 360590, Bagvadar పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 514047. సమీప ఆసుపత్రి/ఆరోగ్య కేంద్రం Pruthviraj Hospital, <1 కి.మీ దూరంలో. సర్పంచ్ odedara babubhai lakhabhai; గ్రామం Jetpur అసెంబ్లీ నియోజకవర్గంలో ఉంది, ఎమ్మెల్యే Jayesh Radadiya. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 2,451, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
గ్రామ పంచాయతీ: Gadu →
సమీప గ్రామాల పోలిక
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gadu
- 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
- 3
- 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
- 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
- BHANVAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 94
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GADU
- Total area (ha)
- 622.46
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 155
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gadu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
ముఖ్య వివరాలు — Gadu
- LGD code
- 514047
- Pincode
- 360590
- Post office
- Bagvadar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,079
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,451
- Households
- 422
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1003
- Literacy rate
- 63.0%
- Coordinates
- 21.05351°N, 70.28989°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Porbandar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jetpur
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukh Mandaviya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jayesh Radadiya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- odedara babubhai lakhabhai
- Block / Mandal
- Bhanvad
- Nearest police station
- Meghpar Police Station (151.6 km)
- Nearest PHC
- Siddhi Cinic (124.0 km)
- Nearest bank
- ICICI (160.4 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Jam Jodhpur (98.2 km)
చేరుకోవడం
Gadu ఎలా చేరుకోవాలి
నగరాలకు దూరం · సరళ రేఖ
- Gandhinagar341 kmcapital
- Mumbai348 km
- Hyderabad952 km
- Delhi1092 km
రకం వారీగా సమీపం · ప్రాంతంలో ఎక్కడైనా
- Railway stationChorwad Road<1 km
- Bus stopSomanath Bus Stand22 km
- Hospital / PHCPruthviraj Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda18 km
- Petrol pumpHP petrol pump18 km
- CollegeSaurabh Arts College1 km
- Police stationVeraval Tower Police station18 km
విద్య · 5 కి.మీ లోపు
Schools & colleges near Gadu
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Saurabh Arts CollegeCollege1.4 km ↗
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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, 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)