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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
vaghjibhai vibhabhai bharvad
Contact: 99****6781
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- LGD code
- 517578
- Pincode
- 387530
- Post office
- Matar
- Population
- 1,918
- Households
- 392
- Literacy rate
- 54.9%
- Sex ratio
- 967 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 971
జనగణన 2011 · పోలిక
Viroja ఇతరులతో పోలిస్తే
By population, Viroja ranks #29 of 49 villages in Matar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.9%
−14.2% vs mandal average
- Viroja
- 54.9%
- Matar mandal
- 69.1%
- Kheda district
- 72.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
967
+39 vs mandal average
- Viroja
- 967
- Matar mandal
- 928
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Viroja
- 4.9
- Matar mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Viroja ఒక్క చూపులో
Viroja Gujaratలోని Kheda జిల్లా, Matar తాలూకాలో 1,918 జనాభా 392 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Matar తాలూకాలోని 49 గ్రామాలలో 29వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 55%, తాలూకా సగటు 69% కంటే 14 పాయింట్లు తక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 967 మహిళలు. పిన్కోడ్ 387530, Matar పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 517578. సర్పంచ్ vaghjibhai vibhabhai bharvad; గ్రామం Sojitra అసెంబ్లీ నియోజకవర్గంలో ఉంది, ఎమ్మెల్యే Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 2,261, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
గ్రామ పంచాయతీ: Viroja →
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Viroja
- 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
- 2
- 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
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- 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
- SOJITRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 53
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VIROJA
- Total area (ha)
- 539.12
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 300
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Viroja
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
ముఖ్య వివరాలు — Viroja
- LGD code
- 517578
- Pincode
- 387530
- Post office
- Matar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,918
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,261
- Households
- 392
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 967
- Literacy rate
- 54.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sojitra
- Member of Parliament
- Mitesh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- vaghjibhai vibhabhai bharvad
- Block / Mandal
- Matar
అదే పిన్కోడ్
Villages sharing pincode 387530
Matar మండలంలోని ఇతర గ్రామాలు
View all 48+ →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, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)