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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PARMAR DINESHBHAI M
Contact: 70****1094
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- LGD code
- 517079
- Pincode
- 388540
- Post office
- Borsad
- Population
- 4,914
- Households
- 1,021
- Literacy rate
- 75.1%
- Sex ratio
- 916 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,605
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 25 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 94 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 373 km
- Nearest railway station
- Davol · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Maruti Orthosurgical Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bodal compares
By population, Bodal ranks #26 of 64 villages in Borsad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.1%
+3.9% vs mandal average
- Bodal
- 75.1%
- Borsad mandal
- 71.2%
- Anand district
- 74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
916
−4 vs mandal average
- Bodal
- 916
- Borsad mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
- Bodal
- 4.8
- Borsad mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bodal at a glance
Bodal is a village of 4,914 people in 1,021 households (Census 2011) in Borsad taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, the 26th-largest of 64 villages in Borsad taluka. Literacy is 75%, 4 points above the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 916 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Anand district centre, 10 km from Vadod, the nearest town, 3 km from Davol railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 388540, served by Borsad post office; the LGD village code is 517079. The nearest hospital or health centre is Maruti Orthosurgical Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is PARMAR DINESHBHAI M , and the village votes in Sojitra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai. The population is estimated at 5,794 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bodal
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- 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
- ANAND
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 17
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BODAL
- Total area (ha)
- 650.3
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 530.74
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bodal
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Key facts — Bodal
- LGD code
- 517079
- Pincode
- 388540
- Post office
- Borsad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,914
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,794
- Households
- 1,021
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 916
- Literacy rate
- 75.1%
- Coordinates
- 22.42655°N, 72.95718°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sojitra
- Member of Parliament
- Mitesh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PARMAR DINESHBHAI M
- Block / Mandal
- Borsad
- Nearest railway station
- Yawarpura (30.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Bodal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar94 kmcapital
- Mumbai373 km
- Hyderabad805 km
- Delhi809 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDavol3 km
- Bus stopBharel Bus Stop12 km
- Hospital / PHCMaruti Orthosurgical Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankmeet23 km
- Petrol pumpCNG pump Gspc13 km
- CollegeANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY - AAU12 km
- Police stationPolice Station29 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, 2026-09-10
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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