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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KAILASHBEN PARMAR
Contact: 99****8569
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- LGD code
- 517124
- Pincode
- 388550
- Post office
- Kathana RS
- Population
- 10,880
- Households
- 2,229
- Literacy rate
- 67.9%
- Sex ratio
- 911 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 5,196
- Distance to district centre
- 48 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 21 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 106 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 356 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathana · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Karamsad Hospital Sanchalit Arogya Kendra · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dahewan compares
By population, Dahewan ranks #4 of 64 villages in Borsad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.9%
−3.3% vs mandal average
- Dahewan
- 67.9%
- Borsad mandal
- 71.2%
- Anand district
- 74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
911
−9 vs mandal average
- Dahewan
- 911
- Borsad mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Dahewan
- 4.9
- Borsad mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dahewan at a glance
Dahewan is a village of 10,880 people in 2,229 households (Census 2011) in Borsad taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, the 4th-largest of 64 villages in Borsad taluka. Literacy is 68%, 3 points below the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 911 women per 1,000 men. It lies 48 km from the Anand district centre, 16 km from Dharmaj, the nearest town, 3 km from Kathana railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 388550, served by Kathana RS post office; the LGD village code is 517124. The nearest hospital or health centre is Karamsad Hospital Sanchalit Arogya Kendra, 12 km away. The sarpanch is KAILASHBEN PARMAR, and the village votes in Sojitra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai. The population is estimated at 12,828 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dahewan
- 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
- 8
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- 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
- BORSAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DAHEWAN
- Total area (ha)
- 1,433.2
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 750.45
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dahewan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dahewan
- LGD code
- 517124
- Pincode
- 388550
- Post office
- Kathana RS
- Population (Census 2011)
- 10,880
- Population (projected 2026)
- 12,828
- Households
- 2,229
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 911
- Literacy rate
- 67.9%
- Coordinates
- 22.27750°N, 72.82500°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sojitra
- Member of Parliament
- Mitesh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KAILASHBEN PARMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Borsad
- Nearest railway station
- Kathana (3.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Dahewan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar106 kmcapital
- Mumbai356 km
- Hyderabad804 km
- Delhi831 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathana3 km
- Bus stopBharel Bus Stop15 km
- Hospital / PHCKaramsad Hospital Sanchalit Arogya Kendra12 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank34 km
- Petrol pumpCNG pump Gspc31 km
- CollegeSchool of Business and Law31 km
- Police stationMakarpura Road Police Station39 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Kathana3.0 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, 2026-09-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)