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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
RANJANBEN JADAV
Contact: 98****0658
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- LGD code
- 517092
- Pincode
- 388580
- Post office
- Virsad
- Population
- 9,340
- Households
- 1,946
- Literacy rate
- 70.2%
- Sex ratio
- 905 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,876
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 93 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 368 km
- Nearest railway station
- Virsad · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Subhash Dave Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Virsad compares
By population, Virsad ranks #9 of 64 villages in Borsad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.2%
−1.0% vs mandal average
- Virsad
- 70.2%
- Borsad mandal
- 71.2%
- Anand district
- 74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
905
−15 vs mandal average
- Virsad
- 905
- Borsad mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
- Virsad
- 4.8
- Borsad mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Virsad at a glance
Virsad is a village of 9,340 people in 1,946 households (Census 2011) in Borsad taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, the 9th-largest of 64 villages in Borsad taluka. Literacy is 70%, 1 points below the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 905 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Anand district centre, 4 km from Dharmaj, the nearest town, 2 km from Virsad railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 388580, served by Virsad post office; the LGD village code is 517092. The nearest hospital or health centre is Subhash Dave Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is RANJANBEN JADAV, and the village votes in Sojitra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai. The population is estimated at 11,012 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Virsad
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 5
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- 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
- PETLAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VIRSAD
- Total area (ha)
- 1,304.81
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 745.37
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Virsad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Virsad
- LGD code
- 517092
- Pincode
- 388580
- Post office
- Virsad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 9,340
- Population (projected 2026)
- 11,012
- Households
- 1,946
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 905
- Literacy rate
- 70.2%
- Coordinates
- 22.38800°N, 72.77600°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sojitra
- Member of Parliament
- Mitesh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RANJANBEN JADAV
- Block / Mandal
- Borsad
- Nearest railway station
- Virsad (2.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Virsad
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar93 kmcapital
- Mumbai368 km
- Hyderabad816 km
- Delhi823 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationVirsad2 km
- Bus stopBharel Bus Stop7 km
- Hospital / PHCSubhash Dave Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankState Bank Of India35 km
- Petrol pumpCNG pump Gspc23 km
- CollegeInstitute of Science and Technology for Advanced studies and Research24 km
- Police stationPolice Station33 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Virsad2.1 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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)