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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
MALEK FARIDABEN ISMAILBHAI
Contact: 70****2508
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- LGD code
- 521868
- Pincode
- 392155
- Post office
- Kora (Bharuch)
- Population
- 5,802
- Households
- 955
- Literacy rate
- 58.9%
- Sex ratio
- 917 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,776
- Distance to district centre
- 314 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 295 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 355 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 449 km
- Nearest railway station
- Porbandar · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ashapura Clinic · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Degam compares
By population, Degam ranks #5 of 81 villages in Jambusar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.9%
−8.9% vs mandal average
- Degam
- 58.9%
- Jambusar mandal
- 67.8%
- Bharuch district
- 72.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
917
−5 vs mandal average
- Degam
- 917
- Jambusar mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
6.1
+1.3 vs mandal average
- Degam
- 6.1
- Jambusar mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Degam at a glance
Degam is a village of 5,802 people in 955 households (Census 2011) in Jambusar taluka, Bharuch district, Gujarat, the 5th-largest of 81 villages in Jambusar taluka. Literacy is 59%, 9 points below the taluka average of 68% and the sex ratio is 917 women per 1,000 men. It lies 314 km from the Bharuch district centre, 55 km from Bhatiya, the nearest town, 6 km from Porbandar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 392155, served by Kora (Bharuch) post office; the LGD village code is 521868. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ashapura Clinic, 5 km away. The sarpanch is MALEK FARIDABEN ISMAILBHAI, and the village votes in Dholka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kiritsinh Dabhi. The population is estimated at 6,841 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Degam
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- 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
- JAMBUSAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 78
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DEGAM
- Total area (ha)
- 5,925.1
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 115.45
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Degam
- LGD code
- 521868
- Pincode
- 392155
- Post office
- Kora (Bharuch)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,802
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,841
- Households
- 955
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 917
- Literacy rate
- 58.9%
- Coordinates
- 21.69960°N, 69.59951°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kheda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dholka
- Member of Parliament
- Devusinh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kiritsinh Dabhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MALEK FARIDABEN ISMAILBHAI
- Block / Mandal
- Jambusar
- Nearest railway station
- Arnej (292.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Degam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar355 kmcapital
- Mumbai449 km
- Hyderabad1047 km
- Delhi1085 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPorbandar6 km
- Hospital / PHCAshapura Clinic5 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India7 km
- Petrol pumpShiv Krupa10 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Degam
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Chamunda Mata TempleTemple3.5 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
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