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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
Jaydipsinh ramsinh rana
Contact: 96****2036
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- LGD code
- 522057
- Pincode
- 392130
- Post office
- Dahej
- Population
- 13,495
- Households
- 3,426
- Literacy rate
- 73.9%
- Sex ratio
- 617 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 5,163
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 70 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 167 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 295 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dahej · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Maa Clinic & Child Care · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dahej compares
By population, Dahej ranks #1 of 68 villages in Vagra mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
73.9%
+3.4% vs mandal average
- Dahej
- 73.9%
- Vagra mandal
- 70.5%
- Bharuch district
- 72.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
617
−253 vs mandal average
- Dahej
- 617
- Vagra mandal
- 870
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Dahej
- 3.9
- Vagra mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dahej at a glance
Dahej is a village of 13,495 people in 3,426 households (Census 2011) in Vagra taluka, Bharuch district, Gujarat, the largest of 68 villages in Vagra taluka. Literacy is 74%, 3 points above the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 617 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Bharuch district centre, 45 km from Olpad, the nearest town, under 1 km from Dahej railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 392130, served by Dahej post office; the LGD village code is 522057. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre. The sarpanch is Jaydipsinh ramsinh rana, and the village votes in Khambhat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chirag Patel. The population is estimated at 15,911 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dahej
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- 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
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BHARUCH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 37
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DAHEJ
- Total area (ha)
- 7,630.52
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 31
- Forest area (ha)
- 11
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dahej
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Key facts — Dahej
- LGD code
- 522057
- Pincode
- 392130
- Post office
- Dahej
- Population (Census 2011)
- 13,495
- Population (projected 2026)
- 15,911
- Households
- 3,426
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 617
- Literacy rate
- 73.9%
- Coordinates
- 21.71184°N, 72.58981°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khambhat
- Member of Parliament
- Mitesh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chirag Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Jaydipsinh ramsinh rana
- Block / Mandal
- Vagra
- Nearest PHC
- Maa Clinic & Child Care (0.4 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Dahej (0.3 km)
Getting there
How to reach Dahej
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar167 kmcapital
- Mumbai295 km
- Hyderabad783 km
- Delhi897 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDahej<1 km
- Hospital / PHCMaa Clinic & Child Care<1 km
- CollegeShri K J Polytechnic43 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Dahejunder 1 km
- Health centre
- Maa Clinic & Child Careunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary health centre
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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)