Valar observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Gujarat.
By population, Valar ranks #72 of 113 villages in Talaja mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Valar is a village of 1,416 people in 238 households (Census 2011) in Talaja taluka, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, the 72nd-largest of 113 villages in Talaja taluka. Literacy is 60%, 1 points above the taluka average of 59% and the sex ratio is 898 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 364130, served by Datha post office; the LGD village code is 516664. The sarpanch is ARVINDSINH GOVINDSINH SARVAIYA, and the village votes in Palitana assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhikhabhai Ravajibhai Baraiya. The population is estimated at 1,669 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Valar →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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