Chogath observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Gujarat.
By population, Chogath ranks #1 of 41 villages in Umrala mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chogath is a village of 7,397 people in 1,352 households (Census 2011) in Umrala taluka, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, the largest of 41 villages in Umrala taluka. Literacy is 60%, 3 points below the taluka average of 64% and the sex ratio is 961 women per 1,000 men. It lies 58 km from the Bhavnagar district centre, 31 km from Tana, the nearest town, 10 km from Bajud railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 364330, served by Umrala post office; the LGD village code is 516200. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Sutariya Hospital, 7 km away. The village votes in Jasdan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kunvarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya. The population is estimated at 8,721 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chogath (Thapnath) →
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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