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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
vikasbhai
Contact: 95****8339
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- LGD code
- 520548
- Pincode
- 391152
- Post office
- Gadhboriad
- Population
- 514
- Households
- 98
- Literacy rate
- 57.4%
- Sex ratio
- 932 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 320
- Distance to district centre
- 57 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 104 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 28 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 434 km
- Nearest railway station
- Maninagar · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Life Care Clinic · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Piplaj compares
By population, Piplaj ranks #126 of 218 villages in Nasvadi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.4%
+9.9% vs mandal average
- Piplaj
- 57.4%
- Nasvadi mandal
- 47.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
932
−42 vs mandal average
- Piplaj
- 932
- Nasvadi mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
5.2
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Piplaj
- 5.2
- Nasvadi mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Piplaj at a glance
Piplaj is a village of 514 people in 98 households (Census 2011) in Nasvadi taluka, Chhotaudepur district, Gujarat, the 126th-largest of 218 villages in Nasvadi taluka. Literacy is 57%, 10 points above the taluka average of 48% and the sex ratio is 932 women per 1,000 men. It lies 57 km from the Chhotaudepur district centre, 6 km from Vejalpur, the nearest town, 6 km from Maninagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 391152, served by Gadhboriad post office; the LGD village code is 520548. The nearest hospital or health centre is Life Care Clinic, 2 km away. The sarpanch is vikasbhai, and the village votes in Vaghodia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dharmendrasinh Ranubha Vaghela (Bapu). The population is estimated at 606 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Piplaj
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- NASVADI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RATANPURA
- Total area (ha)
- 96.03
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 35.68
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Piplaj
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Piplaj
- LGD code
- 520548
- Pincode
- 391152
- Post office
- Gadhboriad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 514
- Population (projected 2026)
- 606
- Households
- 98
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 932
- Literacy rate
- 57.4%
- Coordinates
- 22.96988°N, 72.56069°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Vadodara
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vaghodia
- Member of Parliament
- Hemang Joshi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dharmendrasinh Ranubha Vaghela (Bapu)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- vikasbhai
- Block / Mandal
- Nasvadi
- Nearest PHC
- Param Clinic (99.6 km)
- Nearest bank
- ICICI Bank (102.4 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Vyankatpura (103.7 km)
Getting there
How to reach Piplaj
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar28 kmcapital
- Mumbai434 km
- Delhi781 km
- Hyderabad876 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationManinagar6 km
- Bus stopKashiram Textiles3 km
- Hospital / PHCLife Care Clinic2 km
- ATM / bankIndian Bank4 km
- Petrol pumpAnsh Petrol Pump4 km
- CollegeKK Shah Jarodwala Science College5 km
- Police stationEllisbridge Police Station6 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Piplaj
5 Mosques, 3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🕌Masjid e Khatimul AmbiyaMosque1.9 km ↗
- 🕌Masjid e Bahare ShariatMosque3.0 km ↗
- 🛕BAPS Swaminarayan Temple PaldiTemple3.7 km ↗
- 🛕Lambha MandirTemple3.7 km ↗
- 🛕JANKI POLY PLASTTemple3.9 km ↗
- 🕌Navi Masjid (Masjid-e-Nawab)Mosque3.9 km ↗
- 🕌Shahi Masjid - Shah e Alam DargahMosque4.0 km ↗
- 🕌Shah E Alam RozaMosque4.0 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Piplaj
3 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)