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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PC
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRAGNESH CHAUDHARI
Contact: 91****3130
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- LGD code
- 511129
- Pincode
- 382650
- Post office
- Unava Balva
- Population
- 6,504
- Households
- 1,330
- Literacy rate
- 71.1%
- Sex ratio
- 919 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,251
- Distance to district centre
- 100 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 79 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 98 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 547 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kansa · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Modi Maternity Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Balva compares
By population, Balva ranks #7 of 61 villages in Mansa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.1%
−2.6% vs mandal average
- Balva
- 71.1%
- Mansa mandal
- 73.7%
- Gandhinagar district
- 74.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
−13 vs mandal average
- Balva
- 919
- Mansa mandal
- 932
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Balva
- 4.9
- Mansa mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balva at a glance
Balva is a village of 6,504 people in 1,330 households (Census 2011) in Mansa taluka, Gandhinagar district, Gujarat, the 7th-largest of 61 villages in Mansa taluka. Literacy is 71%, 3 points below the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. It lies 100 km from the Gandhinagar district centre, 22 km from Balisana, the nearest town, 2 km from Kansa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 382650, served by Unava Balva post office; the LGD village code is 511129. The nearest hospital or health centre is Modi Maternity Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is PRAGNESH CHAUDHARI, and the village votes in Vijapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. C. J. Chavda. The population is estimated at 7,668 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balva
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- Yes
- 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
- MANSA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 14
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BALVA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,305
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 950
- Forest area (ha)
- 56
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balva
- LGD code
- 511129
- Pincode
- 382650
- Post office
- Unava Balva
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,504
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,668
- Households
- 1,330
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 919
- Literacy rate
- 71.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.93668°N, 72.08549°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahesana
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vijapur
- Member of Parliament
- Haribhai Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. C. J. Chavda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRAGNESH CHAUDHARI
- Block / Mandal
- Mansa
Getting there
How to reach Balva
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar98 kmcapital
- Mumbai547 km
- Delhi729 km
- Hyderabad987 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKansa2 km
- Bus stopPatan Bus Port11 km
- Hospital / PHCModi Maternity Hospital10 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda34 km
- Petrol pumpDharti pertoleum BPCL11 km
- CollegeGMERS Medical College And Hospita15 km
- Police stationMahsana District Jail47 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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