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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DESAI SURESHBHAI
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- LGD code
- 511224
- Pincode
- 382835
- Post office
- Lodra
- Population
- 2,241
- Households
- 502
- Literacy rate
- 67.4%
- Sex ratio
- 996 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 715
- Distance to district centre
- 38 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 15 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 26 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 484 km
- Nearest railway station
- Makakhad · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Tejas Clinic · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Varsoda compares
By population, Varsoda ranks #40 of 61 villages in Mansa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.4%
−6.3% vs mandal average
- Varsoda
- 67.4%
- Mansa mandal
- 73.7%
- Gandhinagar district
- 74.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
996
+64 vs mandal average
- Varsoda
- 996
- Mansa mandal
- 932
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Varsoda
- 4.5
- Mansa mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Varsoda at a glance
Varsoda is a village of 2,241 people in 502 households (Census 2011) in Mansa taluka, Gandhinagar district, Gujarat, the 40th-largest of 61 villages in Mansa taluka. Literacy is 67%, 6 points below the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Gandhinagar district centre, 12 km from Charada, the nearest town, 5 km from Makakhad railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 382835, served by Lodra post office; the LGD village code is 511224. The nearest hospital or health centre is Tejas Clinic, 5 km away. The sarpanch is DESAI SURESHBHAI, and the village votes in Vijapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. C. J. Chavda. The population is estimated at 2,642 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Varsoda
- 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
- 3
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MANSA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VARSODA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,409.3
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 650
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Varsoda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Varsoda
- LGD code
- 511224
- Pincode
- 382835
- Post office
- Lodra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,241
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,642
- Households
- 502
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 996
- Literacy rate
- 67.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.42300°N, 72.74700°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
- DESAI SURESHBHAI
- Block / Mandal
- Mansa
Getting there
How to reach Varsoda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar26 kmcapital
- Mumbai484 km
- Delhi729 km
- Hyderabad899 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMakakhad5 km
- Bus stopVijapur15 km
- Hospital / PHCTejas Clinic5 km
- ATM / bankIndusInd Bank25 km
- Petrol pumphi petrol pump25 km
- CollegeCentral University of Gujarat22 km
- Police stationKalol police station33 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)