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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHETANKUMAR BHAGWANJIBHAI BHADANIYA
Contact: 99****3630
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- LGD code
- 514151
- Pincode
- 360480
- Post office
- Paneli
- Population
- 2,423
- Households
- 541
- Literacy rate
- 66%
- Sex ratio
- 949 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,291
- Distance to district centre
- 19 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 25 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 202 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 444 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sindhawadar · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shree Om Clinic&Leboletri · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Valasan compares
By population, Valasan ranks #16 of 69 villages in Jamjodhpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.0%
+3.8% vs mandal average
- Valasan
- 66.0%
- Jamjodhpur mandal
- 62.2%
- Jamnagar district
- 64.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
949
+12 vs mandal average
- Valasan
- 949
- Jamjodhpur mandal
- 937
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Valasan
- 4.5
- Jamjodhpur mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Valasan at a glance
Valasan is a village of 2,423 people in 541 households (Census 2011) in Jamjodhpur taluka, Jamnagar district, Gujarat, the 16th-largest of 69 villages in Jamjodhpur taluka. Literacy is 66%, 4 points above the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 949 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Jamnagar district centre, 12 km from Tankara, the nearest town, 10 km from Sindhawadar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 360480, served by Paneli post office; the LGD village code is 514151. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shree Om Clinic&Leboletri, 11 km away. The sarpanch is CHETANKUMAR BHAGWANJIBHAI BHADANIYA, and the village votes in Wankaner assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kantilal Somani. The population is estimated at 2,857 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Valasan →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valasan · this village | 2,423 | 66% | — |
| Valasan · Anand Rural | 8,050 | 72% | 0 km N |
| Valasan · Wankaner | 2,723 | 70% | 0 km N |
| Pipaliyaraj · Wankaner | 4,218 | 68% | 3.5 km E |
| Arni Timba · Wankaner | 2,763 | 66% | 5.2 km NE |
| Mitana · Tankara | 2,937 | 63% | 4.9 km W |
| Harbatiyali · Tankara | 2,081 | 75% | 6.8 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Valasan
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- JAMJODHPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 19
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 73
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 19
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VALASAN
- Total area (ha)
- 1,644.05
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 596.76
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Valasan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Valasan
- LGD code
- 514151
- Pincode
- 360480
- Post office
- Paneli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,423
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,857
- Households
- 541
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 949
- Literacy rate
- 66.0%
- Coordinates
- 22.55835°N, 70.79465°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Wankaner
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jitendra Kantilal Somani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHETANKUMAR BHAGWANJIBHAI BHADANIYA
- Block / Mandal
- Jamjodhpur
Getting there
How to reach Valasan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar202 kmcapital
- Mumbai444 km
- Delhi931 km
- Hyderabad988 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSindhawadar10 km
- Bus stopTankara Bus Station12 km
- Hospital / PHCShree Om Clinic&Leboletri11 km
- ATM / bankHDFC bank20 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum5 km
- CollegeSanjaybhi Rajguru college of enjineering20 km
- Police stationkuvadva road police staion27 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)