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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
VJ
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
VAGHELA JAYDEVSINH BHAVANSINH
Contact: 99****8631
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- LGD code
- 513707
- Pincode
- 361230
- Post office
- Balachadi
- Population
- 1,707
- Households
- 253
- Literacy rate
- 74%
- Sex ratio
- 477 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 384
- Distance to district centre
- 46 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 20 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 257 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 480 km
- Nearest railway station
- Alia Bada · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Balachadi compares
By population, Balachadi ranks #11 of 37 villages in Jodiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.0%
+11.6% vs mandal average
- Balachadi
- 74.0%
- Jodiya mandal
- 62.4%
- Jamnagar district
- 64.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
477
−498 vs mandal average
- Balachadi
- 477
- Jodiya mandal
- 975
Household size
people per home
6.7
+2.0 vs mandal average
- Balachadi
- 6.7
- Jodiya mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balachadi at a glance
Balachadi is a village of 1,707 people in 253 households (Census 2011) in Jodiya taluka, Jamnagar district, Gujarat, the 11th-largest of 37 villages in Jodiya taluka. Literacy is 74%, 12 points above the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 477 women per 1,000 men. It lies 46 km from the Jamnagar district centre, 14 km from Jodiya, the nearest town, 17 km from Alia Bada railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 361230, served by Balachadi post office; the LGD village code is 513707. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 14 km away. The sarpanch is VAGHELA JAYDEVSINH BHAVANSINH, and the village votes in Kalavad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chavda Meghjibhai Amarabhai. The population is estimated at 2,013 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balachadi
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- 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
- JAMNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BALACHADI
- Total area (ha)
- 1,182.75
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 121
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balachadi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balachadi
- LGD code
- 513707
- Pincode
- 361230
- Post office
- Balachadi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,707
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,013
- Households
- 253
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 477
- Literacy rate
- 74.0%
- Coordinates
- 22.60000°N, 70.21667°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jamnagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalavad
- Member of Parliament
- Poonamben Maadam
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chavda Meghjibhai Amarabhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VAGHELA JAYDEVSINH BHAVANSINH
- Block / Mandal
- Jodiya
Getting there
How to reach Balachadi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar257 kmcapital
- Mumbai480 km
- Delhi968 km
- Hyderabad1040 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAlia Bada17 km
- Bus stopSainik school Canteen1 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital14 km
- ATM / bankThe Commercial Co-operative Bank20 km
- Petrol pumpShivam petroliums21 km
- CollegeG M Patel Girls School & Collage20 km
- Police stationDhrol Police Station21 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Sainik school Canteen1.1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Balachadi
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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View all 36 →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, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)