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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHAUHAN DHIRAJBA NATVARSHIH
Contact: 99****5050
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- LGD code
- 514721
- Pincode
- 362220
- Post office
- Keshod
- Population
- 5,187
- Households
- 1,126
- Literacy rate
- 62.4%
- Sex ratio
- 930 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,423
- Distance to district centre
- 104 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 26 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 332 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 386 km
- Nearest railway station
- Keshod · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- J J Ayurvedic & Health Care Centre · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Balagam compares
By population, Balagam ranks #4 of 53 villages in Keshod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.4%
−4.9% vs mandal average
- Balagam
- 62.4%
- Keshod mandal
- 67.3%
- Junagadh district
- 67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
930
−13 vs mandal average
- Balagam
- 930
- Keshod mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Balagam
- 4.6
- Keshod mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balagam at a glance
Balagam is a village of 5,187 people in 1,126 households (Census 2011) in Keshod taluka, Junagadh district, Gujarat, the 4th-largest of 53 villages in Keshod taluka. Literacy is 62%, 5 points below the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 930 women per 1,000 men. It lies 104 km from the Junagadh district centre, 19 km from Madhavpur, the nearest town, 17 km from Keshod railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 362220, served by Keshod post office; the LGD village code is 514721. The nearest hospital or health centre is J J Ayurvedic & Health Care Centre, 13 km away. The sarpanch is CHAUHAN DHIRAJBA NATVARSHIH, and the village votes in Keshod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devabhai Punjabhai Malam. The population is estimated at 6,115 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balagam
- 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
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 2
- 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
- BANTWA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 46
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BALAGAM
- Total area (ha)
- 2,289.65
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 521.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balagam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balagam
- LGD code
- 514721
- Pincode
- 362220
- Post office
- Keshod
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,187
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,115
- Households
- 1,126
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 930
- Literacy rate
- 62.4%
- Coordinates
- 21.36667°N, 70.10000°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Porbandar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Keshod
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukh Mandaviya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Devabhai Punjabhai Malam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHAUHAN DHIRAJBA NATVARSHIH
- Block / Mandal
- Keshod
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. Gareja Clinic (19.2 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Bandhnath (27.7 km)
Getting there
How to reach Balagam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar332 kmcapital
- Mumbai386 km
- Hyderabad985 km
- Delhi1078 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKeshod17 km
- Bus stopKeshod18 km
- Hospital / PHCJ J Ayurvedic & Health Care Centre13 km
- ATM / bankState Bank Of India37 km
- CollegeMahatma Gandhi Colleage39 km
- Police stationPolice Head Quarters41 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Balagam
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Surya Temple, Akhodar JunagadhTemple4.4 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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