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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
GUSAI VIJAYGAR MADHAVGAR
Contact: 97****0516
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- LGD code
- 506534
- Pincode
- 370165
- Post office
- Rahpar
- Population
- 3,965
- Households
- 741
- Literacy rate
- 42.8%
- Sex ratio
- 960 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,416
- Distance to district centre
- 221 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 166 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 37 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 474 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kadi · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Prince Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Balasar compares
By population, Balasar ranks #14 of 97 villages in Rapar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.8%
Same as the mandal average
- Balasar
- 42.8%
- Rapar mandal
- 42.8%
- Kachchh district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
960
+6 vs mandal average
- Balasar
- 960
- Rapar mandal
- 954
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Balasar
- 5.4
- Rapar mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balasar at a glance
Balasar is a village of 3,965 people in 741 households (Census 2011) in Rapar taluka, Kachchh district, Gujarat, the 14th-largest of 97 villages in Rapar taluka. Literacy is 43%, about the same as the taluka average of 43% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. It lies 221 km from the Kachchh district centre, 14 km from Nandasan, the nearest town, 4 km from Kadi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 370165, served by Rahpar post office; the LGD village code is 506534. The nearest hospital or health centre is Prince Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is GUSAI VIJAYGAR MADHAVGAR, and the village votes in Morbi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Amrutiya Kantilal Shivlal. The population is estimated at 4,675 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balasar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 7
- 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
- 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
- RAPAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 170
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BALASAR
- Total area (ha)
- 8,822.9
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balasar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balasar
- LGD code
- 506534
- Pincode
- 370165
- Post office
- Rahpar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,965
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,675
- Households
- 741
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 960
- Literacy rate
- 42.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.30003°N, 72.28943°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kachchh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Morbi
- Member of Parliament
- Vinodbhai Chavda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Amrutiya Kantilal Shivlal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GUSAI VIJAYGAR MADHAVGAR
- Block / Mandal
- Rapar
- Nearest railway station
- Pipliya Road (169.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Balasar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar37 kmcapital
- Mumbai474 km
- Delhi769 km
- Hyderabad922 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKadi4 km
- Bus stopSujatpura Bus Stope2 km
- Hospital / PHCPrince Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India4 km
- Petrol pumpJay Ambe Petroleum3 km
- CollegePanchshil Madyamic School12 km
- Police stationKalol police station23 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Balasar
5 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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)