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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
rasedabibi
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- LGD code
- 518695
- Pincode
- 389330
- Post office
- Kalol (Panch Mahals)
- Population
- 2,408
- Households
- 436
- Literacy rate
- 59.8%
- Sex ratio
- 898 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 997
- Distance to district centre
- 54 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 118 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 362 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tagdi · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- RMS Hospital Trauma General Hospital · 20 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Boru compares
By population, Boru ranks #29 of 67 villages in Kalol mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.8%
−2.5% vs mandal average
- Boru
- 59.8%
- Kalol mandal
- 62.3%
- Panch Mahals district
- 60.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
898
−35 vs mandal average
- Boru
- 898
- Kalol mandal
- 933
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Boru
- 5.5
- Kalol mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Boru at a glance
Boru is a village of 2,408 people in 436 households (Census 2011) in Kalol taluka, Panch Mahals district, Gujarat, the 29th-largest of 67 villages in Kalol taluka. Literacy is 60%, 3 points below the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 898 women per 1,000 men. It lies 54 km from the Panch Mahals district centre, 41 km from Lathidad, the nearest town, 20 km from Tagdi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 389330, served by Kalol (Panch Mahals) post office; the LGD village code is 518695. The nearest hospital or health centre is RMS Hospital Trauma General Hospital, 20 km away. The sarpanch is rasedabibi, and the village votes in Dhandhuka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalubhai Rupabhai Dabhi. The population is estimated at 2,839 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Boru
- 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
- 0
- 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
- No
- 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
- KALOL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BORU
- Total area (ha)
- 327.64
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 100
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Boru
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Boru
- LGD code
- 518695
- Pincode
- 389330
- Post office
- Kalol (Panch Mahals)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,408
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,839
- Households
- 436
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 898
- Literacy rate
- 59.8%
- Coordinates
- 22.25681°N, 72.13372°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhandhuka
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalubhai Rupabhai Dabhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- rasedabibi
- Block / Mandal
- Kalol
Getting there
How to reach Boru
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar118 kmcapital
- Mumbai362 km
- Hyderabad857 km
- Delhi871 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTagdi20 km
- Bus stopRojka Bus station14 km
- Hospital / PHCRMS Hospital Trauma General Hospital20 km
- Petrol pumpReliance22 km
- CollegeSir P. P. Institute of Science55 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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