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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
ZB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ZALA BHAVANABA PRAHLADSINH
Contact: 81****0004
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- LGD code
- 512053
- Pincode
- 363310
- Post office
- Dhrangadhra
- Population
- 1,611
- Households
- 301
- Literacy rate
- 79%
- Sex ratio
- 984 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 603
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 7 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 126 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 451 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhrangadhra Junction · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Jindagi Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhechada compares
By population, Bhechada ranks #42 of 64 villages in Dhrangadhra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
79.0%
+18.2% vs mandal average
- Bhechada
- 79.0%
- Dhrangadhra mandal
- 60.8%
- Surendranagar district
- 62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
984
+39 vs mandal average
- Bhechada
- 984
- Dhrangadhra mandal
- 945
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Bhechada
- 5.4
- Dhrangadhra mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhechada at a glance
Bhechada is a village of 1,611 people in 301 households (Census 2011) in Dhrangadhra taluka, Surendranagar district, Gujarat, the 42nd-largest of 64 villages in Dhrangadhra taluka. Literacy is 79%, 18 points above the taluka average of 61% and the sex ratio is 984 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Surendranagar district centre, 36 km from Lakhtar, the nearest town, 10 km from Dhrangadhra Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 363310, served by Dhrangadhra post office; the LGD village code is 512053. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jindagi Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is ZALA BHAVANABA PRAHLADSINH, and the village votes in Dhrangadhra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prakashbhai Parsotambhai Varmora. The population is estimated at 1,899 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhechada →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhechada · this village | 1,611 | 79% | — |
| Ravaliyavadar · Dhrangadhra | 2,828 | 49% | 1.8 km W |
| Gajanvav · Dhrangadhra | 2,331 | 66% | 5 km W |
| Narichana · Dhrangadhra | 3,301 | 65% | 6.1 km SW |
| Navalgadh · Dhrangadhra | 2,081 | 71% | 5.9 km E |
| Dhrangadhra · Dhrangadhra | — | — | 9.6 km N |
| Hampar · Dhrangadhra | 1,363 | 69% | 12.5 km E |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhechada
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- DHRANGADHRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 41
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHECHADA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,749.13
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 228.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 122.62
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhechada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhechada
- LGD code
- 512053
- Pincode
- 363310
- Post office
- Dhrangadhra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,611
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,899
- Households
- 301
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 984
- Literacy rate
- 79.0%
- Coordinates
- 22.90611°N, 71.44917°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhrangadhra
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prakashbhai Parsotambhai Varmora
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ZALA BHAVANABA PRAHLADSINH
- Block / Mandal
- Dhrangadhra
Getting there
How to reach Bhechada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar126 kmcapital
- Mumbai451 km
- Delhi857 km
- Hyderabad957 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhrangadhra Junction10 km
- Hospital / PHCJindagi Hospital9 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank9 km
- Petrol pumpHP11 km
Same pincode
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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)