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About Gavasad Village

Gavasad is a large village in Padra tehsil, in the district of Vadodara, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,613, made up of 1,886 males and 1,727 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 946.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 391430, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gavasad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gavasad village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Vadodara
Tehsil Padra
Pincode 391430
Area (hectares) 946.86 hectares
Population 3,613
Male Population 1,886
Female Population 1,727
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 916
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gavasad compares

By the 2011 count Gavasad is the 19th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,674 residents. Its 946.86 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Gavasad

Gavasad is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gavasad as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gavasad from other places

Gavasad lies about 22 km from Vadodara, and the nearest railway station is Vasad Junction, about under 2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gavasad
Nearest railway station Vasad Junction under 2 km
Nearest town Anklav 11 km
District headquarters Vadodara 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Padra 24 km

Villages closest to Gavasad

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Padra tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Gavasad

As per the Census of India 2011, Gavasad village had a population of 3,613. That makes it the 19th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,674 residents.

Gavasad village has 1,886 males and 1,727 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gavasad has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Gavasad is 391430. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gavasad covers 946.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gavasad falls under Padra tehsil of Vadodara district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Gavasad is Vasad Junction, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gavasad.

Gavasad is about 22 km from Vadodara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gavasad is in Padra tehsil of Vadodara district. Vasad Junction is about under 2 km away. Anklav is about 11 km away. Vadodara is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajupura (2.5 km), Danoli (9.0 km) and Sokhdakhurd (11 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gavasad today is likely to be higher.

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