Bhavnagar Taluka - Gujarat

Bhavnagar is an administrative taluka in the Bhavnagar district of Gujarat, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and forms part of the district's rural administration. The nearest railway station is situated at Bhavnagar Terminus, while the nearest airport is Bhavnagar Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 8.1 km.

According to the 2011 Census, the total area of the taluka was 2,293 km², including 2,187.26 km² of rural area and 105.96 km² of urban area. The sex ratio was 920 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Bhavnagar Taluka

Bhavnagar Taluka has a total of 63 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Taluka, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.Village NameCategoryGram Panchayat
1AdhelaiRuralAdhelai
2AdhewadaUrbanNot applicable
3AkwadaUrbanNot applicable
4AlaparRuralAlapar
5BhadbhadiyaRuralBhadbhidiya
6BhadbhidRuralBhadbhid
7BhadiRuralBhadi
8BhandariyaRuralBhandariya
9BhojpuraRuralBhojpara
10BhumbhaliRuralBhumbhali
11BhuteshwarRuralBhuteshwar
12BudhelRuralBudhel
13ChitraUrbanNot applicable
14DevaliyaRuralDevaliya
15FariyadkaRuralFariyadka
16FulsarUrbanNot applicable
17GaneshgadhRuralGaneshgadh
18GundalaRuralAdhelai
19GundiRuralGundi
20HathabRuralHathab
21JashavantparRuralJashavantpar
22Juna MadhiyaRuralNava Madhiya
23Juna RatanparRuralJuna Ratanpar
24KalatalavRuralKala Talao
25KamlejRuralKamlej
26KanatalavRuralKana Talao
27KardejRuralNavagam
28KhadsaliyaRuralKhadsaliya
29KhetakhatliRuralNarbad
30KobdiRuralKobdi
31KoliyakRuralKoliyak
32KotdaRuralKotda
33LakhankaRuralLakhanka
34Malanka (Ct)RuralMalanka
35MithaparRuralMithapar
36NagdhanibaRuralNagdhaniba
37NarbadRuralNarbad
38Nari (Ct)UrbanNot applicable
39Nava MadhiyaRuralNava Madhiya
40Nava RatanparRuralNava Ratanpar
41PaliyadRuralPaliyad
42PithalparRuralPithalpar
43RajgadhRuralRajgadh
44RamparRuralRampar
45Ruva (Part)UrbanNot applicable
46SanesRuralSanes
47SartanparRuralSartanpar
48SavaikotRuralSavainagar
49SavainagarRuralSavainagar
50Shampara(Khodiyar)RuralShampara
51Shampara(Sidsar)RuralShampara(Sidsar)
52ShedhavadarRuralShedhavadar
53Sidsar (Ct)UrbanNot applicable
54SodvadraRuralSodvadra
55SurkaRuralSurka
56Tarsimiya (Part)UrbanNot applicable
57ThalsarRuralThalsar
58ThordiRuralThordi
59UndaviRuralUndvi
60VadavaUrbanNot applicable
61Vartej (Ct)RuralVartej
62VavdiRuralVavdi
63VelavadarRuralVelavadar

Population of Bhavnagar Taluka

According to the 2011 Census, Bhavnagar Taluka had a total population of 7,87,319 people living in 1,58,301 households. The population comprised 4,09,978 males and 3,77,341 females, with an average population density of 343 people per km². The table below provides a rural-urban comparison of these statistics.

CategoryTotalRuralUrban
Total Population7,87,3191,44,0566,43,263
Male Population4,09,97875,1303,34,848
Female Population3,77,34168,9263,08,415
Total Households1,58,30125,3031,32,998
Population Density343 / km²66 / km²6,071 / km²

Bhavnagar Taluka had 5,74,185 literate people and 93,191 children in the 0–6 age group. Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) populations were 43,412 and 4,717 respectively. The table below presents their rural and urban distribution.

CategoryTotalRuralUrban
Child Population (Age 0–6)93,19121,21071,981
Literate Population5,74,18591,1834,83,002
Illiterate Population2,13,13452,8731,60,261
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population43,4124,30739,105
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population4,7177213,996

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.