Velavas, Dantivada
Velavas is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Dantiwada Taluk in Banas Kantha district of Gujarat, which falls under Dantivada block. It belongs to Banaskantha parliament constituency and Dhanera assembly constituency. Gudal Somabhai Sardarbhai is the President of Velavas Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address patelsomabhai2752@gmail.com and mobile number 94289xxx64. The Secretary is Salvi Sanjaykumar Panabhai, who can be reached at email address salvisanjay1982@gmail.com and mobile number 84699xxx05. The Panchayat address is AT & Post - Velavas, TA- Dantiwada, Dist - Banaskantha, Pincode - 385505. You can reach there by taking a bus till Velavas bus stop.
As on December 2024, the current population of Velavas is 1.3 thousands out of which 684 are males and rest 651 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 952 females per 1000 males. There are around 163 teenagers in Velavas. It has literacy rate of 61% which means around 813 persons can read and write. Total 144 people belonging to scheduled caste and 226 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 260 households in Velavas, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 683. The pincode of Velavas is 385505 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Dantiwada Colony Sub Post office
- CHODUNGARI Branch Post office
- Bhadlikotha Branch Post office
- Bhilachal Branch Post office
- Dantiwada Branch Post office
Schools
Velavas has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Kendriya Vidyalaya Bsf Dantiwada
- B.C.Chaudhary Secondary School
- Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
- Jegol Pay Center School
- Dantiwada Pay Centre. School
Banks
Velavas has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.
Covered villages
Velavas Gram Panchayat manages total 3 villages.
- Fatepura (Dhanawada)
- Marwada
- Velavas