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 July 2025, the current population of Velavas is 1.3 thousands out of which 689 are males and rest 654 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 949 females per 1000 males. There are around 163 teenagers in Velavas. It has literacy rate of 61% which means around 818 persons can read and write. Total 145 people belonging to scheduled caste and 228 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 262 households in Velavas, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 688. 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