Bhopal (earlier a satellite town & Gram Panchayat) is a municipality in the Ahmedabad district of India, state of Gujarat. Bopal and its neighbouring village Ghuma have been merged and granted a municipality status in February 2015. In the first elections held in November 2015, the BJP won 35 out of 36 seats and formed a government in Bopal municipality. Bopal was earlier a part of Ahmedabad-Rural. For vidhansabha electoral purposes, it falls under Ghatlodiya election-area. The area was governed by a Gram Panchayat. The last Gram Sarpanch was Mr. Dinesh Dabhi of BJP-backed Sadbhavna Panel.
