Solar panel installation in Chhota Udaipur.

Heaven Green Energy is an authorised channel partner of Adani for solar modules and is empanelled under PM Surya Ghar. In Chhota Udaipur we take the units off your MGVCL bill and design an array to match. We lodge the net-metering file with Madhya Gujarat Vij and chase the ₹78,000 central subsidy to your bank. We carry the file.

Authorised channel partner of AdaniMGVCL file lodged on your behalf₹78,000 PM Surya Ghar claim handledRoof survey free, no advance taken

Price a rooftop system in Chhota Udaipur

Send a clear photo of your MGVCL bill with your pin code. An engineer phones back with the system size, the cost band after subsidy and an honest payback, usually within 2 working hours.

Free site survey. No advance payment.

Prefer to talk? +91 63904 05060

Electricity supplier
MGVCL (Madhya Gujarat Vij)
Baroda O&M Circle, Bodeli O&M Division
Tariff and rules
GERC
State commission behind Gujarat's net-metering terms
Sunshine
About 5.5 peak sun hours
Eastern hill country on the Madhya Pradesh border
Output per kW
4 to 4.5 units a day
Yearly mean on an unshaded roof
Central subsidy
Up to ₹78,000
Domestic connections only, full amount at 3 kW
Home payback
3.5 to 5 years
On-grid system with a bidirectional meter

The short answer

In Chhota Udaipur a 3 kW rooftop system costs roughly ₹1.80 lakh to ₹2.25 lakh before subsidy. After the ₹78,000 PM Surya Ghar credit, it costs about ₹1.02 lakh to ₹1.47 lakh. Each kW produces 4 to 4.5 units a day. Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited (MGVCL) supplies the town through its Chhota Udaipur sub-division, part of the Bodeli O&M Division. Payback on a home system is three and a half to five years.

Last reviewed 2 October 2026 · Heaven Green Energy engineering team

Price, size and savings

Find your bill. Read across.

Start with the bill, not the brochure. Find the band your monthly MGVCL amount falls in. Reading across shows the system that suits it, the units it should produce and the roof it needs. The last column gives what a Chhota Udaipur household pays once the subsidy is credited.

Indicative Chhota Udaipur market ranges, 2026
Your monthly bill System Generates Roof needed Cost after subsidy Payback
Up to ₹1,800 2 kW A single-storey house in a village on the 391165 pin, running fans, a fridge and a cooler 240–270units/month ~200 sq ft ₹65,000 – ₹95,000 ₹1.25 lakh–₹1.55 lakh before ₹60,000 subsidy 3.5–4.5 years
₹2,000–₹3,500 3 kW Best value A family home in a Palace Road or Club Road society, sized to collect the whole ₹78,000 360–405units/month ~300 sq ft ₹1.02 lakh – ₹1.47 lakh ₹1.80 lakh–₹2.25 lakh before ₹78,000 subsidy 3.5–4.5 years
₹3,500–₹6,000 5 kW A two-storey house off Vadodara Highway Road with two ACs through the April and May heat 600–675units/month ~500 sq ft ₹2.07 lakh – ₹2.67 lakh ₹2.85 lakh–₹3.45 lakh before ₹78,000 subsidy 4–5 years
₹6,000–₹13,000 10 kW Clinics and nursing homes, hotels near the palaces, and shops with a showroom upstairs 1,200–1,350units/month 700–1,000 sq ft ₹4.42 lakh – ₹5.52 lakh ₹5.20 lakh–₹6.30 lakh before ₹78,000 subsidy 4–5 years
Above ₹13,000 25 kW+ Dolomite grinding units, rangoli-colour plants and other daytime-heavy commercial loads 3,000–3,400units/month Site-specific ₹10.75 lakh – ₹13.50 lakh ₹10.75 lakh–₹13.50 lakh, no subsidy 3–4.5 years

These are indicative market ranges for Chhota Udaipur in 2026, covering Tier-1 modules, an inverter, a galvanised structure, protection gear and installation. They are not a Heaven Green Energy quotation. Rooftop solar systems attract 5% GST on the equipment since 22 Sep 2025. A supply-and-install contract taxes 30% of the value as installation service at 18%, so the blended rate on a typical quote is about 8.9%. Subsidy figures are the central PM Surya Ghar amounts published on pmsuryaghar.gov.in. Generation assumes a shadow-free roof facing roughly south.

Read the units line on your bill first. The rupee total on an MGVCL bill moves with slabs, fixed charges and fuel adjustments. The units consumed are what a solar array actually cancels, so that is the figure we size from.

Above 3 kW, the subsidy stops growing. The scheme pays ₹30,000 per kW for the first two kilowatts and ₹18,000 for the third. Nothing more is added after that. On a 3 kW system the credit covers about a third of the cost; on 10 kW it is closer to an eighth. If your bill sits on the line between two sizes, the smaller one often gives the better return per rupee.

Tree shade matters more here than in a flat town. Chhota Udaipur sits in wooded hill country, and plenty of houses in the town and the surrounding villages have a large tree within a few metres of the roof. A tree that throws shade across the array for the first two hours of the morning removes real generation every single day. We map shade at the survey and tell you if a different part of the roof, or a smaller array, will earn more.

Why there is no rupee saving in that table

The table leaves out a rupee saving figure on purpose. What each unit is worth depends on your own slab and tariff category, and those differ between a domestic connection near Kusum Sagar and a shop on Station Road. Bring a recent bill to the survey and we will calculate the saving from your actual tariff, line by line, rather than quoting an average that fits nobody. Prefer to work it out yourself first? Put your bill into our solar savings calculator. No phone number required.

This is what we actually build.

Heaven Green Energy installations across India. Not stock photography, and not renders. Your Chhota Udaipur system is built to the same specification.

Rooftop solar array photographed against a city skyline at sunset
Residential rooftop
Long row of solar modules on a commercial building rooftop photographed at sunrise
Commercial rooftop
Elevated solar canopy structure mounted above a terrace, leaving the floor below usable
Elevated structure
Wall of dozens of string inverters mounted in neat rows at a large solar installation
Electricals

PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana

₹78,000

Maximum central subsidy for a residential rooftop system.

  • ₹30,000 per kW for the first 2 kW
  • ₹18,000 for the 3rd kW
  • Nothing paid above 3 kW
  • Credited directly to your bank account
  • We file the entire claim for you
How the subsidy works

Five steps, and we run four of them.

Chhota Udaipur has no separate solar subsidy, and Gujarat adds nothing on top of the central amount. The ₹78,000 cap under PM Surya Ghar is the same in this town as in Vadodara or Delhi. The local piece is the utility: MGVCL checks and approves your file, and its Chhota Udaipur sub-division fits the meter.

1

Create your account on pmsuryaghar.gov.in

You register with your MGVCL consumer number, a mobile number, Aadhaar and your address. Some bills in the district still carry older address formats from before it was split from Vadodara in 2013. We therefore check that the consumer details match MGVCL's records before you submit.

2

Feasibility from MGVCL, then a vendor

MGVCL reviews the request against your sanctioned load and the capacity on your local feeder. Once feasibility is granted you choose an empanelled vendor on the portal. Heaven Green Energy is on that list, so the application moves without any side arrangement.

3

No installation before approval

A system fitted before feasibility clears can lose the subsidy outright. After approval we deliver Adani modules with serial numbers you can trace, and on commissioning day you receive the Bill of Materials and the warranty documents.

4

Inspection, meter and commissioning

An MGVCL officer inspects the work and the sub-division replaces your meter with a bidirectional one. That generates the commissioning record on the portal. Our engineer is present for the inspection, so any query is settled on site rather than by repeated visits to the office.

5

Claim lodged, money to your account

As soon as commissioning shows on the portal we file the claim. The government transfers the subsidy directly to your bank account and it never touches the installer. An installer who asks you to sign the subsidy over to them is one to walk away from.

If you are a business, this section does not apply

PM Surya Ghar is limited to residential connections. A dolomite grinding unit, a hotel, a clinic or a shop in Chhota Udaipur cannot claim it. A business that pays income tax claims accelerated depreciation on the solar asset instead, which often works out to more than the household subsidy. An agricultural pump connection is also outside the scheme; farmers should look at PM-KUSUM instead.

MGVCL (Madhya Gujarat Vij)

Net metering: who you actually file with.

Getting the utility right is the first test of any Chhota Udaipur quote. Every rooftop file here goes to MGVCL, and inside MGVCL it goes to a specific sub-division. This is how the chain works.

Chhota Udaipur is supplied by Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited (MGVCL), the GUVNL distribution company for central Gujarat, headquartered in Vadodara. MGVCL's own contact directory lists a Chhota Udaipur sub-division, spelt Chotaudepur there and Chhota-udepur by India Post. It sits under the Bodeli O&M Division, which reports to the Baroda O&M Circle. The same division runs separate sub-divisions for Kawant, Tejgadh, Pavi Jetpur, Naswadi and Bodeli. A village house near Kawant or Tejgadh may therefore sit with a different sub-division from a house in town. The name is printed on your bill.

The town is outside every Torrent Power licence area, and UGVCL, DGVCL and PGVCL have no role in this district. Across the border in Madhya Pradesh a different state utility applies, so a home on that side cannot use a Gujarat MGVCL application.

The terms come from the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC), which publishes the rooftop solar and net-metering framework for every licensee in the state. Your sanctioned load limits your system size, and both domestic and non-domestic consumers may apply. Exported units are set off against imported units on the bill instead of being paid out in cash.

Two figures on the bill therefore decide the design: the units you consume each month and your sanctioned load in kW. If the array you need is bigger than the load allows, an application to raise the load goes to MGVCL first. We check both before quoting.

1

File goes to your sub-division

Consumer details, sanctioned load, proposed capacity, a single-line diagram and the roof layout go to the Chhota Udaipur, Kawant or Tejgadh sub-division, whichever your bill names, with the prescribed fee.

Lodged by us
2

Feeder and transformer check

MGVCL confirms that the distribution transformer and feeder serving your connection can take the proposed capacity, then issues the feasibility approval that allows work to begin.

MGVCL
3

Build, test and submit

We fit the structure, modules, inverter, earthing and protection, test the system and send in the completion papers so the meter work can be booked without a wasted trip.

Lodged by us
4

Inspection and new meter

Our engineer meets the MGVCL inspector on site. The sub-division installs the bidirectional meter and export credit begins showing from the next billing cycle.

Us, then MGVCL
Solar panels installed flush on a corrugated metal factory roof with industrial buildings behind
Not a home?

Solar for Chhota Udaipur's businesses.

For a business in Chhota Udaipur, the useful questions are how much of your load runs in daylight and how much flat roof you already own. For the town's mineral grinders, both answers tend to favour solar.

The district holds deposits of dolomite, fluorite, granite and sand, all mined, according to the district administration. Around the town that shows up as dolomite crushing and grinding units, several of them on the Station Road side and along the roads out of town. Plants making rangoli and Holi colours from mineral powder sit alongside them. Pulverisers, ball mills and conveyors draw heavy power through the working day, which is exactly when a rooftop array produces. Chhota Udaipur also has a cluster of private hospitals and clinics, and hotels and resorts built around the palace heritage. Then there are the government offices that came with district headquarters status in 2013.

None of these can claim PM Surya Ghar. A profitable business claims accelerated depreciation on the solar asset, and a zero down payment structure can keep the monthly instalment below the bill the system removes.

  • Grinding-unit sheds need a structural check of purlins and sheeting before any capacity is quoted.
  • White mineral dust settles fast near mills, so the cleaning schedule belongs in the contract.
  • Capacity is capped by sanctioned load, and a load increase may need to go to MGVCL first.

Farms are a separate matter. Most of Chhota Udaipur taluka is agricultural and tribal, and an irrigation pump on a farm connection is not a residential rooftop. For pumps, read our PM-KUSUM page and the Gujarat KUSUM guide. A farmhouse that is billed on a domestic connection can go through PM Surya Ghar like any other home.

Why us

Why Chhota Udaipur homes and businesses pick Heaven Green Energy

Heaven Green has installed solar since 2017 and crossed 10,000 installations across Gujarat. That record only matters if it changes what happens on your roof, so here is what it means in practice.

The MGVCL file stays with usPortal registration, the sub-division application, the completion report, the inspection and the meter follow-up are our job. You do not have to learn how the Chhota Udaipur office prefers its paperwork.
Adani panels, Qbits invertersWe are an authorised channel partner of Adani and fit only Adani modules. Inverters are Qbits, made by our own group. Every serial number is recorded, so a warranty claim has a clear owner.
Every component listed in writingThe Bill of Materials names the make, model and quantity of each part, from modules to earthing. It is the only fair way to compare our quote with anyone else's.
A survey before any priceAn engineer measures the roof, maps tree and tank shade and reads your bill before quoting. The survey is free and nothing is payable to begin.

Where we are based

Heaven Green Energy is headquartered at Mota Varachha, Surat, and that is our only office. We serve Chhota Udaipur and the wider Central Gujarat region through our channel partner network and field engineering team. They carry out the surveys, supervise installation and handle MGVCL coordination on the ground. We have no branch, address or local phone line in Chhota Udaipur, and we say so before you sign, not after.

How we work

From first call to a spinning net meter.

There are four stages between your first call and the first export credit on your MGVCL bill. The durations are typical for Chhota Udaipur, not promises.

01

Bill check on the phone

We read units, tariff category and sanctioned load from your MGVCL bill and give an indicative size and price band before anyone drives out.

Same day
02

Roof survey

An engineer measures the shade-free area, checks the slab, tile or shed, maps nearby trees, plans the cable route and picks a cool spot for the inverter.

1–4 days
03

Approval from MGVCL

Portal registration, the sub-division application and feasibility. Timing depends on the sub-division's workload, and we report progress instead of going quiet.

2–5 weeks
04

Fit, inspect, switch on

Structure, panels, inverter, earthing and protection are fitted, then the MGVCL inspection and meter change follow. Generation starts that week.

2–4 days on site

How Chhota Udaipur weather shapes a solar system

This is wetter, greener and hillier than most of Gujarat. Summers are fierce, the monsoon is heavy and the dry months bring dust. Each of those changes a design choice, and these are the three that matter most.

A monsoon close to 1,000 mm

IMD's June to September normal for Chhota Udaipur district is close to 1,000 mm, well above Saurashtra or north Gujarat. The Orsang, which runs past the town, and its tributaries have flooded low-lying land in heavy bursts. We seal every cable entry, keep junction boxes and the inverter above any water line, and give the structure drainage so water never pools under the modules. July and August output drops under cloud, and the yearly figure already allows for that.

Summer highs around 43°C

Summer temperatures in the district reach about 43°C. Hot modules produce less, so the array is raised enough for air to flow beneath it instead of sitting flat against a baking slab. The inverter goes in a shaded, ventilated spot, never on a west wall that cooks all afternoon. Those choices cost almost nothing at installation and protect output for the life of the system.

Dry-season dust and mineral powder

From October to May the roads and fields are dry, and fine dust settles on glass steadily. Near the dolomite mills it is white mineral powder, which can bind into a crust after early-morning dew. That is the biggest avoidable loss in this town. We set the cleaning interval by where your roof sits relative to the mills and main roads, and we put it in writing.

Service area

Areas of Chhota Udaipur we install in.

We cover Chhota Udaipur town, the villages on its 391165 pin, the Panvad and Tejgadh side of the taluka and neighbouring Kawant. Every village below is a post office listed by India Post, which still files these pins under Vadodara district from before the 2013 split. If your village is not here, send the pin code and we will confirm the same day.

Chhota Udaipur town Pin 391165

Station Road · Palace Road · Club Road · Vadodara Highway Road · Kusum Sagar lakeside · Kusum Vilas Palace area · Kali Niketan area · Nirmal Society · Shastri Nagar Society · Gurukripa Society

Villages on the town pin Pin 391165

Ambala · Bhorda · Chisadiya · Dhandhoda · Dholi Simal · Dolaria · Ekalbara · Ghelawant · Khadkhad · Kundal · Mandlava · Mithibor · Padharwant · Puniavant · Rangpur (Z) · Surkheda · Virpur · Zoz

Panvad and Tejgadh side Pin 391168 / 391156

Panvad · Asar · Dungargam · Kanalva · Karanjwant · Manavant · Morangana · Motaghoda · Nani Tokri · Raichha · Rodadha · Rumadia · Sadhli · Singla · Tejgadh

Kawant and its villages Pin 391170

Kawant · Athadungri · Manka · Mankodi · Motavanta · Navalja · Pipaldi · Saidivasana · Thadgam · Umathi · Vijli

Customers

Real customers, real cities.

These are genuine Heaven Green customers, each labelled with the town where the system was installed. We do not move a review to whichever page you are reading, so you will see Vadodara, Bharuch and Anand here rather than Chhota Udaipur.

★★★★★
Got the full ₹78,000 PM Suryaghar subsidy credited within 30 days of commissioning. Not one extra trip needed, they did all the follow-up.
Ashok Mehta
Residential · Vadodara · 6 kW
★★★★★
250 kW industrial system on our chemical plant. Generation has been 8% above estimate every month. Their O&M team is responsive.
Sanjay Joshi
Industrial · Bharuch · 250 kW
★★★★★
80 kW on our hospital rooftop. Diesel backup running time cut by 60%. Heaven Green's structural design cleared all wind-load checks first time.
Nilesh Bhatt
Commercial · Anand · 80 kW
Before you sign

Six things to check on any Chhota Udaipur quote.

Including ours. Take this list to every vendor you speak to.

Questions

Solar in Chhota Udaipur: every question answered.

17 questions Chhota Udaipur buyers actually search for, including the ones competing pages leave out. Grouped so you can skip to what you need.

Cost & subsidy

How much does a solar panel system cost in Chhota Udaipur in 2026?
Indicative market ranges: a 3 kW system costs ₹1.80 lakh to ₹2.25 lakh before subsidy, or about ₹1.02 lakh to ₹1.47 lakh after the ₹78,000 credit. A 5 kW system runs ₹2.85 lakh to ₹3.45 lakh before subsidy. A survey fixes the exact figure for your roof.
What is the Chhota Udaipur solar subsidy for a house?
Up to ₹78,000 under PM Surya Ghar: ₹30,000 per kW for the first two kilowatts and ₹18,000 for the third, with nothing added above 3 kW. It is a central scheme, so the amount does not change because the town became a district headquarters. Domestic connections only.
Can a dolomite grinding unit or a shop on Station Road get the subsidy?
No. PM Surya Ghar pays only on residential connections. A grinding unit, rangoli-colour plant, shop or clinic claims accelerated depreciation on the system instead, which for a business paying tax is often worth more. The same MGVCL net-metering route still applies.
Is rooftop solar possible in Chhota Udaipur without paying upfront?
Yes, through financing. The loan is set up so the instalment sits at or below the electricity bill the system removes. It suits both homes and businesses. Bring your recent bill and we will show the loan schedule beside your current payments so you can judge it yourself.

Net metering & DISCOM

Which MGVCL office handles net metering in Chhota Udaipur?
MGVCL's Chhota Udaipur sub-division, which sits in the Bodeli O&M Division under the Baroda O&M Circle. Village connections may instead belong to the Kawant, Tejgadh or Pavi Jetpur sub-divisions. The sub-division is printed on your bill, and we file with whichever one it names.
How will net metering change my MGVCL bill?
Your old meter is swapped for a bidirectional one. Units your system sends to the grid are set off against units you draw from it, and you pay for the net amount. The rules are set by GERC, the state regulator, not by MGVCL and not by any installer.
My house is in a village on the Panvad or Kawant side. Can I still get rooftop solar?
Yes, if the house has a domestic MGVCL connection and a roof that takes the structure. The process and subsidy are identical; only the sub-division changes. We check the feeder and transformer position early, because rural transformers can limit how much capacity MGVCL approves.
How long does MGVCL take to approve solar in Chhota Udaipur?
Usually two to five weeks from application to feasibility, followed by the inspection and meter change once the system is built. The variable is the sub-division's workload. We lodge the file, follow it up and tell you plainly if it is held up anywhere.

Sizing & performance

What will rooftop solar produce each month in Chhota Udaipur?
About 4 to 4.5 units per kW per day across the year, on roughly 5.5 peak sun hours. A 3 kW system gives 360 to 405 units a month and a 5 kW system 600 to 675. Output dips in July and August under monsoon cloud and recovers from October.
Which system size matches my electricity bill?
As a guide, 2 kW suits bills up to ₹1,800 a month and 3 kW suits ₹2,000 to ₹3,500. A 5 kW system fits ₹3,500 to ₹6,000, and 10 kW fits ₹6,000 to ₹13,000. Above ₹13,000 you are into commercial sizes. We confirm the size from your units and sanctioned load.
My village house has a sloping clay-tile roof. Can it carry solar panels?
Not directly on the tiles, which crack under foot traffic and fixings. The usual options are a raised steel frame anchored to the walls, a nearby RCC slab such as a shed or verandah roof, or a ground mount in the yard. The survey tells you which is sound.
Will trees around my roof reduce output in Chhota Udaipur?
They can, noticeably. This is wooded country, and a large tree shading the array through the early morning cuts output every day of the year. We map shade at the survey and either place panels on the clear part of the roof or recommend a smaller system.

Installation & service

How long does installation take in Chhota Udaipur?
Two to four days on site for a home system once MGVCL approval is through. From first call to generation usually takes four to eight weeks, and most of that time is spent on approvals rather than on your roof. Larger commercial sheds take longer.
Can the system cope with heavy monsoon rain and flooding?
It should, if it is built for it. We use galvanised structures and seal every cable entry. The inverter and junction boxes go well above any likely water level, and the frame drains so water never stands under the modules. Ask any installer how they handle each of those.
Who fixes a fault once the system is running?
Our field team. Modules are Adani, supplied through our authorised channel partnership, and inverters are Qbits, made by our own group. Serial numbers are on your Bill of Materials, so a warranty claim goes straight to a known manufacturer rather than to an importer nobody can trace.

About Heaven Green

Is Heaven Green Energy a solar company with an office in Chhota Udaipur?
No. Our only office is at Mota Varachha in Surat. Chhota Udaipur is served through our channel partner network and field engineering team, who survey, supervise installation and deal with MGVCL. We tell you this upfront so there is no surprise later about where support comes from.
What should I compare when choosing a solar installer in Chhota Udaipur?
Ask each one for a written Bill of Materials, the MGVCL sub-division they will file with, how they handle monsoon sealing and the cleaning plan. We have installed since 2017, passed 10,000 installations and give all four in writing. Weigh any quote against that list.
Nearby

We also install around Chhota Udaipur.

Every city we cover is listed in the solar by location directory.

Free Chhota Udaipur site survey No advance payment, no obligation Get my quote
Call WhatsApp