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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
rameshbhai shantibhai khachar
Contact: 97****5434
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- LGD code
- 515431
- Pincode
- 365421
- Post office
- Babra (Amreli)
- Population
- 2,294
- Households
- 365
- Literacy rate
- 48.7%
- Sex ratio
- 857 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,126
- Distance to district centre
- 50 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 76 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 244 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 327 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sajiyavadar · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Seva Bhakti Clinic · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vankiya compares
By population, Vankiya ranks #22 of 56 villages in Babra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.7%
−12.7% vs mandal average
- Vankiya
- 48.7%
- Babra mandal
- 61.4%
- Amreli district
- 65.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
857
−106 vs mandal average
- Vankiya
- 857
- Babra mandal
- 963
Household size
people per home
6.3
+1.0 vs mandal average
- Vankiya
- 6.3
- Babra mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vankiya at a glance
Vankiya is a village of 2,294 people in 365 households (Census 2011) in Babra taluka, Amreli district, Gujarat, the 22nd-largest of 56 villages in Babra taluka. Literacy is 49%, 13 points below the taluka average of 61% and the sex ratio is 857 women per 1,000 men. It lies 50 km from the Amreli district centre, 24 km from Dhari, the nearest town, 5 km from Sajiyavadar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 365421, served by Babra (Amreli) post office; the LGD village code is 515431. The nearest hospital or health centre is Seva Bhakti Clinic, 7 km away. The sarpanch is rameshbhai shantibhai khachar, and the village votes in Jasdan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kunvarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya. The population is estimated at 2,705 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vankiya
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JASDAN
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 47
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VANKIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,819.24
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 450
- Forest area (ha)
- 226.6
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Vankiya
- LGD code
- 515431
- Pincode
- 365421
- Post office
- Babra (Amreli)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,294
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,705
- Households
- 365
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 857
- Literacy rate
- 48.7%
- Coordinates
- 21.51673°N, 71.13541°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jasdan
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kunvarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- rameshbhai shantibhai khachar
- Block / Mandal
- Babra
Getting there
How to reach Vankiya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar244 kmcapital
- Mumbai327 km
- Hyderabad897 km
- Delhi998 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSajiyavadar5 km
- Bus stopAMARAPUR15 km
- Hospital / PHCSeva Bhakti Clinic7 km
- ATM / banksaurashtra gramin bank, keriyachad8 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum9 km
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View all 57+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)