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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Lakshmiben Gandabhai Ram
Contact: 99****9288
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- LGD code
- 515995
- Pincode
- 365560
- Post office
- Rajula
- Population
- 4,185
- Households
- 730
- Literacy rate
- 50.5%
- Sex ratio
- 929 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,017
- Distance to district centre
- 115 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 124 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 277 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 256 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pipavav · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- GCW Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bherai compares
By population, Bherai ranks #5 of 72 villages in Rajula mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.5%
−6.2% vs mandal average
- Bherai
- 50.5%
- Rajula mandal
- 56.7%
- Amreli district
- 65.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
929
−38 vs mandal average
- Bherai
- 929
- Rajula mandal
- 967
Household size
people per home
5.7
Same as the mandal average
- Bherai
- 5.7
- Rajula mandal
- 5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bherai at a glance
Bherai is a village of 4,185 people in 730 households (Census 2011) in Rajula taluka, Amreli district, Gujarat, the 5th-largest of 72 villages in Rajula taluka. Literacy is 51%, 6 points below the taluka average of 57% and the sex ratio is 929 women per 1,000 men. It lies 115 km from the Amreli district centre, 31 km from Khambha, the nearest town, 4 km from Pipavav railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 365560, served by Rajula post office; the LGD village code is 515995. The nearest hospital or health centre is GCW Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Lakshmiben Gandabhai Ram, and the village votes in Jasdan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kunvarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya. The population is estimated at 4,934 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bherai
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- RAJULA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHERAI
- Total area (ha)
- 2,996.08
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 11.13
- Forest area (ha)
- 595.44
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bherai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bherai
- LGD code
- 515995
- Pincode
- 365560
- Post office
- Rajula
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,185
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,934
- Households
- 730
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 929
- Literacy rate
- 50.5%
- Coordinates
- 20.96667°N, 71.48333°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jasdan
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kunvarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Lakshmiben Gandabhai Ram
- Block / Mandal
- Rajula
Getting there
How to reach Bherai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar277 kmcapital
- Mumbai256 km
- Hyderabad836 km
- Delhi1028 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPipavav4 km
- Hospital / PHCGCW Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India32 km
- Petrol pumpJio BP petrol bunk5 km
- Police stationPolice Station Diu58 km
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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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)