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Village snapshot
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
parmar divyeshbhai
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- LGD code
- 516913
- Pincode
- 388360
- Post office
- Samarkha
- Population
- 22,712
- Households
- 4,612
- Literacy rate
- 75.4%
- Sex ratio
- 951 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 9,843
- Distance to district centre
- 38 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 77 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 393 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sadanapura · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sankalp Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Samarkha compares
By population, Samarkha ranks #1 of 37 villages in Anand Rural mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
75.4%
Same as the mandal average
Samarkha75.4%
Anand Rural mandal75.4%
Anand district74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
951
+25 vs mandal average
Samarkha951
Anand Rural mandal926
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.1 vs mandal average
Samarkha4.9
Anand Rural mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Samarkha at a glance
Samarkha is a village of 22,712 people in 4,612 households (Census 2011) in Anand Rural taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, the largest of 37 villages in Anand Rural taluka. Literacy is 75%, about the same as the taluka average of 75% and the sex ratio is 951 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Anand district centre, 4 km from Kasor, the nearest town, 3 km from Sadanapura railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 388360, served by Samarkha post office; the LGD village code is 516913. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sankalp Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is parmar divyeshbhai, and the village votes in Anand assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogesh R. Patel (Bapji). The population is estimated at 26,777 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Samarkha
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- 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
- 14
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 2
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 3
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- 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
- ANAND
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 6
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SAMARKHA
- Total area (ha)
- 2,127.07
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,744.04
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Samarkha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Samarkha
- LGD code
- 516913
- Pincode
- 388360
- Post office
- Samarkha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 22,712
- Population (projected 2026)
- 26,777
- Households
- 4,612
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 951
- Literacy rate
- 75.4%
- Coordinates
- 22.60484°N, 72.98300°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Member of Parliament
- Mitesh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogesh R. Patel (Bapji)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- parmar divyeshbhai
- Block / Mandal
- Anand Rural
- Nearest railway station
- Sadanapura (2.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Samarkha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar77 kmcapital
- Mumbai393 km
- Delhi791 km
- Hyderabad817 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSadanapura3 km
- Bus stopAnand New bus stand6 km
- Hospital / PHCSankalp Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank Of India16 km
- Petrol pumpHP6 km
- CollegeIRMA INSTITUTE OF RURAL MANAGEMENT7 km
- Police stationPolice Station15 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Sadanapura2.9 km
- Health centre
- Sankalp Hospitalunder 1 km
Villages near Samarkha
Other villages in Anand Rural mandal
View all 43+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)