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Village snapshot
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- LGD code
- 516979
- Pincode
- 388450
- Post office
- Petlad
- Population
- 1,382
- Households
- 271
- Literacy rate
- 85.4%
- Sex ratio
- 909 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 600
Census 2011 · in context
How Shekhadi compares
By population, Shekhadi ranks #55 of 55 villages in Petlad mandal — the smallest.
Literacy rate
%
85.4%
+10.3% vs mandal average
- Shekhadi
- 85.4%
- Petlad mandal
- 75.1%
- Anand district
- 74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
909
−9 vs mandal average
- Shekhadi
- 909
- Petlad mandal
- 918
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Shekhadi
- 5.1
- Petlad mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shekhadi at a glance
Shekhadi is a village of 1,382 people in 271 households (Census 2011) in Petlad taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, the 55th-largest of 55 villages in Petlad taluka. Literacy is 85%, 10 points above the taluka average, and the sex ratio is 909 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 388450, served by Petlad post office; the LGD village code is 516979. The village votes in Matar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpeshbhai Ashabhai Parmar. The population is estimated at 1,629 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Shekhadi →
Key facts — Shekhadi
- LGD code
- 516979
- Pincode
- 388450
- Post office
- Petlad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,382
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,629
- Households
- 271
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 909
- Literacy rate
- 85.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kheda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Matar
- Member of Parliament
- Devusinh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalpeshbhai Ashabhai Parmar
- Block / Mandal
- Petlad
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View all 55+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-05
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)