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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ushaben patel
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- LGD code
- 520882
- Pincode
- 391140
- Post office
- Kosindra
- Population
- 1,083
- Households
- 267
- Literacy rate
- 66.6%
- Sex ratio
- 893 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 587
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 54 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 81 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 388 km
- Nearest railway station
- Anand Junction · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Matruchhaya Clinic and Child Care · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chikhodra compares
By population, Chikhodra ranks #50 of 150 villages in Bodeli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.6%
+8.1% vs mandal average
- Chikhodra
- 66.6%
- Bodeli mandal
- 58.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
893
−48 vs mandal average
- Chikhodra
- 893
- Bodeli mandal
- 941
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Chikhodra
- 4.1
- Bodeli mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chikhodra at a glance
Chikhodra is a village of 1,083 people in 267 households (Census 2011) in Bodeli taluka, Chhotaudepur district, Gujarat, the 50th-largest of 150 villages in Bodeli taluka. Literacy is 67%, 8 points above the taluka average of 59% and the sex ratio is 893 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Chhotaudepur district centre, 0 km from Chikhodra, the nearest town, 4 km from Anand Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 391140, served by Kosindra post office; the LGD village code is 520882. The nearest hospital or health centre is Matruchhaya Clinic and Child Care, <1 km away. The sarpanch is ushaben patel, and the village votes in Mehmedabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arjunsinh Udesinh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 1,277 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chikhodra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- 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
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BODELI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHIKHODRA
- Total area (ha)
- 457.17
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 228
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chikhodra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chikhodra
- LGD code
- 520882
- Pincode
- 391140
- Post office
- Kosindra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,083
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,277
- Households
- 267
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 893
- Literacy rate
- 66.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.56667°N, 73.00000°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kheda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mehmedabad
- Member of Parliament
- Devusinh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arjunsinh Udesinh Chauhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ushaben patel
- Block / Mandal
- Bodeli
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. Sharma's Cancer Clinic (3.6 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Anand Junction (3.5 km)
Getting there
How to reach Chikhodra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar81 kmcapital
- Mumbai388 km
- Delhi794 km
- Hyderabad813 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAnand Junction4 km
- Bus stopAnand New bus stand5 km
- Hospital / PHCMatruchhaya Clinic and Child Care<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank Of India20 km
- Petrol pumpHP6 km
- CollegeIRMA INSTITUTE OF RURAL MANAGEMENT4 km
- Police stationPolice Station19 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Anand Junction3.5 km
- Health centre
- Purohit Orthopaedic Hospital3.6 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Chikhodra
6 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Chikhodra
6 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)