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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
tadvi rashikbhai r
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- LGD code
- 520907
- Pincode
- 391145
- Post office
- Sankheda
- Population
- 463
- Households
- 102
- Literacy rate
- 68%
- Sex ratio
- 845 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 164
- Distance to district centre
- 168 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 188 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 230 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 293 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khandbara · 28 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Arihant Clinic · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chandpur compares
By population, Chandpur ranks #74 of 118 villages in Sankheda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.0%
+4.6% vs mandal average
- Chandpur
- 68.0%
- Sankheda mandal
- 63.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
845
−84 vs mandal average
- Chandpur
- 845
- Sankheda mandal
- 929
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Chandpur
- 4.5
- Sankheda mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chandpur at a glance
Chandpur is a village of 463 people in 102 households (Census 2011) in Sankheda taluka, Chhotaudepur district, Gujarat, the 74th-largest of 118 villages in Sankheda taluka. Literacy is 68%, 5 points above the taluka average of 63% and the sex ratio is 845 women per 1,000 men. It lies 168 km from the Chhotaudepur district centre, 13 km from Shale, the nearest town, 28 km from Khandbara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 391145, served by Sankheda post office; the LGD village code is 520907. The nearest hospital or health centre is Arihant Clinic, 10 km away. The sarpanch is tadvi rashikbhai r , and the village votes in Sojitra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai. The population is estimated at 546 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chandpur
- 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
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BODELI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 39
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KATHOLI
- Total area (ha)
- 98.72
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 25
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chandpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chandpur
- LGD code
- 520907
- Pincode
- 391145
- Post office
- Sankheda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 463
- Population (projected 2026)
- 546
- Households
- 102
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 845
- Literacy rate
- 68.0%
- Coordinates
- 21.52201°N, 73.91488°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sojitra
- Member of Parliament
- Mitesh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- tadvi rashikbhai r
- Block / Mandal
- Sankheda
Getting there
How to reach Chandpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar230 kmcapital
- Mumbai293 km
- Hyderabad664 km
- Delhi855 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhandbara28 km
- Hospital / PHCArihant Clinic10 km
- ATM / bankBank of baroda31 km
- CollegeACS Seniors College, Taloda31 km
- Police stationPolice Station Taloda31 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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