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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BHARTABHAI RAMABHAI KATARA
Contact: 97****2748
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- LGD code
- 519471
- Pincode
- 389151
- Post office
- Dahod R.S
- Population
- 2,585
- Households
- 419
- Literacy rate
- 36.3%
- Sex ratio
- 975 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,272
- Distance to district centre
- 211 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 169 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 244 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 327 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sajiyavadar · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Seva Bhakti Clinic · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vankiya compares
By population, Vankiya ranks #53 of 86 villages in Dohad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.3%
−3.2% vs mandal average
- Vankiya
- 36.3%
- Dohad mandal
- 39.5%
- Dahod district
- 47.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
975
−21 vs mandal average
- Vankiya
- 975
- Dohad mandal
- 996
Household size
people per home
6.2
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Vankiya
- 6.2
- Dohad mandal
- 7.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vankiya at a glance
Vankiya is a village of 2,585 people in 419 households (Census 2011) in Dohad taluka, Dahod district, Gujarat, the 53rd-largest of 86 villages in Dohad taluka. Literacy is 36%, 3 points below the taluka average of 40% and the sex ratio is 975 women per 1,000 men. It lies 211 km from the Dahod district centre, 24 km from Dhari, the nearest town, 5 km from Sajiyavadar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 389151, served by Dahod R.S post office; the LGD village code is 519471. The nearest hospital or health centre is Seva Bhakti Clinic, 7 km away. The sarpanch is BHARTABHAI RAMABHAI KATARA, and the village votes in Khambhat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chirag Patel. The population is estimated at 3,048 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vankiya
- 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
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DOHAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VANKIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 292.32
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vankiya
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Key facts — Vankiya
- LGD code
- 519471
- Pincode
- 389151
- Post office
- Dahod R.S
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,585
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,048
- Households
- 419
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 975
- Literacy rate
- 36.3%
- Coordinates
- 21.51673°N, 71.13541°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khambhat
- Member of Parliament
- Mitesh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chirag Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BHARTABHAI RAMABHAI KATARA
- Block / Mandal
- Dohad
Getting there
How to reach Vankiya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar244 kmcapital
- Mumbai327 km
- Hyderabad897 km
- Delhi998 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSajiyavadar5 km
- Bus stopAMARAPUR15 km
- Hospital / PHCSeva Bhakti Clinic7 km
- ATM / banksaurashtra gramin bank, keriyachad8 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum9 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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