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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
jashiben somabhai nagesh
Contact: 97****3068
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- LGD code
- 513451
- Pincode
- 361335
- Post office
- Dwarka
- Population
- 1,719
- Households
- 314
- Literacy rate
- 41.1%
- Sex ratio
- 912 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 564
- Distance to district centre
- 71 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 17 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 367 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 533 km
- Nearest railway station
- Okha · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Okha · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Positra compares
By population, Positra ranks #7 of 39 villages in Okhamandal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.1%
−4.7% vs mandal average
- Positra
- 41.1%
- Okhamandal mandal
- 45.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
912
−44 vs mandal average
- Positra
- 912
- Okhamandal mandal
- 956
Household size
people per home
5.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Positra
- 5.5
- Okhamandal mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Positra at a glance
Positra is a village of 1,719 people in 314 households (Census 2011) in Okhamandal taluka, Devbhumi Dwarka district, Gujarat, the 7th-largest of 39 villages in Okhamandal taluka. Literacy is 41%, 5 points below the taluka average of 46% and the sex ratio is 912 women per 1,000 men. It lies 71 km from the Devbhumi Dwarka district centre, 35 km from Bhatiya, the nearest town, 13 km from Okha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 361335, served by Dwarka post office; the LGD village code is 513451. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Okha, 14 km away. The sarpanch is jashiben somabhai nagesh, and the village votes in Dwarka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pabubha Virambha Manek. The population is estimated at 2,027 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Positra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- 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
- 3
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MITHAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 170
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- POSITRA
- Total area (ha)
- 4,476.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 109
- Forest area (ha)
- 1,570.18
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Positra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Positra
- LGD code
- 513451
- Pincode
- 361335
- Post office
- Dwarka
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,719
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,027
- Households
- 314
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 912
- Literacy rate
- 41.1%
- Coordinates
- 22.39464°N, 69.17337°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jamnagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dwarka
- Member of Parliament
- Poonamben Maadam
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pabubha Virambha Manek
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- jashiben somabhai nagesh
- Block / Mandal
- Okhamandal
- Nearest police station
- Meghpar Police Station (66.3 km)
- Nearest PHC
- Siddhi Cinic (77.7 km)
- Nearest bank
- ICICI (91.6 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Moti Khawdi (71.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Positra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar367 kmcapital
- Mumbai533 km
- Delhi1062 km
- Hyderabad1121 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationOkha13 km
- Bus stopBhimrana18 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Okha14 km
- ATM / bankCENTRAL BANK OF INDIA - ATM27 km
- Petrol pumpReliance petrol18 km
Same pincode
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- VaravalaOkhamandal mandal11,955 pop
- BaradiaOkhamandal mandal2,087 pop
- VasaiOkhamandal mandal1,951 pop
- GadhechiOkhamandal mandal1,805 pop
- TupaniOkhamandal mandal1,603 pop
- GoriyaliOkhamandal mandal1,490 pop
- ShamlasarOkhamandal mandal1,251 pop
- GorinjaOkhamandal mandal1,231 pop
- RajparaOkhamandal mandal1,223 pop
Villages near Positra
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View all 44+ →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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)