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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
NM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
nanbai manek
Contact: 84****3262
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- LGD code
- 513478
- Pincode
- 361335
- Post office
- Dwarka
- Population
- 1,126
- Households
- 190
- Literacy rate
- 53.6%
- Sex ratio
- 982 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 370
- Distance to district centre
- 81 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 386 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 529 km
- Nearest railway station
- Baradiya · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Vraj Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vachhu compares
By population, Vachhu ranks #16 of 39 villages in Okhamandal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.6%
+7.8% vs mandal average
- Vachhu
- 53.6%
- Okhamandal mandal
- 45.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
982
+26 vs mandal average
- Vachhu
- 982
- Okhamandal mandal
- 956
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Vachhu
- 5.9
- Okhamandal mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vachhu at a glance
Vachhu is a village of 1,126 people in 190 households (Census 2011) in Okhamandal taluka, Devbhumi Dwarka district, Gujarat, the 16th-largest of 39 villages in Okhamandal taluka. Literacy is 54%, 8 points above the taluka average of 46% and the sex ratio is 982 women per 1,000 men. It lies 81 km from the Devbhumi Dwarka district centre, 27 km from Bhatiya, the nearest town, 1 km from Baradiya railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 361335, served by Dwarka post office; the LGD village code is 513478. The nearest hospital or health centre is Vraj Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is nanbai manek, and the village votes in Dwarka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pabubha Virambha Manek. The population is estimated at 1,328 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Vachhu →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vachhu · this village | 1,126 | 54% | — |
| Baradia · Okhamandal | 2,087 | 49% | 1.7 km W |
| Dhinaki · Okhamandal | 860 | 44% | 3.6 km E |
| Gorinja · Okhamandal | 1,231 | 48% | 4.5 km SE |
| Mota Bhavda · Okhamandal | 721 | 36% | 5.6 km NE |
| Lovrali · Okhamandal | 255 | 43% | 5.7 km E |
| Navi Dhrevad · Okhamandal | 492 | 41% | 6.5 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vachhu
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 4
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DWARKA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 130
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VACHCHHU
- Total area (ha)
- 2,071.46
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vachhu
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Key facts — Vachhu
- LGD code
- 513478
- Pincode
- 361335
- Post office
- Dwarka
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,126
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,328
- Households
- 190
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 982
- Literacy rate
- 53.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.19615°N, 69.03637°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jamnagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dwarka
- Member of Parliament
- Poonamben Maadam
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pabubha Virambha Manek
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- nanbai manek
- Block / Mandal
- Okhamandal
- Nearest railway station
- Gorinja (2.3 km)
Getting there
How to reach Vachhu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar386 kmcapital
- Mumbai529 km
- Delhi1087 km
- Hyderabad1124 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBaradiya1 km
- Bus stopDwaravati - Mokshdwar8 km
- Hospital / PHCVraj Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankCENTRAL BANK OF INDIA - ATM9 km
- Petrol pumpDivyapath Petroleum Guragadh16 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Gorinja2.3 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Vachhu
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕શ્રીચન્દ્રમૌલેશ્વર મહાદેવTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Vachradada.mandirTemple1.6 km ↗
- 🛕Shitala Mataji TempleTemple1.7 km ↗
- 🛕Rama Lakshamana TemplesTemple1.7 km ↗
- 🛕Jay alakh devTemple1.7 km ↗
- 🛕ચૌહાણ પરિવારનો મઢTemple1.7 km ↗
- 🛕બાલવી માતાજી નું મંદિર balvi maa mandir बालवी मां मंदिरTemple1.8 km ↗
- 🛕Ram templeTemple1.8 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 361335
- VaravalaOkhamandal mandal11,955 pop
- BaradiaOkhamandal mandal2,087 pop
- VasaiOkhamandal mandal1,951 pop
- GadhechiOkhamandal mandal1,805 pop
- PositraOkhamandal mandal1,719 pop
- TupaniOkhamandal mandal1,603 pop
- GoriyaliOkhamandal mandal1,490 pop
- ShamlasarOkhamandal mandal1,251 pop
- GorinjaOkhamandal mandal1,231 pop
Villages near Vachhu
Other villages in Okhamandal mandal
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)