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Village snapshot
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- LGD code
- 513693
- Pincode
- 363655
- Post office
- Amran
- Population
- 990
- Households
- 196
- Literacy rate
- 58.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1067 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 284
- Distance to district centre
- 41 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 15 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 227 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 484 km
- Nearest railway station
- Navlakhi · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Diamondnagar Government Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhimkata compares
By population, Bhimkata ranks #21 of 37 villages in Jodiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.5%
−3.9% vs mandal average
- Bhimkata
- 58.5%
- Jodiya mandal
- 62.4%
- Jamnagar district
- 64.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,067
+92 vs mandal average
- Bhimkata
- 1,067
- Jodiya mandal
- 975
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Bhimkata
- 5.1
- Jodiya mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhimkata at a glance
Bhimkata is a village of 990 people in 196 households (Census 2011) in Jodiya taluka, Jamnagar district, Gujarat, the 21st-largest of 37 villages in Jodiya taluka. Literacy is 59%, 4 points below the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,067 women per 1,000 men. It lies 41 km from the Jamnagar district centre, 20 km from Jodiya, the nearest town, 18 km from Navlakhi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 363655, served by Amran post office; the LGD village code is 513693. Mapped within or next to the village: post office. The village votes in Kalavad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chavda Meghjibhai Amarabhai. The population is estimated at 1,167 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhimkata
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MORVI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 42
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHIMKATA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,212.77
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Bhimkata
- LGD code
- 513693
- Pincode
- 363655
- Post office
- Amran
- Population (Census 2011)
- 990
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,167
- Households
- 196
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1067
- Literacy rate
- 58.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.79891°N, 70.46528°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jamnagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalavad
- Member of Parliament
- Poonamben Maadam
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chavda Meghjibhai Amarabhai
- Block / Mandal
- Jodiya
- Nearest post office
- BHIMKATA POST OFFICE (0.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Bhimkata
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar227 kmcapital
- Mumbai484 km
- Delhi935 km
- Hyderabad1031 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNavlakhi18 km
- Bus stopDUDHAI4 km
- Hospital / PHCDiamondnagar Government Hospital10 km
- ATM / bankSahkari Mandli Bharatnagar37 km
- Petrol pumpESSAR11 km
- CollegeG M Patel Girls School & Collage27 km
- Police stationDhrol Police Station26 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- DUDHAI3.7 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Post office
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bhimkata
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕JAMSAR TEMPLETemple3.3 km ↗
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View all 36 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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