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- LGD code
- 513717
- Pincode
- 361250
- Post office
- Jodia
- Population
- 1,575
- Households
- 351
- Literacy rate
- 72.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1024 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 787
- Distance to district centre
- 126 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 145 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 95 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 435 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lakhtar · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mahavir Clinic · 19 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Lakhtar compares
By population, Lakhtar ranks #13 of 37 villages in Jodiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.3%
+9.9% vs mandal average
- Lakhtar
- 72.3%
- Jodiya mandal
- 62.4%
- Jamnagar district
- 64.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,024
+49 vs mandal average
- Lakhtar
- 1,024
- Jodiya mandal
- 975
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Lakhtar
- 4.5
- Jodiya mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lakhtar at a glance
Lakhtar is a village of 1,575 people in 351 households (Census 2011) in Jodiya taluka, Jamnagar district, Gujarat, the 13th-largest of 37 villages in Jodiya taluka. Literacy is 72%, 10 points above the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,024 women per 1,000 men. It lies 126 km from the Jamnagar district centre, 0 km from Lakhtar, the nearest town, 2 km from Lakhtar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 361250, served by Jodia post office; the LGD village code is 513717. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mahavir Clinic, 19 km away. The village votes in Kalavad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chavda Meghjibhai Amarabhai. The population is estimated at 1,857 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Lakhtar
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHROL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- LAKHTAR
- Total area (ha)
- 926.17
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 389
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Lakhtar
- LGD code
- 513717
- Pincode
- 361250
- Post office
- Jodia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,575
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,857
- Households
- 351
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1024
- Literacy rate
- 72.3%
- Coordinates
- 22.85533°N, 71.79169°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 railway station
- Lakhtar (2.5 km)
Getting there
How to reach Lakhtar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar95 kmcapital
- Mumbai435 km
- Delhi839 km
- Hyderabad926 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLakhtar2 km
- Hospital / PHCMahavir Clinic19 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India20 km
- Petrol pumpBharat petroleum petrol pump<1 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Lakhtar2.5 km
- Petrol pump
- Bharat petroleum petrol pumpunder 1 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)