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- LGD code
- 514857
- Pincode
- 362245
- Post office
- Malia Hatina
- Population
- 1,343
- Households
- 252
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Sex ratio
- 966 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 696
- Distance to district centre
- 59 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 70 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 215 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 330 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lathi · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shubham Clinic · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dudhala compares
By population, Dudhala ranks #44 of 67 villages in Malia Hatina mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.7%
+0.3% vs mandal average
- Dudhala
- 66.7%
- Malia Hatina mandal
- 66.4%
- Junagadh district
- 67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
966
+16 vs mandal average
- Dudhala
- 966
- Malia Hatina mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
5.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Dudhala
- 5.3
- Malia Hatina mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dudhala at a glance
Dudhala is a village of 1,343 people in 252 households (Census 2011) in Malia Hatina taluka, Junagadh district, Gujarat, the 44th-largest of 67 villages in Malia Hatina taluka. Literacy is 67%, about the same as the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 966 women per 1,000 men. It lies 59 km from the Junagadh district centre, 43 km from Atkot, the nearest town, 7 km from Lathi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 362245, served by Malia Hatina post office; the LGD village code is 514857. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shubham Clinic, 5 km away. The village votes in Visavadar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhupendrabhai Gandubhai Bhayani. The population is estimated at 1,583 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dudhala
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KESHOD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DUDHALA
- Total area (ha)
- 382.45
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 192.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Dudhala
- LGD code
- 514857
- Pincode
- 362245
- Post office
- Malia Hatina
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,343
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,583
- Households
- 252
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 966
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Coordinates
- 21.68000°N, 71.36000°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Junagadh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Visavadar
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Chudasama
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhupendrabhai Gandubhai Bhayani
- Block / Mandal
- Malia Hatina
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. Thummar Clinic (73.7 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Vavdi (63.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Dudhala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar215 kmcapital
- Mumbai330 km
- Hyderabad886 km
- Delhi970 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLathi7 km
- Hospital / PHCShubham Clinic5 km
- ATM / banksaurashtra gramin bank, keriyachad29 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum5 km
- Police stationpalitana town station51 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)