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- LGD code
- 514818
- Pincode
- 362245
- Post office
- Malia Hatina
- Population
- 797
- Households
- 167
- Literacy rate
- 68.5%
- Sex ratio
- 880 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 570
Census 2011 · in context
How Sakrana compares
By population, Sakrana ranks #56 of 59 villages in Mangrol mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.5%
+5.4% vs mandal average
- Sakrana
- 68.5%
- Mangrol mandal
- 63.1%
- Junagadh district
- 67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
880
−67 vs mandal average
- Sakrana
- 880
- Mangrol mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Sakrana
- 4.8
- Mangrol mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sakrana at a glance
Sakrana is a village of 797 people in 167 households (Census 2011) in Mangrol taluka, Junagadh district, Gujarat, the 56th-largest of 59 villages in Mangrol taluka. Literacy is 69%, 5 points above the taluka average of 63% and the sex ratio is 880 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 362245, served by Malia Hatina post office; the LGD village code is 514818. The village votes in Amreli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kaushik Kantibhai Vekariya. The population is estimated at 940 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sakrana
- 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
- 1
- 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
- MANGROL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 59
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SAKRANA
- Total area (ha)
- 378.17
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 200
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sakrana
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sakrana
- LGD code
- 514818
- Pincode
- 362245
- Post office
- Malia Hatina
- Population (Census 2011)
- 797
- Population (projected 2026)
- 940
- Households
- 167
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 880
- Literacy rate
- 68.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Amreli
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Amreli
- Member of Parliament
- Bharatbhai Sutariya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kaushik Kantibhai Vekariya
- Block / Mandal
- Mangrol
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 362245
- JuthalMalia Hatina mandal5,854 pop
- BhanduriMalia Hatina mandal5,743 pop
- ShergadhKeshod mandal4,755 pop
- Amrapur GirMalia Hatina mandal4,026 pop
- GalodarMalia Hatina mandal3,692 pop
- ArenaMangrol mandal2,975 pop
- LathodraMalia Hatina mandal2,874 pop
- VirdiMalia Hatina mandal2,593 pop
- BabraMalia Hatina mandal2,363 pop
Other villages in Mangrol mandal
View all 59+ →Sources & freshness
- 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)