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- LGD code
- 507186
- Pincode
- 370490
- Post office
- Dumara
- Population
- 1,758
- Households
- 381
- Literacy rate
- 65.2%
- Sex ratio
- 973 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 782
- Distance to district centre
- 120 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 46 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 373 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 596 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kothara · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shivam Hospital · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sandhan compares
By population, Sandhan ranks #14 of 136 villages in Abdasa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.2%
+8.6% vs mandal average
- Sandhan
- 65.2%
- Abdasa mandal
- 56.6%
- Kachchh district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
973
+58 vs mandal average
- Sandhan
- 973
- Abdasa mandal
- 915
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Sandhan
- 4.6
- Abdasa mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sandhan at a glance
Sandhan is a village of 1,758 people in 381 households (Census 2011) in Abdasa taluka, Kachchh district, Gujarat, the 14th-largest of 136 villages in Abdasa taluka. Literacy is 65%, 9 points above the taluka average of 57% and the sex ratio is 973 women per 1,000 men. It lies 120 km from the Kachchh district centre, 46 km from Nakhatrana, the nearest town, 13 km from Kothara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 370490, served by Dumara post office; the LGD village code is 507186. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shivam Hospital, 14 km away. The village votes in Mandvi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Aniruddha Bhailal Dave. The population is estimated at 2,073 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sandhan
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BHUJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 80
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SANDHAN
- Total area (ha)
- 3,846.09
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 25.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Sandhan
- LGD code
- 507186
- Pincode
- 370490
- Post office
- Dumara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,758
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,073
- Households
- 381
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 973
- Literacy rate
- 65.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.02113°N, 68.99242°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kachchh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mandvi
- Member of Parliament
- Vinodbhai Chavda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Aniruddha Bhailal Dave
- Block / Mandal
- Abdasa
- Nearest PHC
- Life Care Clinic (36.7 km)
- Nearest railway station
- West Port (64.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Sandhan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar373 kmcapital
- Mumbai596 km
- Delhi1031 km
- Hyderabad1172 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKothara13 km
- Hospital / PHCShivam Hospital14 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda32 km
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Villages near Sandhan
Other villages in Abdasa mandal
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- Kothara
- Jakhau
- Bhanada
- Vayor
- Mothala
- Vinjhan
- Suthari
- Dumra
- Varadiya
- Tera
- Ber Moti
- Rampar
- Khirsara(Kothara)
- Naredi
- Bitta
- Nundhatad
- Lala
- Vanku
- Khirsara (Vinjhan)
- Gadhvala Vada
- Sudadhro Moti
- Jana-Kosa
- Charopdi Moti
- Reladiya Manjal
- Rava
- Butta (Abdawali)
- Bandiya
- Arikhana
- Raydhanjar
- Vadapaddhar
- Vagapaddhar
- Dhufi Moti
- Prajau
- Lathedi
- Sindhodi Moti
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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)