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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
fulll nameeea
Contact: 95****9007
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- LGD code
- 506917
- Pincode
- 370430
- Post office
- Kera
- Population
- 8,063
- Households
- 1,863
- Literacy rate
- 67.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1017 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,935
- Distance to district centre
- 59 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 66 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 311 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 561 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sukhpur · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Jesani Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kera compares
By population, Kera ranks #2 of 159 villages in Bhuj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.4%
+17.1% vs mandal average
- Kera
- 67.4%
- Bhuj mandal
- 50.3%
- Kachchh district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,017
+53 vs mandal average
- Kera
- 1,017
- Bhuj mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Kera
- 4.3
- Bhuj mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kera at a glance
Kera is a village of 8,063 people in 1,863 households (Census 2011) in Bhuj taluka, Kachchh district, Gujarat, the 2nd-largest of 159 villages in Bhuj taluka. Literacy is 67%, 17 points above the taluka average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,017 women per 1,000 men. It lies 59 km from the Kachchh district centre, 45 km from Nakhatrana, the nearest town, 14 km from Sukhpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 370430, served by Kera post office; the LGD village code is 506917. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, anganwadi, post office. The sarpanch is fulll nameeea, and the village votes in Bhuj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Keshubhai Shivdas Patel. The population is estimated at 9,506 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kera
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KERA
- Total area (ha)
- 4,056.18
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 500
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kera
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kera
- LGD code
- 506917
- Pincode
- 370430
- Post office
- Kera
- Population (Census 2011)
- 8,063
- Population (projected 2026)
- 9,506
- Households
- 1,863
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1017
- Literacy rate
- 67.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.08504°N, 69.59942°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kachchh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhuj
- Member of Parliament
- Vinodbhai Chavda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Keshubhai Shivdas Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- fulll nameeea
- Block / Mandal
- Bhuj
- Nearest post office
- Kera Post Office (0.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kera
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar311 kmcapital
- Mumbai561 km
- Delhi978 km
- Hyderabad1123 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSukhpur14 km
- Bus stopKera Bus Station<1 km
- Hospital / PHCJesani Hospital2 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India15 km
- Petrol pumpBharat petroleum15 km
- CollegeJD INTERNATIONAL4 km
- Police stationPolice Chowki17 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Kera Bus Stationunder 1 km
- Health centre
- Jesani Hospital2.3 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
- ✓ Anganwadi
- ✓ Post office
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kera
5 Temples, 1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kera
4 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)