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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
UMAR ABDULLA JAT
Contact: 96****3847
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- LGD code
- 506828
- Pincode
- 370030
- Post office
- Mankuwa
- Population
- 401
- Households
- 67
- Literacy rate
- 59.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1056 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 196
Census 2011 · in context
How Tankanasar compares
By population, Tankanasar ranks #115 of 159 villages in Bhuj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.9%
+9.6% vs mandal average
- Tankanasar
- 59.9%
- Bhuj mandal
- 50.3%
- Kachchh district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,056
+92 vs mandal average
- Tankanasar
- 1,056
- Bhuj mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
6.0
+1.3 vs mandal average
- Tankanasar
- 6.0
- Bhuj mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tankanasar at a glance
Tankanasar is a village of 401 people in 67 households (Census 2011) in Bhuj taluka, Kachchh district, Gujarat, the 115th-largest of 159 villages in Bhuj taluka. Literacy is 60%, 10 points above the taluka average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,056 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 370030, served by Mankuwa post office; the LGD village code is 506828. The sarpanch is UMAR ABDULLA JAT, and the village votes in Bhuj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Keshubhai Shivdas Patel. The population is estimated at 473 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sumarasar (Jat) →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tankanasar · this village | 401 | 60% | — |
| Sumarasar (Jatvali) · Bhuj | 805 | 36% | — |
| Pirvadi · Bhuj | 86 | 57% | — |
| Virai · Bhuj | 31 | 39% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tankanasar
- 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
- 0
- 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
- BHUJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SUMARASAR (JATVALI)
- Total area (ha)
- 1,168.93
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tankanasar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tankanasar
- LGD code
- 506828
- Pincode
- 370030
- Post office
- Mankuwa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 401
- Population (projected 2026)
- 473
- Households
- 67
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1056
- Literacy rate
- 59.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kachchh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhuj
- Member of Parliament
- Vinodbhai Chavda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Keshubhai Shivdas Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- UMAR ABDULLA JAT
- Block / Mandal
- Bhuj
- Nearest railway station
- Chirai (15.9 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 370030
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Tankanasar
Other villages in Bhuj mandal
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, 2026-05-15
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)