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- LGD code
- 507260
- Pincode
- 370465
- Post office
- Kachchh Mandvi
- Population
- 1,636
- Households
- 358
- Literacy rate
- 53.7%
- Sex ratio
- 978 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 706
- Distance to district centre
- 457 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 346 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 305 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 210 km
- Nearest railway station
- Waghai · 38 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Kiran C Patel Multispeciality Hospital · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Don compares
By population, Don ranks #31 of 94 villages in Mandvi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.7%
−9.4% vs mandal average
- Don
- 53.7%
- Mandvi mandal
- 63.1%
- Kachchh district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
978
+27 vs mandal average
- Don
- 978
- Mandvi mandal
- 951
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Don
- 4.6
- Mandvi mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Don at a glance
Don is a village of 1,636 people in 358 households (Census 2011) in Mandvi taluka, Kachchh district, Gujarat, the 31st-largest of 94 villages in Mandvi taluka. Literacy is 54%, 9 points below the taluka average, and the sex ratio is 978 women per 1,000 men. It lies 457 km from the Kachchh district centre, 40 km from Samode, the nearest town, 38 km from Waghai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 370465, served by Kachchh Mandvi post office; the LGD village code is 507260. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Kiran C Patel Multispeciality Hospital, 18 km away. The village votes in Rajkot Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhanuben Manoharbhai Babariya. The population is estimated at 1,381 in 2026, down 16% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Don →
Key facts — Don
- LGD code
- 507260
- Pincode
- 370465
- Post office
- Kachchh Mandvi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,636
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,381
- Households
- 358
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 978
- Literacy rate
- 53.7%
- Coordinates
- 20.72413°N, 73.86549°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajkot Rural
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhanuben Manoharbhai Babariya
- Block / Mandal
- Mandvi
- Nearest PHC
- Sree Hari Clinic (461.9 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Bhachau (461.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Don
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar305 kmcapital
- Mumbai210 km
- Hyderabad611 km
- Delhi940 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationWaghai38 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Kiran C Patel Multispeciality Hospital18 km
- ATM / bankBaroda Gujarat Gramin Bank20 km
- Petrol pumpFuel21 km
- Police stationSaputara Police Station20 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)