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- LGD code
- 506539
- Pincode
- 370165
- Post office
- Rahpar
- Population
- 5,855
- Households
- 1,067
- Literacy rate
- 31.2%
- Sex ratio
- 943 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,915
- Distance to district centre
- 101 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 72 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 201 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 561 km
- Nearest railway station
- Padampur · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nokari · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gedi compares
By population, Gedi ranks #6 of 97 villages in Rapar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
31.2%
−11.6% vs mandal average
- Gedi
- 31.2%
- Rapar mandal
- 42.8%
- Kachchh district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
943
−11 vs mandal average
- Gedi
- 943
- Rapar mandal
- 954
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Gedi
- 5.5
- Rapar mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gedi at a glance
Gedi is a village of 5,855 people in 1,067 households (Census 2011) in Rapar taluka, Kachchh district, Gujarat, the 6th-largest of 97 villages in Rapar taluka. Literacy is 31%, 12 points below the taluka average of 43% and the sex ratio is 943 women per 1,000 men. It lies 101 km from the Kachchh district centre, 24 km from Padampur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 370165, served by Rahpar post office; the LGD village code is 506539. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nokari, 16 km away. The village votes in Morbi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Amrutiya Kantilal Shivlal. The population is estimated at 6,903 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gedi
- 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
- 3
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 2
- 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
- RAPAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 172
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GEDI
- Total area (ha)
- 11,875.28
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Gedi
- LGD code
- 506539
- Pincode
- 370165
- Post office
- Rahpar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,855
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,903
- Households
- 1,067
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 943
- Literacy rate
- 31.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.70992°N, 70.73977°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kachchh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Morbi
- Member of Parliament
- Vinodbhai Chavda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Amrutiya Kantilal Shivlal
- Block / Mandal
- Rapar
- Nearest railway station
- Vavaniya (79.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Gedi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar201 kmcapital
- Mumbai561 km
- Delhi845 km
- Hyderabad1070 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPadampur24 km
- Hospital / PHCNokari16 km
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- Selari
- Ramvav
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- Umaiya
- Sai
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- Suvai
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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)