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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
LG
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LABHUBEN GANDU BHAI SADARIYA
Contact: 98****9316
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- LGD code
- 512829
- Pincode
- 363621
- Post office
- Wankaner
- Population
- 2,279
- Households
- 375
- Literacy rate
- 65.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1004 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 959
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 35 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 197 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 433 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kanakot · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nr Doshi Eye Hospital(Devdaya Cheritable Trust) · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kankot compares
By population, Kankot ranks #21 of 99 villages in Wankaner mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.5%
+5.0% vs mandal average
- Kankot
- 65.5%
- Wankaner mandal
- 60.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,004
+37 vs mandal average
- Kankot
- 1,004
- Wankaner mandal
- 967
Household size
people per home
6.1
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Kankot
- 6.1
- Wankaner mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kankot at a glance
Kankot is a village of 2,279 people in 375 households (Census 2011) in Wankaner taluka, Morbi district, Gujarat, the 21st-largest of 99 villages in Wankaner taluka. Literacy is 66%, 5 points above the taluka average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,004 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Morbi district centre, 19 km from Navagam, the nearest town, under 1 km from Kanakot railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 363621, served by Wankaner post office; the LGD village code is 512829. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nr Doshi Eye Hospital(Devdaya Cheritable Trust), 14 km away. The sarpanch is LABHUBEN GANDU BHAI SADARIYA, and the village votes in Wankaner assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kantilal Somani. The population is estimated at 2,687 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kankot →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kankot · this village | 2,279 | 66% | — |
| Kankot · Rajkot | 1,451 | 71% | 0 km N |
| Kankot · Ghogha | 1,594 | 67% | 0 km N |
| Kankot · Mahuva | 556 | 67% | 0 km N |
| Khorana · Rajkot | 2,154 | 59% | 7.4 km SW |
| Pipaliyaraj · Wankaner | 4,218 | 68% | 9.8 km NW |
| Panch Dwarka · Wankaner | 2,729 | 65% | 10.5 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kankot
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- WANKANER
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KANKOT
- Total area (ha)
- 1,316.56
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 408
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kankot
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kankot
- LGD code
- 512829
- Pincode
- 363621
- Post office
- Wankaner
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,279
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,687
- Households
- 375
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1004
- Literacy rate
- 65.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.48827°N, 70.87869°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Wankaner
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jitendra Kantilal Somani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LABHUBEN GANDU BHAI SADARIYA
- Block / Mandal
- Wankaner
Getting there
How to reach Kankot
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar197 kmcapital
- Mumbai433 km
- Delhi931 km
- Hyderabad977 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKanakot<1 km
- Bus stopBedi Chowkdi (Asspass) (Rajkot)17 km
- Hospital / PHCNr Doshi Eye Hospital(Devdaya Cheritable Trust)14 km
- ATM / bankHDFC bank13 km
- Petrol pumpSheth petrolium13 km
- CollegeSanjaybhi Rajguru college of enjineering13 km
- Police stationkuvadva road police staion20 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kankot
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Jay KhijdamamaTemple<1 km ↗
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- 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)