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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JIVANBHAI PAMUBHAI NIRASHRIT
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- LGD code
- 508718
- Pincode
- 385340
- Post office
- Radhanpur
- Population
- 1,192
- Households
- 224
- Literacy rate
- 49.3%
- Sex ratio
- 907 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 667
- Distance to district centre
- 315 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 318 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 323 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 358 km
- Nearest railway station
- Maliya Hatina · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sub Health Centre, Shergadh · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Shergadh compares
By population, Shergadh ranks #44 of 56 villages in Radhanpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.3%
−0.9% vs mandal average
- Shergadh
- 49.3%
- Radhanpur mandal
- 50.2%
- Patan district
- 62.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
907
−44 vs mandal average
- Shergadh
- 907
- Radhanpur mandal
- 951
Household size
people per home
5.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Shergadh
- 5.3
- Radhanpur mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shergadh at a glance
Shergadh is a village of 1,192 people in 224 households (Census 2011) in Radhanpur taluka, Patan district, Gujarat, the 44th-largest of 56 villages in Radhanpur taluka. Literacy is 49%, about the same as the taluka average of 50% and the sex ratio is 907 women per 1,000 men. It lies 315 km from the Patan district centre, 15 km from Mendarda, the nearest town, 9 km from Maliya Hatina railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 385340, served by Radhanpur post office; the LGD village code is 508718. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sub Health Centre, Shergadh, <1 km away. The sarpanch is JIVANBHAI PAMUBHAI NIRASHRIT, and the village votes in Chanasma assembly constituency, represented by MLA Thakor Dineshbhai Ataji. The population is estimated at 1,405 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shergadh
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RADHANPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SHERGADH
- Total area (ha)
- 611.28
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 70
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shergadh
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shergadh
- LGD code
- 508718
- Pincode
- 385340
- Post office
- Radhanpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,192
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,405
- Households
- 224
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 907
- Literacy rate
- 49.3%
- Coordinates
- 21.23606°N, 70.33703°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Patan
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chanasma
- Member of Parliament
- Bharatsinhji Dabhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Thakor Dineshbhai Ataji
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JIVANBHAI PAMUBHAI NIRASHRIT
- Block / Mandal
- Radhanpur
Getting there
How to reach Shergadh
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar323 kmcapital
- Mumbai358 km
- Hyderabad956 km
- Delhi1073 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMaliya Hatina9 km
- Bus stopKeshod11 km
- Hospital / PHCSub Health Centre, Shergadh<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank Of India31 km
- Petrol pumpHP petrol pump36 km
- CollegeSaurabh Arts College22 km
- Police stationPolice Line33 km
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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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)