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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
JV
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
jethiben vavnotiya
Contact: 94****3535
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- LGD code
- 513369
- Pincode
- 360490
- Post office
- Upleta Lati Plot
- Population
- 1,962
- Households
- 395
- Literacy rate
- 66.2%
- Sex ratio
- 964 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,223
- Distance to district centre
- 79 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 52 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 279 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 375 km
- Nearest railway station
- St fatak · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ved Hospital, Vadal · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kathrota compares
By population, Kathrota ranks #21 of 49 villages in Upleta mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.2%
−0.3% vs mandal average
- Kathrota
- 66.2%
- Upleta mandal
- 66.5%
- Rajkot district
- 71.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
964
+28 vs mandal average
- Kathrota
- 964
- Upleta mandal
- 936
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Kathrota
- 5.0
- Upleta mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kathrota at a glance
Kathrota is a village of 1,962 people in 395 households (Census 2011) in Upleta taluka, Rajkot district, Gujarat, the 21st-largest of 49 villages in Upleta taluka. Literacy is 66%, about the same as the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 964 women per 1,000 men. It lies 79 km from the Rajkot district centre, 20 km from Bhesan, the nearest town, 4 km from St fatak railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 360490, served by Upleta Lati Plot post office; the LGD village code is 513369. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ved Hospital, Vadal, 3 km away. The sarpanch is jethiben vavnotiya, and the village votes in Gondal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Geetaba Jayrajsinh Jadeja. The population is estimated at 2,313 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kathrota
- 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
- 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
- UPLETA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 120
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KATHROTA
- Total area (ha)
- 582.82
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 141.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kathrota
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kathrota
- LGD code
- 513369
- Pincode
- 360490
- Post office
- Upleta Lati Plot
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,962
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,313
- Households
- 395
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 964
- Literacy rate
- 66.2%
- Coordinates
- 21.62694°N, 70.53056°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Porbandar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gondal
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukh Mandaviya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Geetaba Jayrajsinh Jadeja
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- jethiben vavnotiya
- Block / Mandal
- Upleta
Getting there
How to reach Kathrota
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar279 kmcapital
- Mumbai375 km
- Hyderabad958 km
- Delhi1027 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSt fatak4 km
- Bus stopStation road4 km
- Hospital / PHCVed Hospital, Vadal3 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India14 km
- CollegeGMERS Colleage12 km
- Police stationLocal crime branch office13 km
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View all 50+ →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, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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