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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
HB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
HARDIK BHAI
Contact: 92****5412
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- LGD code
- 510102
- Pincode
- 383410
- Post office
- Badoli
- Population
- 1,848
- Households
- 406
- Literacy rate
- 68.2%
- Sex ratio
- 962 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 805
- Distance to district centre
- 79 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 68 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 74 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 521 km
- Nearest railway station
- Idar · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shreeji Nursing Home · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ankala compares
By population, Ankala ranks #45 of 138 villages in Idar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.2%
−1.9% vs mandal average
- Ankala
- 68.2%
- Idar mandal
- 70.1%
- Sabar Kantha district
- 65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
962
+12 vs mandal average
- Ankala
- 962
- Idar mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Ankala
- 4.6
- Idar mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ankala at a glance
Ankala is a village of 1,848 people in 406 households (Census 2011) in Idar taluka, Sabar Kantha district, Gujarat, the 45th-largest of 138 villages in Idar taluka. Literacy is 68%, 2 points below the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 962 women per 1,000 men. It lies 79 km from the Sabar Kantha district centre, 35 km from Ladol, the nearest town, 9 km from Idar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 383410, served by Badoli post office; the LGD village code is 510102. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shreeji Nursing Home, 4 km away. The sarpanch is HARDIK BHAI, and the village votes in Mahesana assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patel Mukeshkumar D.. The population is estimated at 2,179 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ankala
- 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
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- IDAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ANKALA
- Total area (ha)
- 490.21
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 300.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ankala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ankala
- LGD code
- 510102
- Pincode
- 383410
- Post office
- Badoli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,848
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,179
- Households
- 406
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 962
- Literacy rate
- 68.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.76300°N, 73.04700°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahesana
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahesana
- Member of Parliament
- Haribhai Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patel Mukeshkumar D.
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- HARDIK BHAI
- Block / Mandal
- Idar
- Nearest PHC
- Shreeji Nursing Home (3.7 km)
Getting there
How to reach Ankala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar74 kmcapital
- Mumbai521 km
- Delhi681 km
- Hyderabad907 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationIdar9 km
- Hospital / PHCShreeji Nursing Home4 km
- ATM / bankJanata Bank30 km
- CollegeAtrs College37 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Shreeji Nursing Home3.7 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Ankala
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Mahakali MandirTemple4.5 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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