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- LGD code
- 523848
- Pincode
- 394430
- Post office
- Vankal
- Population
- 6,390
- Households
- 1,410
- Literacy rate
- 69.7%
- Sex ratio
- 989 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,546
- Distance to district centre
- 64 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 37 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 207 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 265 km
- Nearest railway station
- Vankal · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sparsh clinic Dr.yatrik s modi · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vankal compares
By population, Vankal ranks #5 of 90 villages in Mangrol mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.7%
+3.6% vs mandal average
- Vankal
- 69.7%
- Mangrol mandal
- 66.1%
- Surat district
- 75.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
989
+85 vs mandal average
- Vankal
- 989
- Mangrol mandal
- 904
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Vankal
- 4.5
- Mangrol mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vankal at a glance
Vankal is a village of 6,390 people in 1,410 households (Census 2011) in Mangrol taluka, Surat district, Gujarat, the 5th-largest of 90 villages in Mangrol taluka. Literacy is 70%, 4 points above the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 989 women per 1,000 men. It lies 64 km from the Surat district centre, 24 km from Kadod, the nearest town, under 1 km from Vankal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 394430, served by Vankal post office; the LGD village code is 523848. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sparsh clinic Dr.yatrik s modi, <1 km away. The village votes in Ankleshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ishwarsinh Thakorbhai Patel. The population is estimated at 7,534 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vankal
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 2
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SURAT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 75
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VANKAL
- Total area (ha)
- 1,080.74
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 90
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vankal
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Key facts — Vankal
- LGD code
- 523848
- Pincode
- 394430
- Post office
- Vankal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,390
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,534
- Households
- 1,410
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 989
- Literacy rate
- 69.7%
- Coordinates
- 21.43730°N, 73.23063°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bharuch
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ankleshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukhbhai Vasava
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ishwarsinh Thakorbhai Patel
- Block / Mandal
- Mangrol
- Nearest PHC
- Bhuva Clinic & Nursing Home (27.0 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Ankleshwar Udyog Nagar (29.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Vankal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar207 kmcapital
- Mumbai265 km
- Hyderabad712 km
- Delhi893 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationVankal<1 km
- Hospital / PHCSparsh clinic Dr.yatrik s modi<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India38 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil25 km
- CollegeShri K J Polytechnic39 km
- Police stationChowk Bazar Police Station (Furja)50 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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