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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SONABEN NAGAJIBHAI KHATANA
Contact: 99****6525
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- LGD code
- 512397
- Pincode
- 360055
- Post office
- Vinchhiya
- Population
- 912
- Households
- 179
- Literacy rate
- 48.6%
- Sex ratio
- 949 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 500
- Distance to district centre
- 257 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 215 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 381 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 540 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhimrana · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Karuna Dham Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gadhechi compares
By population, Gadhechi ranks #56 of 83 villages in Chotila mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.6%
−2.8% vs mandal average
- Gadhechi
- 48.6%
- Chotila mandal
- 51.4%
- Surendranagar district
- 62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
949
+25 vs mandal average
- Gadhechi
- 949
- Chotila mandal
- 924
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Gadhechi
- 5.1
- Chotila mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gadhechi at a glance
Gadhechi is a village of 912 people in 179 households (Census 2011) in Chotila taluka, Surendranagar district, Gujarat, the 56th-largest of 83 villages in Chotila taluka. Literacy is 49%, 3 points below the taluka average of 51% and the sex ratio is 949 women per 1,000 men. It lies 257 km from the Surendranagar district centre, 37 km from Bhatiya, the nearest town, 7 km from Bhimrana railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 360055, served by Vinchhiya post office; the LGD village code is 512397. The nearest hospital or health centre is Karuna Dham Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is SONABEN NAGAJIBHAI KHATANA, and the village votes in Chotila assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shamji Chauhan. The population is estimated at 1,075 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gadhechi
- 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
- CHOTILA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 84
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 24
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GADHECHI
- Total area (ha)
- 950.92
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 220.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gadhechi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gadhechi
- LGD code
- 512397
- Pincode
- 360055
- Post office
- Vinchhiya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 912
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,075
- Households
- 179
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 949
- Literacy rate
- 48.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.35468°N, 69.04376°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chotila
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shamji Chauhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONABEN NAGAJIBHAI KHATANA
- Block / Mandal
- Chotila
Getting there
How to reach Gadhechi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar381 kmcapital
- Mumbai540 km
- Delhi1075 km
- Hyderabad1131 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhimrana7 km
- Bus stopBhimrana7 km
- Hospital / PHCKaruna Dham Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankCENTRAL BANK OF INDIA - ATM15 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil station7 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Gadhechi
5 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)