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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
prabhubhai makwana
Contact: 99****4564
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- LGD code
- 512174
- Pincode
- 363115
- Post office
- Dhanki (Surendra Nagar)
- Population
- 1,454
- Households
- 288
- Literacy rate
- 68.1%
- Sex ratio
- 992 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 554
- Distance to district centre
- 48 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 68 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 84 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 443 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lilapur Road · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mahavir Clinic · 25 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhanki compares
By population, Dhanki ranks #20 of 43 villages in Lakhtar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.1%
+7.7% vs mandal average
- Dhanki
- 68.1%
- Lakhtar mandal
- 60.4%
- Surendranagar district
- 62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
992
+50 vs mandal average
- Dhanki
- 992
- Lakhtar mandal
- 942
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Dhanki
- 5.0
- Lakhtar mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhanki at a glance
Dhanki is a village of 1,454 people in 288 households (Census 2011) in Lakhtar taluka, Surendranagar district, Gujarat, the 20th-largest of 43 villages in Lakhtar taluka. Literacy is 68%, 8 points above the taluka average of 60% and the sex ratio is 992 women per 1,000 men. It lies 48 km from the Surendranagar district centre, 13 km from Lakhtar, the nearest town, under 1 km from Lilapur Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 363115, served by Dhanki (Surendra Nagar) post office; the LGD village code is 512174. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mahavir Clinic, 25 km away. The sarpanch is prabhubhai makwana, and the village votes in Dhandhuka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalubhai Rupabhai Dabhi. The population is estimated at 1,714 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhanki
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- 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
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- WADHWAN
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 31
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHANKI
- Total area (ha)
- 1,060.98
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhanki
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhanki
- LGD code
- 512174
- Pincode
- 363115
- Post office
- Dhanki (Surendra Nagar)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,454
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,714
- Households
- 288
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 992
- Literacy rate
- 68.1%
- Coordinates
- 22.95097°N, 71.86629°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhandhuka
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalubhai Rupabhai Dabhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- prabhubhai makwana
- Block / Mandal
- Lakhtar
- Nearest railway station
- Lilapur Road (0.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Dhanki
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar84 kmcapital
- Mumbai443 km
- Delhi826 km
- Hyderabad927 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLilapur Road<1 km
- Hospital / PHCMahavir Clinic25 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India33 km
- Petrol pumpBharat petroleum petrol pump12 km
- CollegeAnant National University College Building58 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Lilapur Roadunder 1 km
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View all 42+ →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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)