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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAKESHKUMAR AMARSHEEBHAI VORA
Contact: 63****3860
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- LGD code
- 512238
- Pincode
- 363421
- Post office
- Limbdi
- Population
- 908
- Households
- 190
- Literacy rate
- 52.2%
- Sex ratio
- 970 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 464
- Distance to district centre
- 69 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 65 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 151 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 354 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lathidad · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. K.G.Kalwani Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kariyani compares
By population, Kariyani ranks #42 of 45 villages in Wadhwan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.2%
−11.9% vs mandal average
- Kariyani
- 52.2%
- Wadhwan mandal
- 64.1%
- Surendranagar district
- 62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
970
+24 vs mandal average
- Kariyani
- 970
- Wadhwan mandal
- 946
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Kariyani
- 4.8
- Wadhwan mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kariyani at a glance
Kariyani is a village of 908 people in 190 households (Census 2011) in Wadhwan taluka, Surendranagar district, Gujarat, the 42nd-largest of 45 villages in Wadhwan taluka. Literacy is 52%, 12 points below the taluka average of 64% and the sex ratio is 970 women per 1,000 men. It lies 69 km from the Surendranagar district centre, 4 km from Lathidad, the nearest town, 10 km from Lathidad railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 363421, served by Limbdi post office; the LGD village code is 512238. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. K.G.Kalwani Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is RAKESHKUMAR AMARSHEEBHAI VORA, and the village votes in Limbdi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kiritsinh Jitubha Rana. The population is estimated at 1,071 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kariyani
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 19
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KARIYANI
- Total area (ha)
- 979.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 155.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kariyani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kariyani
- LGD code
- 512238
- Pincode
- 363421
- Post office
- Limbdi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 908
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,071
- Households
- 190
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 970
- Literacy rate
- 52.2%
- Coordinates
- 22.09452°N, 71.80240°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Limbdi
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kiritsinh Jitubha Rana
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAKESHKUMAR AMARSHEEBHAI VORA
- Block / Mandal
- Wadhwan
Getting there
How to reach Kariyani
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar151 kmcapital
- Mumbai354 km
- Hyderabad874 km
- Delhi906 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLathidad10 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. K.G.Kalwani Hospital9 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil34 km
- CollegeSir P. P. Institute of Science51 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
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