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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
raibai ben dadubhai khumam
Contact: 82****8398
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- LGD code
- 515758
- Pincode
- 364525
- Post office
- Vanda
- Population
- 661
- Households
- 140
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1003 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 262
- Distance to district centre
- 69 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 76 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 233 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 298 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jira Road · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Ghoba · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ankolada compares
By population, Ankolada ranks #69 of 76 villages in Savar Kundla mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.1%
−7.1% vs mandal average
- Ankolada
- 55.1%
- Savar Kundla mandal
- 62.2%
- Amreli district
- 65.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,003
+26 vs mandal average
- Ankolada
- 1,003
- Savar Kundla mandal
- 977
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Ankolada
- 4.7
- Savar Kundla mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ankolada at a glance
Ankolada is a village of 661 people in 140 households (Census 2011) in Savar Kundla taluka, Amreli district, Gujarat, the 69th-largest of 76 villages in Savar Kundla taluka. Literacy is 55%, 7 points below the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,003 women per 1,000 men. It lies 69 km from the Amreli district centre, 20 km from Jesar, the nearest town, 14 km from Jira Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 364525, served by Vanda post office; the LGD village code is 515758. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Ghoba, 9 km away. The sarpanch is raibai ben dadubhai khumam, and the village votes in Jasdan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kunvarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya. The population is estimated at 779 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ankolada · this village | 661 | 55% | — |
| Juna Savar · Savar Kundla | 2,339 | 62% | 10.6 km NW |
| Vaghaniya · Lilia | 795 | 66% | 13.1 km NW |
| Mota Zinzuda · Savar Kundla | 4,965 | 59% | 14.4 km SW |
| Pipalva · Lathi | 2,572 | 64% | 15.5 km NW |
| Pipalva · Gariadhar | 317 | 78% | 15.5 km NW |
| Pipalva · Malia Hatina | 723 | 67% | 15.5 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ankolada
- 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
- 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
- SAVAR KUNDLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ANKOLADA
- Total area (ha)
- 404.09
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 78
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ankolada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ankolada
- LGD code
- 515758
- Pincode
- 364525
- Post office
- Vanda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 661
- Population (projected 2026)
- 779
- Households
- 140
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1003
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Coordinates
- 21.41583°N, 71.48028°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jasdan
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kunvarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- raibai ben dadubhai khumam
- Block / Mandal
- Savar Kundla
Getting there
How to reach Ankolada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar233 kmcapital
- Mumbai298 km
- Hyderabad861 km
- Delhi986 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJira Road14 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Ghoba9 km
- ATM / banksaurashtra gramin bank, keriyachad31 km
- Petrol pumpReliance33 km
- Police stationpalitana town station38 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 364525
- VandaSavar Kundla mandal5,302 pop
- ShelanaSavar Kundla mandal3,488 pop
- VanshiyaliSavar Kundla mandal2,934 pop
- GhobaSavar Kundla mandal2,723 pop
- Mota BhamodraSavar Kundla mandal2,435 pop
- FifadSavar Kundla mandal2,116 pop
- VirdiSavar Kundla mandal2,020 pop
- ThaviSavar Kundla mandal2,004 pop
- MekdaSavar Kundla mandal1,965 pop
Villages near Ankolada
Other villages in Savar Kundla mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)