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- LGD code
- 516848
- Pincode
- 387380
- Post office
- Vaso
- Population
- 3,264
- Households
- 699
- Literacy rate
- 77.6%
- Sex ratio
- 915 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,646
- Distance to district centre
- 64 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 114 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 366 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rayaka · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- RMS Hospital Trauma General Hospital · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhadkad compares
By population, Bhadkad ranks #11 of 21 villages in Sojitra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
77.6%
+3.7% vs mandal average
- Bhadkad
- 77.6%
- Sojitra mandal
- 73.9%
- Anand district
- 74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
915
−2 vs mandal average
- Bhadkad
- 915
- Sojitra mandal
- 917
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Bhadkad
- 4.7
- Sojitra mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhadkad at a glance
Bhadkad is a village of 3,264 people in 699 households (Census 2011) in Sojitra taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, the 11th-largest of 21 villages in Sojitra taluka. Literacy is 78%, 4 points above the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 915 women per 1,000 men. It lies 64 km from the Anand district centre, 41 km from Koth, the nearest town, 17 km from Rayaka railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 387380, served by Vaso post office; the LGD village code is 516848. The nearest hospital or health centre is RMS Hospital Trauma General Hospital, 18 km away. The village votes in Dhandhuka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalubhai Rupabhai Dabhi. The population is estimated at 3,848 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhadkad
- 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
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SOJITRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHADKAD
- Total area (ha)
- 844.92
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 580
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhadkad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhadkad
- LGD code
- 516848
- Pincode
- 387380
- Post office
- Vaso
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,264
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,848
- Households
- 699
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 915
- Literacy rate
- 77.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.29739°N, 72.13716°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhandhuka
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalubhai Rupabhai Dabhi
- Block / Mandal
- Sojitra
Getting there
How to reach Bhadkad
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar114 kmcapital
- Mumbai366 km
- Hyderabad860 km
- Delhi867 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRayaka17 km
- Bus stopRojka Bus station12 km
- Hospital / PHCRMS Hospital Trauma General Hospital18 km
- Petrol pumpReliance19 km
- CollegeSir P. P. Institute of Science60 km
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View all 21 →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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)