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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUMITRABEN JAYANTIBHAI THAKOR
Contact: 92****5143
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- LGD code
- 516898
- Pincode
- 388205
- Post office
- Bhalej
- Population
- 6,788
- Households
- 1,362
- Literacy rate
- 70.4%
- Sex ratio
- 879 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,046
Census 2011 · in context
How Khankuva compares
By population, Khankuva ranks #7 of 36 villages in Umreth mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.4%
−0.8% vs mandal average
- Khankuva
- 70.4%
- Umreth mandal
- 71.2%
- Anand district
- 74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
879
−47 vs mandal average
- Khankuva
- 879
- Umreth mandal
- 926
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Khankuva
- 5.0
- Umreth mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khankuva at a glance
Khankuva is a village of 6,788 people in 1,362 households (Census 2011) in Umreth taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, the 7th-largest of 36 villages in Umreth taluka. Literacy is 70%, about the same as the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 879 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 388205, served by Bhalej post office; the LGD village code is 516898. The sarpanch is SUMITRABEN JAYANTIBHAI THAKOR , and the village votes in Daskroi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Babubhai Patel. The population is estimated at 8,003 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khankuva
- 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
- 4
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- UMRETH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KHANKUVA
- Total area (ha)
- 655.25
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 570.62
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khankuva
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khankuva
- LGD code
- 516898
- Pincode
- 388205
- Post office
- Bhalej
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,788
- Population (projected 2026)
- 8,003
- Households
- 1,362
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 879
- Literacy rate
- 70.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kheda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Daskroi
- Member of Parliament
- Devusinh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Babubhai Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUMITRABEN JAYANTIBHAI THAKOR
- Block / Mandal
- Umreth
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 388205
Other villages in Umreth mandal
View all 36 →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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)