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- LGD code
- 510787
- Pincode
- 383315
- Post office
- Modasa
- Population
- 1,744
- Households
- 332
- Literacy rate
- 64%
- Sex ratio
- 938 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 661
Census 2011 · in context
How Bajkot compares
By population, Bajkot ranks #29 of 105 villages in Modasa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.0%
−1.9% vs mandal average
- Bajkot
- 64.0%
- Modasa mandal
- 65.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
938
−7 vs mandal average
- Bajkot
- 938
- Modasa mandal
- 945
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Bajkot
- 5.3
- Modasa mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bajkot at a glance
Bajkot is a village of 1,744 people in 332 households (Census 2011) in Modasa taluka, Arvalli district, Gujarat, the 29th-largest of 105 villages in Modasa taluka. Literacy is 64%, 2 points below the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 383315, served by Modasa post office; the LGD village code is 510787. The village votes in Dahegam assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chauhan Balrajsinh Kalyansinh. The population is estimated at 2,056 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bajkot
- 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
- 2
- 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
- MODASA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 2
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SABALPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 900.52
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 290.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 343.93
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bajkot
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bajkot
- LGD code
- 510787
- Pincode
- 383315
- Post office
- Modasa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,744
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,056
- Households
- 332
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 938
- Literacy rate
- 64.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ahmedabad East
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dahegam
- Member of Parliament
- Hasmukh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chauhan Balrajsinh Kalyansinh
- Block / Mandal
- Modasa
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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