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- LGD code
- 516785
- Pincode
- 365555
- Post office
- Dungar
- Population
- 556
- Households
- 82
- Literacy rate
- 67.4%
- Sex ratio
- 872 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 189
- Distance to district centre
- 66 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 31 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 197 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 433 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kanakot · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nr Doshi Eye Hospital(Devdaya Cheritable Trust) · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kankot compares
By population, Kankot ranks #103 of 114 villages in Mahuva mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.4%
+12.0% vs mandal average
- Kankot
- 67.4%
- Mahuva mandal
- 55.4%
- Bhavnagar district
- 65.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
872
−102 vs mandal average
- Kankot
- 872
- Mahuva mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
6.8
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Kankot
- 6.8
- Mahuva mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kankot at a glance
Kankot is a village of 556 people in 82 households (Census 2011) in Mahuva taluka, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, the 103rd-largest of 114 villages in Mahuva taluka. Literacy is 67%, 12 points above the taluka average of 55% and the sex ratio is 872 women per 1,000 men. It lies 66 km from the Bhavnagar district centre, 19 km from Navagam, the nearest town, under 1 km from Kanakot railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 365555, served by Dungar post office; the LGD village code is 516785. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nr Doshi Eye Hospital(Devdaya Cheritable Trust), 14 km away. The village votes in Rajkot Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhanuben Manoharbhai Babariya. The population is estimated at 656 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kankot →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kankot · this village | 556 | 67% | — |
| Kankot · Rajkot | 1,451 | 71% | 0 km N |
| Kankot · Wankaner | 2,279 | 66% | 0 km N |
| Kankot · Ghogha | 1,594 | 67% | 0 km N |
| Khorana · Rajkot | 2,154 | 59% | 7.4 km SW |
| Pipaliyaraj · Wankaner | 4,218 | 68% | 9.8 km NW |
| Panch Dwarka · Wankaner | 2,729 | 65% | 10.5 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kankot
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MAHUVA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 118
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KANKOT
- Total area (ha)
- 271.77
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kankot
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Key facts — Kankot
- LGD code
- 516785
- Pincode
- 365555
- Post office
- Dungar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 556
- Population (projected 2026)
- 656
- Households
- 82
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 872
- Literacy rate
- 67.4%
- Coordinates
- 22.48827°N, 70.87869°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajkot Rural
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhanuben Manoharbhai Babariya
- Block / Mandal
- Mahuva
Getting there
How to reach Kankot
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar197 kmcapital
- Mumbai433 km
- Delhi931 km
- Hyderabad977 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKanakot<1 km
- Bus stopBedi Chowkdi (Asspass) (Rajkot)17 km
- Hospital / PHCNr Doshi Eye Hospital(Devdaya Cheritable Trust)14 km
- ATM / bankHDFC bank13 km
- Petrol pumpSheth petrolium13 km
- CollegeSanjaybhi Rajguru college of enjineering13 km
- Police stationkuvadva road police staion20 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kankot
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Jay KhijdamamaTemple<1 km ↗
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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)