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- LGD code
- 516716
- Pincode
- 364280
- Post office
- Motakhuntavada
- Population
- 959
- Households
- 168
- Literacy rate
- 67.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1006 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 361
- Distance to district centre
- 100 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 66 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 203 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 469 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khakhrala Road · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dhruv Children Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Thorala compares
By population, Thorala ranks #91 of 114 villages in Mahuva mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.5%
+12.1% vs mandal average
- Thorala
- 67.5%
- Mahuva mandal
- 55.4%
- Bhavnagar district
- 65.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,006
+32 vs mandal average
- Thorala
- 1,006
- Mahuva mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
5.7
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Thorala
- 5.7
- Mahuva mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Thorala at a glance
Thorala is a village of 959 people in 168 households (Census 2011) in Mahuva taluka, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, the 91st-largest of 114 villages in Mahuva taluka. Literacy is 68%, 12 points above the taluka average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,006 women per 1,000 men. It lies 100 km from the Bhavnagar district centre, 14 km from Tankara, the nearest town, 11 km from Khakhrala Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 364280, served by Motakhuntavada post office; the LGD village code is 516716. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dhruv Children Hospital, 10 km away. The village votes in Rajkot Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhanuben Manoharbhai Babariya. The population is estimated at 1,131 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Thorala
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MAHUVA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 127
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 26
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- THORALA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,174.88
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 200
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Thorala
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Key facts — Thorala
- LGD code
- 516716
- Pincode
- 364280
- Post office
- Motakhuntavada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 959
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,131
- Households
- 168
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1006
- Literacy rate
- 67.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.77911°N, 70.71350°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 Thorala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar203 kmcapital
- Mumbai469 km
- Delhi919 km
- Hyderabad1009 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhakhrala Road11 km
- Bus stopBus Stand Vavdi બસ સ્ટેન્ડ વાવડી9 km
- Hospital / PHCDhruv Children Hospital10 km
- ATM / bankRAJKOT NAGRIK SAHKARI BANK13 km
- Petrol pumpMeera Peroleum Bharat Petroleum12 km
- CollegeG M Patel Girls School & Collage40 km
- Police stationCity police line & A divison police station13 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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