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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
hetalben gohil
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- LGD code
- 511849
- Pincode
- 382250
- Post office
- Polarpur
- Population
- 2,811
- Households
- 484
- Literacy rate
- 52%
- Sex ratio
- 999 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 904
- Distance to district centre
- 32 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 34 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 134 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 401 km
- Nearest railway station
- Vejalka · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Chokadi · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chokdi compares
By population, Chokdi ranks #8 of 24 villages in Barwala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.0%
−5.2% vs mandal average
- Chokdi
- 52.0%
- Barwala mandal
- 57.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
999
+72 vs mandal average
- Chokdi
- 999
- Barwala mandal
- 927
Household size
people per home
5.8
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Chokdi
- 5.8
- Barwala mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chokdi at a glance
Chokdi is a village of 2,811 people in 484 households (Census 2011) in Barwala taluka, Botad district, Gujarat, the 8th-largest of 24 villages in Barwala taluka. Literacy is 52%, 5 points below the taluka average of 57% and the sex ratio is 999 women per 1,000 men. It lies 32 km from the Botad district centre, 9 km from Chuda, the nearest town, 14 km from Vejalka railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 382250, served by Polarpur post office; the LGD village code is 511849. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Chokadi, <1 km away. The sarpanch is hetalben gohil, and the village votes in Limbdi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kiritsinh Jitubha Rana. The population is estimated at 3,314 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chokdi
- 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
- 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
- BARWALA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 120
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHOKDI
- Total area (ha)
- 1,961.41
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,282.67
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chokdi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chokdi
- LGD code
- 511849
- Pincode
- 382250
- Post office
- Polarpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,811
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,314
- Households
- 484
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 999
- Literacy rate
- 52.0%
- Coordinates
- 22.48027°N, 71.60192°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Limbdi
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kiritsinh Jitubha Rana
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- hetalben gohil
- Block / Mandal
- Barwala
Getting there
How to reach Chokdi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar134 kmcapital
- Mumbai401 km
- Delhi884 km
- Hyderabad916 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationVejalka14 km
- Bus stopMuli22 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Chokadi<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India28 km
- Petrol pumpLPG8 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Government Hospital Chokadiunder 1 km
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View all 24 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)