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- LGD code
- 516125
- Pincode
- 364765
- Post office
- Ugamedi
- Population
- 1,601
- Households
- 321
- Literacy rate
- 57.5%
- Sex ratio
- 957 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 554
- Distance to district centre
- 182 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 208 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 131 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 554 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chalvada · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Aastha Hospital, Patan · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Surka compares
By population, Surka ranks #38 of 73 villages in Gadhada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.5%
−2.9% vs mandal average
- Surka
- 57.5%
- Gadhada mandal
- 60.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
957
−9 vs mandal average
- Surka
- 957
- Gadhada mandal
- 966
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Surka
- 5.0
- Gadhada mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Surka at a glance
Surka is a village of 1,601 people in 321 households (Census 2011) in Gadhada taluka, Botad district, Gujarat, the 38th-largest of 73 villages in Gadhada taluka. Literacy is 58%, 3 points below the taluka average of 60% and the sex ratio is 957 women per 1,000 men. It lies 182 km from the Botad district centre, 23 km from Shihori, the nearest town, 3 km from Chalvada railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 364765, served by Ugamedi post office; the LGD village code is 516125. The nearest hospital or health centre is Aastha Hospital, Patan, 9 km away. The village votes in Jasdan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kunvarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya. The population is estimated at 1,888 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Surka
- 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
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GADHADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SURKA
- Total area (ha)
- 779.01
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 419.41
- Forest area (ha)
- 7.09
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Surka
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Key facts — Surka
- LGD code
- 516125
- Pincode
- 364765
- Post office
- Ugamedi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,601
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,888
- Households
- 321
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 957
- Literacy rate
- 57.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.91426°N, 71.60282°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jasdan
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kunvarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya
- Block / Mandal
- Gadhada
Getting there
How to reach Surka
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar131 kmcapital
- Mumbai554 km
- Delhi765 km
- Hyderabad1019 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChalvada3 km
- Hospital / PHCAastha Hospital, Patan9 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, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)