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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Amit Hathila
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- LGD code
- 519121
- Pincode
- 389180
- Post office
- Limdi
- Population
- 1,436
- Households
- 208
- Literacy rate
- 39.2%
- Sex ratio
- 959 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 735
- Distance to district centre
- 171 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 188 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 161 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 494 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jekot · 53 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Governmet Hospital Shergarh · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ghodiya compares
By population, Ghodiya ranks #75 of 94 villages in Jhalod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
39.2%
−5.1% vs mandal average
- Ghodiya
- 39.2%
- Jhalod mandal
- 44.3%
- Dahod district
- 47.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
959
−22 vs mandal average
- Ghodiya
- 959
- Jhalod mandal
- 981
Household size
people per home
6.9
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Ghodiya
- 6.9
- Jhalod mandal
- 6.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ghodiya at a glance
Ghodiya is a village of 1,436 people in 208 households (Census 2011) in Jhalod taluka, Dahod district, Gujarat, the 75th-largest of 94 villages in Jhalod taluka. Literacy is 39%, 5 points below the taluka average of 44% and the sex ratio is 959 women per 1,000 men. It lies 171 km from the Dahod district centre, 38 km from Limdi, the nearest town, 53 km from Jekot railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 389180, served by Limdi post office; the LGD village code is 519121. The nearest hospital or health centre is Governmet Hospital Shergarh, 4 km away. The sarpanch is Amit Hathila , and the village votes in Matar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpeshbhai Ashabhai Parmar. The population is estimated at 1,693 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ghodiya
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- 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
- JHALOD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 47
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GHODIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 417.79
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 68.87
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ghodiya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ghodiya
- LGD code
- 519121
- Pincode
- 389180
- Post office
- Limdi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,436
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,693
- Households
- 208
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 959
- Literacy rate
- 39.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.34641°N, 74.20447°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kheda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Matar
- Member of Parliament
- Devusinh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalpeshbhai Ashabhai Parmar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Amit Hathila
- Block / Mandal
- Jhalod
Getting there
How to reach Ghodiya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar161 kmcapital
- Mumbai494 km
- Delhi658 km
- Hyderabad799 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJekot53 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernmet Hospital Shergarh4 km
- ATM / bankbank of india32 km
- Petrol pumpbharat petroleum, banswara32 km
- Collegecollege ground32 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)