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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
prakash kothiya
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- LGD code
- 513515
- Pincode
- 361305
- Post office
- Khambhalia
- Population
- 1,440
- Households
- 239
- Literacy rate
- 57.7%
- Sex ratio
- 959 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 877
Census 2011 · in context
How Hansthal compares
By population, Hansthal ranks #48 of 84 villages in Khambhalia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.7%
−0.3% vs mandal average
- Hansthal
- 57.7%
- Khambhalia mandal
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
959
+48 vs mandal average
- Hansthal
- 959
- Khambhalia mandal
- 911
Household size
people per home
6.0
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Hansthal
- 6.0
- Khambhalia mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hansthal at a glance
Hansthal is a village of 1,440 people in 239 households (Census 2011) in Khambhalia taluka, Devbhumi Dwarka district, Gujarat, the 48th-largest of 84 villages in Khambhalia taluka. Literacy is 58%, about the same as the taluka average of 58% and the sex ratio is 959 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 361305, served by Khambhalia post office; the LGD village code is 513515. The sarpanch is prakash kothiya, and the village votes in Jamnagar Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patel Raghavjibhai Hansrajbhai. The population is estimated at 1,698 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Hansthal
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KHAMBHALIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 72
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- HANSTHAL
- Total area (ha)
- 1,968.78
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 430.15
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Hansthal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Hansthal
- LGD code
- 513515
- Pincode
- 361305
- Post office
- Khambhalia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,440
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,698
- Households
- 239
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 959
- Literacy rate
- 57.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jamnagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamnagar Rural
- Member of Parliament
- Poonamben Maadam
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patel Raghavjibhai Hansrajbhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- prakash kothiya
- Block / Mandal
- Khambhalia
- Nearest police station
- Police station (23.0 km)
- Nearest PHC
- Rivaan Clinic (22.1 km)
- Nearest bank
- HDFC Bank (23.2 km)
Same pincode
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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, 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)