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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sasan savajbhai gir
Contact: 99****7575
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- LGD code
- 514144
- Pincode
- 360530
- Post office
- Jamjodhpur
- Population
- 927
- Households
- 199
- Literacy rate
- 66.6%
- Sex ratio
- 873 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 462
- Distance to district centre
- 334 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 290 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 138 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 588 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khed Brahma · 39 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sainik Hospital · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kotda compares
By population, Kotda ranks #40 of 69 villages in Jamjodhpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.6%
+4.4% vs mandal average
- Kotda
- 66.6%
- Jamjodhpur mandal
- 62.2%
- Jamnagar district
- 64.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
873
−64 vs mandal average
- Kotda
- 873
- Jamjodhpur mandal
- 937
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Kotda
- 4.7
- Jamjodhpur mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kotda at a glance
Kotda is a village of 927 people in 199 households (Census 2011) in Jamjodhpur taluka, Jamnagar district, Gujarat, the 40th-largest of 69 villages in Jamjodhpur taluka. Literacy is 67%, 4 points above the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 873 women per 1,000 men. It lies 334 km from the Jamnagar district centre, 39 km from Khed Brahma railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 360530, served by Jamjodhpur post office; the LGD village code is 514144. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sainik Hospital, 15 km away. The sarpanch is sasan savajbhai gir, and the village votes in Wankaner assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kantilal Somani. The population is estimated at 1,093 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kotda
- 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
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAMJODHPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 64
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KOTDA
- Total area (ha)
- 868.76
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 387.56
- Forest area (ha)
- 19.81
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kotda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kotda
- LGD code
- 514144
- Pincode
- 360530
- Post office
- Jamjodhpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 927
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,093
- Households
- 199
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 873
- Literacy rate
- 66.6%
- Coordinates
- 24.35686°N, 73.17974°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Wankaner
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jitendra Kantilal Somani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sasan savajbhai gir
- Block / Mandal
- Jamjodhpur
Getting there
How to reach Kotda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar138 kmcapital
- Mumbai588 km
- Delhi620 km
- Hyderabad951 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhed Brahma39 km
- Hospital / PHCSainik Hospital15 km
- ATM / bankSBI37 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum40 km
- Collegeराजकीय नर्सिंग महाविद्यालय58 km
- Police stationPolice Station Swaroopganj42 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
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