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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Bharatbhai Bandhiya
Contact: 98****5793
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- LGD code
- 513597
- Pincode
- 361006
- Post office
- Khodiyar Colony
- Population
- 8,229
- Households
- 1,547
- Literacy rate
- 57.9%
- Sex ratio
- 949 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,954
- Distance to district centre
- 76 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 67 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 294 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 485 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sikka · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- D.C.C Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bed compares
By population, Bed ranks #1 of 100 villages in Jamnagar Rural mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
57.9%
−5.1% vs mandal average
- Bed
- 57.9%
- Jamnagar Rural mandal
- 63.0%
- Jamnagar district
- 64.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
949
+14 vs mandal average
- Bed
- 949
- Jamnagar Rural mandal
- 935
Household size
people per home
5.3
Same as the mandal average
- Bed
- 5.3
- Jamnagar Rural mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bed at a glance
Bed is a village of 8,229 people in 1,547 households (Census 2011) in Jamnagar Rural taluka, Jamnagar district, Gujarat, the largest of 100 villages in Jamnagar Rural taluka. Literacy is 58%, 5 points below the taluka average of 63% and the sex ratio is 949 women per 1,000 men. It lies 76 km from the Jamnagar district centre, 51 km from Jodiya, the nearest town, 6 km from Sikka railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 361006, served by Khodiyar Colony post office; the LGD village code is 513597. The nearest hospital or health centre is D.C.C Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Bharatbhai Bandhiya, and the village votes in Kalavad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chavda Meghjibhai Amarabhai. The population is estimated at 9,702 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bed
- 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
- 4
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- JAMNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BED
- Total area (ha)
- 1,895.87
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 710.05
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Bed
- LGD code
- 513597
- Pincode
- 361006
- Post office
- Khodiyar Colony
- Population (Census 2011)
- 8,229
- Population (projected 2026)
- 9,702
- Households
- 1,547
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 949
- Literacy rate
- 57.9%
- Coordinates
- 22.43238°N, 69.89977°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jamnagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalavad
- Member of Parliament
- Poonamben Maadam
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chavda Meghjibhai Amarabhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Bharatbhai Bandhiya
- Block / Mandal
- Jamnagar Rural
Getting there
How to reach Bed
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar294 kmcapital
- Mumbai485 km
- Delhi1005 km
- Hyderabad1058 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSikka6 km
- Bus stopAamra Bus Stop3 km
- Hospital / PHCD.C.C Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankICICI Bank16 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump4 km
- CollegeG M Patel Girls School & Collage54 km
- Police stationMeghpar Police Station13 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Aamra Bus Stop3.4 km
- Petrol pump
- Indian Oil Petrol Pump4.4 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bed
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
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- NaghediJamnagar Rural mandal3,758 pop
- JivaparJamnagar Rural mandal2,841 pop
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- SaparJamnagar Rural mandal2,364 pop
- VasaiJamnagar Rural mandal2,071 pop
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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
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)