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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
mayur lagariya
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- LGD code
- 513607
- Pincode
- 361120
- Post office
- Dhuvav
- Population
- 4,459
- Households
- 792
- Literacy rate
- 73.4%
- Sex ratio
- 916 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,565
Census 2011 · in context
How Morkanda compares
By population, Morkanda ranks #10 of 100 villages in Jamnagar Rural mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.4%
+10.4% vs mandal average
- Morkanda
- 73.4%
- Jamnagar Rural mandal
- 63.0%
- Jamnagar district
- 64.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
916
−19 vs mandal average
- Morkanda
- 916
- Jamnagar Rural mandal
- 935
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Morkanda
- 5.6
- Jamnagar Rural mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Morkanda at a glance
Morkanda is a village of 4,459 people in 792 households (Census 2011) in Jamnagar Rural taluka, Jamnagar district, Gujarat, the 10th-largest of 100 villages in Jamnagar Rural taluka. Literacy is 73%, 10 points above the taluka average of 63% and the sex ratio is 916 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 361120, served by Dhuvav post office; the LGD village code is 513607. The sarpanch is mayur lagariya, and the village votes in Kalavad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chavda Meghjibhai Amarabhai. The population is estimated at 5,257 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Morkanda
- 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
- 5
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAMNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 6
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MORKANDA
- Total area (ha)
- 573.19
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 200
- Forest area (ha)
- 2.83
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Morkanda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Morkanda
- LGD code
- 513607
- Pincode
- 361120
- Post office
- Dhuvav
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,459
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,257
- Households
- 792
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 916
- Literacy rate
- 73.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jamnagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalavad
- Member of Parliament
- Poonamben Maadam
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chavda Meghjibhai Amarabhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- mayur lagariya
- Block / Mandal
- Jamnagar Rural
Same pincode
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Other villages in Jamnagar Rural mandal
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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)