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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
vijaybhai damodiya
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- LGD code
- 513770
- Pincode
- 361162
- Post office
- Nikava
- Population
- 2,313
- Households
- 460
- Literacy rate
- 64%
- Sex ratio
- 1043 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,436
- Distance to district centre
- 103 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 82 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 251 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 344 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kunkavav · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Hitesh Bodar · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pithadiya compares
By population, Pithadiya ranks #8 of 98 villages in Kalavad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.0%
−0.8% vs mandal average
- Pithadiya
- 64.0%
- Kalavad mandal
- 64.8%
- Jamnagar district
- 64.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,043
+63 vs mandal average
- Pithadiya
- 1,043
- Kalavad mandal
- 980
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Pithadiya
- 5.0
- Kalavad mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pithadiya at a glance
Pithadiya is a village of 2,313 people in 460 households (Census 2011) in Kalavad taluka, Jamnagar district, Gujarat, the 8th-largest of 98 villages in Kalavad taluka. Literacy is 64%, about the same as the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,043 women per 1,000 men. It lies 103 km from the Jamnagar district centre, 25 km from Bhesan, the nearest town, 8 km from Kunkavav railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 361162, served by Nikava post office; the LGD village code is 513770. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Hitesh Bodar, 7 km away. The sarpanch is vijaybhai damodiya, and the village votes in Wankaner assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kantilal Somani. The population is estimated at 2,727 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pithadpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pithadiya · this village | 2,313 | 64% | — |
| Pithadiya · Jetpur | 4,184 | 70% | 0 km N |
| Pithadiya · Bagasara | 1,874 | 60% | 0 km N |
| Vaghaniya Juna · Bagasara | 3,706 | 69% | 2.8 km E |
| Vaghaniya Nava · Bagasara | 1,388 | 73% | 2.8 km E |
| Hadala · Bagasara | 2,196 | 68% | 3.4 km S |
| Balapur · Bagasara | 2,081 | 68% | 3.3 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pithadiya
- 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
- 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
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KALAVAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 77
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PITHADIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 2,047.07
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 700.87
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pithadiya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pithadiya
- LGD code
- 513770
- Pincode
- 361162
- Post office
- Nikava
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,313
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,727
- Households
- 460
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1043
- Literacy rate
- 64.0%
- Coordinates
- 21.58559°N, 70.94111°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Wankaner
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jitendra Kantilal Somani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- vijaybhai damodiya
- Block / Mandal
- Kalavad
Getting there
How to reach Pithadiya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar251 kmcapital
- Mumbai344 km
- Hyderabad918 km
- Delhi1004 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKunkavav8 km
- Bus stopAMARAPUR11 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Hitesh Bodar7 km
- ATM / banksaurashtra gramin bank, keriyachad29 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum26 km
- CollegeGMERS Colleage50 km
- Police stationPolice Line50 km
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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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)