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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
jayeshbhai chudasama
Contact: 83****1581
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- LGD code
- 514803
- Pincode
- 362240
- Post office
- Shil
- Population
- 7,011
- Households
- 1,385
- Literacy rate
- 65.7%
- Sex ratio
- 954 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,856
- Distance to district centre
- 121 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 136 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 349 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 378 km
- Nearest railway station
- Keshod · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Raxak Clinic · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Shil compares
By population, Shil ranks #1 of 59 villages in Mangrol mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
65.7%
+2.6% vs mandal average
- Shil
- 65.7%
- Mangrol mandal
- 63.1%
- Junagadh district
- 67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
954
+7 vs mandal average
- Shil
- 954
- Mangrol mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Shil
- 5.1
- Mangrol mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shil at a glance
Shil is a village of 7,011 people in 1,385 households (Census 2011) in Mangrol taluka, Junagadh district, Gujarat, the largest of 59 villages in Mangrol taluka. Literacy is 66%, 3 points above the taluka average of 63% and the sex ratio is 954 women per 1,000 men. It lies 121 km from the Junagadh district centre, 11 km from Madhavpur, the nearest town, 24 km from Keshod railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 362240, served by Shil post office; the LGD village code is 514803. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre. The sarpanch is jayeshbhai chudasama, and the village votes in Amreli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kaushik Kantibhai Vekariya. The population is estimated at 8,266 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shil
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- 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
- 5
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- MANGROL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SHIL
- Total area (ha)
- 1,053.16
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 300.66
- Forest area (ha)
- 108.79
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shil
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shil
- LGD code
- 514803
- Pincode
- 362240
- Post office
- Shil
- Population (Census 2011)
- 7,011
- Population (projected 2026)
- 8,266
- Households
- 1,385
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 954
- Literacy rate
- 65.7%
- Coordinates
- 21.18889°N, 70.04642°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Amreli
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Amreli
- Member of Parliament
- Bharatbhai Sutariya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kaushik Kantibhai Vekariya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- jayeshbhai chudasama
- Block / Mandal
- Mangrol
- Nearest PHC
- Raxak Clinic (0.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Shil
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar349 kmcapital
- Mumbai378 km
- Hyderabad981 km
- Delhi1096 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKeshod24 km
- Bus stopKeshod24 km
- Hospital / PHCRaxak Clinic<1 km
- CollegeSaurabh Arts College29 km
- Police stationVeraval Tower Police station45 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Raxak Clinicunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary health centre
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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
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