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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANISHABEN VIMLESHBHAI RANOLIYA
Contact: 97****7998
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- LGD code
- 514705
- Pincode
- 362260
- Post office
- Mendarda
- Population
- 639
- Households
- 128
- Literacy rate
- 70.7%
- Sex ratio
- 907 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 219
- Distance to district centre
- 47 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 67 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 251 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 338 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kunkavav · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Akshar Clinic, Jaliya · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khijadiya compares
By population, Khijadiya ranks #36 of 51 villages in Mendarda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.7%
+0.2% vs mandal average
- Khijadiya
- 70.7%
- Mendarda mandal
- 70.5%
- Junagadh district
- 67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
907
−28 vs mandal average
- Khijadiya
- 907
- Mendarda mandal
- 935
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Khijadiya
- 5.0
- Mendarda mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khijadiya at a glance
Khijadiya is a village of 639 people in 128 households (Census 2011) in Mendarda taluka, Junagadh district, Gujarat, the 36th-largest of 51 villages in Mendarda taluka. Literacy is 71%, about the same as the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 907 women per 1,000 men. It lies 47 km from the Junagadh district centre, 24 km from Dhari, the nearest town, 12 km from Kunkavav railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 362260, served by Mendarda post office; the LGD village code is 514705. The nearest hospital or health centre is Akshar Clinic, Jaliya, 7 km away. The sarpanch is MANISHABEN VIMLESHBHAI RANOLIYA, and the village votes in Gondal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Geetaba Jayrajsinh Jadeja. The population is estimated at 753 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khijadiya
- 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
- 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
- KESHOD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KHIJADIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 693.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 275.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 3.76
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khijadiya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khijadiya
- LGD code
- 514705
- Pincode
- 362260
- Post office
- Mendarda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 639
- Population (projected 2026)
- 753
- Households
- 128
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 907
- Literacy rate
- 70.7%
- Coordinates
- 21.54600°N, 70.99400°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Porbandar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gondal
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukh Mandaviya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Geetaba Jayrajsinh Jadeja
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANISHABEN VIMLESHBHAI RANOLIYA
- Block / Mandal
- Mendarda
- Nearest PHC
- Vardaan Poly Clinic (69.2 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Kothariya (72.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Khijadiya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar251 kmcapital
- Mumbai338 km
- Hyderabad911 km
- Delhi1004 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKunkavav12 km
- Bus stopAMARAPUR10 km
- Hospital / PHCAkshar Clinic, Jaliya7 km
- ATM / banksaurashtra gramin bank, keriyachad22 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum21 km
- CollegeGMERS Colleage55 km
- Police stationPolice Line55 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
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