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- LGD code
- 514425
- Pincode
- 362222
- Post office
- Agatrai
- Population
- 2,105
- Households
- 393
- Literacy rate
- 60.9%
- Sex ratio
- 958 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 714
- Distance to district centre
- 90 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 60 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 318 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 380 km
- Nearest railway station
- Badodar · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Zampodad · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Akha compares
By population, Akha ranks #15 of 46 villages in Vanthali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.9%
−7.8% vs mandal average
- Akha
- 60.9%
- Vanthali mandal
- 68.7%
- Junagadh district
- 67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
958
+37 vs mandal average
- Akha
- 958
- Vanthali mandal
- 921
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Akha
- 5.4
- Vanthali mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Akha at a glance
Akha is a village of 2,105 people in 393 households (Census 2011) in Vanthali taluka, Junagadh district, Gujarat, the 15th-largest of 46 villages in Vanthali taluka. Literacy is 61%, 8 points below the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 958 women per 1,000 men. It lies 90 km from the Junagadh district centre, 25 km from Mendarda, the nearest town, 10 km from Badodar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 362222, served by Agatrai post office; the LGD village code is 514425. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Zampodad, 12 km away. The village votes in Jetpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jayesh Radadiya. The population is estimated at 2,482 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Akha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- VANTHALI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- AKHA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,150.23
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 541.41
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Akha
- LGD code
- 514425
- Pincode
- 362222
- Post office
- Agatrai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,105
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,482
- Households
- 393
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 958
- Literacy rate
- 60.9%
- Coordinates
- 21.41756°N, 70.22864°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Porbandar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jetpur
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukh Mandaviya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jayesh Radadiya
- Block / Mandal
- Vanthali
Getting there
How to reach Akha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar318 kmcapital
- Mumbai380 km
- Hyderabad975 km
- Delhi1065 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBadodar10 km
- Bus stopVanthali13 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Zampodad12 km
- ATM / bankState Bank Of India22 km
- CollegeMahatma Gandhi Colleage24 km
- Police stationPolice Head Quarters27 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Akha
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Shree Swaminarayan Temple PiplanaTemple2.7 km ↗
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View all 46+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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