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- LGD code
- 514627
- Pincode
- 362130
- Post office
- Visavadar
- Population
- 3,000
- Households
- 555
- Literacy rate
- 64.7%
- Sex ratio
- 976 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,318
- Distance to district centre
- 155 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 95 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 73 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 425 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhaskarapara · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Trimurti Hospital · 30 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vekariya compares
By population, Vekariya ranks #7 of 100 villages in Visavadar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.7%
−1.2% vs mandal average
- Vekariya
- 64.7%
- Visavadar mandal
- 65.9%
- Junagadh district
- 67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
976
+25 vs mandal average
- Vekariya
- 976
- Visavadar mandal
- 951
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Vekariya
- 5.4
- Visavadar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vekariya at a glance
Vekariya is a village of 3,000 people in 555 households (Census 2011) in Visavadar taluka, Junagadh district, Gujarat, the 7th-largest of 100 villages in Visavadar taluka. Literacy is 65%, 1 points below the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 976 women per 1,000 men. It lies 155 km from the Junagadh district centre, 28 km from Lakhtar, the nearest town, 25 km from Bhaskarapara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 362130, served by Visavadar post office; the LGD village code is 514627. The nearest hospital or health centre is Trimurti Hospital, 30 km away. The village votes in Chotila assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shamji Chauhan. The population is estimated at 3,537 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vekariya
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- VISAVADAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VEKARIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 2,102.45
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 200
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vekariya
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Key facts — Vekariya
- LGD code
- 514627
- Pincode
- 362130
- Post office
- Visavadar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,000
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,537
- Households
- 555
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 976
- Literacy rate
- 64.7%
- Coordinates
- 22.81945°N, 72.06344°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chotila
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shamji Chauhan
- Block / Mandal
- Visavadar
Getting there
How to reach Vekariya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar73 kmcapital
- Mumbai425 km
- Delhi825 km
- Hyderabad902 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhaskarapara25 km
- Bus stopBagodra bus stop24 km
- Hospital / PHCTrimurti Hospital30 km
- Petrol pumpBharat petroleum petrol pump21 km
- CollegeAnant National University College Building44 km
- Police stationGujarat university police station54 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)