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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Gautambhai Karamashibhai Hadial
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- LGD code
- 512706
- Pincode
- 363642
- Post office
- Morbi Ppw
- Population
- 4,217
- Households
- 704
- Literacy rate
- 57.2%
- Sex ratio
- 912 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,880
- Distance to district centre
- 223 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 215 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 314 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 663 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Paneli compares
By population, Paneli ranks #10 of 88 villages in Morvi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.2%
−11.3% vs mandal average
- Paneli
- 57.2%
- Morvi mandal
- 68.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
912
−21 vs mandal average
- Paneli
- 912
- Morvi mandal
- 933
Household size
people per home
6.0
+1.1 vs mandal average
- Paneli
- 6.0
- Morvi mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paneli at a glance
Paneli is a village of 4,217 people in 704 households (Census 2011) in Morvi taluka, Morbi district, Gujarat, the 10th-largest of 88 villages in Morvi taluka. Literacy is 57%, 11 points below the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 912 women per 1,000 men. It lies 223 km from the Morbi district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 363642, served by Morbi Ppw post office; the LGD village code is 512706. The sarpanch is Gautambhai Karamashibhai Hadial, and the village votes in Wankaner assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kantilal Somani. The population is estimated at 4,972 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Paneli
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MALIYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 85
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PANELI
- Total area (ha)
- 1,675.79
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 688.52
- Forest area (ha)
- 177.2
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Paneli
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Paneli
- LGD code
- 512706
- Pincode
- 363642
- Post office
- Morbi Ppw
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,217
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,972
- Households
- 704
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 912
- Literacy rate
- 57.2%
- Coordinates
- 24.30117°N, 69.78885°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Wankaner
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jitendra Kantilal Somani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Gautambhai Karamashibhai Hadial
- Block / Mandal
- Morvi
Getting there
How to reach Paneli
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar314 kmcapital
- Mumbai663 km
- Delhi880 km
- Hyderabad1186 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Bus stoptarn11 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)