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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Mehulkumar Labhubhai Theresa
Contact: 81****5635
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- LGD code
- 512639
- Pincode
- 363670
- Post office
- Maliya Miyana
- Population
- 874
- Households
- 198
- Literacy rate
- 58.5%
- Sex ratio
- 868 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 231
Census 2011 · in context
How Sokhda compares
By population, Sokhda ranks #68 of 88 villages in Morvi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.5%
−10.0% vs mandal average
- Sokhda
- 58.5%
- Morvi mandal
- 68.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
868
−65 vs mandal average
- Sokhda
- 868
- Morvi mandal
- 933
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Sokhda
- 4.4
- Morvi mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sokhda at a glance
Sokhda is a village of 874 people in 198 households (Census 2011) in Morvi taluka, Morbi district, Gujarat, the 68th-largest of 88 villages in Morvi taluka. Literacy is 59%, 10 points below the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 868 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 363670, served by Maliya Miyana post office; the LGD village code is 512639. The sarpanch is Mehulkumar Labhubhai Theresa , and the village votes in Wankaner assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kantilal Somani. The population is estimated at 1,030 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sokhda
- 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
- 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
- MALIYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 95
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SOKHDA
- Total area (ha)
- 817.64
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 22
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sokhda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sokhda
- LGD code
- 512639
- Pincode
- 363670
- Post office
- Maliya Miyana
- Population (Census 2011)
- 874
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,030
- Households
- 198
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 868
- Literacy rate
- 58.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Wankaner
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jitendra Kantilal Somani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Mehulkumar Labhubhai Theresa
- Block / Mandal
- Morvi
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- Koyli
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- Lilapar
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- Rangpar
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- Jivapar Chakampar
- Gala
- Andarna
- Chakampar
- Vanaliya
- Bela Rangpar
- Lakhdhirnagar
- Bhadiyad (Part)
- Jodhpur Nadi
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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, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)