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- LGD code
- 509069
- Pincode
- 384220
- Post office
- Chanasma
- Population
- 1,364
- Households
- 284
- Literacy rate
- 74.3%
- Sex ratio
- 916 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 521
- Distance to district centre
- 131 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 129 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 76 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 385 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sojitra · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- C. C. Patel Sarvajanik Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sojitra compares
By population, Sojitra ranks #37 of 59 villages in Chanasma mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.3%
+2.6% vs mandal average
- Sojitra
- 74.3%
- Chanasma mandal
- 71.7%
- Patan district
- 62.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
916
−17 vs mandal average
- Sojitra
- 916
- Chanasma mandal
- 933
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Sojitra
- 4.8
- Chanasma mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sojitra at a glance
Sojitra is a village of 1,364 people in 284 households (Census 2011) in Chanasma taluka, Patan district, Gujarat, the 37th-largest of 59 villages in Chanasma taluka. Literacy is 74%, 3 points above the taluka average of 72% and the sex ratio is 916 women per 1,000 men. It lies 131 km from the Patan district centre, 14 km from Vaso, the nearest town, under 1 km from Sojitra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 384220, served by Chanasma post office; the LGD village code is 509069. The nearest hospital or health centre is C. C. Patel Sarvajanik Hospital, <1 km away. The village votes in Becharaji assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Thakor Sukhaji Somaji. The population is estimated at 1,608 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sojitra
- 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
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHANASMA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SOJITRA
- Total area (ha)
- 775.34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 300
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Sojitra
- LGD code
- 509069
- Pincode
- 384220
- Post office
- Chanasma
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,364
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,608
- Households
- 284
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 916
- Literacy rate
- 74.3%
- Coordinates
- 22.53912°N, 72.71928°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahesana
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Becharaji
- Member of Parliament
- Haribhai Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Thakor Sukhaji Somaji
- Block / Mandal
- Chanasma
- Nearest railway station
- Sojitra (0.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Sojitra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar76 kmcapital
- Mumbai385 km
- Delhi812 km
- Hyderabad832 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSojitra<1 km
- Bus stopPetlad###9 km
- Hospital / PHCC. C. Patel Sarvajanik Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankSBI Atm22 km
- Petrol pumpCNG pump Gspc22 km
- Collegelake12 km
- Police stationPolice Station21 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Sojitraunder 1 km
- Health centre
- C. C. Patel Sarvajanik Hospitalunder 1 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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