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- LGD code
- 512510
- Pincode
- 363410
- Post office
- Chuda
- Population
- 6,207
- Households
- 1,320
- Literacy rate
- 61.8%
- Sex ratio
- 952 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,946
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 28 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 134 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 401 km
- Nearest railway station
- Vejalka · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Chokadi · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chokdi compares
By population, Chokdi ranks #2 of 36 villages in Chuda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.8%
+1.1% vs mandal average
- Chokdi
- 61.8%
- Chuda mandal
- 60.7%
- Surendranagar district
- 62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
952
+17 vs mandal average
- Chokdi
- 952
- Chuda mandal
- 935
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Chokdi
- 4.7
- Chuda mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chokdi at a glance
Chokdi is a village of 6,207 people in 1,320 households (Census 2011) in Chuda taluka, Surendranagar district, Gujarat, the 2nd-largest of 36 villages in Chuda taluka. Literacy is 62%, 1 points above the taluka average of 61% and the sex ratio is 952 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Surendranagar district centre, 9 km from Chuda, the nearest town, 14 km from Vejalka railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 363410, served by Chuda post office; the LGD village code is 512510. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Chokadi, <1 km away. The village votes in Dhandhuka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalubhai Rupabhai Dabhi. The population is estimated at 7,318 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chokdi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- 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
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- 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
- LIMBDI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 28
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHOKDI
- Total area (ha)
- 2,763.99
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,135.01
- Forest area (ha)
- 49.16
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chokdi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chokdi
- LGD code
- 512510
- Pincode
- 363410
- Post office
- Chuda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,207
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,318
- Households
- 1,320
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 952
- Literacy rate
- 61.8%
- Coordinates
- 22.48027°N, 71.60192°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhandhuka
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalubhai Rupabhai Dabhi
- Block / Mandal
- Chuda
- Nearest railway station
- Kundali (23.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Chokdi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar134 kmcapital
- Mumbai401 km
- Delhi884 km
- Hyderabad916 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationVejalka14 km
- Bus stopMuli22 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Chokadi<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India28 km
- Petrol pumpLPG8 km
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View all 35 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)