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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
makwana manishaben jayeshkumar
Contact: 73****3431
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- LGD code
- 512068
- Pincode
- 363320
- Post office
- Rajsitapur
- Population
- 3,701
- Households
- 771
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Sex ratio
- 912 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,927
- Distance to district centre
- 24 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 21 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 114 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 442 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rajsitapur · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mahavir Clinic · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rajsitapur compares
By population, Rajsitapur ranks #6 of 64 villages in Dhrangadhra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.8%
+5.0% vs mandal average
Rajsitapur65.8%
Dhrangadhra mandal60.8%
Surendranagar district62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
912
−33 vs mandal average
Rajsitapur912
Dhrangadhra mandal945
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.5 vs mandal average
Rajsitapur4.8
Dhrangadhra mandal5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rajsitapur at a glance
Rajsitapur is a village of 3,701 people in 771 households (Census 2011) in Dhrangadhra taluka, Surendranagar district, Gujarat, the 6th-largest of 64 villages in Dhrangadhra taluka. Literacy is 66%, 5 points above the taluka average of 61% and the sex ratio is 912 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Surendranagar district centre, 21 km from Lakhtar, the nearest town, 2 km from Rajsitapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 363320, served by Rajsitapur post office; the LGD village code is 512068. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mahavir Clinic, 8 km away. The sarpanch is makwana manishaben jayeshkumar, and the village votes in Dhrangadhra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prakashbhai Parsotambhai Varmora. The population is estimated at 4,363 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rajsitapur
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 2
- Community health centre
- 1
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SURENDRANAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RAJSITAPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 3,026.17
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 413.63
- Forest area (ha)
- 9.18
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rajsitapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rajsitapur
- LGD code
- 512068
- Pincode
- 363320
- Post office
- Rajsitapur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,701
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,363
- Households
- 771
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 912
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Coordinates
- 22.86780°N, 71.58480°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhrangadhra
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prakashbhai Parsotambhai Varmora
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- makwana manishaben jayeshkumar
- Block / Mandal
- Dhrangadhra
- Nearest railway station
- Rajsitapur (2.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Rajsitapur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar114 kmcapital
- Mumbai442 km
- Delhi852 km
- Hyderabad944 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRajsitapur2 km
- Hospital / PHCMahavir Clinic8 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India17 km
- Petrol pumpGujarat Gas CNG pump17 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Rajsitapur2.2 km
Same pincode
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- KhambhdaDhrangadhra mandal2,114 pop
- NavalgadhDhrangadhra mandal2,081 pop
- DholiDhrangadhra mandal2,049 pop
- PrathugadhDhrangadhra mandal1,919 pop
- GanjelaDhrangadhra mandal1,457 pop
- HamparDhrangadhra mandal1,363 pop
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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)