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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
WORD
Contact: 78****5420
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- LGD code
- 512275
- Pincode
- 363510
- Post office
- Muli
- Population
- 3,332
- Households
- 740
- Literacy rate
- 65.1%
- Sex ratio
- 919 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,527
- Distance to district centre
- 70 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 45 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 157 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 489 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhanala · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tikar compares
By population, Tikar ranks #7 of 54 villages in Muli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.1%
+10.1% vs mandal average
- Tikar
- 65.1%
- Muli mandal
- 55.0%
- Surendranagar district
- 62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
−12 vs mandal average
- Tikar
- 919
- Muli mandal
- 931
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Tikar
- 4.5
- Muli mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tikar at a glance
Tikar is a village of 3,332 people in 740 households (Census 2011) in Muli taluka, Surendranagar district, Gujarat, the 7th-largest of 54 villages in Muli taluka. Literacy is 65%, 10 points above the taluka average of 55% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. It lies 70 km from the Surendranagar district centre, 16 km from Dhanala railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 363510, served by Muli post office; the LGD village code is 512275. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 17 km away. The sarpanch is WORD, and the village votes in Chotila assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shamji Chauhan. The population is estimated at 3,928 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tikar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- 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
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- SURENDRANAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TIKAR
- Total area (ha)
- 2,450.4
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,520.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Tikar
- LGD code
- 512275
- Pincode
- 363510
- Post office
- Muli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,332
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,928
- Households
- 740
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 919
- Literacy rate
- 65.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.15000°N, 71.10000°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chotila
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shamji Chauhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- WORD
- Block / Mandal
- Muli
Getting there
How to reach Tikar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar157 kmcapital
- Mumbai489 km
- Delhi861 km
- Hyderabad1002 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhanala16 km
- Bus stopHalvad Bus Stand18 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital17 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank17 km
- Petrol pumpHP18 km
- Police stationCity police line & A divison police station46 km
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View all 53+ →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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)