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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ALVINABEN MANSHINGBHAI GAMIT
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- LGD code
- 524602
- Pincode
- 394670
- Post office
- Fort Songadh
- Population
- 551
- Households
- 103
- Literacy rate
- 80.6%
- Sex ratio
- 789 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 303
Census 2011 · in context
How Pokhran compares
By population, Pokhran ranks #125 of 175 villages in Songadh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
80.6%
+24.4% vs mandal average
- Pokhran
- 80.6%
- Songadh mandal
- 56.2%
- Tapi district
- 60.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
789
−218 vs mandal average
- Pokhran
- 789
- Songadh mandal
- 1,007
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Pokhran
- 5.3
- Songadh mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pokhran at a glance
Pokhran is a village of 551 people in 103 households (Census 2011) in Songadh taluka, Tapi district, Gujarat, the 125th-largest of 175 villages in Songadh taluka. Literacy is 81%, 24 points above the taluka average of 56% and the sex ratio is 789 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 394670, served by Fort Songadh post office; the LGD village code is 524602. The sarpanch is ALVINABEN MANSHINGBHAI GAMIT. The population is estimated at 650 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pokhran
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- 2
- 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
- SONGADH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KHANJAR
- Total area (ha)
- 512.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 57.54
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pokhran
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pokhran
- LGD code
- 524602
- Pincode
- 394670
- Post office
- Fort Songadh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 551
- Population (projected 2026)
- 650
- Households
- 103
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 789
- Literacy rate
- 80.6%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ALVINABEN MANSHINGBHAI GAMIT
- Block / Mandal
- Songadh
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. Lataben Golwalkar (10.4 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Bhavnagar Terminus (12.3 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 394670
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- Sisor
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- Chorvad
- Khanjar
- Nishana
- Gopalpura
- Chikhli Bhensrot
- Galkuva
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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)