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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
VIJAYBHAI RRUPSINGBHAI CHAUDHARI
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- LGD code
- 524564
- Pincode
- 394680
- Post office
- Ukai Dam
- Population
- 874
- Households
- 199
- Literacy rate
- 58.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1116 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 534
- Distance to district centre
- 88 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 151 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 247 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 243 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ukai Songhad · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mamta Hospital, Songadh · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vekur compares
By population, Vekur ranks #79 of 175 villages in Songadh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.6%
+2.4% vs mandal average
- Vekur
- 58.6%
- Songadh mandal
- 56.2%
- Tapi district
- 60.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,116
+109 vs mandal average
- Vekur
- 1,116
- Songadh mandal
- 1,007
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Vekur
- 4.4
- Songadh mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vekur at a glance
Vekur is a village of 874 people in 199 households (Census 2011) in Songadh taluka, Tapi district, Gujarat, the 79th-largest of 175 villages in Songadh taluka. Literacy is 59%, 2 points above the taluka average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,116 women per 1,000 men. It lies 88 km from the Tapi district centre, 25 km from Chinchpada, the nearest town, 2 km from Ukai Songhad railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 394680, served by Ukai Dam post office; the LGD village code is 524564. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre. The sarpanch is VIJAYBHAI RRUPSINGBHAI CHAUDHARI. The population is estimated at 1,030 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vekur
- 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
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SONGADH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 17
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VEKUR
- Total area (ha)
- 302.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 77
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vekur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vekur
- LGD code
- 524564
- Pincode
- 394680
- Post office
- Ukai Dam
- Population (Census 2011)
- 874
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,030
- Households
- 199
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1116
- Literacy rate
- 58.6%
- Coordinates
- 21.16639°N, 73.56444°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VIJAYBHAI RRUPSINGBHAI CHAUDHARI
- Block / Mandal
- Songadh
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. Mehul's Diagnostic Centre (0.1 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Ukai Songhad (2.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Vekur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar247 kmcapital
- Mumbai243 km
- Hyderabad666 km
- Delhi906 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationUkai Songhad2 km
- Hospital / PHCMamta Hospital, Songadh<1 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Ukai Songhad2.1 km
- Health centre
- Mamta Hospital, Songadhunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary health centre
Same pincode
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- Pipalkuva
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- Sisor
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- Ghasiya Medha
- Malangdev
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- Khanjar
- Nishana
- Gopalpura
- Chikhli Bhensrot
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)