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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sGrgdrgh
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- LGD code
- 521972
- Pincode
- 392110
- Post office
- Amod
- Population
- 6,380
- Households
- 1,217
- Literacy rate
- 78.9%
- Sex ratio
- 973 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,049
- Distance to district centre
- 43 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 65 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 146 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 321 km
- Nearest railway station
- Palej · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Sub Centre & Maternity Centre · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ikhar compares
By population, Ikhar ranks #1 of 52 villages in Amod mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
78.9%
+9.5% vs mandal average
- Ikhar
- 78.9%
- Amod mandal
- 69.4%
- Bharuch district
- 72.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
973
+37 vs mandal average
- Ikhar
- 973
- Amod mandal
- 936
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Ikhar
- 5.2
- Amod mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ikhar at a glance
Ikhar is a village of 6,380 people in 1,217 households (Census 2011) in Amod taluka, Bharuch district, Gujarat, the largest of 52 villages in Amod taluka. Literacy is 79%, 10 points above the taluka average, and the sex ratio is 973 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Bharuch district centre, 42 km from Dahewan, the nearest town, 5 km from Palej railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 392110, served by Amod post office; the LGD village code is 521972. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre. The sarpanch is sGrgdrgh. The population is estimated at 7,522 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ikhar →
Key facts — Ikhar
- LGD code
- 521972
- Pincode
- 392110
- Post office
- Amod
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,380
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,522
- Households
- 1,217
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 973
- Literacy rate
- 78.9%
- Coordinates
- 21.95621°N, 73.03660°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sGrgdrgh
- Block / Mandal
- Amod
- Nearest PHC
- Government Sub Centre & Maternity Centre (0.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Ikhar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar146 kmcapital
- Mumbai321 km
- Hyderabad764 km
- Delhi851 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPalej5 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Sub Centre & Maternity Centre<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India30 km
- Petrol pumpCNG -kabir petrolum13 km
- CollegeShri K J Polytechnic27 km
- Police stationMakarpura Road Police Station39 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Government Sub Centre & Maternity Centreunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary health centre
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 392110
Villages near Ikhar
Other villages in Amod mandal
View all 52+ →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, 2026-09-05
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)