Sankad
Dhanera block · Banas Kantha
district, Gujarat · PIN 385310
· village code 507673
Population 2011
2,080
Census of India
Population 2020
2,398
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.3%
318 people · 1.6% a year
Households
429
+21.2% vs 354 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,080
Male / female
1,092 / 988
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
905
Children aged 0–6
422
Literacy rate
44.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
400 / 5
Working population
911
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.0%
Households
354
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
315
Teachers
14
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
389 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
389 / 389 / 389
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jorapura (Dhakha) panchayat, Dhanera zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹33.10 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.57 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹10.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.90 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.88 lakh · received ₹5.83 lakh · spent ₹2.73 lakh · left ₹15.98 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.22 lakh · received ₹8.74 lakh · spent ₹8.05 lakh · left ₹20.91 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.5946, 72.1097 —
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