Bhankhra

Vijaynagar block · Sabar Kantha district, Gujarat · PIN 383460 · village code 509938

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,043 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,123 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

2,043

Male / female

1,021 / 1,022

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,001

Children aged 0–6

409

Literacy rate

60.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

44 / 1,992

Working population

780

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

85.6%

Households

396

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water nearest 10 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Van

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

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

250

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

193

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

99%

Net sown area

801 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

801 / 801 / 801

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Bhankhra panchayat, Vijaynagar 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

₹25.18 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹24.82 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹22.97 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹27.03 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹7.67 lakh · received ₹9.93 lakh · spent ₹4.95 lakh · left ₹12.64 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹17.51 lakh · received ₹14.89 lakh · spent ₹18.02 lakh · left ₹14.38 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

23.9459, 73.2409 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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