Sortha
Jamjodhpur block · Jamnagar
district, Gujarat · PIN 361162
· village code 513789
Population 2011
919
Census of India
Population 2020
948
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.2%
29 people · 0.3% a year
Households
362
+101.1% vs 180 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
919
Male / female
486 / 433
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
891
Children aged 0–6
77
Literacy rate
66.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
65 / 0
Working population
569
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.1%
Households
180
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
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
65
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
235
Non-farm households
127
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
683 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
683 / 300 / 52
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sortha panchayat, Kalavad 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
₹7.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.83 lakh
Received directly
₹2.28 lakh
Spent
₹5.59 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.59 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.28 lakh · received ₹1.93 lakh · spent ₹2.59 lakh · left ₹3.53 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.80 lakh · received ₹2.90 lakh · spent ₹3.00 lakh · left ₹5.07 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.1982, 70.3882 —
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