Velakot

Girgadhda block · Gir Somnath district, Gujarat · PIN 362560 · village code 515292

Population 2011

1,937

Census of India

Population 2020

1,940

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+0.1%

3 people · 0.0% a year

Households

381

+15.8% vs 329 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,937

Male / female

984 / 953

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

968

Children aged 0–6

301

Literacy rate

52.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

0 / 0

Working population

1,063

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

97.5%

Households

329

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

190

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

80%

Net sown area

351 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

351 / 270 / 80

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Velakot panchayat, Gir-Gadhada 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

₹18.97 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹6.92 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹11.52 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹14.37 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹6.99 lakh · received ₹2.77 lakh · spent ₹7.75 lakh · left ₹2.01 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹11.98 lakh · received ₹4.15 lakh · spent ₹3.77 lakh · left ₹12.36 lakh

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

Location

20.9189, 70.9273 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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