Dhankaniya

Botad block · Botad district, Gujarat · PIN 364710 · village code 516026

Population 2011

2,230

Census of India

Population 2020

2,245

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+0.7%

15 people · 0.1% a year

Households

465

+19.2% vs 390 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

2,230

Male / female

1,132 / 1,098

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

970

Children aged 0–6

426

Literacy rate

47.4%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

90 / 0

Working population

716

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

53.1%

Households

390

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

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

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

350

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

203

Non-farm households

207

Share of households farming, 2020

50%

Net sown area

1,800 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1,800 / 1,125 / 722

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Dhankaniya panchayat, Botad 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

₹20.08 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹10.21 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹11.33 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹18.96 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹2.89 lakh · received ₹4.09 lakh · spent ₹3.78 lakh · left ₹3.19 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹17.19 lakh · received ₹6.13 lakh · spent ₹7.54 lakh · left ₹15.77 lakh

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

Location

22.1802, 71.6634 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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