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About Gamdi Shekhlal Village

Gamdi Shekhlal is a small village in Sankheda tehsil, in the district of Vadodara, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 241, made up of 128 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 391145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gamdi Shekhlal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamdi Shekhlal village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Vadodara
Tehsil Sankheda
Pincode 391145
Area (hectares) 86.2 hectares
Population 241
Male Population 128
Female Population 113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gamdi Shekhlal compares

By the 2011 count Gamdi Shekhlal is the 158th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 984 residents. Its 86.2 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Gamdi Shekhlal

Gamdi Shekhlal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gamdi Shekhlal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gamdi Shekhlal from other places

Gamdi Shekhlal lies about 48 km from Vadodara, and the nearest railway station is Moriya, about 4.9 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gamdi Shekhlal
Nearest railway station Moriya 4.9 km
Nearest town Rājpīpla 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Sankheda 25 km
District headquarters Vadodara 48 km

Villages closest to Gamdi Shekhlal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sankheda tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Gamdi Shekhlal

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamdi Shekhlal village had a population of 241. That makes it the 158th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 984 residents.

Gamdi Shekhlal village has 128 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamdi Shekhlal has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Gamdi Shekhlal is 391145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gamdi Shekhlal covers 86.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gamdi Shekhlal falls under Sankheda tehsil of Vadodara district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Gamdi Shekhlal is Moriya, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gamdi Shekhlal.

Gamdi Shekhlal is about 48 km from Vadodara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamdi Shekhlal is in Sankheda tehsil of Vadodara district. Moriya is about 4.9 km away. Rājpīpla is about 10 km away. Sankheda is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gola Gamdi (under 2 km), Handod (4.6 km) and Lachhras (8.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gamdi Shekhlal today is likely to be higher.

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