# Shekhaliya Village, Chotila, Surendranagar (Gujarat)

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Village · Chotila, Surendranagar 

# Shekhaliya

Shekhaliya is a village in Chotila sub-district of Surendranagar district, Gujarat, PIN code **363520**. The 2011 Census counted **715 people in 103 households**, the 92nd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.0%.

- 715people (2011)
- 103households
- 48.9%literacy
- 363520PIN code

## Shekhaliya PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Shekhaliya is 363520.** Shekhaliya falls in Chotila sub-district, Surendranagar district, Gujarat.

- PIN code363520
- Gram panchayatShekhaliya
- Community development blockChotila
- Census village code512375

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Shekhaliya from nearby towns?

- Chotila (sub-district HQ)38 km by road
- Surendranagar (district HQ)93 km by road
- Rajkot (nearest town)38 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Shekhaliya?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Shekhaliya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Rajkot
- ○Degree college10+ km · Rajkot
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chotila
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Shekhaliya known for?

The main crops are **sorghum, pearlmillet/bajra and cotton**. About 45% of the 610 hectares of village land is sown, and 100 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Shekhaliya

Of every 100 households in Shekhaliya in 2011, 63 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 42 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shekhaliya · ■ Chotila rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**66%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****71%**

**48%

Television ****23%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****42%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****37%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Shekhaliya?

■ Shekhaliya · ■ Chotila rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.9%**

**60.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1145**

**935

Working population ****27.3%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.7% for men and 37.9% for women. 51% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 111 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (12%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 58 (30%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Chotila

- Parabdi770 people
- Mahidad762 people
- Fulzar754 people
- Rampara724 people
- Jivapar706 people
- Rupavati700 people
- Rampara672 people
- Devpara671 people

[All 112 villages in Chotila](https://wherepedia.org/india/gujarat/surendranagar/chotila/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Shekhaliya?363520
- How far is Shekhaliya from Surendranagar?93 km by road
- What is the population of Shekhaliya?715 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhaliya in?Surendranagar district (Chotila sub-district), Gujarat
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhaliya?48.9% (Census 2011)