# Desan Village, Sankheda, Vadodara (Gujarat) – PIN Code

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Village · Sankheda, Vadodara 

# Desan

Desan is a village in Sankheda sub-district of Vadodara district, Gujarat, PIN code **391160**. The 2011 Census counted **555 people in 120 households**, the 108th largest of 185 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 555people (2011)
- 120households
- 82.3%literacy
- 391160PIN code

## Desan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Desan is 391160.** Desan falls in Sankheda sub-district, Vadodara district, Gujarat.

- PIN code391160
- Gram panchayatSargi
- Community development blockSankheda
- Census village code520852

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

## How far is Desan from nearby towns?

- Sankheda (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Vadodara (district HQ)97 km by road
- Bodeli (nearest town)15 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 Desan?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Desan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kosindra
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bodeli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sankheda
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- 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 Desan known for?

The main crops are **cotton, castor and sugarcane**. About 77% of the 345 hectares of village land is sown, and 200 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 Desan

Of every 100 households in Desan in 2011, 84 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 47 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Desan · ■ Sankheda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**73%

Tap water ****1%**

**67%

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

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**85%

Use banking services ****51%**

**39%

Television ****28%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****47%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Desan?

■ Desan · ■ Sankheda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.3%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****415**

**925

Working population ****46.3%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 75.8% for women. 61% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 120 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (21%) · **■** Other work 7 (3%) · **■** Marginal 76 (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 Sankheda

- Ghoda578 people
- Vadadla574 people
- Raipur563 people
- Saradiya558 people
- Talakpur552 people
- Fafat551 people
- Amroli548 people
- Fatepur546 people

[All 185 villages in Sankheda](https://wherepedia.org/india/gujarat/vadodara/sankheda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Desan?391160
- How far is Desan from Vadodara?97 km by road
- What is the population of Desan?555 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Desan in?Vadodara district (Sankheda sub-district), Gujarat
- What is the literacy rate of Desan?82.3% (Census 2011)