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

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Village · Sankheda, Vadodara 

# Handod

Handod is a village in Sankheda sub-district of Vadodara district, Gujarat, PIN code **391145**. The 2011 Census counted **783 people in 209 households**, the 81st largest of 185 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 783people (2011)
- 209households
- 88.5%literacy
- 391145PIN code

## Handod PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Handod is 391145.** Handod falls in Sankheda sub-district, Vadodara district, Gujarat.

- PIN code391145
- Gram panchayatHandod
- Community development blockSankheda
- Census village code520833

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

## How far is Handod from nearby towns?

- Sankheda (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Vadodara (district HQ)60 km by road
- Bodeli (nearest town)24 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 Handod?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Handod; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sankheda
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dabhoi
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Sankheda
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, 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 Handod known for?

The main crops are **cotton, sorghum and pigeon pea**. About 87% of the 370 hectares of village land is sown, and 223 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 Handod

Of every 100 households in Handod in 2011, 86 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 38 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Handod · ■ Sankheda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**73%

Tap water ****99%**

**67%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****38%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****37%**

**85%

Use banking services ****56%**

**39%

Television ****48%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**32%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Handod?

■ Handod · ■ Sankheda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.5%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****755**

**925

Working population ****69.9%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 82.3% for women. 70% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 188 (34%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 44 (8%) · **■** Marginal 236 (43%)

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

- Garol811 people
- Sunderpura803 people
- Targol801 people
- Sanoli785 people
- Lotiya742 people
- Bhojpur731 people
- Deroli727 people
- Vadadli713 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Handod?391145
- How far is Handod from Vadodara?60 km by road
- What is the population of Handod?783 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Handod in?Vadodara district (Sankheda sub-district), Gujarat
- What is the literacy rate of Handod?88.5% (Census 2011)