# Ghotan Village, Kaprada, Valsad (Gujarat) – PIN Code

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Village · Kaprada, Valsad 

# Ghotan

Ghotan is a village in Kaprada sub-district of Valsad district, Gujarat, PIN code **396065**. The 2011 Census counted **1,900 people in 303 households**, the 58th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.4%.

- 1,900people (2011)
- 303households
- 46.3%literacy
- 396065PIN code

## Ghotan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Ghotan is 396065.** Ghotan falls in Kaprada sub-district, Valsad district, Gujarat.

- PIN code396065
- Gram panchayatGhotan
- Community development blockKaprada
- Census village code523556

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

## How far is Ghotan from nearby towns?

- Kaprada (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Valsad (district HQ)95 km by road
- Dharampur (nearest town)65 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 Ghotan?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Ghotan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●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
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kaprada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kaprada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kaprada
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Ghotan known for?

The main crops are **paddy, udid bean and pigeon pea**. About 38% of the 757 hectares of village land is sown, and 16 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 Ghotan

Of every 100 households in Ghotan in 2011, 83 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghotan · ■ Kaprada rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****44%**

**37%

Television ****9%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****58%**

**53%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Ghotan?

■ Ghotan · ■ Kaprada rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.3%**

**52.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**993

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****914**

**962

Working population ****43.9%**

**46.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.4% for men and 41.3% for women. 52% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 250 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 34 (4%) · **■** Marginal 538 (65%)

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 Kaprada

- Pendhardevi1,974 people
- Rohiyal Jungle1,953 people
- Suliya1,943 people
- Kajli1,923 people
- Pipalset1,816 people
- Bhavada Jagiri1,806 people
- Chepa1,743 people
- Nani Palsan1,722 people

[All 128 villages in Kaprada](https://wherepedia.org/india/gujarat/valsad/kaprada/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ghotan?396065
- How far is Ghotan from Valsad?95 km by road
- What is the population of Ghotan?1,900 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghotan in?Valsad district (Kaprada sub-district), Gujarat
- What is the literacy rate of Ghotan?46.3% (Census 2011)