Vankia was a Sixth Class princely state, in the Gohelwarprant of Kathiawar, also comprising two more villages, ruled by Kathi Chieftains.
It had a combined population of 947 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 5,051 Rupees (1903-4, mostly from land) and a paying a tribute of 524 Rupees, to the British and Junagadh State.