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Gujarat Adds 63.35 Lakh Farmers to Digital Registry Linked with Aadhaar and Land Records
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
BJ
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BHANUBEN JORUBHAI BHARVAD
Contact: 97****5005
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- LGD code
- 517031
- Pincode
- 388620
- Post office
- Khambhat
- Population
- 1,835
- Households
- 321
- Literacy rate
- 60.1%
- Sex ratio
- 865 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 679
- Distance to district centre
- 35 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 63 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 96 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 366 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khambhat · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Jeevandhara Medical Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Lunej compares
By population, Lunej ranks #36 of 57 villages in Khambhat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.1%
−8.0% vs mandal average
- Lunej
- 60.1%
- Khambhat mandal
- 68.1%
- Anand district
- 74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
865
−53 vs mandal average
- Lunej
- 865
- Khambhat mandal
- 918
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Lunej
- 5.7
- Khambhat mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lunej at a glance
Lunej is a village of 1,835 people in 321 households (Census 2011) in Khambhat taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, the 36th-largest of 57 villages in Khambhat taluka. Literacy is 60%, 8 points below the taluka average of 68% and the sex ratio is 865 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Anand district centre, 18 km from Kavi, the nearest town, 7 km from Khambhat railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 388620, served by Khambhat post office; the LGD village code is 517031. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jeevandhara Medical Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is BHANUBEN JORUBHAI BHARVAD, and the village votes in Daskroi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Babubhai Patel. The population is estimated at 2,163 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Lunej
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KHAMBHAT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 63
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- LUNEJ
- Total area (ha)
- 1,283.42
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 452.12
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Lunej
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Lunej
- LGD code
- 517031
- Pincode
- 388620
- Post office
- Khambhat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,835
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,163
- Households
- 321
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 865
- Literacy rate
- 60.1%
- Coordinates
- 22.35194°N, 72.57000°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kheda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Daskroi
- Member of Parliament
- Devusinh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Babubhai Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BHANUBEN JORUBHAI BHARVAD
- Block / Mandal
- Khambhat
Getting there
How to reach Lunej
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar96 kmcapital
- Mumbai366 km
- Hyderabad829 km
- Delhi837 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhambhat7 km
- Hospital / PHCJeevandhara Medical Hospital6 km
- Collegelake38 km
- Police stationPolice Station47 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)