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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
susilaben vasava
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- LGD code
- 522446
- Pincode
- 393130
- Post office
- Netrang
- Population
- 1,028
- Households
- 227
- Literacy rate
- 65.4%
- Sex ratio
- 914 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 493
Census 2011 · in context
How Ghanikhunt compares
By population, Ghanikhunt ranks #33 of 78 villages in Netrang mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.4%
+3.0% vs mandal average
- Ghanikhunt
- 65.4%
- Netrang mandal
- 62.4%
- Bharuch district
- 72.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
914
−46 vs mandal average
- Ghanikhunt
- 914
- Netrang mandal
- 960
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Ghanikhunt
- 4.5
- Netrang mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ghanikhunt at a glance
Ghanikhunt is a village of 1,028 people in 227 households (Census 2011) in Netrang taluka, Bharuch district, Gujarat, the 33rd-largest of 78 villages in Netrang taluka. Literacy is 65%, 3 points above the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 914 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 393130, served by Netrang post office; the LGD village code is 522446. The sarpanch is susilaben vasava . The population is estimated at 1,212 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ghanikhunt
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- No
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ANKLESVAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 56
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 64
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 38
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GHANIKHUNT
- Total area (ha)
- 217.36
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ghanikhunt
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ghanikhunt
- LGD code
- 522446
- Pincode
- 393130
- Post office
- Netrang
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,028
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,212
- Households
- 227
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 914
- Literacy rate
- 65.4%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- susilaben vasava
- Block / Mandal
- Netrang
- Nearest railway station
- Trapaj Bungalow (17.1 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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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