Karjala observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Gujarat.
By population, Karjala ranks #30 of 35 villages in Jesar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karjala is a village of 1,055 people in 187 households (Census 2011) in Jesar taluka, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, the 30th-largest of 35 villages in Jesar taluka. Literacy is 52%, 7 points below the taluka average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,017 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 364510, served by Jesar post office; the LGD village code is 516682. The sarpanch is kababhainaranbhai soalnki, and the village votes in Botad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Makwana Umeshbhai Naranbhai. The population is estimated at 1,244 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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