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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KV
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
kamleshbhai variya
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- LGD code
- 520850
- Pincode
- 391140
- Post office
- Kosindra
- Population
- 1,277
- Households
- 272
- Literacy rate
- 66.1%
- Sex ratio
- 953 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 542
Census 2011 · in context
How Panej compares
By population, Panej ranks #41 of 150 villages in Bodeli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.1%
+7.6% vs mandal average
- Panej
- 66.1%
- Bodeli mandal
- 58.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
953
+12 vs mandal average
- Panej
- 953
- Bodeli mandal
- 941
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Panej
- 4.7
- Bodeli mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Panej at a glance
Panej is a village of 1,277 people in 272 households (Census 2011) in Bodeli taluka, Chhotaudepur district, Gujarat, the 41st-largest of 150 villages in Bodeli taluka. Literacy is 66%, 8 points above the taluka average of 59% and the sex ratio is 953 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 391140, served by Kosindra post office; the LGD village code is 520850. The sarpanch is kamleshbhai variya, and the village votes in Mehmedabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arjunsinh Udesinh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 1,506 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Panej
- 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
- 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
- BODELI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PANEJ
- Total area (ha)
- 535.96
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 400
- Forest area (ha)
- 38.69
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Panej
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Panej
- LGD code
- 520850
- Pincode
- 391140
- Post office
- Kosindra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,277
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,506
- Households
- 272
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 953
- Literacy rate
- 66.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kheda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mehmedabad
- Member of Parliament
- Devusinh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arjunsinh Udesinh Chauhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- kamleshbhai variya
- Block / Mandal
- Bodeli
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 391140
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Panej
Other villages in Bodeli mandal
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- Tandalja
- Uchapan
- Jabugam
- Kadachhala
- Kosindra
- Sakhandra
- Dhokaliya
- Ferkuva
- Vaghava
- Morakhala
- Chachak
- Saniyadari
- Ladhod
- Mota Kantva
- Dharoliya (Sakhandra)
- Muldhar
- Surya
- Ganeshvad
- Dholivav
- Tadkachhala
- Bamroli
- Untkoi
- Bamroli
- Modasar
- Moti Bumdi
- Athavali
- Dholpur
- Ratanpur (Thana)
- Alhadpura
- Pachisgam
- Zankharpura
- Ranbhun
- Timbi
- Vadadla
- Pandhara
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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)