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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Manjuben Kishorbhai Rathod
Contact: 99****5554
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- LGD code
- 513944
- Pincode
- 361315
- Post office
- Bhatia
- Population
- 8,648
- Households
- 1,541
- Literacy rate
- 54.6%
- Sex ratio
- 944 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,946
- Distance to district centre
- 50 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 28 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 358 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 505 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhopalka · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Kadivale · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ran compares
By population, Ran ranks #3 of 64 villages in Kalyanpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.6%
−3.3% vs mandal average
- Ran
- 54.6%
- Kalyanpur mandal
- 57.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
944
−23 vs mandal average
- Ran
- 944
- Kalyanpur mandal
- 967
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Ran
- 5.6
- Kalyanpur mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ran at a glance
Ran is a village of 8,648 people in 1,541 households (Census 2011) in Kalyanpur taluka, Devbhumi Dwarka district, Gujarat, the 3rd-largest of 64 villages in Kalyanpur taluka. Literacy is 55%, 3 points below the taluka average of 58% and the sex ratio is 944 women per 1,000 men. It lies 50 km from the Devbhumi Dwarka district centre, 11 km from Bhatiya, the nearest town, 7 km from Bhopalka railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 361315, served by Bhatia post office; the LGD village code is 513944. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Kadivale, 13 km away. The sarpanch is Manjuben Kishorbhai Rathod, and the village votes in Khambhalia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ayar Mulubhai Hardasbhai Bera. The population is estimated at 10,196 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ran →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ran · this village | 8,648 | 55% | — |
| Khodiyar · Talala | 0 | — | 2.6 km S |
| Khodiyar · Daskroi | 3,327 | 67% | 2.6 km S |
| Bharatpur · Bhanvad | 1,969 | 66% | 6.1 km S |
| Mahadeviya · Kalyanpur | 1,691 | 57% | 6.1 km W |
| Mahadeviya · Khambhalia | 1,339 | 62% | 6.1 km W |
| Mahadeviya · Deesa | 3,413 | 51% | 6.1 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ran
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- KHAMBHALIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 34
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 92
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 34
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RAN/LIMBDI
- Total area (ha)
- 4,683.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,552
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ran
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ran
- LGD code
- 513944
- Pincode
- 361315
- Post office
- Bhatia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 8,648
- Population (projected 2026)
- 10,196
- Households
- 1,541
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 944
- Literacy rate
- 54.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.17967°N, 69.33218°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jamnagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khambhalia
- Member of Parliament
- Poonamben Maadam
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ayar Mulubhai Hardasbhai Bera
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Manjuben Kishorbhai Rathod
- Block / Mandal
- Kalyanpur
- Nearest PHC
- Shraddha Clinic (23.0 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Viramdad (26.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Ran
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar358 kmcapital
- Mumbai505 km
- Delhi1066 km
- Hyderabad1096 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhopalka7 km
- Bus stopBus stand Limabde3 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Kadivale13 km
- ATM / bankCENTRAL BANK OF INDIA - ATM38 km
- Petrol pumpDivyapath Petroleum Guragadh15 km
- Police stationMeghpar Police Station53 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Ran
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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Villages near Ran
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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, 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)