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- LGD code
- 514607
- Pincode
- 362130
- Post office
- Visavadar
- Population
- 830
- Households
- 165
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Sex ratio
- 935 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 420
Census 2011 · in context
How Jhanjhesar compares
By population, Jhanjhesar ranks #54 of 100 villages in Visavadar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.4%
+0.5% vs mandal average
- Jhanjhesar
- 66.4%
- Visavadar mandal
- 65.9%
- Junagadh district
- 67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
935
−16 vs mandal average
- Jhanjhesar
- 935
- Visavadar mandal
- 951
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Jhanjhesar
- 5.0
- Visavadar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jhanjhesar at a glance
Jhanjhesar is a village of 830 people in 165 households (Census 2011) in Visavadar taluka, Junagadh district, Gujarat, the 54th-largest of 100 villages in Visavadar taluka. Literacy is 66%, about the same as the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 935 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 362130, served by Visavadar post office; the LGD village code is 514607. The village votes in Chotila assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shamji Chauhan. The population is estimated at 979 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jhanjhesar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- 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
- 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
- VISAVADAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 66
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JHANJHESAR
- Total area (ha)
- 1,109.09
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 640.87
- Forest area (ha)
- 23.79
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jhanjhesar
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Key facts — Jhanjhesar
- LGD code
- 514607
- Pincode
- 362130
- Post office
- Visavadar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 830
- Population (projected 2026)
- 979
- Households
- 165
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 935
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chotila
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shamji Chauhan
- Block / Mandal
- Visavadar
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- Virpur
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- Ravani (Kuba)
- Chaparda
- Pirvad
- Piyava Gir
- Kalavad
- Jambudi
- Dudhala
- Vichhavad
- Dhebar
- Rajpara
- Pipaliya Hajani
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)