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‘I was engaged at 11’: Gujarat village uses early engagements to keep girls out of sex work
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
VASAVA JIGNESH GOPALBHAI
Contact: 63****1084
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- LGD code
- 521532
- Pincode
- 392025
- Post office
- Samni
- Population
- 1,479
- Households
- 282
- Literacy rate
- 41.4%
- Sex ratio
- 999 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 875
Census 2011 · in context
How Junaraj compares
By population, Junaraj ranks #24 of 111 villages in Nandod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.4%
−26.8% vs mandal average
- Junaraj
- 41.4%
- Nandod mandal
- 68.2%
- Narmada district
- 62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
999
+64 vs mandal average
- Junaraj
- 999
- Nandod mandal
- 935
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Junaraj
- 5.2
- Nandod mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Junaraj at a glance
Junaraj is a village of 1,479 people in 282 households (Census 2011) in Nandod taluka, Narmada district, Gujarat, the 24th-largest of 111 villages in Nandod taluka. Literacy is 41%, 27 points below the taluka average of 68% and the sex ratio is 999 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 392025, served by Samni post office; the LGD village code is 521532. The sarpanch is VASAVA JIGNESH GOPALBHAI, and the village votes in Tankara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Durlabhjibhai Harakhjibhai Dethariya. The population is estimated at 1,744 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Junaraj
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- 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
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAJPIPLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JUNARAJ
- Total area (ha)
- 6,713.88
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 4,619.54
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Junaraj
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Junaraj
- LGD code
- 521532
- Pincode
- 392025
- Post office
- Samni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,479
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,744
- Households
- 282
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 999
- Literacy rate
- 41.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tankara
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Durlabhjibhai Harakhjibhai Dethariya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VASAVA JIGNESH GOPALBHAI
- Block / Mandal
- Nandod
- Nearest bank
- Sahkari Mandli Bharatnagar (14.7 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, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)