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- LGD code
- 521171
- Pincode
- 391244
- Post office
- Choranda
- Population
- 3,674
- Households
- 731
- Literacy rate
- 61.6%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,572
- Distance to district centre
- 77 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 53 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 147 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 325 km
- Nearest railway station
- Choranda Junction · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- V Care Multi Speciality Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Choranda compares
By population, Choranda ranks #5 of 93 villages in Karjan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.6%
−8.4% vs mandal average
- Choranda
- 61.6%
- Karjan mandal
- 70.0%
- Vadodara district
- 69.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
−7 vs mandal average
- Choranda
- 933
- Karjan mandal
- 940
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Choranda
- 5.0
- Karjan mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Choranda at a glance
Choranda is a village of 3,674 people in 731 households (Census 2011) in Karjan taluka, Vadodara district, Gujarat, the 5th-largest of 93 villages in Karjan taluka. Literacy is 62%, 8 points below the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. It lies 77 km from the Vadodara district centre, 44 km from Netrang, the nearest town, under 1 km from Choranda Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 391244, served by Choranda post office; the LGD village code is 521171. The nearest hospital or health centre is V Care Multi Speciality Hospital, 8 km away. The village votes in Khambhat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chirag Patel. The population is estimated at 4,332 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Choranda
- 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
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KARJAN
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHORANDA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,218.32
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 875
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Choranda
- LGD code
- 521171
- Pincode
- 391244
- Post office
- Choranda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,674
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,332
- Households
- 731
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 61.6%
- Coordinates
- 21.98712°N, 73.16775°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khambhat
- Member of Parliament
- Mitesh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chirag Patel
- Block / Mandal
- Karjan
- Nearest railway station
- Choranda Junction (0.5 km)
Getting there
How to reach Choranda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar147 kmcapital
- Mumbai325 km
- Hyderabad756 km
- Delhi841 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChoranda Junction<1 km
- Hospital / PHCV Care Multi Speciality Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank34 km
- Petrol pumpCNG gujarat10 km
- CollegeNavrachana University34 km
- Police stationMakarpura Road Police Station32 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Choranda Junctionunder 1 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)