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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
patel jaydipkumar nanabhai
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- LGD code
- 510911
- Pincode
- 383345
- Post office
- Malpur
- Population
- 874
- Households
- 158
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Sex ratio
- 960 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 517
- Distance to district centre
- 178 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 234 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 151 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 501 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dungarpur · 62 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pancholi Clinic · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanela compares
By population, Kanela ranks #35 of 99 villages in Malpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.4%
+7.2% vs mandal average
- Kanela
- 66.4%
- Malpur mandal
- 59.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
960
+3 vs mandal average
- Kanela
- 960
- Malpur mandal
- 957
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Kanela
- 5.5
- Malpur mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanela at a glance
Kanela is a village of 874 people in 158 households (Census 2011) in Malpur taluka, Arvalli district, Gujarat, the 35th-largest of 99 villages in Malpur taluka. Literacy is 66%, 7 points above the taluka average of 59% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. It lies 178 km from the Arvalli district centre, 48 km from Limdi, the nearest town, 62 km from Dungarpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 383345, served by Malpur post office; the LGD village code is 510911. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pancholi Clinic, 13 km away. The sarpanch is patel jaydipkumar nanabhai, and the village votes in Dasada assembly constituency, represented by MLA P.K.Parmar. The population is estimated at 1,030 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kanela
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MALPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 82
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KASVADA
- Total area (ha)
- 195.79
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 90
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kanela
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kanela
- LGD code
- 510911
- Pincode
- 383345
- Post office
- Malpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 874
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,030
- Households
- 158
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 960
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.43654°N, 74.09109°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dasada
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- P.K.Parmar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- patel jaydipkumar nanabhai
- Block / Mandal
- Malpur
- Nearest railway station
- Bajana (239.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kanela
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar151 kmcapital
- Mumbai501 km
- Delhi654 km
- Hyderabad814 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDungarpur62 km
- Bus stopRatriya16 km
- Hospital / PHCPancholi Clinic13 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank37 km
- Petrol pumpbharat petroleum, banswara37 km
- Collegecollege ground37 km
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- 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
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