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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
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- LGD code
- 516598
- Pincode
- 364140
- Post office
- Talaja
- Population
- 2,120
- Households
- 399
- Literacy rate
- 65.3%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,062
Census 2011 · in context
How Kundheli compares
By population, Kundheli ranks #47 of 113 villages in Talaja mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.3%
+6.5% vs mandal average
- Kundheli
- 65.3%
- Talaja mandal
- 58.8%
- Bhavnagar district
- 65.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
+24 vs mandal average
- Kundheli
- 979
- Talaja mandal
- 955
Household size
people per home
5.3
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Kundheli
- 5.3
- Talaja mandal
- 5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kundheli at a glance
Kundheli is a village of 2,120 people in 399 households (Census 2011) in Talaja taluka, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, the 47th-largest of 113 villages in Talaja taluka. Literacy is 65%, 7 points above the taluka average of 59% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 364140, served by Talaja post office; the LGD village code is 516598. The village votes in Palitana assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhikhabhai Ravajibhai Baraiya. The population is estimated at 2,499 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kundheli
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- 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
- 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
- TALAJA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KUNDHELI
- Total area (ha)
- 605.39
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 235
- Forest area (ha)
- 3.28
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kundheli
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kundheli
- LGD code
- 516598
- Pincode
- 364140
- Post office
- Talaja
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,120
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,499
- Households
- 399
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 65.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhavnagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Palitana
- Member of Parliament
- Nimuben Bambhaniya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhikhabhai Ravajibhai Baraiya
- Block / Mandal
- Talaja
- Nearest PHC
- Pinakin Clinic (11.2 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Madhada (8.3 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 364140
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)