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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
RP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ramesha patel
Contact: 95****5115
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- LGD code
- 509646
- Pincode
- 384440
- Population
- 520
- Households
- 96
- Literacy rate
- 46.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1016 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 275
- Distance to district centre
- 25 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 13 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 42 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 477 km
- Nearest railway station
- Devsana · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Detroj CHC · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Alusna compares
By population, Alusna ranks #101 of 110 villages in Kadi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.2%
−23.4% vs mandal average
- Alusna
- 46.2%
- Kadi mandal
- 69.6%
- Mahesana district
- 73.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,016
+88 vs mandal average
- Alusna
- 1,016
- Kadi mandal
- 928
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Alusna
- 5.4
- Kadi mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Alusna at a glance
Alusna is a village of 520 people in 96 households (Census 2011) in Kadi taluka, Mahesana district, Gujarat, the 101st-largest of 110 villages in Kadi taluka. Literacy is 46%, 23 points below the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,016 women per 1,000 men. It lies 25 km from the Mahesana district centre, 16 km from Nandasan, the nearest town, 3 km from Devsana railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 384440; the LGD village code is 509646. The nearest hospital or health centre is Detroj CHC, 6 km away. The sarpanch is ramesha patel , and the village votes in Kadi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Karsanbhai Punjabhai Solanki. The population is estimated at 613 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sadra-Alusana →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alusna · this village | 520 | 46% | — |
| Sarada · Bhuj | — | — | 1.2 km SE |
| Damodaripura · Detroj-Rampura | 616 | 62% | 1.3 km W |
| Jadavpura · Kadi | 558 | 77% | 2 km E |
| Dhoriya · Kadi | 1,329 | 65% | 2.1 km SW |
| Bhonynipura · Detroj-Rampura | 391 | 72% | 2.9 km NW |
| Shobhasan · Vadnagar | 2,661 | 71% | 3.3 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Alusna
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KADI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SADRA
- Total area (ha)
- 146.64
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Alusna
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Alusna
- LGD code
- 509646
- Pincode
- 384440
- Population (Census 2011)
- 520
- Population (projected 2026)
- 613
- Households
- 96
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1016
- Literacy rate
- 46.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.32770°N, 72.24924°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahesana
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kadi
- Member of Parliament
- Haribhai Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Karsanbhai Punjabhai Solanki
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ramesha patel
- Block / Mandal
- Kadi
Getting there
How to reach Alusna
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar42 kmcapital
- Mumbai477 km
- Delhi769 km
- Hyderabad927 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDevsana3 km
- Bus stopSujatpura Bus Stope7 km
- Hospital / PHCDetroj CHC6 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India9 km
- Petrol pumpJay Ambe Petroleum8 km
- CollegePanchshil Madyamic School8 km
- Police stationBSF23 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Alusna
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Bhoyani Jain TrithaTemple4.1 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 384440
Villages near Alusna
Other villages in Kadi mandal
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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)