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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Rinkeshaben Kalpeshbhai Patel
Contact: 98****1904
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- LGD code
- 509292
- Pincode
- 384120
- Post office
- Bhandu
- Population
- 8,228
- Households
- 1,709
- Literacy rate
- 74.8%
- Sex ratio
- 906 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,398
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 12 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 61 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 517 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhandu Motidau · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- mamta hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhandu compares
By population, Bhandu ranks #3 of 58 villages in Visnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.8%
−1.4% vs mandal average
- Bhandu
- 74.8%
- Visnagar mandal
- 76.2%
- Mahesana district
- 73.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
906
−23 vs mandal average
- Bhandu
- 906
- Visnagar mandal
- 929
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
- Bhandu
- 4.8
- Visnagar mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhandu at a glance
Bhandu is a village of 8,228 people in 1,709 households (Census 2011) in Visnagar taluka, Mahesana district, Gujarat, the 3rd-largest of 58 villages in Visnagar taluka. Literacy is 75%, 1 points below the taluka average of 76% and the sex ratio is 906 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Mahesana district centre, 7 km from Pali, the nearest town, 3 km from Bhandu Motidau railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 384120, served by Bhandu post office; the LGD village code is 509292. The nearest hospital or health centre is mamta hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Rinkeshaben Kalpeshbhai Patel, and the village votes in Visnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rushikesh Ganeshbhai Patel. The population is estimated at 9,701 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhandu
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- 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
- 3
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 2
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MAHESANA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 12
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHANDU
- Total area (ha)
- 2,419.31
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 320
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Bhandu
- LGD code
- 509292
- Pincode
- 384120
- Post office
- Bhandu
- Population (Census 2011)
- 8,228
- Population (projected 2026)
- 9,701
- Households
- 1,709
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 906
- Literacy rate
- 74.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.70000°N, 72.36667°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahesana
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Visnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Haribhai Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rushikesh Ganeshbhai Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Rinkeshaben Kalpeshbhai Patel
- Block / Mandal
- Visnagar
- Nearest railway station
- Bhandu Motidau (2.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Bhandu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar61 kmcapital
- Mumbai517 km
- Delhi729 km
- Hyderabad948 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhandu Motidau3 km
- Bus stopFatepura8 km
- Hospital / PHCmamta hospital7 km
- ATM / bankA.P.M.C Nagrik Bank8 km
- Petrol pumpLPG godown8 km
- CollegePATEL SAV ADRASH KANYA VIDYALAYA8 km
- Police stationMahsana District Jail10 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Bhandu Motidau2.6 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bhandu
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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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