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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
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PATEL ALPABEN SANJAYBHAI
Contact: 97****2757
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- LGD code
- 518622
- Pincode
- 388713
- Post office
- Kakanpur
- Population
- 1,216
- Households
- 219
- Literacy rate
- 60.2%
- Sex ratio
- 918 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 619
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhanol compares
By population, Dhanol ranks #83 of 114 villages in Godhra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.2%
+1.5% vs mandal average
- Dhanol
- 60.2%
- Godhra mandal
- 58.7%
- Panch Mahals district
- 60.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
918
−39 vs mandal average
- Dhanol
- 918
- Godhra mandal
- 957
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Dhanol
- 5.6
- Godhra mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhanol at a glance
Dhanol is a village of 1,216 people in 219 households (Census 2011) in Godhra taluka, Panch Mahals district, Gujarat, the 83rd-largest of 114 villages in Godhra taluka. Literacy is 60%, 2 points above the taluka average of 59% and the sex ratio is 918 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 388713, served by Kakanpur post office; the LGD village code is 518622. The sarpanch is PATEL ALPABEN SANJAYBHAI , and the village votes in Sanand assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kanubhai Karamshibhai Patel. The population is estimated at 1,434 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhanol
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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
- 3
- 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
- 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
- GODHRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 17
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHANOL
- Total area (ha)
- 573.26
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 67
- Forest area (ha)
- 50
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhanol
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhanol
- LGD code
- 518622
- Pincode
- 388713
- Post office
- Kakanpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,216
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,434
- Households
- 219
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 918
- Literacy rate
- 60.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gandhinagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sanand
- Member of Parliament
- Amit Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kanubhai Karamshibhai Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PATEL ALPABEN SANJAYBHAI
- Block / Mandal
- Godhra
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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
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