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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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- LGD code
- 518412
- Pincode
- 389210
- Post office
- Shehera
- Population
- 950
- Households
- 168
- Literacy rate
- 59.2%
- Sex ratio
- 951 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 501
Census 2011 · in context
How Hanselav compares
By population, Hanselav ranks #80 of 91 villages in Shehera mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.2%
+0.8% vs mandal average
- Hanselav
- 59.2%
- Shehera mandal
- 58.4%
- Panch Mahals district
- 60.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
951
+2 vs mandal average
- Hanselav
- 951
- Shehera mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Hanselav
- 5.7
- Shehera mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hanselav at a glance
Hanselav is a village of 950 people in 168 households (Census 2011) in Shehera taluka, Panch Mahals district, Gujarat, the 80th-largest of 91 villages in Shehera taluka. Literacy is 59%, about the same as the taluka average of 58% and the sex ratio is 951 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 389210, served by Shehera post office; the LGD village code is 518412. The village votes in Chotila assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shamji Chauhan. The population is estimated at 1,120 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Hanselav
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- SHEHERA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- HANSELAV
- Total area (ha)
- 146.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Hanselav
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Hanselav
- LGD code
- 518412
- Pincode
- 389210
- Post office
- Shehera
- Population (Census 2011)
- 950
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,120
- Households
- 168
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 951
- Literacy rate
- 59.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chotila
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shamji Chauhan
- Block / Mandal
- Shehera
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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