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Gujarat rural women turn traditional handicrafts into source of livelihood
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MALUBHAI LAXMANBHAI VADHER
Contact: 63****1871
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- LGD code
- 509049
- Pincode
- 384241
- Post office
- Mujpur
- Population
- 2,083
- Households
- 407
- Literacy rate
- 49.3%
- Sex ratio
- 936 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,083
Census 2011 · in context
How Ranod compares
By population, Ranod ranks #10 of 36 villages in Shankheshvar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.3%
−5.9% vs mandal average
- Ranod
- 49.3%
- Shankheshvar mandal
- 55.2%
- Patan district
- 62.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
936
−10 vs mandal average
- Ranod
- 936
- Shankheshvar mandal
- 946
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Ranod
- 5.1
- Shankheshvar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ranod at a glance
Ranod is a village of 2,083 people in 407 households (Census 2011) in Shankheshvar taluka, Patan district, Gujarat, the 10th-largest of 36 villages in Shankheshvar taluka. Literacy is 49%, 6 points below the taluka average of 55% and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 384241, served by Mujpur post office; the LGD village code is 509049. The sarpanch is MALUBHAI LAXMANBHAI VADHER, and the village votes in Kalol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji. The population is estimated at 2,456 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ranod
- 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
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- HARIJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RANOD
- Total area (ha)
- 1,202.08
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ranod
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ranod
- LGD code
- 509049
- Pincode
- 384241
- Post office
- Mujpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,083
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,456
- Households
- 407
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 936
- Literacy rate
- 49.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gandhinagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalol
- Member of Parliament
- Amit Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MALUBHAI LAXMANBHAI VADHER
- Block / Mandal
- Shankheshvar
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. kamal Gupta Krishna Skin Clinic (2.1 km)
- Nearest bank
- Dena Bank (2.1 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Kalol Junction (3.2 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 384241
- LoladaShankheshvar mandal4,387 pop
- MujpurShankheshvar mandal4,255 pop
- KunvarShankheshvar mandal3,530 pop
- Moti ChandurShankheshvar mandal3,503 pop
- TuvadShankheshvar mandal2,991 pop
- KuvaradShankheshvar mandal2,550 pop
- SipurShankheshvar mandal1,815 pop
- SubapuraShankheshvar mandal1,628 pop
- TaranagarShankheshvar mandal1,614 pop
Other villages in Shankheshvar mandal
View all 35 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)