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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BIPINBHAI CHAUDHRY
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- LGD code
- 510483
- Pincode
- 383240
- Post office
- Bamna
- Population
- 1,343
- Households
- 317
- Literacy rate
- 61.4%
- Sex ratio
- 919 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 736
Census 2011 · in context
How Hunj compares
By population, Hunj ranks #61 of 155 villages in Himatnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.4%
−11.1% vs mandal average
- Hunj
- 61.4%
- Himatnagar mandal
- 72.5%
- Sabar Kantha district
- 65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
−13 vs mandal average
- Hunj
- 919
- Himatnagar mandal
- 932
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Hunj
- 4.2
- Himatnagar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hunj at a glance
Hunj is a village of 1,343 people in 317 households (Census 2011) in Himatnagar taluka, Sabar Kantha district, Gujarat, the 61st-largest of 155 villages in Himatnagar taluka. Literacy is 61%, 11 points below the taluka average of 73% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 383240, served by Bamna post office; the LGD village code is 510483. The sarpanch is BIPINBHAI CHAUDHRY, and the village votes in Kalol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji. The population is estimated at 1,583 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Hunj
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- HIMATNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- HUNJ
- Total area (ha)
- 954.22
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 110
- Forest area (ha)
- 422
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Hunj
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Hunj
- LGD code
- 510483
- Pincode
- 383240
- Post office
- Bamna
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,343
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,583
- Households
- 317
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 919
- Literacy rate
- 61.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gandhinagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalol
- Member of Parliament
- Amit Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BIPINBHAI CHAUDHRY
- Block / Mandal
- Himatnagar
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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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)