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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANISHABEN PATEL
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- LGD code
- 510540
- Pincode
- 383030
- Post office
- Gambhoi
- Population
- 1,199
- Households
- 253
- Literacy rate
- 79.3%
- Sex ratio
- 903 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 579
- Distance to district centre
- 186 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 186 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 173 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 532 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kundalgarh · 59 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Fakhri Hospital · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karanpur compares
By population, Karanpur ranks #73 of 155 villages in Himatnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
79.3%
+6.8% vs mandal average
- Karanpur
- 79.3%
- Himatnagar mandal
- 72.5%
- Sabar Kantha district
- 65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
903
−29 vs mandal average
- Karanpur
- 903
- Himatnagar mandal
- 932
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Karanpur
- 4.7
- Himatnagar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karanpur at a glance
Karanpur is a village of 1,199 people in 253 households (Census 2011) in Himatnagar taluka, Sabar Kantha district, Gujarat, the 73rd-largest of 155 villages in Himatnagar taluka. Literacy is 79%, 7 points above the taluka average of 73% and the sex ratio is 903 women per 1,000 men. It lies 186 km from the Sabar Kantha district centre, 18 km from Ghatol, the nearest town, 59 km from Kundalgarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 383030, served by Gambhoi post office; the LGD village code is 510540. The nearest hospital or health centre is Fakhri Hospital, 13 km away. The sarpanch is MANISHABEN PATEL, and the village votes in Kalol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji. The population is estimated at 1,414 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karanpur
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- HIMATNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 12
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KARANPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 307.59
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 244.97
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karanpur
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Key facts — Karanpur
- LGD code
- 510540
- Pincode
- 383030
- Post office
- Gambhoi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,199
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,414
- Households
- 253
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 903
- Literacy rate
- 79.3%
- Coordinates
- 23.68289°N, 74.25282°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gandhinagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalol
- Member of Parliament
- Amit Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANISHABEN PATEL
- Block / Mandal
- Himatnagar
Getting there
How to reach Karanpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar173 kmcapital
- Mumbai532 km
- Delhi623 km
- Hyderabad827 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKundalgarh59 km
- Hospital / PHCFakhri Hospital13 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank24 km
- Petrol pumpbharat petroleum, banswara23 km
- Collegecollege ground23 km
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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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