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- LGD code
- 510490
- Pincode
- 383002
- Population
- 411
- Households
- 82
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Sex ratio
- 819 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 253
- Distance to district centre
- 7 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 24 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 474 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jhulasan · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kenpur compares
By population, Kenpur ranks #136 of 155 villages in Himatnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.4%
−6.1% vs mandal average
- Kenpur
- 66.4%
- Himatnagar mandal
- 72.5%
- Sabar Kantha district
- 65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
819
−113 vs mandal average
- Kenpur
- 819
- Himatnagar mandal
- 932
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Kenpur
- 5.0
- Himatnagar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kenpur at a glance
Kenpur is a village of 411 people in 82 households (Census 2011) in Himatnagar taluka, Sabar Kantha district, Gujarat, the 136th-largest of 155 villages in Himatnagar taluka. Literacy is 66%, 6 points below the taluka average of 73% and the sex ratio is 819 women per 1,000 men. It lies 7 km from the Sabar Kantha district centre, 8 km from Nandasan, the nearest town, 4 km from Jhulasan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 383002; the LGD village code is 510490. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 3 km away. The village votes in Kalol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji. The population is estimated at 485 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kenpur
- 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
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- HIMATNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RAMPUR (GHORVADA)
- Total area (ha)
- 147.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 102.98
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kenpur
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Key facts — Kenpur
- LGD code
- 510490
- Pincode
- 383002
- Population (Census 2011)
- 411
- Population (projected 2026)
- 485
- Households
- 82
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 819
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.31698°N, 72.43136°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gandhinagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalol
- Member of Parliament
- Amit Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji
- Block / Mandal
- Himatnagar
Getting there
How to reach Kenpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar24 kmcapital
- Mumbai474 km
- Delhi758 km
- Hyderabad913 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJhulasan4 km
- Bus stopRajpur1 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda4 km
- Petrol pumpHp petrol pump;HP PETROL PUMP4 km
- CollegeDr. Nakadar Senior Secondary School7 km
- Police stationKalol police station12 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kenpur
5 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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