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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
dhruvrajsinh rana
Contact: 89****6533
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- LGD code
- 512179
- Pincode
- 363110
- Post office
- Vana
- Population
- 2,838
- Households
- 618
- Literacy rate
- 66.5%
- Sex ratio
- 918 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 946
- Distance to district centre
- 31 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 61 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 102 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 439 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bajrangpura · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mahavir Clinic · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vana compares
By population, Vana ranks #4 of 43 villages in Lakhtar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.5%
+6.1% vs mandal average
- Vana
- 66.5%
- Lakhtar mandal
- 60.4%
- Surendranagar district
- 62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
918
−24 vs mandal average
- Vana
- 918
- Lakhtar mandal
- 942
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Vana
- 4.6
- Lakhtar mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vana at a glance
Vana is a village of 2,838 people in 618 households (Census 2011) in Lakhtar taluka, Surendranagar district, Gujarat, the 4th-largest of 43 villages in Lakhtar taluka. Literacy is 67%, 6 points above the taluka average of 60% and the sex ratio is 918 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Surendranagar district centre, 9 km from Lakhtar, the nearest town, 5 km from Bajrangpura railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 363110, served by Vana post office; the LGD village code is 512179. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mahavir Clinic, 11 km away. The sarpanch is dhruvrajsinh rana, and the village votes in Dhandhuka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalubhai Rupabhai Dabhi. The population is estimated at 3,346 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vana
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SURENDRANAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VANA
- Total area (ha)
- 3,749.45
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 13.13
- Forest area (ha)
- 89.37
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vana
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vana
- LGD code
- 512179
- Pincode
- 363110
- Post office
- Vana
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,838
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,346
- Households
- 618
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 918
- Literacy rate
- 66.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.87464°N, 71.70936°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhandhuka
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalubhai Rupabhai Dabhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- dhruvrajsinh rana
- Block / Mandal
- Lakhtar
- Nearest railway station
- Tagdi (68.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Vana
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar102 kmcapital
- Mumbai439 km
- Delhi843 km
- Hyderabad934 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBajrangpura5 km
- Hospital / PHCMahavir Clinic11 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India17 km
- Petrol pumpBharat petroleum petrol pump8 km
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View all 42+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)