Village · Amirgadh, Banas Kantha
# Ganji

Ganji is a village in Amirgadh sub-district of Banas Kantha district, Gujarat, PIN code 385001. The 2011 Census counted 2,724 people in 395 households, the 16th largest of 69 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 21.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.8%.
- 2,724 people (2011)
- 395 households
- 21.4% literacy
- 385001 PIN code

## Ganji PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Ganji is 385001. Ganji falls in Amirgadh sub-district, Banas Kantha district, Gujarat.
- PIN code 385001
- Gram panchayat Ganji
- Community development block Amirgadh
- Census village code 507796

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Ganji from nearby towns?
- Iqbalgadh (sub-district HQ) 40 km by road
- Palanpur (district HQ) 41 km by road
- Palanpur (nearest town) 41 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Ganji?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Ganji; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Internet / Common Service Centre In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Iqbalgadh
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Palanpur
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Palanpur
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Ganji known for?

The main crops are pearlmillet/bajra, clusterbean and maize. About 39% of the 1,731 hectares of village land is sown, and 380 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Ganji

Of every 100 households in Ganji in 2011, 28 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ganji · ■ Amirgadh rural average
- Electricity for lighting 28% 59%
- Toilet within the home 0% 11%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 88%
- Tap water 0% 29%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 22%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 9% 40%
- Television 0% 12%
- Mobile phone 9% 36%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 88% 52%
- Own their home 91% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Ganji?

■ Ganji · ■ Amirgadh rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 21.4% 50.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 991 972
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 856 932
- Working population 43.4% 36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 27.0% for men and 16.1% for women. 45% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 236 (20%) · ■ Farm labourers 519 (44%) · ■ Other work 15 (1%) · ■ Marginal 413 (35%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Amirgadh
- Awal 3,236 people
- Khapa 3,062 people
- Kidotar 3,022 people
- Kansaravid 2,868 people
- Manpuriya 2,563 people
- Khuniya 2,440 people
- Pedcholi 2,274 people
- Rabariya 2,117 people

All 69 villages in Amirgadh

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Ganji? 385001
- How far is Ganji from Palanpur? 41 km by road
- What is the population of Ganji? 2,724 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganji in? Banas Kantha district (Amirgadh sub-district), Gujarat
- What is the literacy rate of Ganji? 21.4% (Census 2011)

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