# Bhavnagar Village, Kankrej, Banas Kantha (Gujarat) – PIN Code

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Village · Kankrej, Banas Kantha 

# Bhavnagar

Bhavnagar is a village in Kankrej sub-district of Banas Kantha district, Gujarat, PIN code **385555**. The 2011 Census counted **986 people in 156 households**, the 73rd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.6%.

- 986people (2011)
- 156households
- 62.2%literacy
- 385555PIN code

## Bhavnagar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bhavnagar is 385555.** Bhavnagar falls in Kankrej sub-district, Banas Kantha district, Gujarat.

- PIN code385555
- Gram panchayatAdhgam
- Community development blockKankrej
- Census village code508559

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Bhavnagar from nearby towns?

- Shihori (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Palanpur (district HQ)90 km by road
- Tharad (nearest town)3 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Bhavnagar?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Tharad
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Thara
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Tharad
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bhavnagar known for?

The main crops are **pearlmillet/bajra, cotton and wheat**. About 54% of the 431 hectares of village land is sown, and 130 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Bhavnagar

Of every 100 households in Bhavnagar in 2011, 70 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 93 had a mobile phone, 29 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Bhavnagar · ■ Kankrej rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**52%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****71%**

**46%

Television ****44%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****93%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****29%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**27%

Own their home ****90%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bhavnagar?

■ Bhavnagar · ■ Kankrej rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**59.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****741**

**892

Working population ****30.2%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 50.9% for women. 45% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 130 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (11%) · **■** Other work 46 (15%) · **■** Marginal 88 (30%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kankrej

- Kasalpura1,187 people
- Ratanpura1,175 people
- Nekoi1,138 people
- Ranawada1,051 people
- Fategadh930 people
- Nagot894 people
- Kudva887 people
- Arduvada874 people

[All 101 villages in Kankrej](https://wherepedia.org/india/gujarat/banas-kantha/kankrej/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bhavnagar?385555
- How far is Bhavnagar from Palanpur?90 km by road
- What is the population of Bhavnagar?986 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhavnagar in?Banas Kantha district (Kankrej sub-district), Gujarat
- What is the literacy rate of Bhavnagar?62.2% (Census 2011)