# Bahej Village, Chikhli, Navsari (Gujarat) – PIN Code

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Village · Chikhli, Navsari 

# Bahej

Bahej is a village in Chikhli sub-district of Navsari district, Gujarat, PIN code **396040**. The 2011 Census counted **3,677 people in 768 households**, the 29th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 3,677people (2011)
- 768households
- 78.6%literacy
- 396040PIN code

## Bahej PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bahej is 396040.** Bahej falls in Chikhli sub-district, Navsari district, Gujarat.

- PIN code396040
- Gram panchayatBahej
- Community development blockChikhli
- Census village code523125

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

## How far is Bahej from nearby towns?

- Chikhli (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Navsari (district HQ)54 km by road
- Chikhli (nearest town)22 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 Bahej?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Bahej; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Khergam
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chikhli
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Khergam
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Bahej known for?

The main crops are **paddy, sugarcane and vegetables**. About 91% of the 593 hectares of village land is sown, and 15 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 Bahej

Of every 100 households in Bahej in 2011, 93 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 41 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bahej · ■ Chikhli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**60%

Tap water ****9%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**77%

Use banking services ****52%**

**48%

Television ****38%**

**39%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****41%**

**41%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**5%

None of these assets ****12%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Bahej?

■ Bahej · ■ Chikhli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****961**

**958

Working population ****38.3%**

**47.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 70.9% for women. 64% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 567 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 423 (30%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 320 (23%) · **■** Marginal 95 (7%)

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 Chikhli

- Amadhara4,025 people
- Syada4,021 people
- Harangam3,831 people
- Nogama3,725 people
- Soldhara3,609 people
- Ranverikalla3,493 people
- Jamanpada3,482 people
- Pati3,476 people

[All 87 villages in Chikhli](https://wherepedia.org/india/gujarat/navsari/chikhli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bahej?396040
- How far is Bahej from Navsari?54 km by road
- What is the population of Bahej?3,677 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahej in?Navsari district (Chikhli sub-district), Gujarat
- What is the literacy rate of Bahej?78.6% (Census 2011)