About Gunja Village

Gunja is one of the larger villages in Visnagar tehsil, in the district of Mahesana, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,223, made up of 3,287 males and 2,936 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2201.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 384315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gunja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunja village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Mahesana
Tehsil	Visnagar
Pincode	384315
Area (hectares)	2201.05 hectares
Population	6,223
Male Population	3,287
Female Population	2,936
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gunja compares

By the 2011 count Gunja is the 9th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,160 residents. Its 2201.05 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Gunja

Gunja is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gunja as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gunja from other places

Gunja lies about 2.6 km from Mahesana, and the nearest railway station is Mahesana Junction, about 1.9 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gunja
Nearest railway station	Mahesana Junction	1.9 km
District headquarters	Mahesana	2.6 km
Nearest town	Mahesāna	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Visnagar	18 km

Villages closest to Gunja

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Visnagar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Gunja

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunja village had a population of 6,223. That makes it the 9th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,160 residents.

Gunja village has 3,287 males and 2,936 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunja has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Gunja is 384315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gunja covers 2201.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gunja falls under Visnagar tehsil of Mahesana district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Gunja is Mahesana Junction, about 1.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gunja.

Gunja is about 2.6 km from Mahesana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunja is in Visnagar tehsil of Mahesana district. Mahesana Junction is about 1.9 km away. Mahesana is about 2.6 km away. Mahesāna is about 2.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.