About Gaja Village

Gaja is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Patan, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 717, made up of 377 males and 340 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 211.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 384275, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaja village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Patan
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	384275
Area (hectares)	211.01 hectares
Population	717
Male Population	377
Female Population	340
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gaja compares

By the 2011 count Gaja is the 115th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,288 residents. Its 211.01 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Gaja

Gaja is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gaja 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gaja from other places

Gaja lies about 5.9 km from Patan, and the nearest railway station is Sankhari, about 2.5 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 Gaja
Nearest railway station	Sankhari	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	5.9 km
Nearest town	Pātan	5.9 km

Villages closest to Gaja

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Patan 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 Gaja

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaja village had a population of 717. That makes it the 115th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,288 residents.

Gaja village has 377 males and 340 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaja has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 931.

The pincode recorded for Gaja is 384275. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaja covers 211.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gaja falls under Patan tehsil of Patan district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Gaja is Sankhari, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Gaja is about 5.9 km from Patan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaja is in Patan tehsil of Patan district. Sankhari is about 2.5 km away. Patan is about 5.9 km away. Pātan is about 5.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.