About Gajan Village

Gajan is a large village in Modasa tehsil, in the district of Sabar Kantha, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,547, made up of 1,868 males and 1,679 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 884.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 383315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gajan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajan village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Sabar Kantha
Tehsil	Modasa
Pincode	383315
Area (hectares)	884.8 hectares
Population	3,547
Male Population	1,868
Female Population	1,679
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
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 Gajan compares

By the 2011 count Gajan is the 7th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents. Its 884.8 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 945.

Getting to Gajan

Gajan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gajan 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 Gajan from other places

Gajan lies about 78 km from Sabar Kantha, and the nearest railway station is Modasa, about 22 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 Gajan
Nearest railway station	Modasa	22 km
Nearest town	Modāsa	23 km
District headquarters	Sabar Kantha	78 km

Villages closest to Gajan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajan village had a population of 3,547. That makes it the 7th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents.

Gajan village has 1,868 males and 1,679 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajan has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Gajan is 383315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gajan covers 884.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gajan falls under Modasa tehsil of Sabar Kantha district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Gajan is Modasa, about 22 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 Gajan.

Gajan is about 78 km from Sabar Kantha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajan is in Modasa tehsil of Sabar Kantha district. Modasa is about 22 km away. Modāsa is about 23 km away. Sabar Kantha is about 78 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.