Gahunje | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Maharashtra#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Maharashtra, India |
Coordinates: | 18.6682°N 73.6852°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Maharashtra |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Pune |
Subdivision Type3: | Taluka |
Subdivision Name3: | Mawal |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Ha: | 505.32 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 4046 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Note: | Sex ratio 2461/1585 ♂/♀ |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Marathi |
Demographics1 Title2: | Other spoken |
Demographics1 Info2: | Hindi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | Pin code |
Postal Code: | 410405 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 02114 |
Registration Plate: | MH-14 |
Iso Code: | IN-MH |
Governing Body: | Gram panchayat |
Government Type: | Panchayati Raj |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Sarpanch |
Leader Name: | Kuldeep Bodke |
Native Name Lang: | mra |
Gahunje is a village and gram panchayat in Pune district of Maharashtra, India. It is situated in Mawal taluka of Pune district in the state of Maharashtra. It encompasses an area of .
It lies on the northwestern border of Pimpri-Chinchwad, midway between Pune and Lonavala.
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium is situated in this village. This village is known for this Test cricket venue.[2]
Gahunje is located near Mumbai- Pune Express highway. This village's grampanchayat is have ISO certified. This village's 352.37 hector land is under cultivation. Milk dairy and agriculture are the primary occupations of this village's peoples. Rice, Wheat and Sugarcane are the primary crops in this village. [3] It have facilities such as solar lights on small settlements, roads, drainage system and Grampanchayat's water service.[4]
Gahunje have 2 primary school of Jilha parishad.[5]
The village is administrated by a sarpanch, an elected representative who leads a gram panchayat. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, the village was a self-contained gram panchayat, meaning that there were no other constituent villages governed by the body.[6]
At the 2011 census, the village comprised 863 households. The population of 4,046 was split between 2,461 males and 1,585 females.[7]
The closest airport to the village is Pune Airport.
Gahunje village has achieved the awards of Tanta mukta scheme and Nirmal gram scheme (Clean village scheme).[8]