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    Rural Research Project: Lunasan
    (MICA, 2015) Sundaram, Aishwarya; Chhabra, Ankit; Mongia, Lagan; Srivastav, Shilpi
    Lunasan is a Village in Kadi Taluka in Mahesana District of Gujarat State, India. It is located 46 KM towards South from District head quarters Mehsana. 13 KM from . 25 KM from State capital Gandhinagar. Lunasan Pin code is 382715 and postal head office is Kadi . Achrasan ( 3 KM ) , Ankhol ( 3 KM ) , Vamaj ( 5 KM ) , Indrad ( 6 KM ) , Karannagar ( 6 KM ) are the nearby Villages to Lunasan. Lunasan is surrounded by Kadi Taluka towards west , Gandhinagar Taluka towards East , Ahmadabad Taluka towards South , Detroj Rampura Taluka towards west . Kallol, Kadi, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad are the nearby Cities to Lunasan. This Place is in the border of the Mahesana District and Gandhinagar District. Gandhinagar District Kallol is east towards this place. Also it is in the Border of other district Ahmadabad. In Lunasan village out of total population, 929 were engaged in work activities. 68.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 929 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 207 were Agricultural labourer Mostly, the settlers who don’t belong to the Patel community in the village are employed in the mills. They live in the outskirts of the village, around the factories. The majority of the makes populace works in Kadi. They work as mechanics, shopkeepers and traders of cotton in the city.