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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUKHDEVBHAI LAXMANBHAI BHARWAD
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- LGD code
- 516831
- Pincode
- 388180
- Post office
- Tarapur (Anand)
- Population
- 1,060
- Households
- 210
- Literacy rate
- 62.4%
- Sex ratio
- 934 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 542
Census 2011 · in context
How Jichka compares
By population, Jichka ranks #35 of 42 villages in Tarapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.4%
−8.3% vs mandal average
- Jichka
- 62.4%
- Tarapur mandal
- 70.7%
- Anand district
- 74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
934
+11 vs mandal average
- Jichka
- 934
- Tarapur mandal
- 923
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Jichka
- 5.0
- Tarapur mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jichka at a glance
Jichka is a village of 1,060 people in 210 households (Census 2011) in Tarapur taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, the 35th-largest of 42 villages in Tarapur taluka. Literacy is 62%, 8 points below the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 388180, served by Tarapur (Anand) post office; the LGD village code is 516831. The sarpanch is SUKHDEVBHAI LAXMANBHAI BHARWAD, and the village votes in Sanand assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kanubhai Karamshibhai Patel. The population is estimated at 1,250 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jichka
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SOJITRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JICHKA
- Total area (ha)
- 402.72
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 333.22
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jichka
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jichka
- LGD code
- 516831
- Pincode
- 388180
- Post office
- Tarapur (Anand)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,060
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,250
- Households
- 210
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 934
- Literacy rate
- 62.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gandhinagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sanand
- Member of Parliament
- Amit Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kanubhai Karamshibhai Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUKHDEVBHAI LAXMANBHAI BHARWAD
- Block / Mandal
- Tarapur
Same pincode
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View all 41+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)