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‘I was engaged at 11’: Gujarat village uses early engagements to keep girls out of sex work
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SARPANCH
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- LGD code
- 510252
- Pincode
- 383355
- Post office
- Shamlaji
- Population
- 503
- Households
- 104
- Literacy rate
- 68.6%
- Sex ratio
- 988 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 156
Census 2011 · in context
How Karchha compares
By population, Karchha ranks #125 of 145 villages in Bhiloda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.6%
+1.4% vs mandal average
- Karchha
- 68.6%
- Bhiloda mandal
- 67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
988
+6 vs mandal average
- Karchha
- 988
- Bhiloda mandal
- 982
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Karchha
- 4.8
- Bhiloda mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karchha at a glance
Karchha is a village of 503 people in 104 households (Census 2011) in Bhiloda taluka, Arvalli district, Gujarat, the 125th-largest of 145 villages in Bhiloda taluka. Literacy is 69%, 1 points above the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 988 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 383355, served by Shamlaji post office; the LGD village code is 510252. The sarpanch is SARPANCH, and the village votes in Wadhwan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jagdishbhai Prabhubhai Makwana. The population is estimated at 593 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karchha · this village | 503 | 69% | — |
| Nava Venpur · Bhiloda | 1,307 | 61% | — |
| Rangpur · Bhiloda | 723 | 71% | — |
| Sonasan · Bhiloda | 666 | 66% | — |
| Vaktapur · Bhiloda | 137 | 71% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karchha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- 1
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MODASA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 56
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RANGPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 78.1
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 31.34
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karchha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karchha
- LGD code
- 510252
- Pincode
- 383355
- Post office
- Shamlaji
- Population (Census 2011)
- 503
- Population (projected 2026)
- 593
- Households
- 104
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 988
- Literacy rate
- 68.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Wadhwan
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jagdishbhai Prabhubhai Makwana
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SARPANCH
- Block / Mandal
- Bhiloda
- Nearest railway station
- Katuda (10.1 km)
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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