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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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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TADVI VARSHABEN RAJUBHAI
Contact: 87****0800
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- LGD code
- 520807
- Pincode
- 391145
- Post office
- Sankheda
- Population
- 101
- Households
- 29
- Literacy rate
- 29.7%
- Sex ratio
- 741 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 38
Census 2011 · in context
How Shekhanpur compares
By population, Shekhanpur ranks #115 of 118 villages in Sankheda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
29.7%
−33.7% vs mandal average
- Shekhanpur
- 29.7%
- Sankheda mandal
- 63.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
741
−188 vs mandal average
- Shekhanpur
- 741
- Sankheda mandal
- 929
Household size
people per home
3.5
−1.1 vs mandal average
- Shekhanpur
- 3.5
- Sankheda mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shekhanpur at a glance
Shekhanpur is a village of 101 people in 29 households (Census 2011) in Sankheda taluka, Chhotaudepur district, Gujarat, the 115th-largest of 118 villages in Sankheda taluka. Literacy is 30%, 34 points below the taluka average of 63% and the sex ratio is 741 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 391145, served by Sankheda post office; the LGD village code is 520807. The sarpanch is TADVI VARSHABEN RAJUBHAI, and the village votes in Sojitra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai. The population is estimated at 119 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dholi →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shekhanpur · this village | 101 | 30% | — |
| Dholi · Sankheda | 1,269 | 53% | — |
| Sunderpura · Sankheda | 803 | 60% | — |
| Talakpur · Sankheda | 552 | 47% | — |
| Morad · Sankheda | 227 | 51% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shekhanpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BODELI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 62
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHOLI
- Total area (ha)
- 71.86
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shekhanpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shekhanpur
- LGD code
- 520807
- Pincode
- 391145
- Post office
- Sankheda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 101
- Population (projected 2026)
- 119
- Households
- 29
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 741
- Literacy rate
- 29.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sojitra
- Member of Parliament
- Mitesh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TADVI VARSHABEN RAJUBHAI
- Block / Mandal
- Sankheda
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View all 60+ →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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)