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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
R BHATI
Contact: 91****3130
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- LGD code
- 511203
- Pincode
- 382810
- Post office
- Charada
- Population
- 10,595
- Households
- 2,190
- Literacy rate
- 72.1%
- Sex ratio
- 917 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 5,220
- Distance to district centre
- 40 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 12 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 30 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 491 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lodra · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Charada CHC · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Charada compares
By population, Charada ranks #1 of 61 villages in Mansa mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
72.1%
−1.6% vs mandal average
- Charada
- 72.1%
- Mansa mandal
- 73.7%
- Gandhinagar district
- 74.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
917
−15 vs mandal average
- Charada
- 917
- Mansa mandal
- 932
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Charada
- 4.8
- Mansa mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Charada at a glance
Charada is a village of 10,595 people in 2,190 households (Census 2011) in Mansa taluka, Gandhinagar district, Gujarat, the largest of 61 villages in Mansa taluka. Literacy is 72%, 2 points below the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 917 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Gandhinagar district centre, 8 km from Kukarvada, the nearest town, 7 km from Lodra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 382810, served by Charada post office; the LGD village code is 511203. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre. The sarpanch is R BHATI, and the village votes in Vijapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. C. J. Chavda. The population is estimated at 12,492 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Charada
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 1
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MANSA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHARADA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,766.64
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,301.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Charada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Charada
- LGD code
- 511203
- Pincode
- 382810
- Post office
- Charada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 10,595
- Population (projected 2026)
- 12,492
- Households
- 2,190
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 917
- Literacy rate
- 72.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.48821°N, 72.65234°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahesana
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vijapur
- Member of Parliament
- Haribhai Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. C. J. Chavda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- R BHATI
- Block / Mandal
- Mansa
- Nearest PHC
- Charada CHC (0.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Charada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar30 kmcapital
- Mumbai491 km
- Delhi729 km
- Hyderabad911 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLodra7 km
- Bus stopSamau Bus Stop6 km
- Hospital / PHCCharada CHC<1 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank27 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil26 km
- CollegeUVPCE20 km
- Police stationBSF28 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Charada CHCunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary health centre
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)