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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
BJ
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
bharvad jijiben devabhai
Contact: 98****5498
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- LGD code
- 517388
- Pincode
- 387635
- Post office
- Chhipdi
- Population
- 981
- Households
- 194
- Literacy rate
- 73.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1031 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 422
Census 2011 · in context
How Kaletar compares
By population, Kaletar ranks #41 of 58 villages in Kathlal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.8%
+1.4% vs mandal average
- Kaletar
- 73.8%
- Kathlal mandal
- 72.4%
- Kheda district
- 72.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,031
+76 vs mandal average
- Kaletar
- 1,031
- Kathlal mandal
- 955
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Kaletar
- 5.1
- Kathlal mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kaletar at a glance
Kaletar is a village of 981 people in 194 households (Census 2011) in Kathlal taluka, Kheda district, Gujarat, the 41st-largest of 58 villages in Kathlal taluka. Literacy is 74%, 1 points above the taluka average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,031 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 387635, served by Chhipdi post office; the LGD village code is 517388. The sarpanch is bharvad jijiben devabhai, and the village votes in Gandhinagar South assembly constituency, represented by MLA Alpesh Khodaji Thakor. The population is estimated at 1,157 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kaletar
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KATHLAL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KALETAR
- Total area (ha)
- 161.77
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 74
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kaletar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kaletar
- LGD code
- 517388
- Pincode
- 387635
- Post office
- Chhipdi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 981
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,157
- Households
- 194
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1031
- Literacy rate
- 73.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ahmedabad East
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gandhinagar South
- Member of Parliament
- Hasmukh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Alpesh Khodaji Thakor
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- bharvad jijiben devabhai
- Block / Mandal
- Kathlal
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View all 58+ →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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)