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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
RATHVA HIRABHAI
Contact: 85****8124
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- LGD code
- 518630
- Pincode
- 389002
- Post office
- Godhra Bhuravav
- Population
- 2,666
- Households
- 378
- Literacy rate
- 46.5%
- Sex ratio
- 938 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,473
Census 2011 · in context
How Chhariya compares
By population, Chhariya ranks #43 of 114 villages in Godhra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.5%
−12.2% vs mandal average
- Chhariya
- 46.5%
- Godhra mandal
- 58.7%
- Panch Mahals district
- 60.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
938
−19 vs mandal average
- Chhariya
- 938
- Godhra mandal
- 957
Household size
people per home
7.1
+1.6 vs mandal average
- Chhariya
- 7.1
- Godhra mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhariya at a glance
Chhariya is a village of 2,666 people in 378 households (Census 2011) in Godhra taluka, Panch Mahals district, Gujarat, the 43rd-largest of 114 villages in Godhra taluka. Literacy is 47%, 12 points below the taluka average of 59% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 389002, served by Godhra Bhuravav post office; the LGD village code is 518630. The sarpanch is RATHVA HIRABHAI , and the village votes in Sanand assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kanubhai Karamshibhai Patel. The population is estimated at 3,143 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chhariya
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- 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
- GODHRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 2
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 2
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHHARIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 531.41
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 32
- Forest area (ha)
- 21
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chhariya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chhariya
- LGD code
- 518630
- Pincode
- 389002
- Post office
- Godhra Bhuravav
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,666
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,143
- Households
- 378
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 938
- Literacy rate
- 46.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gandhinagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sanand
- Member of Parliament
- Amit Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kanubhai Karamshibhai Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RATHVA HIRABHAI
- Block / Mandal
- Godhra
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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)