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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
BHIKHABHAI AMTHABHAI VANKAR
Contact: 75****1840
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- LGD code
- 509058
- Pincode
- 384246
- Post office
- Sankheshwar
- Population
- 3,715
- Households
- 687
- Literacy rate
- 52.8%
- Sex ratio
- 927 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,468
Census 2011 · in context
How Padla compares
By population, Padla ranks #5 of 36 villages in Shankheshvar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.8%
−2.4% vs mandal average
- Padla
- 52.8%
- Shankheshvar mandal
- 55.2%
- Patan district
- 62.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
927
−19 vs mandal average
- Padla
- 927
- Shankheshvar mandal
- 946
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Padla
- 5.4
- Shankheshvar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Padla at a glance
Padla is a village of 3,715 people in 687 households (Census 2011) in Shankheshvar taluka, Patan district, Gujarat, the 5th-largest of 36 villages in Shankheshvar taluka. Literacy is 53%, 2 points below the taluka average of 55% and the sex ratio is 927 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 384246, served by Sankheshwar post office; the LGD village code is 509058. The sarpanch is BHIKHABHAI AMTHABHAI VANKAR, and the village votes in Kalol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji. The population is estimated at 4,380 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Padla
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- 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
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- HARIJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 33
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 27
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PADLA
- Total area (ha)
- 3,059.49
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 184.89
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Padla
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Padla
- LGD code
- 509058
- Pincode
- 384246
- Post office
- Sankheshwar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,715
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,380
- Households
- 687
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 927
- Literacy rate
- 52.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gandhinagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalol
- Member of Parliament
- Amit Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BHIKHABHAI AMTHABHAI VANKAR
- Block / Mandal
- Shankheshvar
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. kamal Gupta Krishna Skin Clinic (2.1 km)
- Nearest bank
- Dena Bank (2.1 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Kalol Junction (3.2 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 384246
- ShankheshvarShankheshvar mandal9,042 pop
- PanchasarShankheshvar mandal4,427 pop
- DhanoraShankheshvar mandal1,525 pop
- BoleraShankheshvar mandal1,417 pop
- DantisanaShankheshvar mandal1,401 pop
- RatanpuraShankheshvar mandal1,111 pop
- KanchanpuraShankheshvar mandal980 pop
- FatehpuraShankheshvar mandal737 pop
- KhandiyaShankheshvar mandal623 pop
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Other villages in Shankheshvar mandal
View all 35 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)