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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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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
desai bhavanaben ranchhodbhai
Contact: 88****5841
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- LGD code
- 510714
- Pincode
- 383305
- Post office
- Harsol
- Population
- 450
- Households
- 85
- Literacy rate
- 72.7%
- Sex ratio
- 940 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 197
Census 2011 · in context
How Gadhavad compares
By population, Gadhavad ranks #66 of 73 villages in Talod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.7%
+5.3% vs mandal average
- Gadhavad
- 72.7%
- Talod mandal
- 67.4%
- Sabar Kantha district
- 65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
940
+2 vs mandal average
- Gadhavad
- 940
- Talod mandal
- 938
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Gadhavad
- 5.3
- Talod mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gadhavad at a glance
Gadhavad is a village of 450 people in 85 households (Census 2011) in Talod taluka, Sabar Kantha district, Gujarat, the 66th-largest of 73 villages in Talod taluka. Literacy is 73%, 5 points above the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 940 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 383305, served by Harsol post office; the LGD village code is 510714. The sarpanch is desai bhavanaben ranchhodbhai, and the village votes in Kalol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji. The population is estimated at 531 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gadhavad
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- TALOD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- LALANI MUVADI
- Total area (ha)
- 221.01
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 150
- Forest area (ha)
- 14.34
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gadhavad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gadhavad
- LGD code
- 510714
- Pincode
- 383305
- Post office
- Harsol
- Population (Census 2011)
- 450
- Population (projected 2026)
- 531
- Households
- 85
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 940
- Literacy rate
- 72.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gandhinagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalol
- Member of Parliament
- Amit Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- desai bhavanaben ranchhodbhai
- Block / Mandal
- Talod
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)