Lead story
20
September 2026
newsSTATE
‘I was engaged at 11’: Gujarat village uses early engagements to keep girls out of sex work
Reported by Telegraph India.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
NG
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NADIYA GEETABEN AMARATBHAI
Contact: 98****1956
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Kathwada can update it.
- LGD code
- 510657
- Pincode
- 383305
- Post office
- Harsol
- Population
- 1,056
- Households
- 218
- Literacy rate
- 69.6%
- Sex ratio
- 938 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 559
Census 2011 · in context
How Kathwada compares
By population, Kathwada ranks #41 of 73 villages in Talod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.6%
+2.2% vs mandal average
- Kathwada
- 69.6%
- Talod mandal
- 67.4%
- Sabar Kantha district
- 65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
938
Same as the mandal average
- Kathwada
- 938
- Talod mandal
- 938
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Kathwada
- 4.8
- Talod mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kathwada at a glance
Kathwada is a village of 1,056 people in 218 households (Census 2011) in Talod taluka, Sabar Kantha district, Gujarat, the 41st-largest of 73 villages in Talod taluka. Literacy is 70%, 2 points above the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 383305, served by Harsol post office; the LGD village code is 510657. The sarpanch is NADIYA GEETABEN AMARATBHAI, and the village votes in Kalol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji. The population is estimated at 1,245 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kathwada →
Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kathwada
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- TALOD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KATHWADA
- Total area (ha)
- 437.31
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 350
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kathwada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kathwada
- LGD code
- 510657
- Pincode
- 383305
- Post office
- Harsol
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,056
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,245
- Households
- 218
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 938
- Literacy rate
- 69.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gandhinagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalol
- Member of Parliament
- Amit Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NADIYA GEETABEN AMARATBHAI
- Block / Mandal
- Talod
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 383305
Same name, different place
Other villages named Kathwada
Looking for a different Kathwada? 1 other village shares this name across India. All villages named Kathwada →
Other villages in Talod mandal
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)