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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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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ROHIT RAVIKANT MAHENDRABHAI
Contact: 90****1907
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- LGD code
- 519707
- Pincode
- 391774
- Post office
- Desar
- Population
- 263
- Households
- 69
- Literacy rate
- 65.4%
- Sex ratio
- 865 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 109
Census 2011 · in context
How Nani Varnoli compares
By population, Nani Varnoli ranks #44 of 49 villages in Desar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.4%
−0.4% vs mandal average
- Nani Varnoli
- 65.4%
- Desar mandal
- 65.8%
- Vadodara district
- 69.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
865
−58 vs mandal average
- Nani Varnoli
- 865
- Desar mandal
- 923
Household size
people per home
3.8
−1.0 vs mandal average
- Nani Varnoli
- 3.8
- Desar mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nani Varnoli at a glance
Nani Varnoli is a village of 263 people in 69 households (Census 2011) in Desar taluka, Vadodara district, Gujarat, the 44th-largest of 49 villages in Desar taluka. Literacy is 65%, about the same as the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 865 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 391774, served by Desar post office; the LGD village code is 519707. The sarpanch is ROHIT RAVIKANT MAHENDRABHAI, and the village votes in Vatva assembly constituency, represented by MLA Babusinh Sarabhai Jadav. The population is estimated at 310 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nani Varnoli · this village | 263 | 65% | — |
| Manekla · Desar | 572 | 54% | — |
| Nani Varnoli (Vanto) · Desar | 390 | 76% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Nani Varnoli
- 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
- SAVLI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 61
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MANEKLA
- Total area (ha)
- 247.87
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Nani Varnoli
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Nani Varnoli
- LGD code
- 519707
- Pincode
- 391774
- Post office
- Desar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 263
- Population (projected 2026)
- 310
- Households
- 69
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 865
- Literacy rate
- 65.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ahmedabad East
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vatva
- Member of Parliament
- Hasmukh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Babusinh Sarabhai Jadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ROHIT RAVIKANT MAHENDRABHAI
- Block / Mandal
- Desar
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View all 48+ →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)