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‘I was engaged at 11’: Gujarat village uses early engagements to keep girls out of sex work
Reported by Telegraph India.
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
VINAYKUMARSARPACH
Contact: 99****0170
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- LGD code
- 521147
- Pincode
- 391240
- Post office
- Miyagam Karjan
- Population
- 502
- Households
- 105
- Literacy rate
- 86.9%
- Sex ratio
- 969 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 308
Census 2011 · in context
How Navi Jithardi compares
By population, Navi Jithardi ranks #86 of 93 villages in Karjan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
86.9%
+16.9% vs mandal average
- Navi Jithardi
- 86.9%
- Karjan mandal
- 70.0%
- Vadodara district
- 69.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
969
+29 vs mandal average
- Navi Jithardi
- 969
- Karjan mandal
- 940
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Navi Jithardi
- 4.8
- Karjan mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Navi Jithardi at a glance
Navi Jithardi is a village of 502 people in 105 households (Census 2011) in Karjan taluka, Vadodara district, Gujarat, the 86th-largest of 93 villages in Karjan taluka. Literacy is 87%, 17 points above the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 969 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 391240, served by Miyagam Karjan post office; the LGD village code is 521147. The sarpanch is VINAYKUMARSARPACH, and the village votes in Khambhat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chirag Patel. The population is estimated at 592 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Navi Jithardi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- KARJAN
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- NAVI JITHARDI
- Total area (ha)
- 276.73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 223
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Navi Jithardi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Navi Jithardi
- LGD code
- 521147
- Pincode
- 391240
- Post office
- Miyagam Karjan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 502
- Population (projected 2026)
- 592
- Households
- 105
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 969
- Literacy rate
- 86.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khambhat
- Member of Parliament
- Mitesh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chirag Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VINAYKUMARSARPACH
- Block / Mandal
- Karjan
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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)