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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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- LGD code
- 521111
- Pincode
- 391430
- Post office
- Mobha Road
- Population
- 1,460
- Households
- 315
- Literacy rate
- 64.5%
- Sex ratio
- 867 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 564
Census 2011 · in context
How Vanchhara compares
By population, Vanchhara ranks #54 of 82 villages in Padra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.5%
−5.1% vs mandal average
- Vanchhara
- 64.5%
- Padra mandal
- 69.6%
- Vadodara district
- 69.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
867
−50 vs mandal average
- Vanchhara
- 867
- Padra mandal
- 917
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Vanchhara
- 4.6
- Padra mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vanchhara at a glance
Vanchhara is a village of 1,460 people in 315 households (Census 2011) in Padra taluka, Vadodara district, Gujarat, the 54th-largest of 82 villages in Padra taluka. Literacy is 65%, 5 points below the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 867 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 391430, served by Mobha Road post office; the LGD village code is 521111. The village votes in Mahudha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjaysinh Vijaysinh Mahida. The population is estimated at 1,721 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vanchhara
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KARJAN
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 4
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VANCHHARA
- Total area (ha)
- 859.21
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 100
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vanchhara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vanchhara
- LGD code
- 521111
- Pincode
- 391430
- Post office
- Mobha Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,460
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,721
- Households
- 315
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 867
- Literacy rate
- 64.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kheda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahudha
- Member of Parliament
- Devusinh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjaysinh Vijaysinh Mahida
- Block / Mandal
- Padra
- Nearest PHC
- Radhe Krishna Multiseciality Dental & Facial Clinic (18.5 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Dakor (19.4 km)
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)