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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
- 515700
- Pincode
- 365630
- Post office
- Chalala
- Population
- 1,791
- Households
- 303
- Literacy rate
- 58.3%
- Sex ratio
- 975 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 757
Census 2011 · in context
How Zar compares
By population, Zar ranks #20 of 77 villages in Dhari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.3%
−8.4% vs mandal average
- Zar
- 58.3%
- Dhari mandal
- 66.7%
- Amreli district
- 65.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
975
+13 vs mandal average
- Zar
- 975
- Dhari mandal
- 962
Household size
people per home
5.9
+1.0 vs mandal average
- Zar
- 5.9
- Dhari mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Zar at a glance
Zar is a village of 1,791 people in 303 households (Census 2011) in Dhari taluka, Amreli district, Gujarat, the 20th-largest of 77 villages in Dhari taluka. Literacy is 58%, 8 points below the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 975 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 365630, served by Chalala post office; the LGD village code is 515700. The village votes in Lathi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Janakbhai Talaviya. The population is estimated at 2,112 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Zar
- 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
- 3
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHALALA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ZAR
- Total area (ha)
- 952.16
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 350.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Zar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Zar
- LGD code
- 515700
- Pincode
- 365630
- Post office
- Chalala
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,791
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,112
- Households
- 303
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 975
- Literacy rate
- 58.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Amreli
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lathi
- Member of Parliament
- Bharatbhai Sutariya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Janakbhai Talaviya
- Block / Mandal
- Dhari
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)