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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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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Vaghajibhai K Bagada
Contact: 99****5060
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- LGD code
- 515520
- Pincode
- 365430
- Post office
- Lathi (Amreli)
- Population
- 1,066
- Households
- 232
- Literacy rate
- 66.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1058 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 631
Census 2011 · in context
How Krishna Gadh compares
By population, Krishna Gadh ranks #38 of 49 villages in Lathi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.6%
−0.6% vs mandal average
- Krishna Gadh
- 66.6%
- Lathi mandal
- 67.2%
- Amreli district
- 65.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,058
+79 vs mandal average
- Krishna Gadh
- 1,058
- Lathi mandal
- 979
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Krishna Gadh
- 4.6
- Lathi mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Krishna Gadh at a glance
Krishna Gadh is a village of 1,066 people in 232 households (Census 2011) in Lathi taluka, Amreli district, Gujarat, the 38th-largest of 49 villages in Lathi taluka. Literacy is 67%, about the same as the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,058 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 365430, served by Lathi (Amreli) post office; the LGD village code is 515520. The sarpanch is Vaghajibhai K Bagada, and the village votes in Botad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Makwana Umeshbhai Naranbhai. The population is estimated at 1,257 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Krishna Gadh
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- LATHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 19
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KRISHNA GADH
- Total area (ha)
- 723.92
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 322.11
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Krishna Gadh
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Krishna Gadh
- LGD code
- 515520
- Pincode
- 365430
- Post office
- Lathi (Amreli)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,066
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,257
- Households
- 232
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1058
- Literacy rate
- 66.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhavnagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Botad
- Member of Parliament
- Nimuben Bambhaniya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Makwana Umeshbhai Naranbhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Vaghajibhai K Bagada
- Block / Mandal
- Lathi
- Nearest railway station
- Ningala (10.0 km)
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View all 50+ →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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)