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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
RATHOD VRUNDABEN M
Contact: 96****2675
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- LGD code
- 517088
- Pincode
- 388140
- Post office
- Bochasan RS
- Population
- 4,573
- Households
- 983
- Literacy rate
- 66%
- Sex ratio
- 920 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,292
Census 2011 · in context
How Chuva compares
By population, Chuva ranks #32 of 64 villages in Borsad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.0%
−5.2% vs mandal average
- Chuva
- 66.0%
- Borsad mandal
- 71.2%
- Anand district
- 74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
920
Same as the mandal average
- Chuva
- 920
- Borsad mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Chuva
- 4.7
- Borsad mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chuva at a glance
Chuva is a village of 4,573 people in 983 households (Census 2011) in Borsad taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, the 32nd-largest of 64 villages in Borsad taluka. Literacy is 66%, 5 points below the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 920 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 388140, served by Bochasan RS post office; the LGD village code is 517088. The sarpanch is RATHOD VRUNDABEN M, and the village votes in Sojitra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai. The population is estimated at 5,392 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chuva
- 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
- 4
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BORSAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHUVA
- Total area (ha)
- 434.07
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 363.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chuva
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chuva
- LGD code
- 517088
- Pincode
- 388140
- Post office
- Bochasan RS
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,573
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,392
- Households
- 983
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 920
- Literacy rate
- 66.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sojitra
- Member of Parliament
- Mitesh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RATHOD VRUNDABEN M
- Block / Mandal
- Borsad
- Nearest railway station
- Yawarpura (5.2 km)
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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
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)