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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
Tiniben R Vasava
Contact: 99****5237
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- LGD code
- 522096
- Pincode
- 392001
- Post office
- Bahruch City
- Population
- 2,730
- Households
- 512
- Literacy rate
- 75%
- Sex ratio
- 947 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,102
Census 2011 · in context
How Jhanghar compares
By population, Jhanghar ranks #20 of 89 villages in Bharuch mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.0%
+2.0% vs mandal average
- Jhanghar
- 75.0%
- Bharuch mandal
- 73.0%
- Bharuch district
- 72.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
947
−8 vs mandal average
- Jhanghar
- 947
- Bharuch mandal
- 955
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Jhanghar
- 5.3
- Bharuch mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jhanghar at a glance
Jhanghar is a village of 2,730 people in 512 households (Census 2011) in Bharuch taluka, Bharuch district, Gujarat, the 20th-largest of 89 villages in Bharuch taluka. Literacy is 75%, 2 points above the taluka average of 73% and the sex ratio is 947 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 392001, served by Bahruch City post office; the LGD village code is 522096. The sarpanch is Tiniben R Vasava, and the village votes in Karjan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Akshaykumar Ishvarbhai Patel. The population is estimated at 3,219 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jhanghar
- 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
- BHARUCH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 14
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JHANGHAR
- Total area (ha)
- 744.51
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 440.57
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jhanghar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jhanghar
- LGD code
- 522096
- Pincode
- 392001
- Post office
- Bahruch City
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,730
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,219
- Households
- 512
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 947
- Literacy rate
- 75.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bharuch
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Karjan
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukhbhai Vasava
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Akshaykumar Ishvarbhai Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Tiniben R Vasava
- Block / Mandal
- Bharuch
- Nearest PHC
- Vishvash Clinic (15.5 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Miyagam Karjan Junction (15.6 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)