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- LGD code
- 522396
- Pincode
- 393030
- Post office
- Hansot
- Population
- 1,229
- Households
- 275
- Literacy rate
- 70.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1031 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 635
Census 2011 · in context
How Shera compares
By population, Shera ranks #13 of 45 villages in Hansot mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.1%
−1.8% vs mandal average
- Shera
- 70.1%
- Hansot mandal
- 71.9%
- Bharuch district
- 72.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,031
+83 vs mandal average
- Shera
- 1,031
- Hansot mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
4.5
Same as the mandal average
- Shera
- 4.5
- Hansot mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shera at a glance
Shera is a village of 1,229 people in 275 households (Census 2011) in Hansot taluka, Bharuch district, Gujarat, the 13th-largest of 45 villages in Hansot taluka. Literacy is 70%, 2 points below the taluka average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,031 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 393030, served by Hansot post office; the LGD village code is 522396. The village votes in Bharuch assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rameshbhai Narandas Mistry. The population is estimated at 1,449 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shera
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- 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
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ANKLESVAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 27
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SHERA
- Total area (ha)
- 748.51
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 297.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shera
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shera
- LGD code
- 522396
- Pincode
- 393030
- Post office
- Hansot
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,229
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,449
- Households
- 275
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1031
- Literacy rate
- 70.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bharuch
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bharuch
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukhbhai Vasava
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rameshbhai Narandas Mistry
- Block / Mandal
- Hansot
- Nearest PHC
- Faiz Clinic (4.2 km)
- Nearest bank
- State Bank of India (2.8 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Tham (8.0 km)
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Other villages in Hansot mandal
View all 45+ →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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)