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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
- 516797
- Pincode
- 364290
- Post office
- Mahuva (Bhavnagar)
- Population
- 2,838
- Households
- 478
- Literacy rate
- 48.8%
- Sex ratio
- 957 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,261
Census 2011 · in context
How Vangar compares
By population, Vangar ranks #40 of 114 villages in Mahuva mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.8%
−6.6% vs mandal average
- Vangar
- 48.8%
- Mahuva mandal
- 55.4%
- Bhavnagar district
- 65.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
957
−17 vs mandal average
- Vangar
- 957
- Mahuva mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
5.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Vangar
- 5.9
- Mahuva mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vangar at a glance
Vangar is a village of 2,838 people in 478 households (Census 2011) in Mahuva taluka, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, the 40th-largest of 114 villages in Mahuva taluka. Literacy is 49%, 7 points below the taluka average of 55% and the sex ratio is 957 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 364290, served by Mahuva (Bhavnagar) post office; the LGD village code is 516797. The village votes in Rajkot Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhanuben Manoharbhai Babariya. The population is estimated at 3,346 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vangar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- BHAVNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 11
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VANGAR
- Total area (ha)
- 765.73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 350.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vangar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vangar
- LGD code
- 516797
- Pincode
- 364290
- Post office
- Mahuva (Bhavnagar)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,838
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,346
- Households
- 478
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 957
- Literacy rate
- 48.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajkot Rural
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhanuben Manoharbhai Babariya
- Block / Mandal
- Mahuva
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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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)