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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
jagdishbhai vaghela
Contact: 85****4029
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- LGD code
- 511869
- Pincode
- 382450
- Post office
- Barwala Ghelasha
- Population
- 1,363
- Households
- 233
- Literacy rate
- 45.4%
- Sex ratio
- 956 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 500
- Distance to district centre
- 60 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 114 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 387 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhandhuka · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kasturba Hospital, Ahmedabad · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vadhela compares
By population, Vadhela ranks #17 of 24 villages in Barwala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.4%
−11.8% vs mandal average
- Vadhela
- 45.4%
- Barwala mandal
- 57.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
956
+29 vs mandal average
- Vadhela
- 956
- Barwala mandal
- 927
Household size
people per home
5.8
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Vadhela
- 5.8
- Barwala mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vadhela at a glance
Vadhela is a village of 1,363 people in 233 households (Census 2011) in Barwala taluka, Botad district, Gujarat, the 17th-largest of 24 villages in Barwala taluka. Literacy is 45%, 12 points below the taluka average of 57% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. It lies 60 km from the Botad district centre, 24 km from Chuda, the nearest town, 8 km from Dhandhuka railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 382450, served by Barwala Ghelasha post office; the LGD village code is 511869. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kasturba Hospital, Ahmedabad, 8 km away. The sarpanch is jagdishbhai vaghela, and the village votes in Limbdi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kiritsinh Jitubha Rana. The population is estimated at 1,607 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vadhela
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- 0
- 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
- BARWALA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 135
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VADHELA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,827.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 54
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vadhela
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vadhela
- LGD code
- 511869
- Pincode
- 382450
- Post office
- Barwala Ghelasha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,363
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,607
- Households
- 233
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 956
- Literacy rate
- 45.4%
- Coordinates
- 22.43653°N, 71.92103°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Limbdi
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kiritsinh Jitubha Rana
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- jagdishbhai vaghela
- Block / Mandal
- Barwala
Getting there
How to reach Vadhela
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar114 kmcapital
- Mumbai387 km
- Delhi868 km
- Hyderabad887 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhandhuka8 km
- Bus stopDhandhuka bus station8 km
- Hospital / PHCKasturba Hospital, Ahmedabad8 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil8 km
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View all 24 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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