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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHAVDA ANIRUDDHSINH
Contact: 91****3130
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- LGD code
- 511201
- Pincode
- 382810
- Post office
- Charada
- Population
- 6,844
- Households
- 1,395
- Literacy rate
- 81.9%
- Sex ratio
- 950 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,699
Census 2011 · in context
How Samou compares
By population, Samou ranks #6 of 61 villages in Mansa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
81.9%
+8.2% vs mandal average
- Samou
- 81.9%
- Mansa mandal
- 73.7%
- Gandhinagar district
- 74.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
950
+18 vs mandal average
- Samou
- 950
- Mansa mandal
- 932
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Samou
- 4.9
- Mansa mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Samou at a glance
Samou is a village of 6,844 people in 1,395 households (Census 2011) in Mansa taluka, Gandhinagar district, Gujarat, the 6th-largest of 61 villages in Mansa taluka. Literacy is 82%, 8 points above the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 382810, served by Charada post office; the LGD village code is 511201. The sarpanch is CHAVDA ANIRUDDHSINH, and the village votes in Vijapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. C. J. Chavda. The population is estimated at 8,069 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Samou
- 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
- 3
- 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
- 1
- 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
- MANSA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 37
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SAMAU
- Total area (ha)
- 1,441.64
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,297
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Samou
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Samou
- LGD code
- 511201
- Pincode
- 382810
- Post office
- Charada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,844
- Population (projected 2026)
- 8,069
- Households
- 1,395
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 950
- Literacy rate
- 81.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahesana
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vijapur
- Member of Parliament
- Haribhai Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. C. J. Chavda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHAVDA ANIRUDDHSINH
- Block / Mandal
- Mansa
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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, 2026-05-15
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)