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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
KV
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
K V SOLANKI
Contact: 76****9590
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- LGD code
- 514761
- Pincode
- 362220
- Post office
- Keshod
- Population
- 2,739
- Households
- 547
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Sex ratio
- 972 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,641
Census 2011 · in context
How Char compares
By population, Char ranks #16 of 53 villages in Keshod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.8%
−1.5% vs mandal average
- Char
- 65.8%
- Keshod mandal
- 67.3%
- Junagadh district
- 67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
972
+29 vs mandal average
- Char
- 972
- Keshod mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Char
- 5.0
- Keshod mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Char at a glance
Char is a village of 2,739 people in 547 households (Census 2011) in Keshod taluka, Junagadh district, Gujarat, the 16th-largest of 53 villages in Keshod taluka. Literacy is 66%, 2 points below the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 972 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 362220, served by Keshod post office; the LGD village code is 514761. The sarpanch is K V SOLANKI, and the village votes in Keshod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devabhai Punjabhai Malam. The population is estimated at 3,229 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Char
- 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
- 3
- 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
- KESHOD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHAR
- Total area (ha)
- 1,103.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 468
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Char
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Char
- LGD code
- 514761
- Pincode
- 362220
- Post office
- Keshod
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,739
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,229
- Households
- 547
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 972
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Porbandar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Keshod
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukh Mandaviya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Devabhai Punjabhai Malam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- K V SOLANKI
- Block / Mandal
- Keshod
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. Pradip (11.6 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Bandhnath (19.5 km)
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Other villages in Keshod mandal
View all 53+ →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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)