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‘I was engaged at 11’: Gujarat village uses early engagements to keep girls out of sex work
Reported by Telegraph India.
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
virendra paramar
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- LGD code
- 514830
- Pincode
- 362225
- Post office
- Mangrol (Junagadh)
- Population
- 2,458
- Households
- 405
- Literacy rate
- 64.2%
- Sex ratio
- 997 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,012
Census 2011 · in context
How Shepa compares
By population, Shepa ranks #21 of 59 villages in Mangrol mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.2%
+1.1% vs mandal average
- Shepa
- 64.2%
- Mangrol mandal
- 63.1%
- Junagadh district
- 67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
997
+50 vs mandal average
- Shepa
- 997
- Mangrol mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
6.1
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Shepa
- 6.1
- Mangrol mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shepa at a glance
Shepa is a village of 2,458 people in 405 households (Census 2011) in Mangrol taluka, Junagadh district, Gujarat, the 21st-largest of 59 villages in Mangrol taluka. Literacy is 64%, 1 points above the taluka average of 63% and the sex ratio is 997 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 362225, served by Mangrol (Junagadh) post office; the LGD village code is 514830. The sarpanch is virendra paramar, and the village votes in Amreli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kaushik Kantibhai Vekariya. The population is estimated at 2,898 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shepa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- No
- 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
- MANGROL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 73
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SHEPA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,176.4
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 600
- Forest area (ha)
- 23.14
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shepa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shepa
- LGD code
- 514830
- Pincode
- 362225
- Post office
- Mangrol (Junagadh)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,458
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,898
- Households
- 405
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 997
- Literacy rate
- 64.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Amreli
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Amreli
- Member of Parliament
- Bharatbhai Sutariya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kaushik Kantibhai Vekariya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- virendra paramar
- Block / Mandal
- Mangrol
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View all 59+ →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)