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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
CHANDRIKABEN GIRISHBHAI SOJITRA
Contact: 97****9131
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- LGD code
- 514693
- Pincode
- 362260
- Post office
- Mendarda
- Population
- 628
- Households
- 127
- Literacy rate
- 70.9%
- Sex ratio
- 875 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 279
Census 2011 · in context
How Babar Tirath compares
By population, Babar Tirath ranks #37 of 51 villages in Mendarda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.9%
+0.4% vs mandal average
- Babar Tirath
- 70.9%
- Mendarda mandal
- 70.5%
- Junagadh district
- 67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
875
−60 vs mandal average
- Babar Tirath
- 875
- Mendarda mandal
- 935
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Babar Tirath
- 4.9
- Mendarda mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Babar Tirath at a glance
Babar Tirath is a village of 628 people in 127 households (Census 2011) in Mendarda taluka, Junagadh district, Gujarat, the 37th-largest of 51 villages in Mendarda taluka. Literacy is 71%, about the same as the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 875 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 362260, served by Mendarda post office; the LGD village code is 514693. The sarpanch is CHANDRIKABEN GIRISHBHAI SOJITRA, and the village votes in Gondal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Geetaba Jayrajsinh Jadeja. The population is estimated at 740 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Babar Tirath
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KESHOD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BABAR TIRATH
- Total area (ha)
- 531.5
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 302.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Babar Tirath
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Babar Tirath
- LGD code
- 514693
- Pincode
- 362260
- Post office
- Mendarda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 628
- Population (projected 2026)
- 740
- Households
- 127
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 875
- Literacy rate
- 70.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Porbandar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gondal
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukh Mandaviya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Geetaba Jayrajsinh Jadeja
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHANDRIKABEN GIRISHBHAI SOJITRA
- Block / Mandal
- Mendarda
- Nearest PHC
- Shree Bhojalram Clinic (2.7 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Kothariya (5.5 km)
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View all 50+ →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)