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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Harijan Maheshbhai Shantibhai
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- LGD code
- 517714
- Pincode
- 388250
- Post office
- Thasra
- Population
- 1,689
- Households
- 350
- Literacy rate
- 80.4%
- Sex ratio
- 879 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 533
Census 2011 · in context
How Bharthari compares
By population, Bharthari ranks #40 of 68 villages in Thasra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
80.4%
+11.7% vs mandal average
- Bharthari
- 80.4%
- Thasra mandal
- 68.7%
- Kheda district
- 72.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
879
−58 vs mandal average
- Bharthari
- 879
- Thasra mandal
- 937
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Bharthari
- 4.8
- Thasra mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bharthari at a glance
Bharthari is a village of 1,689 people in 350 households (Census 2011) in Thasra taluka, Kheda district, Gujarat, the 40th-largest of 68 villages in Thasra taluka. Literacy is 80%, 12 points above the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 879 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 388250, served by Thasra post office; the LGD village code is 517714. The sarpanch is Harijan Maheshbhai Shantibhai, and the village votes in Kadi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Karsanbhai Punjabhai Solanki. The population is estimated at 1,991 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bharthari
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- 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
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- THASRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHARTHARI
- Total area (ha)
- 514.73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 325
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bharthari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bharthari
- LGD code
- 517714
- Pincode
- 388250
- Post office
- Thasra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,689
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,991
- Households
- 350
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 879
- Literacy rate
- 80.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahesana
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kadi
- Member of Parliament
- Haribhai Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Karsanbhai Punjabhai Solanki
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Harijan Maheshbhai Shantibhai
- Block / Mandal
- Thasra
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)