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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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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Vasava Shankutlaben Umedbhai
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- LGD code
- 521510
- Pincode
- 392025
- Post office
- Samni
- Population
- 912
- Households
- 174
- Literacy rate
- 66.6%
- Sex ratio
- 961 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 281
Census 2011 · in context
How Vanzar compares
By population, Vanzar ranks #49 of 111 villages in Nandod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.6%
−1.6% vs mandal average
- Vanzar
- 66.6%
- Nandod mandal
- 68.2%
- Narmada district
- 62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
961
+26 vs mandal average
- Vanzar
- 961
- Nandod mandal
- 935
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Vanzar
- 5.2
- Nandod mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vanzar at a glance
Vanzar is a village of 912 people in 174 households (Census 2011) in Nandod taluka, Narmada district, Gujarat, the 49th-largest of 111 villages in Nandod taluka. Literacy is 67%, 2 points below the taluka average of 68% and the sex ratio is 961 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 392025, served by Samni post office; the LGD village code is 521510. The sarpanch is Vasava Shankutlaben Umedbhai, and the village votes in Tankara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Durlabhjibhai Harakhjibhai Dethariya. The population is estimated at 1,075 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanzar · this village | 912 | 67% | — |
| Boridra · Nandod | 911 | 60% | — |
| Nani Chikhli · Nandod | 422 | 76% | — |
| Movi · Nandod | 345 | 57% | — |
| Moti Chikhli · Nandod | 275 | 69% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vanzar
- 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
- 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
- RAJPIPLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 5
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BORIDRA
- Total area (ha)
- 329.4
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50
- Forest area (ha)
- 134
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vanzar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vanzar
- LGD code
- 521510
- Pincode
- 392025
- Post office
- Samni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 912
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,075
- Households
- 174
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 961
- Literacy rate
- 66.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tankara
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Durlabhjibhai Harakhjibhai Dethariya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Vasava Shankutlaben Umedbhai
- Block / Mandal
- Nandod
- Nearest bank
- Sahkari Mandli Bharatnagar (14.7 km)
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)