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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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- LGD code
- 521849
- Pincode
- 393050
- Post office
- Sagbara
- Population
- 600
- Households
- 113
- Literacy rate
- 58.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1174 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 406
Census 2011 · in context
How Chatwad compares
By population, Chatwad ranks #62 of 96 villages in Sagbara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.5%
+1.2% vs mandal average
- Chatwad
- 58.5%
- Sagbara mandal
- 57.3%
- Narmada district
- 62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,174
+155 vs mandal average
- Chatwad
- 1,174
- Sagbara mandal
- 1,019
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Chatwad
- 5.3
- Sagbara mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chatwad at a glance
Chatwad is a village of 600 people in 113 households (Census 2011) in Sagbara taluka, Narmada district, Gujarat, the 62nd-largest of 96 villages in Sagbara taluka. Literacy is 59%, 1 points above the taluka average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,174 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 393050, served by Sagbara post office; the LGD village code is 521849. The population is estimated at 707 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chatwad
- 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
- 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
- SAGBARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 88
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PALASWADA
- Total area (ha)
- 310.33
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 58
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chatwad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chatwad
- LGD code
- 521849
- Pincode
- 393050
- Post office
- Sagbara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 600
- Population (projected 2026)
- 707
- Households
- 113
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1174
- Literacy rate
- 58.5%
- Block / Mandal
- Sagbara
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)