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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
bharatbhai
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- LGD code
- 521335
- Pincode
- 391120
- Post office
- Tilakwada
- Population
- 938
- Households
- 184
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Sex ratio
- 926 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 523
Census 2011 · in context
How Uchad compares
By population, Uchad ranks #18 of 97 villages in Tilakwada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.8%
−3.4% vs mandal average
- Uchad
- 65.8%
- Tilakwada mandal
- 69.2%
- Narmada district
- 62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
926
+2 vs mandal average
- Uchad
- 926
- Tilakwada mandal
- 924
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Uchad
- 5.1
- Tilakwada mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Uchad at a glance
Uchad is a village of 938 people in 184 households (Census 2011) in Tilakwada taluka, Narmada district, Gujarat, the 18th-largest of 97 villages in Tilakwada taluka. Literacy is 66%, 3 points below the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 926 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 391120, served by Tilakwada post office; the LGD village code is 521335. The sarpanch is bharatbhai , and the village votes in Mehmedabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arjunsinh Udesinh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 1,106 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uchad · this village | 938 | 66% | — |
| Dabhed · Tilakwada | 594 | 65% | — |
| Chitrakhadi · Tilakwada | 410 | 60% | — |
| Dhanikhod · Tilakwada | 264 | 69% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Uchad
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- RAJPIPLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- UCHAD
- Total area (ha)
- 495.45
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Uchad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Uchad
- LGD code
- 521335
- Pincode
- 391120
- Post office
- Tilakwada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 938
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,106
- Households
- 184
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 926
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kheda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mehmedabad
- Member of Parliament
- Devusinh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arjunsinh Udesinh Chauhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- bharatbhai
- Block / Mandal
- Tilakwada
- Nearest PHC
- Amrut Clinic (1.8 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Mahemadavad Kheda Road (3.4 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)