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Gujarat rural women turn traditional handicrafts into source of livelihood
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- LGD code
- 508945
- Pincode
- 384240
- Post office
- Harij
- Population
- 1,508
- Households
- 272
- Literacy rate
- 60%
- Sex ratio
- 919 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 884
- Distance to district centre
- 24 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 92 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 523 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khambel · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- kuvarvala Children Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tharod compares
By population, Tharod ranks #25 of 43 villages in Harij mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.0%
+4.5% vs mandal average
- Tharod
- 60.0%
- Harij mandal
- 55.5%
- Patan district
- 62.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
−5 vs mandal average
- Tharod
- 919
- Harij mandal
- 924
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Tharod
- 5.5
- Harij mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tharod at a glance
Tharod is a village of 1,508 people in 272 households (Census 2011) in Harij taluka, Patan district, Gujarat, the 25th-largest of 43 villages in Harij taluka. Literacy is 60%, 5 points above the taluka average of 56% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Patan district centre, 12 km from Kamboi, the nearest town, 17 km from Khambel railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 384240, served by Harij post office; the LGD village code is 508945. The nearest hospital or health centre is kuvarvala Children Hospital, <1 km away. The village votes in Chanasma assembly constituency, represented by MLA Thakor Dineshbhai Ataji. The population is estimated at 1,778 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tharod
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- HARIJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- THAROD
- Total area (ha)
- 204.78
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 70
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tharod
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Key facts — Tharod
- LGD code
- 508945
- Pincode
- 384240
- Post office
- Harij
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,508
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,778
- Households
- 272
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 919
- Literacy rate
- 60.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.69316°N, 71.90087°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Patan
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chanasma
- Member of Parliament
- Bharatsinhji Dabhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Thakor Dineshbhai Ataji
- Block / Mandal
- Harij
Getting there
How to reach Tharod
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar92 kmcapital
- Mumbai523 km
- Delhi761 km
- Hyderabad981 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhambel17 km
- Bus stopBrahmanwada Bus Stop20 km
- Hospital / PHCkuvarvala Children Hospital<1 km
- Petrol pumpEsaar petrol pump26 km
- CollegeLR Patel Higher Secondary School31 km
- Police stationRadhanpur circle police station50 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Tharod
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕ChurchTemple1.2 km ↗
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View all 43+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)