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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
HINABEN NIRAVBHAI SOLANKI
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- LGD code
- 524014
- Pincode
- 394170
- Post office
- Tadkeshwar
- Population
- 4,692
- Households
- 1,039
- Literacy rate
- 68.3%
- Sex ratio
- 949 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,122
- Distance to district centre
- 65 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 62 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 219 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 250 km
- Nearest railway station
- Vankal · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shivam Clinic · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Areth compares
By population, Areth ranks #3 of 150 villages in Mandvi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.3%
+6.3% vs mandal average
- Areth
- 68.3%
- Mandvi mandal
- 62.0%
- Surat district
- 75.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
949
−51 vs mandal average
- Areth
- 949
- Mandvi mandal
- 1,000
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Areth
- 4.5
- Mandvi mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Areth at a glance
Areth is a village of 4,692 people in 1,039 households (Census 2011) in Mandvi taluka, Surat district, Gujarat, the 3rd-largest of 150 villages in Mandvi taluka. Literacy is 68%, 6 points above the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 949 women per 1,000 men. It lies 65 km from the Surat district centre, 11 km from Kadod, the nearest town, 16 km from Vankal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 394170, served by Tadkeshwar post office; the LGD village code is 524014. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre. The sarpanch is HINABEN NIRAVBHAI SOLANKI, and the village votes in Vagra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arunsinh Ajitsinh Rana. The population is estimated at 5,532 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Areth
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 2
- Community health centre
- 1
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MANDVI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ARETH
- Total area (ha)
- 679.9
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 103
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Areth
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Key facts — Areth
- LGD code
- 524014
- Pincode
- 394170
- Post office
- Tadkeshwar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,692
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,532
- Households
- 1,039
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 949
- Literacy rate
- 68.3%
- Coordinates
- 21.30731°N, 73.16421°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bharuch
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vagra
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukhbhai Vasava
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arunsinh Ajitsinh Rana
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- HINABEN NIRAVBHAI SOLANKI
- Block / Mandal
- Mandvi
- Nearest PHC
- Shivam Clinic (0.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Areth
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar219 kmcapital
- Mumbai250 km
- Hyderabad708 km
- Delhi909 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationVankal16 km
- Hospital / PHCShivam Clinic<1 km
- ATM / bankBaroda Gujarat Gramin Bank22 km
- Petrol pumpFuel22 km
- CollegeAmbaba Commerce College29 km
- Police stationChowk Bazar Police Station (Furja)38 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Shivam Clinicunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary health centre
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)