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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
AVINASH
Contact: 90****6214
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- LGD code
- 523833
- Pincode
- 394405
- Post office
- Velachha
- Population
- 1,539
- Households
- 336
- Literacy rate
- 72.6%
- Sex ratio
- 953 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 671
Census 2011 · in context
How Simodara compares
By population, Simodara ranks #36 of 90 villages in Mangrol mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.6%
+6.5% vs mandal average
- Simodara
- 72.6%
- Mangrol mandal
- 66.1%
- Surat district
- 75.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
953
+49 vs mandal average
- Simodara
- 953
- Mangrol mandal
- 904
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Simodara
- 4.6
- Mangrol mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Simodara at a glance
Simodara is a village of 1,539 people in 336 households (Census 2011) in Mangrol taluka, Surat district, Gujarat, the 36th-largest of 90 villages in Mangrol taluka. Literacy is 73%, 7 points above the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 953 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 394405, served by Velachha post office; the LGD village code is 523833. The sarpanch is AVINASH, and the village votes in Ankleshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ishwarsinh Thakorbhai Patel. The population is estimated at 1,814 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Simodara
- 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
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KOSAMBA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SIMODARA
- Total area (ha)
- 890.41
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Simodara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Simodara
- LGD code
- 523833
- Pincode
- 394405
- Post office
- Velachha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,539
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,814
- Households
- 336
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 953
- Literacy rate
- 72.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bharuch
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ankleshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukhbhai Vasava
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ishwarsinh Thakorbhai Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AVINASH
- Block / Mandal
- Mangrol
- Nearest PHC
- Dhara Clinic (3.5 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Ankleshwar Junction (5.3 km)
Same pincode
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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, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)