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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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- LGD code
- 523886
- Pincode
- 394445
- Post office
- Umarpada
- Population
- 1,411
- Households
- 272
- Literacy rate
- 58.2%
- Sex ratio
- 999 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 856
Census 2011 · in context
How Charni compares
By population, Charni ranks #21 of 63 villages in Umarpada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.2%
−0.4% vs mandal average
- Charni
- 58.2%
- Umarpada mandal
- 58.6%
- Surat district
- 75.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
999
+10 vs mandal average
- Charni
- 999
- Umarpada mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Charni
- 5.2
- Umarpada mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Charni at a glance
Charni is a village of 1,411 people in 272 households (Census 2011) in Umarpada taluka, Surat district, Gujarat, the 21st-largest of 63 villages in Umarpada taluka. Literacy is 58%, about the same as the taluka average of 59% and the sex ratio is 999 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 394445, served by Umarpada post office; the LGD village code is 523886. The population is estimated at 1,664 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Charni
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MANDVI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 110
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHARNI
- Total area (ha)
- 232.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 15
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Charni
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Charni
- LGD code
- 523886
- Pincode
- 394445
- Post office
- Umarpada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,411
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,664
- Households
- 272
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 999
- Literacy rate
- 58.2%
- Block / Mandal
- Umarpada
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)