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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
jadav arunaben hasmukhbhai
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- LGD code
- 512122
- Pincode
- 382130
- Post office
- Mandal (Ahmedabad)
- Population
- 1,399
- Households
- 308
- Literacy rate
- 76.3%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 584
Census 2011 · in context
How Vaghada compares
By population, Vaghada ranks #43 of 87 villages in Dasada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.3%
+10.8% vs mandal average
- Vaghada
- 76.3%
- Dasada mandal
- 65.5%
- Surendranagar district
- 62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
+39 vs mandal average
- Vaghada
- 979
- Dasada mandal
- 940
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Vaghada
- 4.5
- Dasada mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vaghada at a glance
Vaghada is a village of 1,399 people in 308 households (Census 2011) in Dasada taluka, Surendranagar district, Gujarat, the 43rd-largest of 87 villages in Dasada taluka. Literacy is 76%, 11 points above the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 382130, served by Mandal (Ahmedabad) post office; the LGD village code is 512122. The sarpanch is jadav arunaben hasmukhbhai, and the village votes in Dasada assembly constituency, represented by MLA P.K.Parmar. The population is estimated at 1,649 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vaghada
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- 1
- 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
- VIRAMGAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VAGHADA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,438.11
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vaghada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vaghada
- LGD code
- 512122
- Pincode
- 382130
- Post office
- Mandal (Ahmedabad)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,399
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,649
- Households
- 308
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 76.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dasada
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- P.K.Parmar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- jadav arunaben hasmukhbhai
- Block / Mandal
- Dasada
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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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)