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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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- LGD code
- 524819
- Pincode
- 394655
- Post office
- Kapura
- Population
- 174
- Households
- 33
- Literacy rate
- 76.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1203 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 86
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhongi Amba compares
By population, Dhongi Amba ranks #88 of 91 villages in Vyara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.4%
+10.8% vs mandal average
- Dhongi Amba
- 76.4%
- Vyara mandal
- 65.6%
- Tapi district
- 60.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,203
+182 vs mandal average
- Dhongi Amba
- 1,203
- Vyara mandal
- 1,021
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Dhongi Amba
- 5.3
- Vyara mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhongi Amba at a glance
Dhongi Amba is a village of 174 people in 33 households (Census 2011) in Vyara taluka, Tapi district, Gujarat, the 88th-largest of 91 villages in Vyara taluka. Literacy is 76%, 11 points above the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,203 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 394655, served by Kapura post office; the LGD village code is 524819. The village votes in Vyara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mohan Kokani. The population is estimated at 205 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Rani Amba →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhongi Amba · this village | 174 | 76% | — |
| Rani Amba · Vyara | 931 | 62% | — |
| Chichbardi · Vyara | 718 | 58% | — |
| Vadpada · Vyara | 533 | 54% | — |
| Nana Satsila · Vyara | 227 | 55% | — |
| Birbara · Vyara | 122 | 52% | — |
| Chhevdi · Vyara | 104 | 58% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhongi Amba
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- 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
- 0
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- VYARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RANI AMBA
- Total area (ha)
- 764.09
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 707.56
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhongi Amba
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhongi Amba
- LGD code
- 524819
- Pincode
- 394655
- Post office
- Kapura
- Population (Census 2011)
- 174
- Population (projected 2026)
- 205
- Households
- 33
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1203
- Literacy rate
- 76.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bardoli
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vyara
- Member of Parliament
- Parbhubhai Vasava
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mohan Kokani
- Block / Mandal
- Vyara
- Nearest railway station
- Juna Rajuvadia (68.7 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 394655
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)