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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
n jigneshbhai patel
Contact: 70****4172
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- LGD code
- 521252
- Pincode
- 391115
- Post office
- Sinor
- Population
- 2,284
- Households
- 564
- Literacy rate
- 65.6%
- Sex ratio
- 971 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 830
- Distance to district centre
- 94 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 62 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 163 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 316 km
- Nearest railway station
- Malsar · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shree Chhotubhai A Patel Hospital and Community Health Centre · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Malsar compares
By population, Malsar ranks #4 of 41 villages in Sinor mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.6%
−4.7% vs mandal average
- Malsar
- 65.6%
- Sinor mandal
- 70.3%
- Vadodara district
- 69.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
971
+41 vs mandal average
- Malsar
- 971
- Sinor mandal
- 930
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Malsar
- 4.0
- Sinor mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malsar at a glance
Malsar is a village of 2,284 people in 564 households (Census 2011) in Sinor taluka, Vadodara district, Gujarat, the 4th-largest of 41 villages in Sinor taluka. Literacy is 66%, 5 points below the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 971 women per 1,000 men. It lies 94 km from the Vadodara district centre, 28 km from Netrang, the nearest town, under 1 km from Malsar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 391115, served by Sinor post office; the LGD village code is 521252. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shree Chhotubhai A Patel Hospital and Community Health Centre, 9 km away. The sarpanch is n jigneshbhai patel, and the village votes in Savli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Inamdar Ketanbhai Mahendrabhai. The population is estimated at 2,693 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Malsar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- DABHOI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 63
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MALSAR
- Total area (ha)
- 808.28
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 498.37
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Malsar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Malsar
- LGD code
- 521252
- Pincode
- 391115
- Post office
- Sinor
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,284
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,693
- Households
- 564
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 971
- Literacy rate
- 65.6%
- Coordinates
- 21.88970°N, 73.31141°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Vadodara
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Savli
- Member of Parliament
- Hemang Joshi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Inamdar Ketanbhai Mahendrabhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- n jigneshbhai patel
- Block / Mandal
- Sinor
- Nearest railway station
- Malsar (0.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Malsar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar163 kmcapital
- Mumbai316 km
- Hyderabad738 km
- Delhi844 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMalsar<1 km
- Hospital / PHCShree Chhotubhai A Patel Hospital and Community Health Centre9 km
- Petrol pumpCNG gujarat26 km
- CollegeShri K J Polytechnic37 km
- Police stationMakarpura Road Police Station44 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Malsarunder 1 km
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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
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