Zarda

Meghraj block · Arvalli district, Gujarat · PIN 383350 · village code 510372

Population 2011

3,375

Census of India

Population 2020

4,185

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+24.0%

810 people · 2.4% a year

Households

960

+57.4% vs 610 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,375

Male / female

1,653 / 1,722

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,042

Children aged 0–6

564

Literacy rate

58.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

0 / 3,224

Working population

2,300

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

80.4%

Households

610

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

The village primary school

These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.

Students

607

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

335

Non-farm households

620

Share of households farming, 2020

35%

Net sown area

48 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

36 / 48 / 24

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Zarda panchayat, Meghraj zila parishad. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance

₹15.37 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹33.27 lakh

Received directly

₹6.00 lakh

Spent

₹28.27 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹26.36 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹26,062 · received ₹13.31 lakh · spent ₹10.51 lakh · left ₹7.06 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹15.11 lakh · received ₹19.96 lakh · spent ₹17.76 lakh · left ₹19.31 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

23.5676, 73.5001 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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