Village · Vijaynagar, Sabar Kantha
# Zer

Zer is a village in Vijaynagar sub-district of Sabar Kantha district, Gujarat, PIN code 383460. The 2011 Census counted 742 people in 151 households, the 49th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.9%.
- 742 people (2011)
- 151 households
- 80.4% literacy
- 383460 PIN code

## Zer PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Zer is 383460. Zer falls in Vijaynagar sub-district, Sabar Kantha district, Gujarat.
- PIN code 383460
- Gram panchayat Bhankhra
- Community development block Vijaynagar
- Census village code 509939

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Zer from nearby towns?
- Vijaynagar (sub-district HQ) 22 km by road
- Himatnagar (district HQ) 70 km by road
- Vijaynagar (nearest town) 22 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Zer?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Zer; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Internet / Common Service Centre In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Vijaynagar
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Idar
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Vijaynagar
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Zer known for?

The main crops are maize, cotton and udid bean. About 11% of the 1,098 hectares of village land is sown, and 38 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Zer

Of every 100 households in Zer in 2011, 93 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Zer · ■ Vijaynagar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 93% 93%
- Toilet within the home 9% 21%
- No toilet (open defecation) 88% 79%
- Tap water 1% 10%
- Drinking water within premises 78% 25%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 5% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 90% 91%
- Use banking services 59% 68%
- Television 33% 22%
- Mobile phone 76% 47%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 22% 12%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 2%
- None of these assets 12% 41%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Zer?

■ Zer · ■ Vijaynagar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 80.4% 75.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1022 1003
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 871 908
- Working population 48.7% 43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 67.2% for women. 47% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 155 (43%) · ■ Farm labourers 53 (15%) · ■ Household industry 64 (18%) · ■ Other work 47 (13%) · ■ Marginal 42 (12%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Vijaynagar
- Navakhola 821 people
- Nalseri 815 people
- Nelau 791 people
- Kundala 783 people
- Movatpura 731 people
- Samaiya 731 people
- Tol Dungari 722 people
- Vireshwar 718 people

All 85 villages in Vijaynagar

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Zer? 383460
- How far is Zer from Himatnagar? 70 km by road
- What is the population of Zer? 742 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Zer in? Sabar Kantha district (Vijaynagar sub-district), Gujarat
- What is the literacy rate of Zer? 80.4% (Census 2011)

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