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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
samajuben amakubhai vala
Contact: 98****0465
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- LGD code
- 515725
- Pincode
- 365640
- Post office
- Dhari
- Population
- 2,426
- Households
- 559
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1015 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,127
- Distance to district centre
- 82 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 86 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 272 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 304 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhari Junction · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Jira · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jira compares
By population, Jira ranks #13 of 77 villages in Dhari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.1%
−2.6% vs mandal average
- Jira
- 64.1%
- Dhari mandal
- 66.7%
- Amreli district
- 65.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,015
+53 vs mandal average
- Jira
- 1,015
- Dhari mandal
- 962
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Jira
- 4.3
- Dhari mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jira at a glance
Jira is a village of 2,426 people in 559 households (Census 2011) in Dhari taluka, Amreli district, Gujarat, the 13th-largest of 77 villages in Dhari taluka. Literacy is 64%, 3 points below the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,015 women per 1,000 men. It lies 82 km from the Amreli district centre, 12 km from Dhari, the nearest town, 12 km from Dhari Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 365640, served by Dhari post office; the LGD village code is 515725. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Jira, <1 km away. The sarpanch is samajuben amakubhai vala, and the village votes in Lathi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Janakbhai Talaviya. The population is estimated at 2,860 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jira →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jira · this village | 2,426 | 64% | — |
| Jira · Savar Kundla | 1,921 | 66% | 0 km N |
| Khisri · Dhari | 1,082 | 54% | 6.3 km S |
| Lakhapadar · Kunkavav Vadia | 1,125 | 77% | 10.8 km NE |
| Lakhapadar · Dhari | 1,243 | 60% | 10.8 km NE |
| Dhari · Dhari | 30,352 | 72% | 12 km NW |
| Bhayavadar · Kunkavav Vadia | 1,539 | 70% | 20 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jira
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- 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
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- 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
- SAVAR KUNDLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 33
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 56
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JIRA
- Total area (ha)
- 2,221.92
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 912.79
- Forest area (ha)
- 298.61
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jira
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jira
- LGD code
- 515725
- Pincode
- 365640
- Post office
- Dhari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,426
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,860
- Households
- 559
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1015
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Coordinates
- 21.23584°N, 71.08783°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Amreli
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lathi
- Member of Parliament
- Bharatbhai Sutariya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Janakbhai Talaviya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- samajuben amakubhai vala
- Block / Mandal
- Dhari
Getting there
How to reach Jira
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar272 kmcapital
- Mumbai304 km
- Hyderabad886 km
- Delhi1026 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhari Junction12 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Jira<1 km
- ATM / banksaurashtra gramin bank, keriyachad28 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil20 km
- Police stationPolice Station Diu58 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Government Hospital Jiraunder 1 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 365640
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Other villages named Jira
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Villages near Jira
Other villages in Dhari mandal
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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)