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- LGD code
- 517135
- Pincode
- 388307
- Post office
- Kantharia
- Population
- 6,257
- Households
- 1,290
- Literacy rate
- 66.9%
- Sex ratio
- 941 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,877
- Distance to district centre
- 47 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 17 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 96 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 372 km
- Nearest railway station
- Anklav · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rajdeep General Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ambav compares
By population, Ambav ranks #6 of 31 villages in Anklav mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.9%
−2.9% vs mandal average
- Ambav
- 66.9%
- Anklav mandal
- 69.8%
- Anand district
- 74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
941
+14 vs mandal average
- Ambav
- 941
- Anklav mandal
- 927
Household size
people per home
4.9
Same as the mandal average
- Ambav
- 4.9
- Anklav mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ambav at a glance
Ambav is a village of 6,257 people in 1,290 households (Census 2011) in Anklav taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, the 6th-largest of 31 villages in Anklav taluka. Literacy is 67%, 3 points below the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 941 women per 1,000 men. It lies 47 km from the Anand district centre, 8 km from Adas, the nearest town, 3 km from Anklav railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 388307, served by Kantharia post office; the LGD village code is 517135. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rajdeep General Hospital, 4 km away. The village votes in Anand assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogesh R. Patel (Bapji). The population is estimated at 7,377 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ambav
- 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
- 4
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ANKLAV
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- AMBAV
- Total area (ha)
- 342.34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 298.15
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Ambav
- LGD code
- 517135
- Pincode
- 388307
- Post office
- Kantharia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,257
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,377
- Households
- 1,290
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 941
- Literacy rate
- 66.9%
- Coordinates
- 22.41839°N, 72.98962°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Member of Parliament
- Mitesh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogesh R. Patel (Bapji)
- Block / Mandal
- Anklav
Getting there
How to reach Ambav
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar96 kmcapital
- Mumbai372 km
- Hyderabad802 km
- Delhi808 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAnklav3 km
- Bus stopBharel Bus Stop16 km
- Hospital / PHCRajdeep General Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankmeet20 km
- Petrol pumpReliance petrol pump14 km
- CollegeANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY - AAU13 km
- Police stationMakarpura Road Police Station27 km
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View all 31 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)