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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANGITABEN L RATHVA
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- LGD code
- 520098
- Pincode
- 391160
- Post office
- Pavijetpur
- Population
- 813
- Households
- 149
- Literacy rate
- 62.1%
- Sex ratio
- 936 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 558
- Distance to district centre
- 240 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 217 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 171 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 605 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhabhar · 35 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dharnidar Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vav compares
By population, Vav ranks #83 of 129 villages in Jetpur Pavi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.1%
+13.9% vs mandal average
Vav62.1%
Jetpur Pavi mandal48.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
936
−25 vs mandal average
Vav936
Jetpur Pavi mandal961
Household size
people per home
5.5
Same as the mandal average
Vav5.5
Jetpur Pavi mandal5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vav at a glance
Vav is a village of 813 people in 149 households (Census 2011) in Jetpur Pavi taluka, Chhotaudepur district, Gujarat, the 83rd-largest of 129 villages in Jetpur Pavi taluka. Literacy is 62%, 14 points above the taluka average of 48% and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. It lies 240 km from the Chhotaudepur district centre, 0 km from Vav, the nearest town, 35 km from Bhabhar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 391160, served by Pavijetpur post office; the LGD village code is 520098. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dharnidar Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is SANGITABEN L RATHVA, and the village votes in Mehmedabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arjunsinh Udesinh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 959 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vav
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- 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
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JETPUR PAVI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 89
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PAVI
- Total area (ha)
- 170.18
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 100
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vav
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vav
- LGD code
- 520098
- Pincode
- 391160
- Post office
- Pavijetpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 813
- Population (projected 2026)
- 959
- Households
- 149
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 936
- Literacy rate
- 62.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.36395°N, 71.51231°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kheda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mehmedabad
- Member of Parliament
- Devusinh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arjunsinh Udesinh Chauhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANGITABEN L RATHVA
- Block / Mandal
- Jetpur Pavi
Getting there
How to reach Vav
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar171 kmcapital
- Mumbai605 km
- Delhi738 km
- Hyderabad1061 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhabhar35 km
- Hospital / PHCDharnidar Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankICICI Bank12 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Vav
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Kapileshwar Mahadev TempleTemple4.9 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, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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