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Village snapshot
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- LGD code
- 514998
- Pincode
- 362140
- Post office
- Akolvadi
- Population
- 303
- Households
- 46
- Literacy rate
- 36.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1104 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 185
Census 2011 · in context
How Shirvan compares
By population, Shirvan ranks #48 of 96 villages in Talala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.6%
−28.4% vs mandal average
- Shirvan
- 36.6%
- Talala mandal
- 65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,104
+154 vs mandal average
- Shirvan
- 1,104
- Talala mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
6.6
+1.4 vs mandal average
- Shirvan
- 6.6
- Talala mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shirvan at a glance
Shirvan is a village of 303 people in 46 households (Census 2011) in Talala taluka, Gir Somnath district, Gujarat, the 48th-largest of 96 villages in Talala taluka. Literacy is 37%, 28 points below the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,104 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 362140, served by Akolvadi post office; the LGD village code is 514998. The village votes in Wankaner assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kantilal Somani. The population is estimated at 357 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shirvan
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- TALALA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- UNINHABITED
- Total area (ha)
- 0
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shirvan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shirvan
- LGD code
- 514998
- Pincode
- 362140
- Post office
- Akolvadi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 303
- Population (projected 2026)
- 357
- Households
- 46
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1104
- Literacy rate
- 36.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Wankaner
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jitendra Kantilal Somani
- Block / Mandal
- Talala
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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)