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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DAMOR BHOGILAL RUPABHAI
Contact: 97****4768
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- LGD code
- 517800
- Pincode
- 389230
- Post office
- Lunawada
- Population
- 788
- Households
- 141
- Literacy rate
- 49.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1090 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 390
Census 2011 · in context
How Vavkuva compares
By population, Vavkuva ranks #40 of 86 villages in Khanpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.6%
−8.2% vs mandal average
- Vavkuva
- 49.6%
- Khanpur mandal
- 57.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,090
+131 vs mandal average
- Vavkuva
- 1,090
- Khanpur mandal
- 959
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Vavkuva
- 5.6
- Khanpur mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vavkuva at a glance
Vavkuva is a village of 788 people in 141 households (Census 2011) in Khanpur taluka, Mahisagar district, Gujarat, the 40th-largest of 86 villages in Khanpur taluka. Literacy is 50%, 8 points below the taluka average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,090 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 389230, served by Lunawada post office; the LGD village code is 517800. The sarpanch is DAMOR BHOGILAL RUPABHAI, and the village votes in Savli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Inamdar Ketanbhai Mahendrabhai. The population is estimated at 929 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Madapur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vavkuva · this village | 788 | 50% | — |
| Madapur · Khanpur | 678 | 48% | — |
| Jalkukdi · Khanpur | 614 | 50% | — |
| Patapur · Khanpur | 430 | 49% | — |
| Ghodiyarpir · Khanpur | 227 | 76% | — |
| Padedi (Patapur) · Khanpur | 107 | 62% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vavkuva
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- LUNAWADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MADAPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 437.94
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.92
- Forest area (ha)
- 236.71
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vavkuva
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vavkuva
- LGD code
- 517800
- Pincode
- 389230
- Post office
- Lunawada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 788
- Population (projected 2026)
- 929
- Households
- 141
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1090
- Literacy rate
- 49.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Vadodara
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Savli
- Member of Parliament
- Hemang Joshi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Inamdar Ketanbhai Mahendrabhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DAMOR BHOGILAL RUPABHAI
- Block / Mandal
- Khanpur
- Nearest railway station
- Mevli (18.7 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 389230
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Vavkuva
Other villages in Khanpur mandal
View all 60+ →- Vadagam
- Bakor
- Naroda
- Limadiya
- Karanta
- Pandarwada
- Bhadrod
- Khuntelav
- Mota Khanpur
- Dhuleta
- Borvai
- Gangata
- Mena
- Dhol Khakhara
- Kanesar
- Isroda
- Navagam-1
- Muda Vadekh
- Akhadana Degamda
- Limdi Timba
- Bhuvabar
- Ghoghawada
- Bamroda
- Lavana
- Kanod
- Vadhela
- Raheman
- Nana Khanpur
- Lambho
- Dalelpura
- Udava
- Nesda
- Khadodi
- Padedi (Kanod)
- Fatajina Bhevada
- Vakhatpur
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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)