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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
shantuben rupsangbhai chauhan
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- LGD code
- 512779
- Pincode
- 363623
- Population
- 3,037
- Households
- 593
- Literacy rate
- 50.3%
- Sex ratio
- 953 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,035
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhuva compares
By population, Dhuva ranks #14 of 99 villages in Wankaner mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.3%
−10.2% vs mandal average
- Dhuva
- 50.3%
- Wankaner mandal
- 60.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
953
−14 vs mandal average
- Dhuva
- 953
- Wankaner mandal
- 967
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Dhuva
- 5.1
- Wankaner mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhuva at a glance
Dhuva is a village of 3,037 people in 593 households (Census 2011) in Wankaner taluka, Morbi district, Gujarat, the 14th-largest of 99 villages in Wankaner taluka. Literacy is 50%, 10 points below the taluka average of 61% and the sex ratio is 953 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 363623; the LGD village code is 512779. The sarpanch is shantuben rupsangbhai chauhan, and the village votes in Wankaner assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kantilal Somani. The population is estimated at 3,581 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhuva
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- WANKANER
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHUVA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,061.56
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 80.93
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhuva
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhuva
- LGD code
- 512779
- Pincode
- 363623
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,037
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,581
- Households
- 593
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 953
- Literacy rate
- 50.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Wankaner
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jitendra Kantilal Somani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- shantuben rupsangbhai chauhan
- Block / Mandal
- Wankaner
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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
- 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)