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- LGD code
- 510015
- Pincode
- 383434
- Post office
- Verabar
- Population
- 2,374
- Households
- 505
- Literacy rate
- 65.1%
- Sex ratio
- 987 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 852
- Distance to district centre
- 26 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 39 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 495 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jagudan · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mahrshi Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kava compares
By population, Kava ranks #28 of 138 villages in Idar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.1%
−5.0% vs mandal average
- Kava
- 65.1%
- Idar mandal
- 70.1%
- Sabar Kantha district
- 65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
987
+37 vs mandal average
- Kava
- 987
- Idar mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
4.7
Same as the mandal average
- Kava
- 4.7
- Idar mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kava at a glance
Kava is a village of 2,374 people in 505 households (Census 2011) in Idar taluka, Sabar Kantha district, Gujarat, the 28th-largest of 138 villages in Idar taluka. Literacy is 65%, 5 points below the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 987 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Sabar Kantha district centre, 4 km from Linch, the nearest town, 2 km from Jagudan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 383434, served by Verabar post office; the LGD village code is 510015. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mahrshi Hospital, 10 km away. The village votes in Mahesana assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patel Mukeshkumar D.. The population is estimated at 2,799 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kava
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- IDAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 23
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KAVA
- Total area (ha)
- 634.54
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 381.66
- Forest area (ha)
- 35
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Kava
- LGD code
- 510015
- Pincode
- 383434
- Post office
- Verabar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,374
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,799
- Households
- 505
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 987
- Literacy rate
- 65.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.50487°N, 72.41884°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahesana
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahesana
- Member of Parliament
- Haribhai Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patel Mukeshkumar D.
- Block / Mandal
- Idar
Getting there
How to reach Kava
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar39 kmcapital
- Mumbai495 km
- Delhi743 km
- Hyderabad929 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJagudan2 km
- Bus stopJagudan2 km
- Hospital / PHCMahrshi Hospital10 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank4 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil2 km
- CollegeB. R. Horticulture Polytechnic2 km
- Police stationBSF4 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kava
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Shiva Temple and Shakti Kund, AkhajTemple5.0 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kava
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓B. R. Horticulture PolytechnicCollege1.8 km ↗
- 🏫Tapovan international schoolSchool3.1 km ↗
- 🎓Saffrony Institute of TechnologyCollege3.1 km ↗
- 🏫TapovanSchool3.2 km ↗
- 🏫GPERI engineering collageSchool4.1 km ↗
- 🎓WorkshopsCollege4.7 km ↗
- 🏫Divine child school alias shanku'sSchool4.7 km ↗
- 🎓SKPCPERCollege4.7 km ↗
- 🎓AMPICSCollege4.7 km ↗
- 🎓Mechanical and Mechatronics DepartmentCollege4.7 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)