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- LGD code
- 520958
- Pincode
- 391110
- Post office
- Dabhoi R.S.
- Population
- 851
- Households
- 161
- Literacy rate
- 70%
- Sex ratio
- 974 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 481
- Distance to district centre
- 28 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 34 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 96 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 372 km
- Nearest railway station
- Anklav · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rajdeep General Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ambav compares
By population, Ambav ranks #57 of 118 villages in Dabhoi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.0%
+0.7% vs mandal average
- Ambav
- 70.0%
- Dabhoi mandal
- 69.3%
- Vadodara district
- 69.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
974
+42 vs mandal average
- Ambav
- 974
- Dabhoi mandal
- 932
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Ambav
- 5.3
- Dabhoi mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ambav at a glance
Ambav is a village of 851 people in 161 households (Census 2011) in Dabhoi taluka, Vadodara district, Gujarat, the 57th-largest of 118 villages in Dabhoi taluka. Literacy is 70%, about the same as the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Vadodara district centre, 8 km from Adas, the nearest town, 3 km from Anklav railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 391110, served by Dabhoi R.S. post office; the LGD village code is 520958. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rajdeep General Hospital, 4 km away. The village votes in Jambusar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devkishordasji Bhaktisvarupdasji Swami. The population is estimated at 1,003 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ambav
- 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
- 2
- 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
- DABHOI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- THUVAVI
- Total area (ha)
- 304.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 281
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Ambav
- LGD code
- 520958
- Pincode
- 391110
- Post office
- Dabhoi R.S.
- Population (Census 2011)
- 851
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,003
- Households
- 161
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 974
- Literacy rate
- 70.0%
- Coordinates
- 22.41839°N, 72.98962°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bharuch
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jambusar
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukhbhai Vasava
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Devkishordasji Bhaktisvarupdasji Swami
- Block / Mandal
- Dabhoi
Getting there
How to reach Ambav
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar96 kmcapital
- Mumbai372 km
- Hyderabad802 km
- Delhi808 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAnklav3 km
- Bus stopBharel Bus Stop16 km
- Hospital / PHCRajdeep General Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankmeet20 km
- Petrol pumpReliance petrol pump14 km
- CollegeANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY - AAU13 km
- Police stationMakarpura Road Police Station27 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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