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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
dakshaben jagdishbhai nakrani
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- LGD code
- 515464
- Pincode
- 365435
- Post office
- Chavand
- Population
- 2,520
- Households
- 449
- Literacy rate
- 64%
- Sex ratio
- 934 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,097
Census 2011 · in context
How Barvala compares
By population, Barvala ranks #16 of 56 villages in Babra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.0%
+2.6% vs mandal average
- Barvala
- 64.0%
- Babra mandal
- 61.4%
- Amreli district
- 65.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
934
−29 vs mandal average
- Barvala
- 934
- Babra mandal
- 963
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Barvala
- 5.6
- Babra mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barvala at a glance
Barvala is a village of 2,520 people in 449 households (Census 2011) in Babra taluka, Amreli district, Gujarat, the 16th-largest of 56 villages in Babra taluka. Literacy is 64%, 3 points above the taluka average of 61% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 365435, served by Chavand post office; the LGD village code is 515464. The sarpanch is dakshaben jagdishbhai nakrani, and the village votes in Jasdan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kunvarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya. The population is estimated at 2,971 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barvala
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BABRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 47
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARVALA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,150.49
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 305
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barvala
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Key facts — Barvala
- LGD code
- 515464
- Pincode
- 365435
- Post office
- Chavand
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,520
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,971
- Households
- 449
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 934
- Literacy rate
- 64.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jasdan
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kunvarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- dakshaben jagdishbhai nakrani
- Block / Mandal
- Babra
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View all 57+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-15
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)