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‘I was engaged at 11’: Gujarat village uses early engagements to keep girls out of sex work
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PARMAR RAVINDRASINH JASHVANTSINH
Contact: 81****6120
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- LGD code
- 517080
- Pincode
- 388540
- Post office
- Borsad
- Population
- 11,368
- Households
- 2,457
- Literacy rate
- 71.1%
- Sex ratio
- 946 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 5,340
- Distance to district centre
- 107 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 133 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 49 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 505 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mahesana Junction · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- smrt.Gardi homeopathy · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Davol compares
By population, Davol ranks #3 of 64 villages in Borsad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.1%
−0.1% vs mandal average
- Davol
- 71.1%
- Borsad mandal
- 71.2%
- Anand district
- 74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
946
+26 vs mandal average
- Davol
- 946
- Borsad mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Davol
- 4.6
- Borsad mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Davol at a glance
Davol is a village of 11,368 people in 2,457 households (Census 2011) in Borsad taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, the 3rd-largest of 64 villages in Borsad taluka. Literacy is 71%, about the same as the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 946 women per 1,000 men. It lies 107 km from the Anand district centre, 11 km from Linch, the nearest town, 1 km from Mahesana Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 388540, served by Borsad post office; the LGD village code is 517080. The nearest hospital or health centre is smrt.Gardi homeopathy, <1 km away. The sarpanch is PARMAR RAVINDRASINH JASHVANTSINH, and the village votes in Sojitra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai. The population is estimated at 13,403 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Davol
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 11
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 2
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BORSAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DAVOL
- Total area (ha)
- 931.18
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 675.35
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Davol
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Davol
- LGD code
- 517080
- Pincode
- 388540
- Post office
- Borsad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 11,368
- Population (projected 2026)
- 13,403
- Households
- 2,457
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 946
- Literacy rate
- 71.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.60000°N, 72.40000°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anand
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sojitra
- Member of Parliament
- Mitesh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patel Vipulkumar Vinubhai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PARMAR RAVINDRASINH JASHVANTSINH
- Block / Mandal
- Borsad
- Nearest railway station
- Yawarpura (131.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Davol
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar49 kmcapital
- Mumbai505 km
- Delhi736 km
- Hyderabad938 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMahesana Junction1 km
- Bus stopToranvali Matano Chowk<1 km
- Hospital / PHCsmrt.Gardi homeopathy<1 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda ifc BARB0MEHSAN<1 km
- Petrol pumpbharat petrolieum2 km
- CollegeIGNOU<1 km
- Police stationSarovar Police station<1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Davol
7 Temples, 1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Davol
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Para ptc collageSchool<1 km ↗
- 🏫Kumar shada - mehsana districtSchool<1 km ↗
- 🏫Karve hi schoolSchool<1 km ↗
- 🎓IGNOUCollege<1 km ↗
- 📚chhapi pustakkalayLibrary<1 km ↗
- 🏫Panch limdi -sarvjanik schoolSchool1.1 km ↗
- 📚Government District Library MehsanaLibrary1.2 km ↗
- 🏫K.K SchoolSchool1.5 km ↗
- 🏫Nalanda Hi-schoolSchool1.5 km ↗
- 🏫Vivekananda SchoolSchool1.6 km ↗
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- 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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)