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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHARDABEN MUKESHBHAI VASAVA
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- LGD code
- 522406
- Pincode
- 393030
- Post office
- Hansot
- Population
- 449
- Households
- 88
- Literacy rate
- 68.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1079 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 246
- Distance to district centre
- 80 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 76 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 123 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 363 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ajwa · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dhiraj General Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Alva compares
By population, Alva ranks #45 of 45 villages in Hansot mandal — the smallest.
Literacy rate
%
68.2%
−3.7% vs mandal average
- Alva
- 68.2%
- Hansot mandal
- 71.9%
- Bharuch district
- 72.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,079
+131 vs mandal average
- Alva
- 1,079
- Hansot mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Alva
- 5.1
- Hansot mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Alva at a glance
Alva is a village of 449 people in 88 households (Census 2011) in Hansot taluka, Bharuch district, Gujarat, the 45th-largest of 45 villages in Hansot taluka. Literacy is 68%, 4 points below the taluka average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,079 women per 1,000 men. It lies 80 km from the Bharuch district centre, 30 km from Sankheda, the nearest town, 7 km from Ajwa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 393030, served by Hansot post office; the LGD village code is 522406. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dhiraj General Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is SHARDABEN MUKESHBHAI VASAVA, and the village votes in Bharuch assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rameshbhai Narandas Mistry. The population is estimated at 529 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Alva
- 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
- 1
- 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
- 1
- 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
- ANKLESVAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 33
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ALVA
- Total area (ha)
- 394.86
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 162.48
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Alva
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Alva
- LGD code
- 522406
- Pincode
- 393030
- Post office
- Hansot
- Population (Census 2011)
- 449
- Population (projected 2026)
- 529
- Households
- 88
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1079
- Literacy rate
- 68.2%
- Coordinates
- 22.31218°N, 73.33444°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bharuch
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bharuch
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukhbhai Vasava
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rameshbhai Narandas Mistry
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHARDABEN MUKESHBHAI VASAVA
- Block / Mandal
- Hansot
- Nearest PHC
- Muhammadi Health Care (77.0 km)
- Nearest bank
- State Bank of India (77.7 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Tham (75.3 km)
Getting there
How to reach Alva
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar123 kmcapital
- Mumbai363 km
- Hyderabad768 km
- Delhi801 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAjwa7 km
- Bus stopWaghodia Bus Depot7 km
- Hospital / PHCDhiraj General Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankICICI Bank8 km
- Petrol pumpPioneer Petrol Pump8 km
- CollegeSumandeep Vidyapeeth3 km
- Police stationMakarpura Road Police Station14 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Alva
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕TempleTemple4.0 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Alva
3 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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View all 45+ →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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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