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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
rathva lilaben navsingbhai
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- LGD code
- 520442
- Pincode
- 391170
- Post office
- Kawant
- Population
- 1,415
- Households
- 261
- Literacy rate
- 45.9%
- Sex ratio
- 938 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 461
- Distance to district centre
- 116 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 199 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 262 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kudsad · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Jashavantsinh M Mahida · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jamba compares
By population, Jamba ranks #59 of 132 villages in Kavant mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.9%
+9.5% vs mandal average
Jamba45.9%
Kavant mandal36.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
938
−53 vs mandal average
Jamba938
Kavant mandal991
Household size
people per home
5.4
−0.3 vs mandal average
Jamba5.4
Kavant mandal5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jamba at a glance
Jamba is a village of 1,415 people in 261 households (Census 2011) in Kavant taluka, Chhotaudepur district, Gujarat, the 59th-largest of 132 villages in Kavant taluka. Literacy is 46%, 10 points above the taluka average of 36% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. It lies 116 km from the Chhotaudepur district centre, 10 km from Olpad, the nearest town, 16 km from Kudsad railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 391170, served by Kawant post office; the LGD village code is 520442. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Jashavantsinh M Mahida, 4 km away. The sarpanch is rathva lilaben navsingbhai , and the village votes in Ankleshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ishwarsinh Thakorbhai Patel. The population is estimated at 1,668 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jamba
- 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
- 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
- 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
- KAVANT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 100
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MOTA VANTA
- Total area (ha)
- 410.81
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50
- Forest area (ha)
- 70.3
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jamba
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jamba
- LGD code
- 520442
- Pincode
- 391170
- Post office
- Kawant
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,415
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,668
- Households
- 261
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 938
- Literacy rate
- 45.9%
- Coordinates
- 21.42618°N, 72.76852°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bharuch
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ankleshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukhbhai Vasava
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ishwarsinh Thakorbhai Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- rathva lilaben navsingbhai
- Block / Mandal
- Kavant
Getting there
How to reach Jamba
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar199 kmcapital
- Mumbai262 km
- Hyderabad749 km
- Delhi916 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKudsad16 km
- Bus stopUtran R.O.B. Bridge24 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Jashavantsinh M Mahida4 km
- ATM / bankState Bank ATM Aamba Talavadi, Vaikunthdham Society, Vishal Nagar, Surat, Gujarat 39500422 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum20 km
- CollegeShri O.H. Nazar Ayurved College25 km
- Police stationChowk Bazar Police Station (Furja)26 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)